The Wine & Whisky Thread

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arran quarter cask




Excuse the marks on glass but my fingers has a bit of oil on them

[rmcin626]

arran quarter cask




Excuse the marks on glass but my fingers has a bit of oil on them

Lovely dram that Arran

[struth]

After a nice steak pie, I'm finishing off the balblair 15.
Not a bad drop either.

[rmcin626]

After a nice steak pie, I'm finishing off the balblair 15.
Not a bad drop either.

Another nice dram grant

[struth]

Another nice dram grant

well sherried and smooth enough but also with a nice bit of fire on way down

[Barry]

Château d'Anvichar Côtes de Bordeaux 2019



The wines of Castillon can be just as good as Saint Emilion next door, and many critics and top winemakers agree: "Top Castillons are already good enough to make many Saint Emilion proprietors blush”, while famous names such as Derenoncourt and Graf von Neipperg have bought estates there.

Château d’Anvichar has just five hectares of 35 year old vines on a limestone plateau – ideal for concentrated fruit. Owned and run by Vincent Galineau, a third generation winemaker, it’s named after his three sons, Antoine, Victor and Charles. Matured for a year in French oak, this is a silky, rich fruit claret.



Château d'Anvichar is an elegant, expressive wine with bramble fruit, black cherry, vanilla and spice on the nose and palate. Firmly structured with a silky texture and a long ripe fruit finish. Can be drunk now or cellared to develop further complexity. Decant carefully an hour before consumption.

15% ABV About £15 a bottle. Drink by end of 2023.

[Barry]

Just ordered a case of the 2020 L'Éphiphanie de Margaux



While this is definitely not their Grand Vin (you'd have to pay £600 a bottle for that), it is made from the same grapes, by the same team, with the same lavish no-expense-spared expertise. All classic ripe black fruit character, alongside cherry and plum, infused with subtle spice, cedar and tobacco. Triple Gold Medal winner.

14.5% ABV About £38 a bottle.


And a case of the 2020 Château Le Bonaguet



Not many wines can boast 23 top Gold medals in six years, but that’s the triumphant haul for this claret, 2015 to 2020. It’s from a small estate in Saint-Germain du Puch, between Bordeaux and Saint-Emilion. The estate grows Merlot, Malbec and Cabernet on clay and limestone soils typical of the greater Saint-Emilion region. Winner of six Gold medals.

13.5% ABV About £18 a bottle

[struth]

Bunna 12 today.. a fav of mine this... quality stuff at a resonable pricepoint

Bunnahabhain was founded in 1881 by William Robertson and brothers James and William Greenless. A very smooth, easy-drinking Islay malt, Bunnahabhain (pronounced ‘BOO-na-HAven’) closed and reopened twice during the twentieth century and eventually production was limited to a mere few weeks annually following Edrington's 1999 acquisition of previous owners Highland Distillers.

In 2003, Edrington sold Bunnahabhain to Burn Stewart Distilleries for £10 million. Included in this deal was the popular blend Black Bottle, whose contents feature a quantity of spirit from every distillery on Islay.

Today, Bunnahabhain production stands at 2.5million litres a year. Of this, 21,000 casks are kept at the distillery for maturation and the resultant whisky will be used for the Black Bottle blend and for bottling as Bunnahabhain single malt. The rest of the outturn is sent for maturation elsewhere.

In relative solitude, Bunnahabhain is the Northern-most Islay distillery. It sits in a large bay to the North East of the isle, drawing its water from the Margadale Spring.

[rmcin626]

Bunna 12 today.. a fav of mine this... quality stuff at a resonable pricepoint

Bunnahabhain was founded in 1881 by William Robertson and brothers James and William Greenless. A very smooth, easy-drinking Islay malt, Bunnahabhain (pronounced ‘BOO-na-HAven’) closed and reopened twice during the twentieth century and eventually production was limited to a mere few weeks annually following Edrington's 1999 acquisition of previous owners Highland Distillers.

In 2003, Edrington sold Bunnahabhain to Burn Stewart Distilleries for £10 million. Included in this deal was the popular blend Black Bottle, whose contents feature a quantity of spirit from every distillery on Islay.

Today, Bunnahabhain production stands at 2.5million litres a year. Of this, 21,000 casks are kept at the distillery for maturation and the resultant whisky will be used for the Black Bottle blend and for bottling as Bunnahabhain single malt. The rest of the outturn is sent for maturation elsewhere.

In relative solitude, Bunnahabhain is the Northern-most Islay distillery. It sits in a large bay to the North East of the isle, drawing its water from the Margadale Spring.

Lovely dram Bunna

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