Tonight Kumala Zenith Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz (how do they get all those grapes in that little bottle?)
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Tonight Kumala Zenith Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon Shiraz (how do they get all those grapes in that little bottle?)
Have any Wine aficionados on here sussed out the new Aldi range - The Aldi Wine Tour of France? (on sale from Thursday, but temptingly in brochure today)
They are proudly announcing that they are The Drinks Retailing Awards, Wine Retailer of the Year.
2010 Château Les Marcottes, Bordeaux
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75% Merlot with 25% Cabernet Sauvignon
“… displays ripe red fruit flavours on a round and balanced palette.”
Gold medal winner:
Los Angeles International Wine competition, 2011 and Concours des vins Lyon, 2011
Bronze medal winner:
Concours National des Grands Vins de France - Blayais Bourgeais, 2011
14% ABV. ~ £11 a bottle. Drink by June 2016
2004 Château Villars, Fronsac
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69% Merlot, 26% Cabernet Franc with 5% Cabernet Franc
“The 2004 vintage was slightly overshadowed by the fruitier 2005 but 10 years on it is revealing itself as a classic vintage with an abundance of charm. Château Villars from Merlot dominant Canon-Fronsac is a fragrant, silky and sophisticated claret.”
13% ABV ~ £17 a bottle. Drink by end 2019
Excellent – I’ve another couple of bottles of this to enjoy.
2010 Château Samion, Saint- Émilion
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“This top vintage claret, from "the most exciting" of Saint Emilion's satellite regions (Wine Spectator) is from a family run property close to Pomerol. Matured in top quality oak, it offers lush plum flavours with raspberry notes and a hint of spice.”
Gold medal winner: Concours National des Vignerons Independants, 2012
14.5% ABV ~ £15 a bottle. Drink by end 2016
In no particular order, some recently enjoyed ‘slurps’:
2011 Château Franc Cantenac, Saint-Émilion
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80% Merlot with 20% Cabernet Franc.
13% ABV. Drink by end 2016. ~£13 a bottle.
2010 Château Langel-Mauriac, Bordeaux
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Merlot (80%), Cabernet Sauvignon (15%) and Cabernet Franc (5%)
Gold medal winner: 2011 Concours de Bordeaux.
Rich and full-bodied.
12.5% ABV Drink by end of 2018. ~£12 a bottle.
2009 Château Fontcaille Bellevue, Bordeau Supérieur
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Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Franc.
13.5% ABV, drink by end 2015.
Plus quite a bit of this:
2012 La Barrique de Bordeaux, Bordeaux
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“La Barrique is a superb claret made using tiny parcels of grapes from hugely expensive spots in Pomerol (think Pétrus at £1,000), Pauillac (from vines abutting £800 Château Latour), Grand Cru Saint Emilion and Margaux. It's complex, rich and long.”
13.5% ABV, drink by end 2018. ~£19 a bottle.
Just savouring a 'wee nip' of a 37-year old vintage Armagnac, which we bought earlier this year in France, from one of our favourite wines shops (see link below), located in Ardres - a charming little village just outside of Calais, where we base ourselves on wine-buying trips: http://www.boursot.co.uk/index.html
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For any of you here who love Armagnac, this is absolutely stunning: smooth, rich, 'caramelly', and just pure unctuous luxury... Salut! :cheers:
The bottle shown is the 1982 vintage. The one I have is from 1978.
Marco.
The colour looks awesome... bet thats niceQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Trust me, 'nice' barely scratches the surface, mate - it's STUNNING! You can smell the aroma it's creating inside the glass (a large, wide crystal goblet), as it sticks to it, from the other side of the room! :eek: :eyebrows:
Marco.
Had an old bourbon like that when I was richer lol. it just stuck to you when you drank it. It was about as old as you can keep it without it deteriorating. which is no where near whisky years. pappy van winkle it was... couldnt afford another bottle but boy, it was an experience:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Marco
enjoy the fruits Marco
Cheers, mate. I'll save you some! ;)
Wasn't too bad, TBH, about £35 a bottle....
Marco.
Just about to open and decant a bottle of this to have with Heston's Chestnut and Coffee-smoked Christmas Ham, served cold, in slices with Del's home-made raisin and apple chutney :http://www.vidal-fleury.com/data/doc...08011100Fr.pdf
:cheers: :happynewyear:
Marco.
