The Wine & Whisky Thread

[Barry]

Château Le Vieux Serestin 2020, Médoc

Fine, cru artisan Médoc from a 5-star vintage and a family estate lavished with serious investment. The Concours de Bordeaux Vins d'Aquitaine awarded the 2019 vintage Gold.

"Belle robe d'un rouge franc et soutenu. Nez engageant mariant tonalités florales et fruitées. En bouche une attaque fondue où le fruit s'exprime. L'évolution et la finale sont plus structurées mais toujours baignées de fruit et de fraîcheur."

45% Merlot, 45% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Cabernet Franc

13.5% ABV Drink up by end of 2028. About £14 a bottle.

[Barry]

Château Gigault, Cuvée Viva, Blaye Côtes de Bordeaux AOC, 2014

Across the river from famous Margaux lies the Premières Côtes de Blaye. Cuvée Viva is a rich, world-class, modern claret. This is a structured wine made from 96% Merlot and 4% Cabernet Sauvignon grapes. Aged in barrels (30% of them are new), this wine is well balanced with very smooth tannins and delicate wood notes.

Voici quelques roses, d'un bouquet de silence
Invitées au milléseme de ta tendre jeunesse
Vendage joyeuse de tes rires d'adolescence
Amitie du vin gai en sa noble promesse.

Here are a few roses, from a bouquet of silence
Invited to the vintage of your tender youth
Joyful harvest of your adolescent laughter
Friendship of wine, joyful in its noble promise.

Tasting notes:
Deep, black cherry fruit with hints of spice and tobacco.

13.5% ABV. Drink up by end of 2028. About £20 a bottle.

[Barry]

Château Montlabert Grâce Dieu, Saint-Émilion, 2022

Château Montlabert is a charming Saint-Émilion Grand Cru from a lovely ripe vintage. With its deep, crimson colour, this luscious claret has an expressive aroma that is both fruity and fresh, accentuated by hints of violets. On the palate, it offers a lovely balance of vibrant ripe plum and cassis, a smooth, rounded texture and an elegant finish. A wine that effortlessly combines richness with freshness, making it a delight from start to finish.

14% ABV Drink by end of 2034. About £14 a bottle.

[Barry]

Campo V Primitivio Di Manduria, 2022

15% ABV. About £16 a bottle.

[Barry]

Château Gromel, Bel Air, Cuvée Eva, Bordeaux Supérieur, 2018



This triple-Gold-medal claret is a special cuvée from a 150-year-old cellar situated just north of Fronsac on Bordeaux’s Right Bank, close to Pomerol. High altitude vineyards produce Merlot-rich wines, with Cabernet adding structure and freshness.





13% ABV. Drink by end of August 2026. About £16 a bottle.

[Jimbo]

Great having our very own AOS wine expert will help me with my Christmas selection lol:

[Barry]

Great having our very own AOS wine expert will help me with my Christmas selection lol:

That's kind of you to say so - but I'm not an expert: I just know what I like and post so that other members might be interested.

[Barry]

L'Épiphanie de Margaux, 2020

L'Épiphanie de Margaux 2020 is a premium Bordeaux wine known for its elegant profile, featuring rich fruit flavours and a smooth finish.


Under its normal label, you could buy this wine today for £124 a bottle. It's from a very famous, 'Second Growth' estate and there are only 15 of those to choose from, five of which are in Margaux. This wine is an astonishing coup thanks to a tip-off from the son of Bordeaux Buyer, Jean-Marc Sauboua. His son is a fine wine broker who heard of 550 unreserved cases of 2014 Margaux from last year's en primeur campaign. To save embarrassment, the estate was keen to place them on the market discreetly, providing the wines were labelled anonymously.

L'Épiphanie wines are born of privileged relationships with some of the world's greatest winemaking properties. This cuvée comes from one of Margeaux's most famous prestigious châteaux, a top Grand Cru Classé known for its exceptional terroir and fine wines of great finesse. This expressive wine displays classic ripe black fruit characters, alongside cherry and plum, infused with subtle spice, cedar and tobacco notes. These classic aromas and flavours combine with firm, beautifully ripe tannins for a complex, well-balanced wine with a long harmonious finish.

14.5% ABV. Drink by end of 2026. About £30 a bottle.
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[Barry]

Another bottle of this:

Château de la Grande Tour, Cuvée Phoebe, 2022

I posted about this wine about a year ago (see page 516 for details), and it's still an excellent 'slurp' for £13 a bottle

Wish I had bought more at the time as it is still 7 years before "drink by end of February 2033".

[rmcin626]

Keep forgetting to post new whisky , cask strength 55.8%, non chill filtered and natural colour


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