The Wine & Whisky Thread

[Barry]

Been a couple week now still not touched a drop..

Good for you Andre. If you feel your resolve flagging, just think of all those vintage audio goodies you can buy with the money that you are saving.

Regards

[Barry]

Just bought a few bottles of these:


2005 Château L’Argenteyre, Médoc AOC Cru Bougeois



“… the wine has rich aromas of cassis, and ripe fruit flavours with notes of green pepper and spicy oak.”

Laithwaites ~£12 a bottle



2006 Château Camail, Première Côtes de Bordeaux AOC



An early ripening Merlot with great suppleness, though not quite as good as the 2005.

Laithwaites ~£8.50 a bottle



2008 Château Maucru, Bordeaux AOC



60% merlot, 30% cabernet sauvignon, 10% cabernet franc

Similar to the 2007, turning out better than expected, “ it has all the qualities that make an excellent vintage”. “Deeply coloured red exudes aromas of cherry and raspberry with powerful flavours of smooth juicy berry fruit.”

Can be drunk now or kept for another few years. Best drunk by 2014.

Laithwaites ~£7 a bottle


Regards

[Barry]

Me again,

My local Tesco have the following on special offer, half price at £5 a bottle:


2002 Marqués de Caranó, Gran Reserva





Cariena, Garnacha and Tempranillo grape. ABV 12.5%. "Richly flavoured, full-bodied with cherry and raspberry fruit flavours combining with gentle spicy notes."



2008 Promenade Plan de Dieu, Côtes du Rhône Villages





Grenache, Mouvedre and Syrah grapes. ABV 13.5%. From vineyards established in the Middle Ages: “This full bodied wine is deep ruby in colour with powerful aromas of dark cherries balanced with silky, gentle spicy notes.”

Regards

[Rare Bird]

[Barry]

‘Summer is a coming’

Now that summer is a coming and the weather is getting warmer, an oenophile’s thoughts turn to vin blanc, so I’m pleased to tell you that Tesco have on offer, at half price (£4.49), the 2009 Dino Pinot Grigio Valdadige (delle Venezie).



“… characteristically crisp and refreshing. This premium version is both and hails from selected alluvial and hillside vineyards in Northern Italy. This provenance lends this wine more intensity and flavour with delicious white peach and Williams pear character and a clean dry finish.”

Have just enjoyed half a bottle with baked salmon steak, accompanied by new potatoes, fresh garden peas (now that they are in season – why is it that ‘shelling’ peas is such a therapeutic activity?), sweetcorn, asparagus and broccoli.

Recipe for the baked salmon:

Place the salmon on a sheet of baking foil, brushed with olive oil. Finely chop fresh parsley, oregano, basil and chives. Sprinkle the chopped herbs onto the salmon, add a few capers and wrap the salmon steak. Bake in an oven at Mark 5 for 20 – 25 minutes.

Simple enough, even I can do it.

Enjoy

[Marco]

Pinot Grigio is lovely, Barry, and one of my favourite whites, along with Viognier....

Just steer clear of 'oaky' Chardonnay!

We've also quaffed a few none too shabby rosés recently, whilst dining al fresco, so I must dig out the bottles and pop the details on here

Marco.

[Barry]

Pinot Grigio is lovely, Barry, and one of my favourite whites, along with Viognier....

Just steer clear of 'oaky' Chardonnay!

We've also quaffed a few none too shabby rosés recently, whilst dining al fresco, so I must dig out the bottles and pop the details on here

Marco.

Please do Marco. My knowledge of rosé is lamentable. Apart from the (in)famous Mateus Rosé, the only rosé I have consumed of late (well, towards the end of 2009) was a 2008 Pinot Grigiot 'Prospetti'. Pleasant enough, but I'm sure there are better rosés.

Back to vin blanc; I have trouble with these and am still on the lookout for reasonably priced examples. Actually my trouble is that I find a lot of the whites taste slightly sharp or sour. Those that I like are limited to the white Burgundys and Chablis (both expensive), Gewrütraminers or Pouilly Fumés (both expensive and so distinctive in taste that their accompaniment to food has to be carefully considered).

I'm not particuarly knowledgeable about German whites, nor, I'm ashamed to say, Italian whites. Until now I would have cited a Verridiccio 'Castel di Jesu' as acceptable, reasonably priced, but not really my favourite.

I must say that I'm rather taken with this Pinot Grigio, but will investigate the Viognier you mention.

Regards

[Rare Bird]

Coming upto 29 days without a drink, you guys are killing me here..

[Barry]

Coming upto 29 days without a drink, you guys are killing me here..

Andre, if you find this thread upsetting - don't read the posts. It's as simple as that.

Congratulations by the way. Stick with it!

Regards

[Rare Bird]

Doesnt upset me just make my tonugue dribble all over mi keyboard