Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

[boomy]

Last night's highlights:

You have good taste! Any special occasion or this is what you usually drink on Fridays?

 

[MarkD]

Gossips moscato

 

[Steady]

Today's bottle.

 

[pagingjoan]

You have good taste! Any special occasion or this is what you usually drink on Fridays?

No, usually Thursdays.

Have a friend visiting who shares my liking for old Champagne, so we usually conjure up a bottle of something interesting to put to the test.
This one didn't look promising on pouring but was amazingly fresh on the palate.
More so than the 1985 Diamant Bleu that we had a couple of nights before. But even that was worth drinking.

The Grange '71, we opened just for fun, as it was low level and had a bit of a bump in the cork, so we had already mentally consigned it to the sink.
One sniff and we all simultaneously changed our view. It was gorgeous.
So if anyone has any hanging about, I would recommend drinking now. Slowly. Enjoying every sip.
Unfortunately, it was the last of those in the cellar.

One intriguing feature was that the bottle is marked 738 ml.
I don't think I've ever seen - or noticed - that before.

 

[Daver6]

Very nice! I am a massive fan of old champagne. It is such a different beast really.

I was tempted to grab some 2002 Salon, but they are just being silly now with pricing. A huge jump in RRP from the previous release. I've been told from a reliable source that the 2008 Salon will only be released in magnums. Can't see that going for under $2k bottle in Australia.

For tonight, a 2013 disgorged Rockford Black as made its way from the cellar to the fridge.

Last night's highlights:

 

[QF WP]

My step mother-in-laws 60th birthday today so big celebration tonight.

Might take this bottle:



blackcat20, I just can't decide which one for dessert - help me choose

 

[blackcat20]

My step mother-in-laws 60th birthday today so big celebration tonight.

Might take this bottle:

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blackcat20, I just can't decide which one for dessert - help me choose

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Oooh, that's a tough one!

im regretting not picking up a second bottle of the 2008....

 

[pagingjoan]

Very nice! I am a massive fan of old champagne. It is such a different beast really.

I was tempted to grab some 2002 Salon, but they are just being silly now with pricing. A huge jump in RRP from the previous release. I've been told from a reliable source that the 2008 Salon will only be released in magnums. Can't see that going for under $2k bottle in Australia.

For tonight, a 2013 disgorged Rockford Black as made its way from the cellar to the fridge.

You must pop in for the next get together of the "Fans of old Champagne".

Can't see myself buying much more Salon at current prices either - and I don't think that there is any more hiding but sometimes I find happy surprises with bottles that have been secreted away from the main storage areas, so there is the slimmest of chances. In the meantime, will have to be content with Delamotte from that stable. I don't have any "old" stocks of that, though.

 

[drross]

Re: Nice Wines I have DranK Recently - Red or White

A few years ago I was in Georgia with my family. As everybody knows they are one of the best wine makers. And I must tell that yes, it's truth, because that was something really really tasty.
I tried it in some cafe which was somewhere in the center of Batumi, and all 5 days every evening we go there to drink that wine.
It was awesome!!!

welcome to AFF rhatt.

 

[boomy]

Tonight's pick of the crop

I'll leave the tasting notes to the experts

 

[Daver6]

You must pop in for the next get together of the "Fans of old Champagne".

Can't see myself buying much more Salon at current prices either - and I don't think that there is any more hiding but sometimes I find happy surprises with bottles that have been secreted away from the main storage areas, so there is the slimmest of chances. In the meantime, will have to be content with Delamotte from that stable. I don't have any "old" stocks of that, though.

I agree. I think the vintage Delamotte is very under-rated.

Veuve Clicquot have recently released the Cave Privee Champagne 1990. Around the $300. This is just the standard vintage release, but held back in their cellars. Unsure if it means more time on lees or not. Suspect not actually.

 

[JessicaTam]

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One intriguing feature was that the bottle is marked 738 ml.
I don't think I've ever seen - or noticed - that before.

I think that was the metric equivalent of the old imperial measure. Easier to change labels than dispose of legacy bottles.

 

[serfty]

I think that was the metric equivalent of the old imperial measure. Easier to change labels than dispose of legacy bottles.

My 1970 vintage bottle shows as 26 Fl. Oz.

 

[JessicaTam]

My 1970 vintage bottle shows as 26 Fl. Oz.

That's what I was trying to think of.

26 Fl Ozs = 738ml

 

[penegal]

2008 Noble One - very nice .

I am down to my last 9 bottles... oh the outrage

I guess it's my own fault for giving 6 away, lol

 

[pagingjoan]

I think that was the metric equivalent of the old imperial measure. Easier to change labels than dispose of legacy bottles.

I wondered about that, too, Jessica, but when I tried the conversion it came to something like 24.9 fluid ounces, which didn't seem to me as if it would have been the standard wine bottle in Oz pre-metric. Must confess I did not research further and my memory didn't supply anything useful. (The usual situation these days, sadly! Too much wine consumed? Surely not. Is there such a thing? )

 

[pagingjoan]

I agree. I think the vintage Delamotte is very under-rated.

Veuve Clicquot have recently released the Cave Privee Champagne 1990. Around the $300. This is just the standard vintage release, but held back in their cellars. Unsure if it means more time on lees or not. Suspect not actually.

We will start a run on Delamotte, at this rate.

Will be interested in the detail on the Veuve Clicquot Cave Privee, too.

 

[pagingjoan]

My 1970 vintage bottle shows as 26 Fl. Oz.

Should have read on before responding.
Serfty: Is your 1970 vintage bottle a Grange?
How does it look?
And at which Melbourne AFF gathering are you proposing to draw the cork?

 

[pagingjoan]

At this rate, the older Grange bottles will need a thread to themselves - but I've just compared the '71 bottle (738 ml, no rating for Alc/Vol), with an '87 (marginally taller bottle, higher shoulder, 750 ml, 13.7% Alc/Vol) and an '88 (identical bottle to '87, 750 ml and 13.5%) - BUT the two youngies have a punt and the '71 does not.

Have not done a test on the old bottle to see where the 738 or 750 ml might appear. And I do wish that I had done this comparison before we took the sole surviving '86 to dinner with friends last night. Drat.

Sadly, I don't have one with the fl oz measure, Serfty.

 

[blackcat20]

Enjoying a Barossa red tonight


With an Italian pork sausage pasta. The perfect pairing.