Nice wines I have drunk recently - Red or White

[afro]

I enjoy the Cliff Edge Shiraz. Is there are regular source for good prices on it? Does the Rathbone Group have a cellardoor.co/cellarone equivalent albeit on a much smaller scale? Dan's has a member special @ $25

at $25 maybe not, usual retailers are mycellars and nicks ,a bit over $25.

 

[Daver6]

Last bottle of this, well of the 2014s at least and damn it's a good wine. I'm really a huge fan of most of Brash Higgins' wines. I think they represent great value for money and worth seeking out.

 

[boomy]

Champagne lunch in the city with fellow AFFer.

 

[Daver6]

Champagne lunch in the city with fellow AFFer.

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What was the Jacquart like?

 

[Daver6]

With lamb...what else

 

[boomy]

What was the Jacquart like?

Fresh and lemony. Love 100% Chardonnay champagne!

 

[Daver6]

Then the lamb and Cabernet were finished. Time to trot out some blue cheese and this...

 

[boomy]

Smooth and refined this Cab Sav shows so much finesse, makes it dangerously easy to drink. Very tempted to open another bottle, not something we normally do on weekday!

 

[krobb]

Smooth and refined this Cab Sav shows so much finesse, makes it dangerously easy to drink. Very tempted to open another bottle, not something we normally do on weekday!

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Can grab some more direct from the Balnaves cellar if you're in need - Product details test | Balnaves of Coonawarra

 

[boomy]

Sublime aged Viognier.
Perfect match to spicy food.

 

[teammongo]

A very nice house warming..

 

[qaz]

belated birthday getaway celebration / pre-lockdown mk2 commiseration:



Coopers Vintage Ale & Forest Hill cabernet sauvignon - deliciously smooth
Giant Steps chardonnay & Kupe pinot noir - still young, best on third/fourth/final day

 

[afro]

belated birthday getaway celebration / pre-lockdown mk2 commiseration:

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Coopers Vintage Ale & Forest Hill cabernet sauvignon - deliciously smooth
Giant Steps chardonnay & Kupe pinot noir - still young, best on third/fourth/final day

Where did you get that cooper extra strong ale from qaz?

 

[Daver6]

Got my hands on a nice fresh truffle. These two should hopefully match quite nicely tonight

 

[TheRealTMA]

Got my hands on a nice fresh truffle. These two should hopefully match quite nicely tonight

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From where is it?

Three Special Wines To Serve With Truffles

Three Special Wines For a Truffle Dinner

www.forbes.com

 

[Daver6]

From where is it?

Three Special Wines To Serve With Truffles

Three Special Wines For a Truffle Dinner

www.forbes.com

Manjimup. Not sure of the producer. A friend of mine lives between Manji and Perth for their business. She was selling these of behalf of a farmer friend of hers. I picked up this 66 gram beauty for an even $50.

And I concur with that article on the wine matching. The Jura is a bit left field but I think the nuttiness and salinity should work well, probably best with the soup with truffle course.

 

[TheRealTMA]

Manjimup. Not sure of the producer. A friend of mine lives between Manji and Perth for their business. She was selling these of behalf of a farmer friend of hers. I picked up this 66 gram beauty for an even $50.

And I concur with that article on the wine matching. The Jura is a bit left field but I think the nuttiness and salinity should work well, probably best with the soup with truffle course.

Not a bad price. We “normally“ get ours from Canberra. (LOL, of course ).

Was hilarious buying them from a grocery store in Belconnen Fresh food Market. Had to speak to 5 people then taken out the back to be shown a plastic box full. Like a clandestine drug deal. $2 a gram. Drugs probably would have been cheaper. Despite triple layers, could still smell them in carryons in overhead bins.

Cooked truffled scrambled eggs (eggs left in fridge for 4 days in sealed container with truffle),shaved truffles over fresh fettuccine, then slivers of truffle under skin of chicken then roasted.

 

[qaz]

Where did you get that cooper extra strong ale from qaz?

my cellar?

2010 is a birth year, and I used to be a beer fanatic as well as a wine connoisseur - my related posts from long ago are in forums elsewhere - with a few vintage beers still being kept from that time, including a 1995 which I'll probably end up having when my First Growths of the same year are eventually opened

Got my hands on a nice fresh truffle. These two should hopefully match quite nicely tonight

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That Montbourgeau has been in my cellar for a couple of years, I bought the same Grande Annee today (perhaps not since the 1990s), now just have to find a fresh truffle - fortunately foraging for food can be included in obtaining take away food as a permitted reason to leave home

 

[afro]

my cellar?

2010 is a birth year, and I used to be a beer fanatic as well as a wine connoisseur - my related posts from long ago are in forums elsewhere - with a few vintage beers still being kept from that time, including a 1995 which I'll probably end up having when my First Growths of the same year are eventually opened

I’ve finished all my 2010’sssss. I saw it on auction before ,$35/bottle as starting bid.

 

[Daver6]

That Montbourgeau has been in my cellar for a couple of years, I bought the same Grande Annee today (perhaps not since the 1990s), now just have to find a fresh truffle - fortunately foraging for food can be included in obtaining take away food as a permitted reason to leave home

It was your post that got me to order the Montbourgeau, so thank you. It was a pretty good wine, but acid not quite as high as I expected. I have one more bottle which I'll aim to knock off in the next couple of years. Also, showed best when at about 15-17 degrees C. Grande Annee was all class. Again, showed its best warmed up a little so about 12C.