Red #Bekaa Valley #wine from Lebanon: 2009 : http://tinyurl.com/3qjhotd

Wine name: Musar Jeune. Producer: Château Musar. Vintage: 2009. Purchased from Sheffield Park Vineyard. Appearance very deep purple, thick and viscous on the glass with black cherries, cherries, plums, black grapes. Very fruity aromatics. The attack is very juicy, like fresh blackcurrant juice. Evolution: Like un-smokey smoke! Blackberries, blackcurrants with a finish which is blackcurrant juice in nose and on swallow. Sweetness: 0. Acidity: 4. Tannin: 1.5 with a texture which is like blackcurrant juice. The tannins are very smooth and the length is not bad. As for balance, it's very nice balanced and particularly juicy. The wine has a cork closure and is 13.5% abv. Overall, this wine is very nice and an unusual style of wine. Heavy grape varieties produced in such a light style make for interesting drinking!. My score is 84 points.

Red #Languedoc-Roussillon #wine from France: 2009 #organic: http://tinyurl.com/3qjhotd

Wine name: Veredus. Producer: JeanJean Saint-Felix de Lodex, Herault. Vintage: 2009. Purchased from carrefour. Appearance deep purple, thick and smooth on the glass with ribena, cherries, nicely fruity yet quite soft aromatics. The attack is juicy and firm with good acidity. Evolution: Very juicy with flavours of blackcurrant juice and a touch of forest floor with a finish which is black cherries and blackcurrants on swallow, black cherries in nose. Sweetness: 0. Acidity: 2.5. Tannin: 4 with a texture which is rough and the length is excellent. As for balance, it's good balance as the body balances out the slight harshness. The wine has a cork closure and is 13.5% abv. Overall, this wine is: A lovely rustic wine, which struggled a bit against a curry but afterwards it's drinking very well. My score (which is NOT the same as Robert Parker's!) is 82 points.

White #Cava #wine from Spain: NV : http://tinyurl.com/3qjhotd

Wine name: Cava Brut. Producer: Castellblanch S.A., Sant Sadumi D’Anoia. Vintage: NV. Appearance lots of small quick bubbles, quite pale greeny-yellow with quite toasty with notes of sesame aromatics. The attack is very prickly and quite intense. Evolution: Lovely juicy intensity, green apples, citrus, star fruit, grapefruit with a finish which is apples in nose, lemon on swallow. Sweetness: 1.5. Acidity: 3. Tannin: 0 with a texture which is prickly and quite dense, yet not foamy and the length is excellent. As for balance, it's the acidity and fizz really sets off the sweetness nicely. The wine has a cork closure and is 11.5% abv. Overall, this wine is: Very tasty, and much better than I expected for a Cava, very nice. My score (which is NOT the same as Robert Parker's!) is 86 points.

Rosé #Campania #wine from Italy: 2010 : http://tinyurl.com/3qjhotd

Wine name: Rosato. Producer: De Angelis S.N.C., Sorrento. Vintage: 2010. Purchased from wine shop in sorrento (sedil dominova). Appearance quite deep, slightly orangey red with candy, pomegranate, grenadine aromatics. The attack is juicy and like opal fruits. Evolution: Redcurrants, cranberries, oranges with a finish which is orange in nose, strawberries on swallow. Sweetness: 1. Acidity: 3. Tannin: 0.5 with a texture which is smooth and juicy and the length is excellent. As for balance, it's lovely balance for a rosé, with flavours of strawberries and oranges really balancing out the natural rosé bitterness. The wine has a cork closure and is 13% abv. Overall, this wine is: Lovely, quite easy to drink without being boring, and unusually intense for a rosé. Buy again!. My score (which is NOT the same as Robert Parker's!) is 86 points.

Red #Languedoc-Roussillon #wine from France: 2010 : http://tinyurl.com/3qjhotd

Wine name: Le Pas du Templier. Producer: Les Celliers des Terres de France, F30942. Vintage: 2010. Appearance deep purple colour, slow and viscous on glass with very rich and deep, notes of forest floor, rare beef, black fruits aromatics. The attack is very crisp for a red but surprisingly lacking in body. Evolution: Harsh, rough tannins, like a German Pinot Noir, like eating concrete with a finish which is green leaves in nose, rotten leaves on swallow. Sweetness: 0. Acidity: 3. Tannin: 3.5 with a texture which is very rough and heavy and the length is not bad. As for balance, it's very harsh with little body. The wine has a cork closure and is 13% abv. Overall, this wine is... Oh dear, this is disappointing – I was expecting this to be lovely as I usually really like this type of wine. My score is 74 points.