Which wine are you drinking today?
Posted by: naim_nymph on 20 October 2012
Wine ratings....
0/10... Undrinkable poison (or corked) …a non-starter.
1/10... Horrible nasty tasting plonk. Best used for a sink waste cleaner.
2/10... Very poor effort, not enjoyable to drink but maybe used for cooking.
3/10... Grimace wine ...with too many concessions that leaves one wanting.
4/10... An okay wine with some virtues but far from good quality.
5/10... Good drinkable fair to middling wine but far from flawless.
6/10... Very good wine, drinkable. Would buy again at the right price.
7/10... Excellent wine, very drinkable and enjoyable.
8/10... Excellent plus wine, highly enjoyable, class!
9/10... A special wine with the most fantastic taste.
Ten!.. Perfection!
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Just uncorked an Angel's Flight : )
My previous bottles of this have been nice and this isn't bad either, this the has hints of liquorice…, it really needs to be decanted and goes without saying - room temp… and given some time (2 hours) to smooth out an otherwise cold hairy tongue after taste, can be very grizzly if opened up too cold [I know… I tried] Nice colour and good body but more than slightly strong.
When warmed up proper is very happy face drinkable though : )
score = 6/10
Debs
Quite looking forward to trying these tonight (professionally, on a yacht in Monaco harbour!)
If you know - you know, and if you don't - you probably don't want to.
Or - put it another way - you could have Naim put in two of your Bentleys for the price of these six bottles.
Quite looking forward to trying these tonight (professionally, on a yacht in Monaco harbour!)
If you know - you know, and if you don't - you probably don't want to.
Or - put it another way - you could have Naim put in two of your Bentleys for the price of these six bottles.
I am massively jealous!
Quite looking forward to trying these tonight (professionally, on a yacht in Monaco harbour!)
If you know - you know, and if you don't - you probably don't want to.
Or - put it another way - you could have Naim put in two of your Bentleys for the price of these six bottles.
I am massively jealous!
+1
Quite looking forward to trying these tonight (professionally, on a yacht in Monaco harbour!)
If you know - you know, and if you don't - you probably don't want to.
Or - put it another way - you could have Naim put in two of your Bentleys for the price of these six bottles.
Back in the late 1990's, I purchased a bottle of the Echezeaux and one of the Grands Echezeaux at my go-to wine store in Washington DC. Back then they were, I believe, in the $300 range. At least I can say I've tasted them. Today, waaaay farther out of reach!
Soligamar Rioja Reserva 2009. Just £9.99 from Lidl - exceptional wine, and very good value.
The DRC wines all showed well, and the clients enjoyed themselves (phew!)
I've put some notes on the wines on my blog if you are interested.:
http://www.rivierawineacademy.com/blog.php
(will become the following link after the next entry)
http://www.rivierawineacademy....=96&blogTopicID=
Send a few up to Valhalla for the Norse crew?
Novas / Gran Reserva, Colchagua Valley 2012
Carmenère/Cabernet Sauvignon
Red - medium bodied
Drink or keep
14.5% ABV
Organic
This novas is super!
More fruity and sophisticated than my depleted supply of Vicuña slurp.
Bit on the strong side but tasty, very glad I bought a box full of it : )
Debs
Long time no post Debs.....been on ya hols ?
Why did you only buy one box ??
Being noisy,how much and where from ?
Mista h
Been away from the forums on my summer sabbatical 
I bought two dozen bottles, a dozen novas,
half a doz Italian Primitivo Stella 2012* + a few other allsorts of Red on the Primitivo grape theme.
The Novas cost £9.15 a bottle from local wine merchant.
* The Primitivo Stella 2011 is lovely but needed the keeping in for a year, only a few bottles left of that year, the 2012 will get hidden down my cellar to gather dust for a year or three 
Debs
Santa Ema Select Terroir Merlot, Maipo 2012
Red - Medium
ABV = 13.5%
Merlot 100%
Drink now
£8.70 per bottle
A noticeable comedown from the Novas of last weekend, this is a bit sharp.
It's a little cold so maybe why, hoping it will warm and mellow out for tomorrow.
Debs
Cantele Primitivo, IGT Salento 2011
Italy
Red full round
100% Primitivo
ABV = 13.5%
drink now
This is very lovely, slightly dry hairy tongue feeling but very pleasant going on the taste buds.
I've opened it up without any warming [Temperatura di servizio 18°C] should have warmed it up to room temp. It starts to get a bit chilly in my cellar this time of year.
Pretty sure this will be even more agreeable tomorrow : )
Debs
Bodegas Escorihuela Gascon - 1884 Limited Production - Malbec 2009
$25CAD, An exceptional Malbec at a great price. Fruity and more complex after it is able to breathe.
Today is the third Thursday in November...
Beaujolais Nouveau day.
I actually thought the Jadot wine is quite good this year.
A good Autumn perhaps salvaged a patchy summer in the way that will inevitably make it a vintage of the millennium in Bordeaux.
Beaujolais Villages Primeur 2014 Louis Jadot
A bit reductive on opening, but once this has blown off, the vibrant fruit starts to emerge. Cherry and cranberry aromas with just a hint of something a bit more earthy and rich. There is the classic cookie-dough scent of the just fermented, but it works here. The wine is light, crisp, fresh and appealingly flavoursome in a simple way. I’d still rather drink a good Fleurie with a year’s bottle age, but this year is a creditable effort for what cannot be regarded as an ideal vintage for the nouveau production methods.
Full blog post here.
Something I've been working on. I even found a 'u'...
Full size version here 
I'd be happy with anything from this winelist......