Attention all whisky lovers, especially those that enjoy Islay malts:
My local Coop is selling the 70cl Laphroaig Islay single malt for less than £20! The offer ends 18.01.11, so hurry - at that price I bought two!
Attention all whisky lovers, especially those that enjoy Islay malts:
My local Coop is selling the 70cl Laphroaig Islay single malt for less than £20! The offer ends 18.01.11, so hurry - at that price I bought two!
Barry
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For Christmas I was given a bottle of the Quarter Cask that I think both of us enjoyed so much last year Barry. Having a snifter is a tough choice in this house at the moment, what with that & the Arbelour sitting side by side in the cupboard!
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To be ‘laid down’ for a couple of years:
2009 Chateau Dubois Gramond Bordeaux
Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon
2006 Chateau la Picherie Montgne Saint-Émilion
Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon
2009 Chateau Rollin Haute-Médoc
Cabernet Sauvignon
All around £16 a bottle
Barry
Nice, Barry. Just in case you hadn't noticed, the Castello San Lorenzo Rioja Reserva is back on offer at Tesco - half price again, but the original price had gone up 10%... Still, at £5.24 a bottle it is still a bargain.
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Good call Alex!
I haven't visited my Tesco for about six weeks now. Good job I spotted your post this morning before I went shopping. Needless to say, I have 'stocked up'. The offer ends 22.02.11, so time enough for a few more. Verily my 'cellar' runeth over!
Personally I think the San Lorenzo Reserva is better than the Berberana.
Thanks
Regards
Barry
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Nice reccos, Barry - noted
Sorry, but I have to chuckle at "Chateau la Picherie" (pron: peesherie). I can't help thinking of pissoirs, where one would take a 'pich' (peesh)
I believe that wine may have considerable 'lime' content!
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Hi Marco,
I realise my post on the clarets was somewhat scant and probably not very informative. I’ll try to put that right by expanding what I know about them.
Château Dubois Gramont 2009, Bordeaux AOC
Situated in Blaye, across the river from the Médoc cru of Margaux. 2009 was by all accounts a very good year for Bordeaux. A mixture of largely Merlot and a little Cabernet Sauvignon grape: the Merlot providing soft, ripe summer fruits and the Cabernet blackcurrant notes.
Can be drunk now but will benefit from cellaring for a couple of years, allowing more complex savoury notes to develop. 12.5% ABV. Drink by end 2015. This wine works out at £8 a bottle.
Château La Picherie 2006, Montagne-Saint-Emilion AOC
There is nothing lavatorial or even ‘fishy’ () about this small family-run estate of 3.5ha. The vines are 90% Merlot, 5% Cabernet Franc and 5% Cabernet Sauvignon, aged between 30 and 80 years.
Deep plum and black cherry flavours. A few years cellaring will allow the wine to take on more complex notes. Drink by 2016. £16 a bottle
Château Rollin 2009, Haut-Médoc AOC
A petit vin from a family estate adjacent to Paulliac. Again this is a 2009 Bordeaux and one that I am looking forward to drinking in a couple of years time. Drink by 2016, 13.5% ABV. £14 a bottle
I ordered all these wines from Laithwaites.
Regards
Barry