Hooves duly collected up and off at a trot to Majestic
That porta6 and its reserva version is good stuff!
I was gutted.
I’ve had a few bottles of posh wine at the Wine Society for years.
Some are ready to drink so I got this bottle of Cheval Blanc sent over a couple of weeks ago and was all excited to have it last weekend to celebrate an occasion.
I decanted it, let it stand for 3 hours, cooked my steak and the wife’s pizza, clinked our glasses as we sat down to eat........and it tasted awful. Properly corked.
I called the Wine Society on Monday and they’ve credited me the money I paid for it 10 years ago back already!
Will have to hope for a better result next time.
It going to feel odd pouring the rest of it down the sink!
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Sent a couple of weeks ago, but paid for - 10yrs ago? If you bought en-premeur or to place in their reserves - do you have others of the same make/vintage?
I now wait until they are drinking before removing from reserve, and always try one of the bottles soon after receipt.
The posh ones, I bought the normal way. VAT paid, just left them in the Stevenage warehouse for safe keeping.
I have another couple of Cheval Blanc, a few Margaux, Haut Brion, Mouton Rothschild etc. I hope they all taste as they should!
Bought them out of interest really, to see what all the fuss is about. I usually buy the en-priemur 2nd wines as I think they’re better value. Like Echo, La Fleur, La Mission, and wine like Rauzin Segla, Pontet Canet, Pichon Lalande etc. I think they are the value for money sweet spot, at circa £40-60 a bottle. If I ever get to drink one of the posh ones that isn’t corked, I am not expecting to be hugely impressed. I can’t see that a £400 bottle will be that much more amazing than a 2005 cracker at £50.
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I've just cashed in a lot of hotel points for 6 bottles of this ...
I stay in hotels very often for work - so amass the points pretty quickly & figured I may as well get something I wouldn't normally buy.
It arrives on Monday - anyone here tried it ?
z
https://shop.plantagenetwines.com/pr...rk--Chardonnay
One of my favorite chardonnays, available from my local wine shop (Vin Neuf in Stratford-upon-Avon).
I must confess that I enjoy a glass of red in the evening but know very little about it and often find myself buying the same stuff available in most supermarkets.
I do know what I like and tend to stick to the brands that I know or recognise.
To give you an idea - I very much like the Barefoot Cabernet Sauvignon (Purple Label) and the Barefoot Malbec (Green Label) and also there is another that I really like the taste of and that's 'Jamshed' which is usually about £6-7 in Tescos or Asda.
Are there any other wines that somebody can recommend with a similar taste that can be drank on their own??
I realise that these are probably leagues below in cost than some of the previous mentioned - however any suggestions appreciated
Mike
Got a couple of bottles of red called ‘The Guvnor’ from Majestic recently to round the order up to 12, really rather nice, suited to the ‘fancy a glass of?’ moment, not expensive but went down a treat.
Be sure to post your tasting notes :-)
This was a nice weekend...
Six bottles of this turned up today...
I've not cracked one open yet, but I suspect - at 15% - it'll be pretty full on
... a couple of bottles are heading to North Wales to drink with my parents when this is all over.
z
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I have been enjoying a bottle or two of Barefoot Merlot its from California,as an everyday tipple at £6.50 it’s pretty dam good.
International Malbec day yesterday, so I enjoyed a bottle of The Watchmaker. Very nice.
It's just a matter of time...
Thank you, we're all fine here relatively young/fit no underlying conditions so no point worrying though we take precautions, there's a strong sense of camaraderie in the village and we look to have passed the first peak, that's something. Plenty of everything in the shops and we're helping an elderly friend which feels really nice, her children back in GB have been very appreciative. I worry for my folks at home, Dads 79 already had a heart attack and cancer, he's still pretty durable/stoic but I don't fancy his chances if he gets a dose, Mums into her alzheimers journey so I'm not really sure she gets the gravity of the situation but physically remains good and is happy, they seem to be managing and at least they're fairly out of the way in Lincolnshire. The in laws, in the USA, are likewise isolating and managing.
All the best to you and yours. I'll toast with a glass of the Guvnor next week.
⬆️ Thank you ⬆️ Another nice wine currently on offer.
https://www.waitrosecellar.com/red-w...gp-pugl-824473
Had a Beneficio Shiraz Grenache 2017 last night. Lovely.
Andy
Wanted - Damasko DC57
I enjoyed a bottle of this yesterday. Only just started buying winr from Laithwaites recently and have found them to be really helpful. Also, if you don't like a bottle, they will give your money back. Bought it on a case deal and managed to use a money off voucher, so got it for 7.99 a bottle!
https://www.laithwaites.co.uk/product//1468519
always splash out on a few of these around christmas time - limited production and hand picked grapes from vineyards on the estate and bottled there too.
used to get it for @ £16-£20 - but noticing the price each year is going up - if you can find it
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Sadly Mrs D doesn't drink wine so I generally have glugging wine in the house although I do have a couple of bottles of decent ChnfdPap in the cupboard which might not see the end of the lockdown.
Just taken a look and there's also a Chateaux Saint Germain 2016 which needs drinking.
Opened my last bottle of 98 Musar and it was exceptional. Need to restock!
Enate Chardonnay is another favourite of mine but hard to acquire in the UK, lovely Spanish white...
Got a half-bottle of ‘98 Les Forts de Latour standing upright for the weekend along with a bottle of 2000 Chateau Fonroque.
Been drinking both for a few years now - still at their peak.
I have a significant birthday coming up shortly. I had planned a nice couple of days away in Cornwall- but that isn’t going to happen. So in consolation I shall open my last bottle of Chave Hermitage 1982. I bought a case in 1985 for £120- at the time the most I’d paid for a case. Now fetching stupid money.
Had this last night from waitrose on a promotion....very nice too, similar to a Beaujolais or so it seemed...
Since Lockdown I’ve went through too much Trivento Malbec and Dark Horse Malbec.
Both lovely drops.
Picked up a few bottles of this a year or so ago, and have only just got round to cracking one of them open:
https://www.waitrosecellar.com/five-...hocolate-block
Goes very well on the side of a BBQ.
When I drink white, I normally only drink French. But I'm really enjoying this. Had a bottle last weekend and one on standby. De Grendel, Sauvignon Blanc: https://www.waitrose.com/ecom/produc...-200499-200500
Quick update - lockdown lifted - so a Couple of bottles of Montus 2012 were cracked open yesterday with my parents in North Wales.
Actually, after reading a review - they were opened the day before to get some air
...then decanted & served for lunch the following day with griddled lamb steaks.
The Montus lived up to expectations, it is a very intense wine, and superb for it.
We did not experience any of the tannin that some reviews had mentioned, just a huge hit of intense flavours that lingered nicely.
very much recommended - esp with red meats.
z
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First time ever trying a Taste the Difference wine, and got the Amarone - it was luscious. Blackberries and chocolate.
I can recommend for white wine drinkers Gavi di Gavi.
Never had a bad one.
Andy