The Wine & Whisky Thread

[Barry]

2010 Château Fleur la Mothe Médoc



This is one of the finest Médocs I have tasted in a long time.

“Château Fleur La Mothe is 50% Cabernet Sauvignon and 50% Merlot. The fruit was carefully selected from 50-year-old vines (so you'll enjoy terrific concentration) lovingly aged in oak barriques. The style is classic Left Bank Médoc - think rich cassis and blackcurrant with cedar hints - and those lovely silky tannins that means it will age if you want it to.”

‘Lead pencil’ in the nose – something I have not smelt for sometime. 14% ABV.

Absolutely bloody marvelous. Don’t be put off by the horrible orange coloured label and neck foil.

[Marco]

And the price is, and available from where, daftee?

Marco.

[Barry]

Hi Marco

Laithwaites, £14 a bottle (£168 for a case of 12)

Gold medal winner: Concours des Grand Vins de France Macon, 2012.

Silver medal winner: Concours Modial de Bruxelles, 2012.



Care to share a case with me?

[Marco]

Sure. Could you bring me a bottle to try next week, when you're up for the gig, and I'll give you my verdict after sampling it?

Marco.

[Marco]

Having now sampled this wine, and gone 'halfers' on a case, with Barry, I can confirm his findings:

Absolutely bloody marvelous. Don’t be put off by the horrible orange coloured label and neck foil.

It's an absolute stonker! Currently enjoying a bottle with some farm-sourced local Welsh ribeye steak, cooked pink, pan-fried in a red wine, wild garlic and green caper reduction, with button mushrooms, potato rosti, buttered fresh spinach, rosemary-infused carrots and crispy deep-fried fresh sage leaves.

Yum, yum! If you've got an account with Laithwaites, then buy this amazing wine with confidence!!

Marco.

[Barry]

2006 Saint-Estèphe Château Le Boscq

If you’re quick, pop into your local Co-op and take advantage of their offer on this superb Haute Médoc, Cru Bourgeois Superieur Bordeaux.

This is one of my favourite ‘slurps’: the 2004 vintage was divine and I’m hoping the 2006 will be just as good once it has been laid down for about 5 years. (2006 was not a good year for Bordeaux.) So good in fact, I bought half a case on the spot.





“Made predominately from Merlot with Cabernet Sauvingon and a touch of Petit Verdot, this wine is a beautiful deep magenta; Its scent is a perfect balance of spicy vanilla and earthy black fruits; After 7 years, its crisp blackcurrant and plum flavours have started to acquire a rich savoury character and the tannins are softening to a velvety smoothness; Delicious with red meat dishes, especially grilled steak.”

Château bottled, 13% ABV. Ought to benefit from laying down for 5 years.

Normally £19-20 a bottle; the Co-op are selling it for £16 a bottle. (The 2005 vintage sells for £34 a bottle.)



Hurry!

[Marco]

Hurry, hurry Mrs Murray...

Nice one, Barry. As luck would have it, I'm popping by the Co-op today, so I'll see if I can snaffle some!

Marco.

[Alex_UK]

Ogio Primitivo 2009

A picture:


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On Saturday we attended a blind wine tasting and this was our favourite wine.

When tasting blind most people thought this was a very good Reserva Rioja, we where all wrong It's from Italy.

Imagine your favourite Reserva Rioja with a bit of Borello goodness thrown in


Tesco appears to be the UK retailer:
http://www.tesco.com/wine/product/de...o&id=262489849

A review here on a blog ( with stretched pictures? )
http://winehosguide.wordpress.com/20...rimitivo-2009/

Well recommended Don't let the plain looking label put you off.

The 2011 release of this wine is currently on half-price offer at Tesco at £4.99. It is bloomin' marvellous - even better than the 2009 was I think, even at full price it isn't shoddy at all and at a fiver it is a veritable bargain. No surprise the shelf was empty when I went in there for more the other day.

[Jonboy]

we had a bottle of this tonight cheap as chips

[Barry]

The 2011 release of this wine is currently on half-price offer at Tesco at £4.99. It is bloomin' marvellous - even better than the 2009 was I think, even at full price it isn't shoddy at all and at a fiver it is a veritable bargain. No surprise the shelf was empty when I went in there for more the other day.

I love Tesco's 'Ogio', especially the Pinot Grigio.

Normally I baulk at paying £10 a bottle for a mid week slurp, so when I see it on offer at half price I take full advantage! As you have observed, they don't last long.

By the way, according to Marco, who ought to know these things: 'Ogio' is Italian for 'today', and Pinot Grigio refers to the 'grey' Pinot grape.