Red wine appreciation thread.

[squirtyflower]

Chateau Latour

i've visited the vineyard my friend

 

[pauldominic]

perfect wine for me, smooth taste, full bodied and easy to drink. Mellow flavours, not too acidic (no heart burn) and no fizz

Yes but you'll pay more for the yellow coat of arms ...

is that on the bottle?

I can recommend a nice Vin De plays or Cotes du Rhone also

I like most the French reds to be honest.

most countries to be fair but Pinotage for me is a thumbs down

Nah, but visit a vineyard anywhere round there and take away a bottle without a label.

Agreed about pinotage, but be very wary of aussie interlopers.

 

[squirtyflower]

I have only recently started enjoying a fine red (mainly with food) after I was fortunate to go on a wine and steak masterclass at the fantastic <a class="postlink" href="http://www.thevarsityhotel.co.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.thevarsityhotel.co.uk</a> in Cambridge. I can't say I'm an expert but after trying loads of different bottles at sainsburys at varying prices the wine I enjoy the most is one called Lambrini Cherry wine, it's really refreshing and fruity and goes well with food or on it's own, it's also really well priced.

what an uneducated lout

am i surprised

not at all

 

[bluemonkey71]

Chianti Classico, Barolo, strong spanish reds and Italians(DOCG)

 

[brooklandsblue2.0]

I have only recently started enjoying a fine red (mainly with food) after I was fortunate to go on a wine and steak masterclass at the fantastic <a class="postlink" href="http://www.thevarsityhotel.co.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.thevarsityhotel.co.uk</a> in Cambridge. I can't say I'm an expert but after trying loads of different bottles at sainsburys at varying prices the wine I enjoy the most is one called Lambrini Cherry wine, it's really refreshing and fruity and goes well with food or on it's own, it's also really well priced.

what an uneducated lout

am i surprised

not at all

Why does liking a particular wine make me "uneducated"? We did not study wine at school, did you?

 

[bobmcfc]

I'm getting wine now


Time to get big joe out

What is it with girls and their industrial stew pot sized wine glasses, then only to have a little bit in the bottom? You birds are bizarre!


Also...how big are Cox's hands?!

To be fair it takes a full bottle

 

[bluwes]

Amarone Classico 'Vigneti di Roccolo' 2008, a nice Valpolecelli......for special occasions £30 at Magestic

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

Chateau Latour

i've visited the vineyard my friend

Fair play. I'd love to do that someday - missed out on a few of those trips for various reasons down the years.

No word of a lie I was rooting through my dad's cellar a couple of weeks ago and inside this whisky box was a bottle of 83' Latour that my dad's mate had given him 25 years ago that my dad had forgotten about - mainly because he doesn't drink and his mate dies a couple of years after he got the present! I felt like something out of fucking Time Team.

Problem with a wine like that is never knowing the right time to open it up, but it's a risk I'm willing to take. I've only shared one bottle of a lesser vintage of Latour than that and it was simply superb. Bordeaux wines truly are the greatest. You only have to look at any wine list in any great restaurant to realise that.

 

[pauldominic]

I have only recently started enjoying a fine red (mainly with food) after I was fortunate to go on a wine and steak masterclass at the fantastic <a class="postlink" href="http://www.thevarsityhotel.co.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.thevarsityhotel.co.uk</a> in Cambridge. I can't say I'm an expert but after trying loads of different bottles at sainsburys at varying prices the wine I enjoy the most is one called Lambrini Cherry wine, it's really refreshing and fruity and goes well with food or on it's own, it's also really well priced.

what an uneducated lout

am i surprised

not at all

Oi SF, BM is an opportunity to learn about life.

St Emilion is by far my fave and far more value.

 

[danebanksheik]

Negroamaro from southern Italy, about £7-8 but a top drink

 

[mcfcfaz]

Rioja 'Single Vineyard' 2010 Ramon Bilbao ,two for £16 at majestics,a very nice wine.

 

[pauldominic]

Chateau Latour

i've visited the vineyard my friend

Fair play. I'd love to do that someday - missed out on a few of those trips for various reasons down the years.

No word of a lie I was rooting through my dad's cellar a couple of weeks ago and inside this whisky box was a bottle of 83' Latour that my dad's mate had given him 25 years ago that my dad had forgotten about - mainly because he doesn't drink and his mate dies a couple of years after he got the present! I felt like something out of fucking Time Team.

Problem with a wine like that is never knowing the right time to open it up, but it's a risk I'm willing to take. I've only shared one bottle of a lesser vintage and it was simply superb. Bordeaux wines truly are the greatest. You only have to loo at any wine list in any great restaurant to realise that.

Indeed Sir.

I had a taste of Pomerol and felt sick because of the cigar box nose.

 

[squirtyflower]

Chateau Latour

i've visited the vineyard my friend

Fair play. I'd love to do that someday - missed out on a few of those trips for various reasons down the years.

