What Was Your Most Recent Bottle of Wine?

[gradus]

There is a newish Aldi near us, so recommendations for their best offerings please ?

Ta.

( Nice pics above, Cals. )

Just opened a Condoulet de Beaucastel 2012.

[teamsaint]

Just opened a Condoulet de Beaucastel 2012.

Cost ?

Any good ?

[HighlandDougie]

Cost ?

Any good ?

Far be it from me to slight Aldi, but I would have thought that Coudoulet de Beaucastel 2012 might be a bit recherché for them. If you can find it, it will set you back about £20 here in France. Lovely wine, though.

[french frank]

Far be it from me to slight Aldi, but I would have thought that Coudoulet de Beaucastel 2012 might be a bit recherché for them.

I spotted one of theirs at £28.84, but it turned out to be a half case

[MrGongGong]

A jug of "Elderberry 2017" a fine vintage
and not made it into bottles yet (though I doubt it ever will )

[Bryn]

Trying to remember, my minds a bit fuzzy,. Now was it Buckfast or was it Thunderbird Blue?

I'll get me throat.

[Barbirollians]

Château 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....

If in Pecharmant - I recommend visits to Chateau le Tiregand and the Domaine du Haut Pecharmant- they are close together and in my experience friendly with excellent wines. I envy you can't wait to get back down there in April.

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,

[cloughie]

There is a newish Aldi near us, so recommendations for their best offerings please ?

Ta.

( Nice pics above, Cals. )

They do a great Chilean Pinot Noir -Esteva at under a fiver!

[gradus]

Cost ?

Any good ?

I bought it as part of the Rhone offering from Tanners (v good) a few years back, I think it cost about £12 before duty.

[Barbirollians]

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 .

[muzzer]

Majestic do what I think is the best value everyday wine I’ve tasted for years. The Guv’ner. Tempranillo. £6 a bottle if you buy 6. Cheap at twice the price imho. Yes I winced at the name but life’s too short for bad wine.

[Barbirollians]

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 .

[jayne lee wilson]

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.

[Belgrove]

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.

[Barbirollians]

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.

2014 and 2017 were very good years for white burgundy especially the former.