Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

[drron]

I developed a taste for port early on in life. when at Uni I always took a bottle of port along to parties etc. And it was Para port which even in my last year at uni cost $2 a bottle. About 10 years later became a collectors item. So I drank my way through thousands of dollars of the stuff.

 

[blackcat20]

I have a bottle of Penfolds Grandfather Tawny, can that be drunk gradually?

 

[SYD]

I have a bottle of Penfolds Grandfather Tawny, can that be drunk gradually?

Yes. But don’t leave it open too long.

 

[Daver6]

Yes. But don’t leave it open too long.

I disagree. You can leave it open as long as you want (by that I do mean putting the cork back in between drinks). I've done so many times. It's not going to degrade. It's fully oxidised before being bottled.

 

[TheRealTMA]

That's be beauty of a tawny though. You don't need to knock-off the bottle. You can just have one glass and put the rest away.

Maybe but Tawny are not in the same class as Vintage!

 

[Daver6]

Maybe but Tawny are not in the same class as Vintage!

Just re-reading the post I responded to yesterday. I missed the VP bit. Still jet lagged

 

[TheRealTMA]

Just re-reading the post I responded to yesterday. I missed the VP bit. Still jet lagged

That's what happens if you drink too much Tawny!

 

[drron]

I have never found out how much is too much port. affects me far less than red or white wines.

 

[VPS]

That's what happens if you drink too much Tawny!

Out for dinner one night and we were going to have a port each - worked out cheaper to buy a bottle between 6 of us. 2 bottles later I was telling a friend we'd just had some pawny tort and it was lovely. They still joke about 20 years later

 

[drron]

Another 1967 vintage port. You will have to take my word that it is from Bullers. Second night's glass. I generally finish a bottle over 3 nights and have not had 1 go off.
Totally different wine. Just like the Rutherglen reds. Big and bold but beautiful smoothness.

 

[boomy]

Planing trip in France and need a drink for inspiration

Quite intense for Beaujolais, interesting play between red fruits and some chocolate flavours. I like it!

 

[drron]

Back to one of my favourite Victorian reds. Tahbilk cab sav 2005

 

[kevviek]

Was at Sails restaurant in Noosa this week. Extensive wine list and none of it cheap, but saw a 2018 Kay’s Basket Press Merlot at the lower end of the price range. Gave it a shot and was really impressed - complex, light but lingering flavour. Should have ordered another bottle but followed it with a Scotchman’s Hill Shiraz, didn’t compare at all.

 

[lalaland]

Was at Sails restaurant in Noosa this week. Extensive wine list and none of it cheap, but saw a 2018 Kay’s Basket Press Merlot at the lower end of the price range. Gave it a shot and was really impressed - complex, light but lingering flavour. Should have ordered another bottle but followed it with a Scotchman’s Hill Shiraz, didn’t compare at all.

I enjoy their Grenache, I bought 6/6 of the Grenache and Shiraz for under $15 a bottle at nearby BWS.

Great wines.

 

[billbro]

Quite intense for Beaujolais, interesting play between red fruits and some chocolate flavours. I like it!

Abbaye Road is the best of the lot from Marc Delienne I think, some of the others can be quite bretty.

Had a great tasting this weekend just gone, including some northern rhone - eye opening.

 

[Jczer000]

Abbaye Road is the best of the lot from Marc Delienne I think, some of the others can be quite bretty.

Had a great tasting this weekend just gone, including some northern rhone - eye opening.

Tried the Delienne Avalanche de Printemps. The brett was too distracting for me.

How were the Cote Rotie's.

 

[kevviek]

I enjoy their Grenache, I bought 6/6 of the Grenache and Shiraz for under $15 a bottle at nearby BWS.

Great wines.

Nothing like that nearby me!

 

[Daver6]

Roast duck and Pinot lunch. Theme was cheap and cheerful. Not there is always one in ever group....

 

[Assassin]

Roast duck and Pinot lunch. Theme was cheap and cheerful. Not there is always one in ever group....

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Any standouts in this lineup?

 

[Daver6]

Any standouts in this lineup?

You mean other than the clown on the left in the first pic?

The Clouet was excellent. Of the PNs the 2014 Picardy, 2015 Heemskerk and 2021 Hoddles Creek were my picks.