So as to maintain the level of pretension and to continue to provide material to our detractors “elsewhere on the web” (Happy New Year to you by the way), here are some slurps I have enjoyed over the last couple of months:
2012 Château La Rose Montauran, Saint Emilion, Bordeaux
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Médaille d'Or, Récolte 2012, Gold medal Concours de Bordeaux 2013, Gold medal Vins Aquitaine 2013
Merlot grape, 13.5% ABV. £10 a bottle.
2010 Château Cap D’Or, Saint Georges-Saint Emilion,Bordeaux
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Gold medal Concours de Bordeaux 2012
Merlot grape, 14.5% ABV. Approx £13 a bottle.
2009 Château Mathiot, Bordeaux
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Gold medal Récolte 2009, Medaille d'Or, Paris 2011, Gold medal Concours General Agricole de Paris 2011
75% Cabernet Sauvignon plus 25% Merlot, 13% ABV, approx £9 a bottle.
2009 Château Dubois Gramont, Bordeaux
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Merlot, 14% ABV, about £8.50 a bottle.
2012 Chapelle de Bordeaux
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Merlot, 12.5% ABV, £9.50 a bottle.
Jeez, that's all "pompous arse" shit. You're obviously just showing off, mate! :rolleyes:
Why can't you just buy a £5 bottle of Shiraz, from Bargain Booze, and be done with it!!!??
;) ;) ;)
Marco.
P.S Oh, and if you ate anything other than microwaved ready meals with it, from Farmfoods, whilst sitting in your pee-soaked joggers, then you truly are a hopeless ponce! :ner:
Haha...
My mates a winie...well maybe a wino...he loves his buckie :eyebrows:
Ive been trying this for last couple of weeks as a nibble.. Cathedral City Sweet Chilli Mature Cheddar .... very nice cheese
Sipping a rather nice blended scotch. Hankey Bannister original nice. Thoroughly recommended.
Comparing and contrasting Riggwelter and Old Empire IPA :cool:
Try some "Iceberg" from Titanic Jez. :)
2009 Château D’Orval, Bordeaux
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Médaille d’Or Récolte 2009, Médaille d’Or Concours de Bordeaux 2011 and Concours de Bordeaux, Vins d’Aquitaine 2001
Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot grape, 13.5% ABV
No longer available as this should have been drunk up by the end of last year, but a couple of months did not do it any harm at all. Nice drop nonetheless, as are all 2009 Bordeaux. :)
Been sipping the 'Ben Bracken ' from Lidl . Quality blended whisky mix it says :(
HHHmmm - not sure at all !!
Give me a bottle of Teachers any day , for I am a heathen :mental:
might benefit from a splash of water Anto
Cheers Grant. Its the 12 yr aged Malt ,and I do prefer my whisky with a generous amount of water .
malt prefers a bit less water than grain i usually find. just enough to bring out its hidden flavours....if it has any;) not tried that one(least I dont think I have) from lidl.. i quite liked one that was either port or sherry casked, and came out a bit red... was a decent drop that, but I'm a sucker for those styles.:D
A couple of bottles of red recently consumed. Bought from Lidl at very attractive prices, but then we are in the best place for inexpensive wine.
If they tried to put the tax up on wine, or add a 'customs and excise' duty, I'm sure there would be the next French revolution.
First off, a cheeky little number:
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Very smooth, very fruity, €3.69
2nd, a respectable Bordeaux:
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Not quite as nice as the Fitou, but only €3.29
It's a wonder I'm not an alcoholic, seriously I don't drink that much, but I really should try to cut down the weekly consumption.
:cool:
Seigneurie d'Arse? :lol:
Did it have a nicely 'rounded bottom'? Hopefully, there was no 'lingering aftertaste'... Wish I'd spotted that - worth buying for the label alone! :D
Marco.
That's exactly what I thought Marco, and turned out to be a very good red :)
Which roughly translated says "Lordship of Arse".
It would be worse if it was "Saignement d'Arse" and I would probably wonder what was in the bottle.
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A bit out of my normal price bracket but the first IPA reference I have seen on a French beer, so I had to try it.
There are some wonderful British IPAs, I have tried quite a few :D
Fleur De Houblon translates as 'hop flower'. Quite a floral taste to it, sweeter than most British IPAs.
Carrefour, €3.85 for a 75cl bottle, 6.5% abv.
I'll be having a few Moorhouse's Blonde Witch's tonight me thinks...
And maybe a nice bottle of George DeBeouf's Flurie ;)
2009 Chateau Dubois Gramont, Bordeaux
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60% Merlot 40% Cabernet Sauvignon
4% ABV ~ £9 a bottle
2014 Chateau Gromel Bel Air, Bodeaux Supérieur
This firm rich claret is from a 150 year old cellar situated just north of Fronsac on Bordeaux's Right Bank, very close to Pomerol. Wines this side of the Garonne all rely on Merlot, in this red producing a classic gently oaked style with lush fruit.