No word of a lie I was rooting through my dad's cellar a couple of weeks ago and inside this whisky box was a bottle of 83' Latour that my dad's mate had given him 25 years ago that my dad had forgotten about - mainly because he doesn't drink and his mate dies a couple of years after he got the present! I felt like something out of fucking Time Team.

Problem with a wine like that is never knowing the right time to open it up, but it's a risk I'm willing to take. I've only shared one bottle of a lesser vintage of Latour than that and it was simply superb. Bordeaux wines truly are the greatest. You only have to look at any wine list in any great restaurant to realise that.

we have a couple of latours from 81
another couple from 87
and something from 91


i can see our kids going in the wine cellar and thinking "why the fuck did mum and dad not drink these?'

any trip from Dijon through to Beaune on the D road leads you past so many famous vineyards it's not true

and they are Bourgone's the wine of the gods

 

[pauldominic]

Rioja 'Single Vineyard' 2010 Ramon Bilbao ,two for £16 at majestics,a very nice wine.

Without doubt, this is my fave rioja :)

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.bodegascampillo.com/castellano/index.asp" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.bodegascampillo.com/castellano/index.asp</a>

 

[Tuearts right boot]

Not really a wine ponce myself but the wines from this place are bloody good.

<a class="postlink" href="http://www.vinsdelaterraalta.com/eng/" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.vinsdelaterraalta.com/eng/</a>

If anybody is interested let me know

 

[TTTCITYBHOY]

i love Faustino Rioja,and i have just bought a case of Faustino Rivero Rioja Reserva on special offer at tesco £33.00 a case .

My fav too faz,my missus usually gets me the "no.1" for crimbo or birthday,fukn lovely (about £25-£30 a bottle).
VII is available up here for about £7,that's reasonable.

 

[gordondaviesmoustache]

i've visited the vineyard my friend

Fair play. I'd love to do that someday - missed out on a few of those trips for various reasons down the years.

No word of a lie I was rooting through my dad's cellar a couple of weeks ago and inside this whisky box was a bottle of 83' Latour that my dad's mate had given him 25 years ago that my dad had forgotten about - mainly because he doesn't drink and his mate dies a couple of years after he got the present! I felt like something out of fucking Time Team.

Problem with a wine like that is never knowing the right time to open it up, but it's a risk I'm willing to take. I've only shared one bottle of a lesser vintage of Latour than that and it was simply superb. Bordeaux wines truly are the greatest. You only have to look at any wine list in any great restaurant to realise that.

we have a couple of latours from 81
another couple from 87
and something from 91


i can see our kids going in the wine cellar and thinking "why the fuck did mum and dad not drink these?'

any trip from Dijon through to Beaune on the D road leads you past so many famous vineyards it's not true

I did that exact trip in 2001 with my (then) 18 year old girlfriend in a convertible. As you can imagine I was full of myself;-)

I think we went :

Calais; Rheims; Dijon; Beaune; Avignon; Cannes; Monte Carlo

but the best bit was Rheims to Beaune - via all the D roads as you say - especially with all those forests ;-)

 

[pauldominic]

i've visited the vineyard my friend

Fair play. I'd love to do that someday - missed out on a few of those trips for various reasons down the years.

No word of a lie I was rooting through my dad's cellar a couple of weeks ago and inside this whisky box was a bottle of 83' Latour that my dad's mate had given him 25 years ago that my dad had forgotten about - mainly because he doesn't drink and his mate dies a couple of years after he got the present! I felt like something out of fucking Time Team.

Problem with a wine like that is never knowing the right time to open it up, but it's a risk I'm willing to take. I've only shared one bottle of a lesser vintage of Latour than that and it was simply superb. Bordeaux wines truly are the greatest. You only have to look at any wine list in any great restaurant to realise that.

we have a couple of latours from 81
another couple from 87
and something from 91


i can see our kids going in the wine cellar and thinking "why the fuck did mum and dad not drink these?'

any trip from Dijon through to Beaune on the D road leads you past so many famous vineyards it's not true

and they are Bourgone's the wine of the gods

It's not your fault SF. A friend of mine loved France and did the same thing and also bought russian wine.

 

[J4FOW]

Amarone - king of all wines.

Bit pricey so for weekdays an alternative would be valpolicella con ripasso. The ripasso part is important as this means they've used the dried skins from the amarone production process.

Cheaper, less well known but hardly ever a disappointment dolcetto d'alba.

 

[brooklandsblue2.0]

I have only recently started enjoying a fine red (mainly with food) after I was fortunate to go on a wine and steak masterclass at the fantastic <a class="postlink" href="http://www.thevarsityhotel.co.uk" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;">http://www.thevarsityhotel.co.uk</a> in Cambridge. I can't say I'm an expert but after trying loads of different bottles at sainsburys at varying prices the wine I enjoy the most is one called Lambrini Cherry wine, it's really refreshing and fruity and goes well with food or on it's own, it's also really well priced.

what an uneducated lout

am i surprised

not at all

Oi SF, BM is an opportunity to learn about life.

St Emilion is by far my fave and far more value.

Thanks mate.