Another good dram GrantQuote:
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Another good dram GrantQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
yes robin, very nice dram. had a couple early as had flu jjab and i was feeling a bit under weather... so very early night for meQuote:
Originally Posted by rmcin626
2021 St. Emilion from Sainsbury
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13% ABV. £15.25 a bottle.
Hope you are feeling better soon mateQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
2019 Château Pillebart, Bordeaux
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Petit château Bordeaux (i.e. not from the expensive Cru Classé properties) offers a wealth of luscious ripe fruit, coupled with elegance. They make a perfect partnership with food and some, like this, are also silky enough to enjoy solo. The wine is from a small property owned by second-generation Laurent Chenard. His parents grew cereal crops with a few vines, but when he took over in 1999, he transformed it into a wine estate, with 7 hectares of vineyard. He is situated in the Entre-Deux-Mers, where Merlot is the king of grapes. In 2019, it ripened to perfection, so that the wine offers generous velvety plum and damson fruit, with rounded tannins and freshness.
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13.5% ABV. About £22 a bottle. Drink by end of 2026
2020 L'Epiphanie de Margaux, Margaux AOC
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Not able to name this top Margaux estate that's behind this red. The confidentiality clause is so strict that the wine was even bottled away from the château. (It’s why you won’t see Grand Cru on the label.) What is promised is that this is an exceptional wine from one of the most-prized estates in this prestigious appellation. While this is definitely not their Grand Vin (you'd have to pay £600 for that), it is made from the same grapes, by the same team, with the same lavish no-expense-spared expertise. All classic ripe black fruit character, alongside cherry and plum, infused with subtle spice, cedar and tobacco. Open early and decant, but for the best results cellar for a few years.
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Tasting notes:
Black fruits, cherry and plum; subtle spice, cedar and tobacco
Aroma:
Complex ripe black fruit character; toasty oak, tobacco spice
14.5% ABV £28 a bottle, Drink before April 2035.
not had a dram for a while so try one tonight.. arran quarter cask
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Bit of a fanboy of Arran myselfQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
Looks like there are two Members in the whisk(e)y 'club', yet only one in the wine 'club'. :scratch: ( :lol: )
I enjoy a wee glass of red as well but usually just supermarket stuff.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Château Bel-Orme Tronquoy de Lalande 2011
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Château Bel-Orme was founded in 1750 by the Tronquoy-de-Lalande family. Its design is by Victor Louis, renowned also for the Grand Théatre of Bordeaux. Since 1936 it has been the property of the Quié family, run today by the third generation. This grand estate stretches over 28 hectares, overlooking the Gironde estuary in Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne and includes land certified by Natura 2000 thanks to its rich biodiversity. Unusually for the Haut-Médoc, Merlot is dominant (65%), the rest Cabernet Sauvignon, all aged in French oak barrels for up to 14 months. With a dozen years' age, the wine offers aromas of rose petal, undergrowth and red fruits, with supple tannins. Delicious now, but still has a few years to go. A fine red, ideal with game.
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Tasting notes: Supple tannins supporting red fruits with spice complexity
Aroma: Rose petal, sousbois, red berry fruits, oak spice
13% ABV £22 a bottle Drink by end of 2030
2018 Château Peymouton, Saint-Émilion Grand Cru
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The Château Peymouton stretches over 31 hectares across the splendid property of the Beaumartin Family. The vine is farmed with the utmost care, giving all due respect this exacting and totally prestigeous appellation. At harvesting, the fruit is picked meticulously and sorted during the picking them in the vat room. With this thoroughness and passion for their work, the Beaumartin family today offer a wine that combines potency with delicate finesse, releasing delicate aromas of small red fruit and giving a keen attack with a long aromatic finish.
The 2018 Peymouton is straightforward on the nose, featuring blackberry, briary, scorched earth and light tarry aromas. The palate is medium-bodied with firm tannins and quite structured, displaying blackberry and bilberry fruit and a light marine influence toward the finish. A bit reserved overall, but nicely proportioned.
13.5% ABV About £13 a bottle. Drink by end of 2036.