Cabernet Sauvignon,Cabernet Franc and Merlot grape
12.5% ABV ~ £10 a bottle
2005 Chateau Ramage La Batisse, Haut-Medoc
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Château Ramage La Batisse 2005 is fine, oak-aged claret from the most famous region of Bordeaux and a truly magnificent vintage. A fine choice for a special occasion. Given that the family owned estate lies just a short stroll from Châteaux Lafite and Mouton Rothschild, you might expect it to command a hefty price. Fortunately, it lies just outside the Pauillac boundaries, so is much more reasonable.
This luscious claret has scooped six awards, including two Golds. The wine displays all the classic hallmarks of Haut-Médoc claret - cedar wood, cassis and liquorice complexity.
Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc, Merlot and Petit Verdot grape
13% ABV ~£15 a bottle
2011 Chateau Les Trois Manoirs, Médoc
Medaille d’Or, Concours Genéral Agricole, Paris 2013
55% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Merlot, 5% Malbec, 3% Petie Verdot and 2% Cabernet Franc grape
14% ABV ~£18 a bottle
Plus
2013 Piedra Cerza, Pinot Noir
Argentina Pinot noir grape
~ £9 a bottle
2014 Chateau Haut Roudier
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20% Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and 20% Merlot grape
~ £10 a bottle
2011 Chateau Laborde, Haut-Medoc
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Nice... Have you tried the Haut-Medoc I gave you yet? :)
Marco.
No, not yet - I'm reserving it to celebrate the completion of the first phase of our new house. :) That will be in a couple of weeks time.Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Ah, sounds like a good time to crack it open! Didn't know you were moving to a new house, mate. Good luck with that :)
Marco.
Me and the mrs sipping, some nice Old J rum, very close in taste to the old sailor Jerry before they changed the recipe. Oh and some Punk IPA. Very nice.
It's our holiday home, which I mentioned we were having built when I last saw you. Having gone to some trouble in redecorating and rewiring my living/listening room, I'm not going to abandon my current home quite so quickly! :lol:Quote:
Originally Posted by Marco
Old Sailor was great stuff. Dunno why they changed it:doh: totally ruined it.Quote:
Originally Posted by jollyfix
Ah yes, that's right. Have fun with that! :cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Marco.
Interesting, let me guess, the new Sailor Jerry's is a lot sweeter?Quote:
Originally Posted by jollyfix
Old jerry was a fairly unique taste...lots of vanilla in it... New one just tastes like any other basic brand tbh.
Has anybody tried the Ardbeg Dark Cove?
Just wondering if it is worth getting a bottle.
Its a ltd ed whisky i think. Not tried or seen it yet but its not cheap. I am not a big lover of ardbeg anyways... Ive also heard it is not as dark as you might imagine. A good bourbon would be better at that price.:)
Not for me, but we are all different.
Actually tempted to get a 1996 Gordon and MacPhail Caol Ila to replace the bottle I have almost finished.
It's quite possibly my favourite whisky at the moment.
Caol ila is a super whisky... Never had a disappointing one. Laphroaig is probably my fav of the smokers and usually have a bottle lying .... Got a nice Cardhu gold reserve in stock too that i picked up for a song in tesco . a!d Marco the george dickel no12 is still unopened:D ....how ive resisted the temptation all these years is beyond me
Got a couple of Laphroaigs, but the '96 cask strength Caol Ila is sublime.
Currently drinking "Citra" from Oakham Ales. CAMRA gold champion for 2014. Stunning, hoppy golden ale with a "citrus" finish from the hops (geddit?).
This is one of those great tasting whiskies Been in my collection for some years but it's about to go like all the rest lol
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Hi Grant, how are you , hope you keeping well? Just poured myself a glass of Jameson's for academic interest. Not been drinking much whisky recently but have a hankering for some knockando, nice light ethereal whisky. The opposite of laphroaig.
The basic is nice and the top ones very expensive. Not had one for years actuall... Glenlivet make it I think(knockandoo) ... A drop of Irish big J is always nice. Used to drink Jamesons when in Ireland working, along with a Guinness
Never well, but still here lol
Nice to see Islay whisky's featuring so much in the chat :) - I am originally from Bowmore and am partial to the same though recently in a moment of madness I opened my last Hart Brothers bottling of Port Ellen :doh: (at least I still have the limited annual numbered release left).
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No posts for 3 months, everyone gone sober?