This a small selection of the good bottles of any kind of alcohol I have come across. Since I started this list long after I tried some of the stuff I have forgotten the millesime for some bottles.
Spirits
Whisky
- [GOOD] Laphroaig whisky (10 years) : super peaty flavored
- [GOOD] Macallan whisky (12 years)
- [GOOD] Red spot irish whisky
- [GOOD] Talisker double amoroso cask maturation
- [BAD] Ledaig single malt 10 years
- Peated but overly sweet, cheapo blended whisky after taste, alcohol taste
Schnaps
- [GOOD] Apricot Z’graggen distillery
- [GOOD] Birkenhof Brennerei
- [GOOD] Fratelli Matasci grappa americana
- [GOOD] Fratelli Matasci grappa ticinese 48
- [GOOD] Marc de Gewurztraminer (Hagmeyer)
- [GOOD] Sibona grappa di moscato
Rhum
- [GOOD] Companero ron gran reserva Jamaica/Trinidad
- [GOOD] Ron Diplomatico Reserva Exclusiva
Misc
- [GOOD] Starotorunska Pepper Vodka (Vinpol)
Softer drinks
Beer
- [GOOD] 3 Fontaine Oude Kriek
- Tres acide et parfumee, bonne persistance
- [GOOD] Bertinchamps Blonde
- Un peu comme la triple Karmeliet mais plus legere
- [GOOD] Ermine (brasserie Lancelot)
- [GOOD] Den Herberg Blonde
- Legère avec notes teh pastèque et miel
- Confusion avec Schelde Strandgaper ?
- [GOOD] Jart-Elle Oude Kriek
- J’aime bien les tanins, pas mal de matiere comme le fruit
- [GOOD] Maenhout Koeketiene triple
- Fruity start and then a caramel finish with a funny texture
- [LAMBDA] Arever ambree double
- [LAMBDA] Arever Chicon malte
- [LAMBDA] Bastogne Pale Ale
- [LAMBDA] Boon Oude Kriek
- Un peu amere, bonnes notes d’epices
- [LAMBDA] Dolle Brouwers Boskeun
- [LAMBDA] De Ryck Speciale (non rien de special en fait)
- [LAMBDA] De Leite Ma mere speciale
- [LAMBDA] De Leite Enfant terrible
- [LAMBDA] Fort Lapin Hoplapin
- [LAMBDA] Mort Subite Oude Kriek lambic
- Too standard, acid but not texture nor volume
- [LAMBDA] Oudbeersel Oude Kriek vielle
- [LAMBDA] Paljas IPA
- [BAD] Ardenne Spirit old ale
- Trop sucree mais aucun corps
- [BAD] Belgo Sapiens Blanche de Thines
- Gout de savon sans le parfum que l’on attends d’une IPA
- [BAD] Hoppy Madame En Stoemelings
- Goût complètement éteint
- [BAD] Verheage Vichte Duchesse de Bourgogne
- Melange de vinaigre et de glace a la vanille
- [BAD] Verset Oud Bruin Oak
- Pas mauvaise facture mais le gout ne m’a pas plu
- Gueuze avec des aromes de sous-bois
Misc
- Cidre cuvee speciale (Manoir du Kinkiz) : a really dry cider
Wines
- [GREAT] Mandolas Tokaj (Oremus) : probably the best dry white wine I have ever tried
- [GOOD] Chateau de Plaisance L’Insolent
- [GOOD] Chateau Gasqui Point G
- [GOOD] Coop Ribeauville Muscat d’Alsace: sweet price/quality ratio
- [GOOD] Dalmara Paliokαlias Naoussa
- Tres agreable odeur a confiture
- [GOOD] Domaine de Savagny Cotes du Jura Vin Jaune 2012
- Standard character of Vin Jaune. A bit acid does worst when not chilled.
- [GOOD] Rainoldi Sassella 2010
- Bon gout de fraise
- [GOOD] Riserva del Carmagnola : One of the few Merlot from Ticino that I like
- [GOOD] Brancaia tre toscana 2018
- light red fruits (excellent value for price)
- [GOOD] Glatzer Carnuntum Sankt Laurent Altenberg 2015
- [GOOD] Lagerla birba toscana igt 2011
- fruits rouges, un peu de sous bois, soyeux, persistance ok
- [GOOD] Oliver Zeter ‘Z’ 2016
- medium wood flavour, acidity but low tanins
- [GOOD] Ottella, Ripa della Volta Valpolicella Ripasso 2016
- first opened the bottle a bit of tea flavors (expensive!)
