I have always wanted to try the 17YO, but it is a bit expensive over here.
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I have always wanted to try the 17YO, but it is a bit expensive over here.
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Didn’t Berlusconi get into a bit of bother over a 17 year old?Originally Posted by CageyH
Ah but I guess that was Italy not France.
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Looks interesting, Tony. Is it peaty - smooth or fiery? What type of casks was it distilled in? If it's too peaty, it unfortunately won't be my thing. If you could describe the taste, that would be useful
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Not peaty at all. Bourbon & oloroso casks I believe.
Smooth as......[emoji4]
I believe it is right up your street Marco.
Quite fruity, peaches and kiwi according to the distillery but also butterscotch and vanilla in there.
Taste just develops in the glass, teaspoon of water and about 10 minutes sitting really brings out the flavours.
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Just a heads up for red wine lovers... Just enjoyed this with tonight's dinner (some grilled lamb cutlets), and it's without doubt the nicest Greek red wine I've ever had; in fact is up there with some of the nicest wines I've had, period!
Made from Aghiorghitiko grapes, indigenous to Greece, it however, for all intents and purposes, tastes like a good Médoc, such are the deep, rich earthy flavours it imparts on the palate, but with a hint of spice, juicy blackcurrant and rich damson fruits, exhibiting good 'length' and acidity, which makes it an ideal partner for all red meats and mature cheeses.
Honestly, it's a stonker! Plus, at a round a tenner a bottle, superb value for this type of quality, which had it come from the Bordeaux region of France, would've cost at least twice that amount. Why not treat yourself to some over the festive period!
Details here: https://www.skouras.gr/wines/reds/saint-george-nemea/
I got it from Tanners in Chester, but can also be ordered online here: https://www.houseofwine.gr/how/intl/...rce=vivino-ppc
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Turntable: Heavily-modified Technics SL-1210MK5G [Mike New bearing/ETP platter/Paul Hynes SR7 PSU & regulator mods]. Funk Firm APM Achromat with Nagaoka GL-601 Crystal Record Weight. Isonoe feet & boots. Ortofon RS-212D tonearm with Denon DL-103GL, in a Denon PCL-300 headshell, fitted with Funk Firm Houdini and Kondo SL-115 pure-silver cartridge leads.
Paul Hynes MC head amp/SR5 PSU. Also modded Lentek head amp and Denon AU-310 SUT.
Other Cartridges: Nippon Columbia (NOS 1987) Denon DL-103. USA-made Shure SC35C with NOS stylus. Goldring G820 with NOS stylus. Shure M55E with NOS stylus.
CD Player: Audiocom-modified Sony X-777ES/DAS-R1 DAC.
Tape Deck: Tandberg TCD 310, fully restored and recalibrated as new by RDE, plus upgraded with heads from the TCD-420a. Also with matching TM4 Norway microphones.
Preamps: Heavily-modified Croft Charisma-X. Power Amps: Tube Distinctions Copper Amp, fitted with Tungsol KT-150s. Quad 306.
Cables & Sundries: Mark Grant HDX1 interconnects and digital coaxial cable, plus Mark Grant 6mm UP-LCOFC Van Damme speaker cable. MCRU 'Ultimate' mains leads. Lehmann clone headphone amp with vintage Koss PRO-4AAA headphones.
Tube Distinctions digital noise filter. VPI HW16.5 record cleaning machine.
Speakers: Tannoy 15MGs in Lockwood cabinets with modified crossovers. 1967 Celestion Ditton 15.
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Wine, Whisky and Real Ale Recommendations
Latest Christmas addition from my son...smooth and eminently quaffable
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That reminded me of Bill Murray's part in 'Lost in Translation'.
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We were laughing about that earlier! [emoji4]
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I recently bought the Dalmore Port Wood reserve, Glenmorangie Quinta Ruban and the Balblair 2005, first release.
Initial impressions are that the Dalmore is quite smooth, and very drinkable. The Balblair seems to have an okay/vanilla taste to it initially, with a hint of spice towards the end. It’s pretty good. I have yet to open the Glenmorangie.
I also tried a 12 year old Jura over the holidays, and that is another I am thinking of getting. That or the 18 year old....
I think the minimum age of whisky I will buy from now on, is 12 years. Anything younger seems a bit on the firey side, almost untamed.
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