The Wine & Whisky Thread

[Barry]

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

[Barry]

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. £10.25 a bottle from Co-op.

[struth]

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

very decent

end of this bottle.. tired so will rest after perhaps..slange

[struth]

opened this tonight... a good quality drop too it is... for price maybe their best dram imo

[rmcin626]

opened this tonight... a good quality drop too it is... for price maybe their best dram imo

Glen Scotia is a fine dram

[struth]

opened this today; been on shelf since it came out. it was their first age statement dram.

[rmcin626]

opened this today; been on shelf since it came out. it was their first age statement dram.

Not tasted that one

[struth]

Not tasted that one

Not bad but not great

[rmcin626]

Not bad but not great

Noted, wont rush to buy then

[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