mostly wine stuff

[Tony S]

OK then View attachment 46681

Dude, you are speaking my language now.

 

[cantunamunch]

Moving on

 

[mdf]

I admire amarone. In fact I own a couple that I bought before I realized that I don't actually like them.

 

[cantunamunch]

I feel much the same about riojas.

 

[Tony S]

Remember when "big" didn't necessarily mean high alcohol?

This wine ... I wouldn't say it was old school, exactly, if is that makes you think attenuated and oxidized. It has plenty of freshness, good color, and fruit. But it's a mysterious, tannic, briary SOB. Alcohol is nominally 12.5. Cabernet Franc, 100% or nearly so. (Note, this is not their Madiran, which is Tannat.) Tastes like Zin meets Bordeaux, but with something more untamed than either. This would be good with something like a cassoulet. Very interesting.

 

[mdf]

Visiting my friends lake house. I made grilled steak tips, grilled zucchini, and fried sun-dried tomato polenta. Served with this monastreil, cab, syrah blend. The cheap gray label is good, but this expensive blue label is out of the world.

 

[pete]

How about a Cab Sav rose? If you want a budget-friendly, quaffable, party expectation breaker something like Miguel Torres' Santa Digna could work nicely?

It doesn't all have to be over-sugared bland alco-water with a vague notion of strawberries.

Oh, I'm up for trying but have a mental quirk that puts fear and cheapness into me. I guess given alternates I'd simply buy those over the "risky" buy. Perhaps I'm best with trying out in a tasting or single glass ........

: )

 

[mdf]

I brought out one of the treasures from the back shelf for Father's Day. We brought it home from a Napa visit about 5 years ago.

How was it? Let's just say "wow".

 

[Tony S]

Oooh. P.S., there's some kind of animal on your wine glass, @mdf

 

[mdf]

Oooh. P.S., there's some kind of animal on your wine glass, @mdf

The hazards of outside dining....

 

[cantunamunch]

It is that time of year - the time to find a likely walnut tree!

Anyone doing a vin de noix? Or a nocino, for those of the @Tony S persuasion?

 

[Uncle-A]

I had this over the weekend it was good but not great, I would have expected better from a Brunello.

 

[Tony S]

I would have expected better from a Brunello.

I wouldn't.

 

[Tony S]

 

[pete]

Sat on this one by happenstance for fear it'd be rather turned. Finally said, heck, if bad dump it. Turns out it's quite lovely.

Happy 4th!

 

[John Webb]

Sat on this one by happenstance for fear it'd be rather turned. Finally said, heck, if bad dump it. Turns out it's quite lovely.

Happy 4th!

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We bought this one at Grocery Outlet unseen. A possible gag gift for an unnamed person here with "Velvet" next to her avatar.
pretty bad so we dumped it instead. LOL

 

[Uncle-A]

Sometimes you can not trust the ratings. This was rated 93 points and was about $20.00 and should have been about $5.00.

 

[cantunamunch]

How cold was it? I'm not a Conundrum fan, but usually when budget whites don't show well it's a question of a) they sat too long or b) they are not at the right temp for the sugar/acid balance to taste right. To this reader, 2015 and a fogged bottle are both danger signs that a budget white will be on the meh-gah spectrum.

 

[cantunamunch]

In the Beaujolais aisle we have a rather yummy rose, think dry cherry front grafted onto a tart and stony finish.

 

[Mendieta]

Sometimes you can not trust the ratings. This was rated 93 points and was about $20.00 and should have been about $5.00.
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I agree in general. Now, are you sure the 93 points were for the 2015 vintage? I checked wine.com and they only show a 90 from W. Wong, the guy who used to rate for Bevmo and is a few points over the ratings I tend to trust. His 90 would probably map to Parker 87-88, WS 86-87, and Tanzer 80-85

Anyways, sorry for the bad wine.

Cheers!