Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

[JohnM]

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Wine I am not brave enough to drink - Red or White

Following on from the thread I started on 14 September 2013, I now start the sister thread - Wine I am not brave enough to drink - Red or White. What do you have lurking in the cellar, under the bed or in the closet that you are not game enough to drink? To kick off I have the following - 2...

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That's OK - there's a replacement that's right up @Daver6's alley: Natural wine? Anyone else a fan?

 

[henleybeach]

Nice wine, one of the DM secret selections.
Big dark fruit and Smokey. Enjoying it with some black olives with rosemary, olive oil and sea salt

 

[kermatu]

Nice strong Shiraz up last night.

 

[RooFlyer]

A contemplative '10 Basket Press.

 

[henleybeach]

A contemplative '10 Basket Press.

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The wine just beats the view @RooFlyer

 

[blackcat20]

Thursday night with @ALH and @GPH


Italian for lunch

 

[henleybeach]

Thursday night with @ALH and @GPH
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Italian for lunch
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Billecart is one of my favourites.

 

[ALH]

Billecart is one of my favourites.

It certainly hits the right spot for us.

 

[cove]

I took Billecart champagne to the neighborhood picnic and it was a big hit with the ladies that year.

 

[afro]

Bad day in Sydney , smoky sky and 37 degrees ,luckily cool breeze finally came by.
I don't drink much whites, mainly semillons but this had me and bought a dozen for the last 3 vintages.

loads of fresh fruit on the nose , it's smooth and soft , flowers and melon , a long finish at the end but I don't think I will keep this wine for long term , maybe just on the 10 year mark.

 

[boomy]

After five weeks away in the old world drinking mostly Portuguese and Spanish wines I’m looking forward to open some good Aussie stuff.

I was however very fortunate to drink some quality champagnes during travel, making long haul flights much more enjoyable

 

[pagingjoan]

After five weeks away in the old world drinking mostly Portuguese and Spanish wines I’m looking forward to open some good Aussie stuff.

I was however very fortunate to drink some quality champagnes during travel, making long haul flights much more enjoyable

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Well played!
A nice collection of the big names there.
Did you have a favourite?

 

[Cruiser Elite]

pj once you get to know boomy you can read him like a book - his favourite? Anything over $200 that HE DID NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR

 

[boomy]

Well played!
A nice collection of the big names there.
Did you have a favourite?

Krug 04 followed by Comtes 07
Dom comes last just for the record.

pj once you get to know boomy you can read him like a book - his favourite? Anything over $200 that HE DID NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR

More like a magazine with lots of pictures

 

[pagingjoan]

pj once you get to know boomy you can read him like a book - his favourite? Anything over $200 that HE DID NOT HAVE TO PAY FOR

He won’t be interested in your Pommery bonanza then?

 

[Cruiser Elite]

Nope Pommery won’t cut it in that company - I always have a few botts Pommery in the cellar as it kinda became a fave of the Ette’s after touring there - we do drink out of Pommery glasses we bought from there shop.

As I have ousted elsewhere the 20 boxes Pommery I bought have all been handballed onto family and friends.

Now back to topic at hand - I have now given the Comptes in SQ F 3 x serious workouts - it is way short of Krug! I also had 3 visits to TPR over past week - 3 times staff opened new botts CH Rare for me - it is so far above the Comptes not funny - wish they had that onboard in rotation with Krug instead of Comptes

 

[boomy]

He won’t be interested in your Pommery bonanza then?

I had a case in the basket ready to press send when thought to myself it’s silly to order wine I don’t really enjoy drinking just because it’s much below RRP.

Now back to topic at hand - I have now given the Comptes in SQ F 3 x serious workouts - it is way short of Krug! I also had 3 visits to TPR over past week - 3 times staff opened new botts CH Rare for me - it is so far above the Comptes not funny - wish they had that onboard in rotation with Krug instead of Comptes

Comtes is 100% Chardonnay, very different than Krug and Piper maybe that’s why it wasn’t to your taste.

 

[henleybeach]

Exceptional. Only 9 years , so still has some legs in her yet if patient. I’ve got another bottle so I’ll leave it for a few years and see, but it’s really nice to drink now.

 

[qaz]

Head grenache was delicious, definitely recommended and worth trying
Bernoota is an old trusty that I hadn't seen for a while, still great value
Preferred the 2016 M3 over the 2017, but vice versa for the Lethbridge

I missed the tasting last week, but Randall's son Gus was nice enough to give me these when I collected about three dozen bottles accumulated over a few orders since early this year:

I had a case in the basket ready to press send when thought to myself it’s silly to order wine I don’t really enjoy drinking just because it’s much below RRP.

Yes, that's what I thought as well - though they could've made good gifts, especially for $16.16

 

[afro]

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Head grenache was delicious, definitely recommended and worth trying
Bernoota is an old trusty that I hadn't seen for a while, still great value
Preferred the 2016 M3 over the 2017, but vice versa for the Lethbridge

I missed the tasting last week, but Randall's son Gus was nice enough to give me these when I collected about three dozen bottles accumulated over a few orders since early this year:


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Yes, that's what I thought as well - though they could've made good gifts, especially for $16.16

Head grenache is a great buy every year, bargain price too.