2020 Château du Ragon, Bordeaux AOP
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Château du Ragon. A petit-château claret that’s kind on the pocket and delivers all the elegant fruit and structure the region is renowned for. What’s more it hails from the 5-star 2020 vintage. “The overall take on vintage 2020 is – in a word: stellar.” "An outstanding quality level from first growths to petits châteaux”. This claret is brimming with smooth red and black fruits, with smooth tannins. Open early and serve with roast meats.
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Tasting notes: Juicy, rounded flavours of plum, cherry and blackberry, smooth spice
Aroma: Ripe aromas of juicy red and black fruits, soft spices
13% ABV, About £15 a bottle, Drink by end of 2025
Got this as a gift to try. 5cl of Mc'Nean Organic at 46%.
Distillery is up Oban way and spirit is rather nice. Light and quite fruity. No idea the age but feels that it has some age to it.
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Aberlour 14 Year Old Double Cask Matured Whisky
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nice drop this but all but finished now
One of my favourite malts. :)Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
Just bought myself a half-case of 2020 Château Le Bonalguet, Bordeaux AOC
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Not many wines can boast 23 top Gold medals in six years, but that’s the triumphant haul for this claret, 2015 to 2020. It’s from a small estate in Saint-Germain du Puch, between Bordeaux and Saint-Emilion. The estate grows Merlot, Malbec and Cabernet on clay and limestone soils typical of the greater Saint-Emilion region. Owners Agnès and Alexandre Sueur and winemaker Gregory Dalla Longa make wines that reflect this special terroir and the unique character of each vintage. And Bordeaux 2020, with its long, warm summer, was certainly high quality. "Bordeaux has another terrific vintage on its hands with 2020" wrote Jeb Dunnock, "outstanding quality level" put Suckling. Decant at least an hour prior to serving it with roast lamb or duck.
Winner of six gold medals 2021 - 2022
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Tasting notes:
Supple, rounded with bright, fruity length and rounded tannins.
Aroma:
Deep cherry, plum, cassis, with a hint of floral and cedar spice.
13.5% ABV £16 a bottle. Drink by end of 2027.
got a bottle of this today. had a £10 voucher.... quite nice thisQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
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Nice looking bottle. How do you pronounce the name of the contents?Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
nic nee ann, i think.. its on the drimnin estate at oban. its the first organic distillery apparently.Quote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Not tried that one so farQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
pretty decent if young...Quote:
Originally Posted by rmcin626
Speyside Whisky 12 Year Old (That Boutique-y Whisky Company)
(70cl, 45.8%)
lots of fruits, mostly sherried here along with spicy cinnamon.. quite oily too. not sure what distillery it is but i guess the deer on label should be a clue:eek:
very decent
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Aberlour 12 Year Old Double Cask
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Lovely!Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
aberlour 12..new bottle... ive been enjoying this over the 14 i usually got. smooth but has an afterbite, unlike the 14.
very good
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Château Les Moutins 2019, Bordeaux AOP
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For Bordeaux with lots of smooth, ripe fruit appeal, choose Château Les Moutins. 2019 was a great vintage – well balanced with deliciously ripe fruit. Nearly-all Merlot, this velvety claret makes delightful drinking now and over the next 4 years.
Château Les Moutins lies on the Right Bank of the Garonne. It has been family owned since 1852 and boasts 60 hectares of vineyard, most of those 20+ years old. The clay, limestone and chalk soils are key to the freshness and expressive aromas of the wine, redolent of ripe plum, redcurrant and rose petal. Merlot is the main grape on this side of the river, which accounts for the voluptuous, velvety style of the wine.
Tasting notes: Silky red fruits, creamy plum, sapid and leafy
Aroma: Juicy plum, redcurrant, floral hints, green leaf
13% ABV About £20 a bottle Drink by end of 2026
Château Le Coin Bordeaux 2020, Bordeaux AOC
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The noise surrounding Bordeaux is usually focused on the unreachable 1er growths. But, if you know where to look, there are bargains to be found. Ludovic Roussillon’s Château Le Coin is the perfect example. Thanks to the strict, historic appellation boundaries, Ludovic’s estate shares the same fine, Saint-Emilion limestone soil but falls just outside the official boundary, on the other side of the river. Meaning top-shelf wine, but without the eyewatering price. The efforts pay off, winning countless Golds for this silky, rich claret.
