Red wine appreciation thread.

gordondaviesmoustache said:
squirtyflower said:
gordondaviesmoustache said:
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.
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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
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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 ;-)
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Thank God you avoided Paris :)
 
What is the best red to enjoy with a nice steak or lamb? I like a good full bodied red, but obviously i dont want to be spending a fortune. Just something for a night in
 
TTTCITYBHOY said:
CTID1988 said:
What is the best red to enjoy with a nice steak or lamb? I like a good full bodied red, but obviously i dont want to be spending a fortune. Just something for a night in
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Try Faustino mate,it's lovely.
I'd have it with a fukn fish supper tbh ;)
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Red wine fish supper works big time cuts though the grease, red wine or mug of tea is the only way
 
Tesco do a Red called Ogio and it tastes like sex. Always grab a case of it when it's on offer.
 
Pre-gout I was very partial to a drop of vino every now and then. Can tell you now, a good St Emillion never lets you down. Barolo is overrated imho and is just a trendy-arse's drink as it has been bandied about by the Spitting Mockney Chef.

Morrisons do a Lussac St Emillion and it varies in price when on offer at £6.99 back up to full price of £12.99 and it is very good indeed for that level of wine.
 
CTID1988 said:
What is the best red to enjoy with a nice steak or lamb? I like a good full bodied red, but obviously i dont want to be spending a fortune. Just something for a night in
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A good Rhone valley go for about 14% £6/7 a bottle should see you right, or ask brooklands he will prob go for an £800 up your arse vintage
 
rushts said:
Toro Loco (Tempranillo)

Aldi £3.59 per bottle, won awards, like rocking horse poo, grab it while stocks last. (iv'e managed to grab 6 for my days off).
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Seconded, very nice and great price, i also get the Italian Pinot Noir from there, have neighbours who are total wine snobs and they love it too.
 
TTTCITYBHOY said:
TCIB said:
Just finished a nice shiraz, now time for a beer and 2-3 venison burgers.
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Where the fuk are you just now mate,
Venison burgers at 2 am ?
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Hehe, evening good sir.

I'm at the missus house but i got a load of shopping and i'm slipping on my "no red meat" bit of health regime as dictated by Dirty Harry here.

I hope he doesn't see this xD but it's lean meat so i hope he beats me less for this transgresion.

What you up to mate, i'm avoiding the "bias against city threads" as i'm cringing a bit.
 
TCIB said:
TTTCITYBHOY said:
TCIB said:
Just finished a nice shiraz, now time for a beer and 2-3 venison burgers.
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Where the fuk are you just now mate,
Venison burgers at 2 am ?
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Hehe, evening good sir.

I'm at the missus house.

What you up to mate, i'm avoiding the "bias against city threads" as i'm cringing a bit.
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WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE YOU,mate.
I don't know where yer missus house is,
( i do actually,i've been there a few times ).
Good MORNING to you sir,i'm on Bluemoon atm.
 
TTTCITYBHOY said:
TCIB said:
TTTCITYBHOY said:
Where the fuk are you just now mate,
Venison burgers at 2 am ?
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Hehe, evening good sir.

I'm at the missus house.

What you up to mate, i'm avoiding the "bias against city threads" as i'm cringing a bit.
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WHERE IN THE WORLD ARE YOU,mate.
I don't know where yer missus house is,
( i do actually,i've been there a few times ).
Good MORNING to you sir,i'm on Bluemoon atm.
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Oh yeah i forgot that bit of your post (bit stoned also), i'm only in Leeds mate, just having a late one since i just got net installed at her house so i'm catching up :)
 
We live just outside Mendoza in Argentina, not a big red wine fan myself but we have a nice Malbec that i can drink by Alfredo Roca, pick up one of these if they sell it in UK, very tasty with a nice asado !
 
ReturnoftheMac said:
We live just outside Mendoza in Argentina, not a big red wine fan myself but we have a nice Malbec that i can drink by Alfredo Roca, pick up one of these if they sell it in UK, very tasty with a nice asado !
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Argentinian Malbec is sublime!
 
Riojas, Malbecs, Pinotages, Barolos are our thing here.....nothing fruity really, prefer the earthy vanilla flavourings....

And Chilean Chardonnays or Rawnsley Estates whites too.
 
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