Roel Timmermans

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Roel Timmermans has been with us since May 2025. He is responsible for the day-to-day operations of Perfecte Wijn. With a background at Heineken and EssilorLuxottica, he's also no stranger to e-commerce and online beverage sales.

In addition, wine has long been a common thread in his life.

Since 2016, he and his brother have regularly posted no-nonsense wine reviews on Instagram, are regular visitors to ProWein and Vinitaly, and collect quite a few wines.

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The preferences of Roel

Favorite wine?

Poggio Al Tesoro - Dedicato a Walter. This stuff is always good, every year.

Favorite Grape Variety?

Cabernet Franc from Bolgheri or Napa Valley

Favorite Wine Region?

Napa Valley, then Montalcino

What don't you like in wine?

Currants. I'm fine with raisins, but that dried currant flavor, no. I'll pass.

What's the best wine you've ever had?

There are a few options here:

1. Sassicaia 1998
The first time I got to taste "the" Sassicaia was at ProWein with my brother. We were enjoying a few wines at a booth representing various wineries, and we were having a pleasant chat with the person pouring. Perhaps that's why she suddenly asked, "Would you like to try something else?" Of course. Then a '98 Sassicaia Magnum appeared. Fantastic, a wine that can hold its age, with a beautiful balance of fruit, depth, and finesse.

2. The Debate, Beckstoffer to Kalon Cabernet Franc 2019
Cabernet Franc in more expensive wines often has a very unctuous, thick, and slimy effect. That sounds awful, but think of a sip of Fanta. It always lingers in your mouth, just like the grape does in finer wines. Besides, everything Beckstoffer (a grape grower in Napa Valley who doesn't make wine himself) works with is simply superb. Not in terms of price, but the flavor is fantastic. You can't make a bad wine with Beckstoffer grapes.

3. Various vintages of Paleo Rosso
Also a pure Cabernet Franc, and together with the neighbor across the street (Poggio Al Tesoro) simply the best pure Cab Franc in Bolgheri (where, in my opinion, they also make better Bordeaux blends than in Bordeaux itself)

What are the real recommendations in your opinion?

There are quite a few, so I have to make some choices here. But yes, my previous answers may not have fully reflected my passion for Italian wines. So let me address that as well.

A nice, full-bodied Brunello would really please me. A Brunello with plenty of tobacco, old wood, and perhaps a hint of "hammy", magnificent if you ask me.

Also, when we talk about things people should try with wine:
- Decanting / aerating;
- Do not drink red too warm;
- Learn to slurp (that really enhances your experience);
- Trying different glasses for different wines

(...and so just throw the flutes away, did I say that out loud?)