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Tasting notes:
Smooth and silky with ripe damson, cassis fruit; hints of spicy oak
Aroma:
Ripe plum with notes of tobacco and spice
14.5% ABV About £13 - 15 a bottle Drink by end of 2024
used to like nice bordeaux when i was into reds... not a bad price for a goodieQuote:
Originally Posted by Barry
a new one for me, tho i do like fettercairn in general. this has been on shelf for some time.
fettercairn warehouse no2. batch 3 and came in at 50.6%. this edition has been aged in a combo of bourbon barrels, rum casks, and french red wine barriques.
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rather nice this. interesting bit of buttery raspberry on the finish, but its nice and completely different in mouth too with pepper on the tip of tongue. some mango on the nose also.
Fettercairn is a nice dram, not tried that one thoughQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
I came across a book recently, titled: "1001 Whiskys to Try Before you Die" (I hate those "1001 ..." books. :doh:). But I did wonder how many you and Grant had sampled. :scratch:
sure it wont be 1001..... i hope :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Barry
Unfortunately in Australia, we only get a fraction of that 1001Quote:
Originally Posted by struth
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A long way to send the good stuff I guess.Quote:
Originally Posted by hole46
A freebie of Glenfarclas 105.
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Nice dramQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
Les Hauts De Saint Martin, Saint-Chinian 2021
Grape: 45% Syrah, 30% Black Grenache, 15% Carignan and 10% Mourvedre.
Rich garnet red colour, with red and black currents, with a hint of spice aroma.
Full bodied and generous with rich, baked blackberry flavours and a long finish.
Winner of Medaille d'Or 2022, Concours Des Grand Vins De France A Macon.
13.5% ABV. Can be drunk now, but will age and mellow beautifully for up to three years.
Photos to follow.
I'm drinking some wine tonight, some bog standard chardonnay from Co op, it tastes ok, and it gets me merry.
Château Bel-Orme Tronquoy de Lalande, 2011
Haut-Medoc AOP
Château Bel-Orme was founded in 1750 by the Tronquoy-de-Lalande family. Since 1936 it has been the property of the Quié family, run today by the third generation. This grand estate stretches over 28 hectares, overlooking the Gironde estuary in Saint-Seurin-de-Cadourne and includes land certified by Natura 2000 thanks to its rich biodiversity. Unusually for the Haut-Médoc, Merlot is dominant (65%), the rest Cabernet Sauvignon, all aged in French oak barrels for up to 14 months. With a dozen years' age, the wine offers aromas of rose petal, undergrowth and red fruits, with supple tannins. Delicious now, but still has a few years to go.
Tasting notes: Supple tannins supporting red fruits with spice complexity
Aroma: Rose petal, sousbois, red berry fruits, oak spice
13% ABV About £22 a bottle. Drink by end 2030
Les Hauts De Saint Martin, Saint-Chinian 2021
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Grape: 45% Syrah, 30% Black Grenache, 15% Carignan and 10% Mourvedre.
Rich garnet red colour, with red and black currents, with a hint of spice aroma.
Full bodied and generous with rich, baked blackberry flavours and a long finish.
Winner of Medaille d'Or 2022, Concours Des Grand Vins De France A Macon.
13.5% ABV. Can be drunk now, but will age and mellow beautifully for up to three years. £10.25 a bottle from Co-op.
end of this bottle.. tired so will rest after perhaps..slangeQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
opened this tonight... a good quality drop too it is... for price maybe their best dram imo
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Glen Scotia is a fine dramQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
opened this today; been on shelf since it came out. it was their first age statement dram.
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Not tasted that oneQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
Not bad but not greatQuote:
Originally Posted by rmcin626
Noted, wont rush to buy thenQuote:
Originally Posted by struth
GlenAllachie 10 Year Old Cask Strength Batch 8. 57.2%. nice raisins and dark muscovado plus a touch of banana i think. great finish
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