- [GOOD] Rainoldi Sassella Nebbiolo Valtellina Superiore DOCG 2009
- [GOOD] Rainoldi Prugnolo Nebbiolo Valtellina Superiore DOCG 2015
- [GOOD] Rudolf Fürst Tradition Spätburgunder, 2017
- [GOOD] Tre terre chiodi ascona 2017
- black fruits
- [GOOD] Yannick Alleno, Michel Chapoutier Côtes du Rhône 2019
- Un peu tanique mais du puissant goût de fruits confits noirs
- [OK] gesellmann st laurent 2017
- silky texture, cherry notes
- [OK] Markowitsch Carnuntum Redmont 2017
- [OK] Monte del Fra, Valpolicella Superiore 2017
- [OK] Domaine la Rouillere grande reserve 2016
- Beaucoup de sous-bois
- [OK] Scheiner black print 2018 OK
- strawberries
- [OK] Sylvain Faudot Arbois Ploussard 2018
- Fraises mais amere sur les bords
- [LAMBDA] A. Christmann Saint Laurent Gutswein trocken QbA Pfalz, VDP.Gutswein 2014
- [LAMBDA] Brancaia chianti classico 2019
- Un peu plus cher que le vin du pays, pour pas grand chose.
- [LAMBDA] Deutzerhof Spätburgunder Cossmann-Hehle QbA trocken, 2017
- [LAMBDA] Hillinger Small Hill 2018
- [LAMBDA] Jean-Luc Baldès Petit Clos 2017
- Du Malbec typique, très fort mais on distingue pas de goûts précis
- [LAMBDA] Jean Stodden Spätburgunder QbA trocken 2018
- [LAMBDA] Meyer-Näkel Spätburgunder QbA trocken, 2018
- [LAMBDA] Pio Cesare Barbera d’Alba DOC 2018
- Un peu amère, persistance OK, pas de compléxité
- [LAMBDA] Weingut Hiss Muskateller trocken 2019
- So far the best muscat …
- [LAMBDA] Schlumberger muscat 2019
- [LAMBDA] Zenato Cabernet Sauvignon Santa Cristina Garda DOC 2017
- [LAMBDA] Ziereisen Spätburgunder Blauer trocken Tschuppen, 2016
- [LAMBDA] Zyme from black to white IGP 2019
- Sweet, no complexity
- [POOR] Fattoria le Pupille, Morellino di Scancano 2018
- cheap fruity wine, robe claire comme coupee a l’eau, aucune complexite
- [POOR] Fattoria le Pupille, Poggio Valente 2017
- tanic, ok persistence, no complexity, really expensive for quality :-(
- [POOR] Les Vins de Vienne, Les palignons Crozes Hermitage 2017
- needlessly sweet, tanic, faint tea leaves note, faint persistence, no complexity
- [POOR] Les Vins de Vienne, La sillote vacqueyras 2017
- overly sweet guarapo, high alcohol, no persistence, no complexity
- [POOR] Matasci Tendro Merlot Ticino 2017
- Bitter as a cheap piece of cork (Matasci’s distillates are generally very good though)
- [POOR] Matayac Cahors Malbec 2018
- Leger gout complex de mure en arriere plan. Perds complement son gout avec la nourriture.
- [POOR] Metzger schwarzer 2018
- overly sweet guarapo, high alcohol, good persistence, no complexity
- [POOR] Rainoldi Grumello Nebbiolo Valtellina Superiore DOCG 2007
- [POOR] Rainoldi Sauvignon Ghibellino IGT 2015
- [POOR] Rainoldi Inferno Riserva Valtellina Superiore DOCG 2013
- bad compared to price and other rainoldis (too lightly flavored)
- [POOR] Schneider tohu wabohu 2017
- strong ripasso-like but overly sweet, slightly bitter and without any complexity, expensive
- [POOR] Weingut Hiss Spätburgunder Eichstetter Herrenbuck Kabinetttrocken, 2017
- [POOR] Wohlmuth Gelber Muskateller Klassik QbA dry 2018
- [HORRIBLE] Clerico, Nebbiolo Langhe Capisme-e 2013
- [HORRIBLE] Clerico, Barbera d’Alba Trevigne 2012
- [HORRIBLE] Terrasse de la Garde pessac leognan 2016
- tanique, amere, aucune complexite/persistance, a ce prix cest vraiment honteux
- [HORRIBLE] Xavier Vignon arcane 15 le diable 2015
- tanique, sucre degeux, aucune complexite, a ce prix cest vraiment honteux
- [FORGOT TO NOTE?] Monte del Fra, Valpolicella Ripasso Superiore 2017
- [FORGOT TO NOTE?] Pfitscher Pinot Nero Fuchsleiten DOC 2017
- [FORGOT TO NOTE?] Tommasi, Valpolicella Superiore Ripasso 2017
- [FORGOT TO NOTE?] Elio Grasso Langhe Nebbiolo Gavarini 2019
Where to buy
- vinexus/perbacco: bunch of d*ickheads. There are always bottles missing in the order.
- Very german-minded customer service (aka the do not give a sh*t)
- vinizia : mostly OK
- Belgiuminabox : very slow to ship and unresponsive