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What Was Your Most Recent Bottle of Wine?
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Originally posted by HighlandDougie View PostFar be it from me to slight Aldi, but I would have thought that Coudoulet de Beaucastel 2012 might be a bit recherché for them.It isn't given us to know those rare moments when people are wide open and the lightest touch can wither or heal. A moment too late and we can never reach them any more in this world.
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Originally posted by Caliban View PostChâteau les Marnières, Bergerac Rouge.
Delicious. Spending some time near Bergerac at the moment. Pécharmant is very close, whose wines I first heard about on this thread - Château Corbiac is going to get a visit soon.
A visit last week to Château de Monbazillac, even closer
included a tasting at which a little number called Grains d'Or (2013) was my favourite - likewise a morning at the Cité du Vin in Bordeaux included a taste of a sweet white from Cadillac (Ch. La Bertrande) which was even nicer than the Monbazillacs. I'd never encountered the wines of Cadillac before.
Best of all though, yesterday afternoon at Ch. Clos du Notaire next to the Dordogne among the Côtes de Bourg, one of my favourite regular tipples - soon to reappear on the Wine Society's list, pending which a case in the boot will have to do...
Hope their 'everyday' wine called Usufruit will also appear in the WS, and their posher Notaris... But their familiar Clos du Notaire at about 8 quid a bottle will do very nicely....
I would also recommend Domaine l'Ancienne Cure on the road south from Bergerac , a visit to Issigeac though you probably know of it and the L'Imparfait restaurant in Bergerac,
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Recommended in the Times last Saturday was a Cremant de Loire from Lidl at £8.99 - I am a bit of a sparkling wine snob to be honest and generally stick to champagne but I was verily impressed with this . It does not have too much of the sour apple tartness of too much Loire sparkling wine and I suspect some bottle age . it has lovely stone fruit flavours but is rounded and not at all sharp -will be lovely early on a summer’s evening in the garden .
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Has this forum gone teetotal ?
A heads up for the Marks and Spencer " Found " range of wines. All about £7 and from lesser known regions and grapes . I have only tried two but the Ribolla Giolla white from Northern Italy - is very good, dry but plenty of fruit and a touch of nuttiness and the Sicilian Nerello Capucchio red is a gushing red cherry. and raspberry wine - all too easy to drink but delicious .
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At a similar price level, my current white vin de table is the Baron de Guers Picpoul de Pinet (2019), Sainsburys etc for around £7. Classic French Dry White. Best well chilled. For a treat, getting away from my usual devotions to Sancerre or Pouilly Fumé and Loire Valley generally, I take the more expensive Vieilles Vignes Chablis (2019), around £15-£17. All excellent with salads, fettuccine carbonara and so on...
Poor Chablis can be wretched and I still avoid Spanish or Californian varieties after past experiences, but this Chablis is a true classic. Of broadly similar French regional sources, I love a good Pouilly Fuissé, but fine examples do tend to be expensive. The Sainsburys 2019 is fine, but the 2014 and 2017 were exceptional; I was sorry when they stopped appearing on the shelves.Last edited by jayne lee wilson; 14-07-21, 00:44.
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A blend of the Öküzgözü Bogazkere grapes, indigenous to Turkey, can be sought out by the adventurous. Medium bodied, with the aroma and taste of cherry with a red-current edge. Slightly rustic and good value, ideal for Levantine inspired fare for lunch in the garden. An Auxey Duresses - apple, almond and a flinty quality - proved the ideal accompaniment to Dover Sole last weekend.
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Originally posted by jayne lee wilson View PostAt a similar price level, my current white vin de table is the Baron de Guers Picpoul de Pinet (2019), Sainsburys etc for around £7. Classic French Dry White. Best well chilled. For a treat, getting away from my usual devotions to Sancerre or Pouilly Fumé and Loire Valley generally, I take the more expensive Vieilles Vignes Chablis (2019), around £15-£17. All excellent with salads, fettuccine carbonara and so on...
Poor Chablis can be wretched and I still avoid Spanish or Californian varieties after past experiences, but this Chablis is a true classic. Of broadly similar French regional sources, I love a good Pouilly Fuissé, but fine examples do tend to be expensive. The Sainsburys 2019 is fine, but the 2014 and 2017 were exceptional; I was sorry when they stopped appearing on the shelves.
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