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  1. #1481
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    Very nice Grant!

    I'm hoping some rather interesting Japanese whisky is winging its way to me next week ...

    I have all but given up drinking wine but was in M&S last week and just had the urge to try something.
    I bought this very humble and unassuming looking DOC Valpolicella - but my god it is amazing!
    I used to find red wine far too often disappointing and variable in quality but I cannot recommend this enough at around a tenner a bottle.

    Very deep and slightly over-ripe sun drenched damsons and plums set against a background of fresh oak with hints of graphite on the finish.
    Soft, dusky tannins.

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    If I'm near M&S I shall maybe get a bottle. I dont drink much these days and little wine, but I like a nice red occasionally
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


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    I opened a bottle of Vieux Chateau Certan 1986 last night just because I felt like it - no occasion to celebrate!

    Opening wasn't without incident though - the cork broke and I managed to drop the corkscrew onto my big toe. I was so angry that I ignored it.
    Later on whilst I was happily sipping away I noticed that the toe was covered in blood ...

    After decanting and leaving an hour or so I was fully expecting this Pomerol to be just a little bit over the hill but it has held up superbly.
    I was amazed at the quality of the fruit - beautiful deep colour with just a slight orangey tinge to the rim, still looking very fresh.

    Rich, delicate and slightly floral on the nose, tasting revealed a lovely velvety texture with the tannins nearly completely subsided;
    strawberry jam with candied orange, quite racy with hints of graphite and parma violets and a touch of drying oak on the finish.

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  4. #1484
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    Tesco have this on offer at £15... worth buying although its not quite 101 its good enough and a snip.

    Regards,
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

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    Quote Originally Posted by julesd68 View Post
    I opened a bottle of Vieux Chateau Certan 1986 last night just because I felt like it - no occasion to celebrate!

    Opening wasn't without incident though - the cork broke and I managed to drop the corkscrew onto my big toe. I was so angry that I ignored it.
    Later on whilst I was happily sipping away I noticed that the toe was covered in blood ...

    After decanting and leaving an hour or so I was fully expecting this Pomerol to be just a little bit over the hill but it has held up superbly.
    I was amazed at the quality of the fruit - beautiful deep colour with just a slight orangey tinge to the rim, still looking very fresh.

    Rich, delicate and slightly floral on the nose, tasting revealed a lovely velvety texture with the tannins nearly completely subsided;
    strawberry jam with candied orange, quite racy with hints of graphite and parma violets and a touch of drying oak on the finish.

    You are a rather accident-prone, daftee!

    Anyway, more seriously lol, you mean you didn't decant the wine first, before serving it? Clarets of that vintage will almost certainly contain large degrees of sediment, so you'll have lost about 10% of the wine in sediment.

    Did you eat anything nice with it? It deserves to be accompanied by a nice rib of beef/rack of lamb, some game, or at the very least some strong flavoured cheese. Also, how did you get the broken end of the cork out of the bottle, without subsequently depositing bits of it into the wine?

    Not surprised that what you did manage to sample tasted good though, as a good Pomerol is hard to beat!

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  6. #1486
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    Quote Originally Posted by Marco View Post
    You are a rather accident-prone, daftee!

    Anyway, more seriously lol, you mean you didn't decant the wine first, before serving it? Clarets of that vintage will almost certainly contain large degrees of sediment, so you'll have lost about 10% of the wine in sediment.

    Did you eat anything nice with it? It deserves to be accompanied by a nice rib of beef/rack of lamb, some game, or at the very least some strong flavoured cheese. Also, how did you get the broken end of the cork out of the bottle, without subsequently depositing bits of it into the wine?

    Not surprised that what you did manage to sample tasted good though, as a good Pomerol is hard to beat!
    Yes the opening was a complete disaster.

    I always decant any decent claret on the rare occasion I drink it but yes, without going into further embarassing details there was a bit of a salvage job to do with a fine sieve before hand.

    I've had the bottle for twenty years or so, stored at home, so to be honest I was amazed the wine was in the condition it was ...
    Your food suggestions would be spot on but it was a complete spur of the moment decision so it was wine, and wine only.

    Next from the 'cellar' will be a Lynch Bages 82 but am saving that for a special birthday which isn't so far away ...
    I fully expect the cork to be trashed on that too ...
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  7. #1487
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    Maybe try a gas one. They are good on dodgy corks.
    Regards,
    Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
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    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

  8. #1488
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    Thanks - I haven't heard of these - is there a particular one you can recommend Grant?
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  9. #1489
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    Legacy Corkpops is the best at reasonable money tmk. just a needle and low pressure gas pops the thing out
    Regards,
    Grant .... ؠ ......Don't be such a big girl's blouse

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: democracy simply-doesn't-work
    .... ..... ...... ...... ................... ..... ..... ..... ..... .....
    FIIO K7 BT, M11 PLUS, BTR7, KA5 - OPPO BDP-103D - PANASONIC UB450 - PANASONIC 4K ULTRA HD TV - PIXEL 6 - AVANTREE LR BLUETOOTH - 2* X600 SOUNDCORE - HEADPHONES INCLUDE, FIIO, NURAPHONES', FOCAL, OPPO, BOSE, CAMBRIDGE, BOWER & WILKINS, DEVIALET, MARSHALL, SONY, MITCHELL & JOHNSTON - 2*ZBOOK'S- MERCURY BD ROM, ROON, QOBUZ, TIDAL, PLEX, CYBERLINK, JRIVER - MULTI HDD'S -

    Oh my god! There's nothing wrong with the bidet is there?

    “Nothing discloses real character like the use of power. It is easy for the weak to be gentle. Most people can bear adversity. But if you wish to know what a man really is, give him power. This is the supreme test. It is the glory of Lincoln that, having almost absolute power, he never abused it, except on the side of mercy".

    “You see these dictators on their pedestals, surrounded by the bayonets of their soldiers and the truncheons of their police ... yet in their hearts there is unspoken fear. They are afraid of words and thoughts: words spoken abroad, thoughts stirring at home -- all the more powerful because forbidden -- terrify them. A little mouse of thought appears in the room, and even the mightiest potentates are thrown into panic.”

    "You don't have free will. You have the appearance of free will.”

    “There's a war out there, old friend. A world war. And it's not about who's got the most bullets. It's about who controls the information. What we see and hear, how we work, what we think... it's all about the information!”


    ***SMILE, BE HAPPY***

  10. #1490
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    Great, I'll take a look at that thanks
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