Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

[boomy]

Good drop and an epiQure bargain with bonus points.

 

[Cruiser Elite]

How does it compare to Folies de la Marquetterie?
Was wondering as they are both as similar price range.

Have not sampled the Folies as yet boomy

 

[JohnM]

Another night, another restaurant in Samarkand, Uzbekistan.

It would seem that Bagizagan is the only wine producer in Uzbekistan. This restaurant had their Cab Sav as well as the same Merlot we had last night, so we gave the CS a crack

Again, like the Merlot, light in body and ABV. Clearly Cab Sav. Astringent and better with the food. Simple, but acceptable.

A blend of the two would have exceeded the sum of the parts IMO.

Cost: 150,000 Som (c. $23) - plus 15% service charge, which is the typical level.

 

[Daver6]

Just entering its drinking window now I'd say. Great wine!

 

[JohnM]

At the Hilton in Dushanbe, Tajikistan, now.

A very slurpable light bodied wine that went very nicely with very good (and spicy) food in the hotel’s Asian restaurant.

Interestingly, produced at San Juan which is north of Mendoza and is an area in Argentina that focusses on Shiraz.

A nice change from the lamb shishkebabs that have dominated the food choices in the Stans so far.

 

[JohnM]

Something a bit different last night in Tajikistan. A Tajik red but all details unknown. Tasted a bit like a soft Shiraz with a slightly sweet overtone. Nothing great but not bad.

 

[Rugby]

McLaren Vale III Associates Giant Squid Ink Shiraz 2010. A lovely big red velvet beast.

 

[Major]

About 3 years ago we joined RooFlyer and other AFFers for his Tassie wine tour. One of our stops was at Freycinet Vineyards where I bought a couple of their stickies.
With friends over for dinner last night I found the perfect wine for the Apple pie.
It was really luscious. Just perfect

 

[RooFlyer]

Can the Organising Committee please investigate this sighting of a regular Wine Thread poster and his lunchtime beverage.

I believe that it's a chocolate milkshake

 

[burmans]

McLaren Vale III Associates Giant Squid Ink Shiraz 2010. A lovely big red velvet beast.

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Shame they degraded their reputation with the SS then, really.

 

[JohnM]

Moving right along...

We made a stop at a general store on the drive up-country in Kyrgyzstan today to get some booze.

Two Kyrgyz reds available - Cabernet on the right, Saperavi on the left. Get the included corkscrews . $3.50 each.

Opening the Cab shortly with dinner. TBC...

 

[JohnM]

So far, so good...

 

[JohnM]

Errr, that’s different . Not rough or tannic. Not recognisable as Cab Sav and a bit sweet.

 

[RooFlyer]

Overtones of apple juice in that one!!

But still a lone civilised drop in a sea of beer and ( cheap) vodka.

 

[Daver6]

Long lunch yesterday.

 

[Steady]

Long lunch yesterday.
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I cannot make out the Domaine A vintage- what did you (& the group) think of it?

(I am a fan of all three - Domaine A, Lady A, and Petit a.)

 

[Daver6]

I cannot make out the Domaine A vintage- what did you (& the group) think of it?

(I am a fan of all three - Domaine A, Lady A, and Petit a.)

Domaine A was the 2006. Very good wine. Drinking well now with scope to improve still. Will go another ten years with ease.

 

[kookaburra75]

Moving right along...
We made a stop at a general store on the drive up-country in Kyrgyzstan today to get some booze.
Two Kyrgyz reds available - Cabernet on the right, Saperavi on the left. Get the included corkscrews . $3.50 each.
Opening the Cab shortly with dinner. TBC...

Errr, that’s different . Not rough or tannic. Not recognisable as Cab Sav and a bit sweet.

You should have gone with the Saperavi. Being a local drop they normally do it well

 

[Cruiser Elite]

@boomy - remember you said we drink Champs anytime? Not this time - the Ette says she is celebrating what with me heading o/s tomorrow for a week!

Check the Pommery glasses - transported all the way from Reims post Pommery caves tour a few years back - our all time favourite o/s trip souvenir

 

[boomy]

Opened two Houghton wines this weekend, both from their acclaimed Gladstones range.

While Cab Sav is considered king of the region in WA I was slightly more impressed by the Shiraz. Both excellent wines but I believe the CS needs more time to show its full potential.