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General Forum - Red Wine... - Page 1
Elite
I can't remember seeing a thread on here about it so thought I'd start one and see if many people on here are into their vino tinto!
I started keeping a record about two years ago of the different bottles I bought/tried so I could build myself a list of wines I liked/disliked.
I've always enjoyed an Argentinean Malbec and my current favourite, without a doubt, is Trapiche Broquel 2008 Malbec. You can pick it up from Laithwaits for £10.99 a bottle but if you like buying in bulk they have an offer on where if you spend over £99.99 you get £40 off which means you can get it for ~£7 a bottle.
Anyone else got a red they would recommend?
This item was edited on Monday, 9th January 2012, 20:27
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I don't get into double figures being a mere mortal, although on special occasions, I do like the odd bottle of Chateauneuf Du Pape. Other than that, a vintage Fleurie is good.
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Can't go wrong with a simple Rioja. Tesco have a very good selection, but it's best to wait for the half price offers. camp Viejo 2008 can go for £6.29 per bottle, but the slightly nicer Berberana 2006 will sometimes be knocked down to about the same price.
My brother in law got me a bottle of Gino Merlot/Shiraz, which I hadn't had before, but was quite suprised.
I'm game for any red really, as long as they're not too heavy on the tannins. Can't abide white though, gives me a headache
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Yes r8sso, really like red wine. I'm also in Laithwaites and do get some great ones. In the Big Red club as well as the 'Taste of Australia' one. Prefer Aussie by a long way.
However, as pete says, there can be some great offers in supermarkets now. I bought 48 bottles just before Christmas. Lots of £9.99 - £10.49 wines already for 50% off - and then they had 25% off the wine bill. £10 bottles of wine for less than four quid. Ridiculous really. 
You tried the McPhersons 'Full Fifteen' and Black Stump? Both lovely..
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A lot of people in this country pooh-pooh Australian table wines. This is a pity as many fine Australian wines appeal not only to the Australian palate but also to the cognoscenti of Great Britain.
Black Stump Bordeaux is rightly praised as a peppermint flavoured Burgundy, whilst a good Sydney Syrup can rank with any of the world's best sugary wines.
Château Blue, too, has won many prizes; not least for its taste, and its lingering afterburn.
Old Smokey 1968 has been compared favourably to a Welsh claret, whilst the Australian Wino Society thoroughly recommends a 1970 Coq du Rod Laver, which, believe me, has a kick on it like a mule: eight bottles of this and you're really finished. At the opening of the Sydney Bridge Club, they were fishing them out of the main sewers every half an hour.
Of the sparkling wines, the most famous is Perth Pink. This is a bottle with a message in, and the message is 'beware'. This is not a wine for drinking, this is a wine for laying down and avoiding.
Another good fighting wine is Melbourne Old-and-Yellow, which is particularly heavy and should be used only for hand-to-hand combat.
Quite the reverse is true of Château Chunder, which is an appellation contrôlée, specially grown for those keen on regurgitation; a fine wine which really opens up the sluices at both ends.
Real emetic fans will also go for a Hobart Muddy, and a prize winning Cuivre Reserve Château Bottled Nuit San Wogga Wogga, which has a bouquet like an aborigine's armpit.
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Elite
No wonder you gave up alcohol, or maybe read that, & didn't start in the first place.
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Am I the only person who thinks wine of any variant tastes disgusting?
BTW, I have tried to be convinced on several occasions and I always try to suck down anything being used as a toast wherever I may be but there's just something about wine that I can't palate at all.
Not particularly fond of Champers either so mebbes I'm an anomaly.
(oh, and if I ever meet up with anyone who would like to try and convince me I've never tried a decent one then feel free just don't be offended if I don't like it 
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I don't do red wine, makes me nasty and snappy.
If I am going to drink, I drink pink wine, but basically I only drink on special occasions
Elite
Red wine here, usually a merlot or shiraz.
Even THO converted.
My outlook on life is positive & carefree, I'm positive that I'm a pessimist & I don't care what what you think.
Never has so little had to be explained by me to so many so often.
Elite
SJ - I've just been out and bought a bottle of each from Laithwaites on my lunch! I have a poker night tonight so I'll no doubt be opening one of them!
Think I'll go with the Black Stump first as even the guy in the shop recommended it.
