This one was supposed to
be my Dutch participant for my personal World Cup final about a month
ago! Actually, it is my first wine from the Netherlands! This Cuvée
Villare 2009 from Wijngaard Sint Martinus estate in Limburg, the most
southern tip of the Netherlands, is a pure Monarch! Less aristocracy i am afraid
and more of disease-resistant qualities. These qualities were created
in the late 1990s from its mother: Merzling x (Saperavi severnyi X
Muskat Ottonel) and its unmistakable father: Dornfelder.
Unmistakable? You will find out later! Is there something else
to know? Probably yes! Unfortunately my skills in Dutch are downright
pathetic. So no information at all. Well, apparently it was aged for 12 months small and mostly used
French oak barrels. That's it! Well at least not so much to write about and
more importantly not to read about this time. What do you think?! Let's check it out this Monarch ….
