What Was Your Most Recent Bottle of Wine?

[Old Grumpy]

Greasy Fingers Luscious Red...


...name and bottle decoration not particularly appealing, I admit, but 22.5% reduction with Clubcard was tempting - and I was. Really rather good.

https://www.vivino.com/GB/en/greasy-fingers-luscious-red/w/12214402

[smittims]

I've been enjoying a very nice Chilean (Estevez) Cabernet Sauvignon from ALDI at £4.19. It has a crimson label if you're looking for it. I pefer it to their £3.99 Spanish Merlot .

[vinteuil]

"Graduates", perhaps, who work for/own a hedge fund (or the like)? It sounds delightful.

... got it in one : two of his former students have done exceptionally well in the field of finance, but have always remained close friends with their former history tutor - and so offered a lunch for him and his wife and twenty close friends. Very touching, and very nicely done

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[Roger Webb]

Took a punt on a claret in Aldi - not advertised as their 'wine of the week' (Edit: just checked, it is now!), but looked promising for £4.99 (they claimed reduced from 7.99...but subsequent searches reveal it sells from £10 - £17.99!).

Chateau Genlaire, 2021, won a gold at Lyon Concours in 2024. A Bordeaux Supérior from Entre-Deux-Mers it gets solid reviews.

Nice tannic wine, I got 18 today...going back tomorrow - best bargain there since last year's celebrated Cairanne...I managed to get 10 of those, despite it being supposedly limited to two per customer!

[Mandryka]

I've been drinking a real cheap wine, but I think a really enjoyable one. Guigal CdR Blanc. Amazing value for money -- as if they wanted it to be a good introduction to the Guigal marque, so he made sure that the wines included in the blend were all good, and that the blending was done well.

https://www.ocado.com/products/guigal-cote-du-rhone-blanc-606778011

[Roger Webb]

I've been drinking a real cheap wine, but I think a really enjoyable one. Guigal CdR Blanc. Amazing value for money -- as if they wanted it to be a good introduction to the Guigal marque, so he made sure that the wines included in the blend were all good, and that the blending was done well.

https://www.ocado.com/products/guiga...lanc-606778011

Funny thing, whilst doing my post above I reminisced about the Guigal Côte Roties that the excellent Mr Jones kept at the Croche-en-bouche in Malvern a few years ago. This really was the most extraordinary wine list for Rhône wines...I still have a print-out of his list, I doubt it could be matched in this country!

[Keraulophone]

Moulin-à-Vent 2009 Clos de Rochegrès, Ch des Jacques, Louis Jadot - last night accompanying Creedy Carver duck breast with cherry. Proof that this excpetional Beaujolais is capable of ageing into pinot noir territory (pinotisation) regarding flavours and texture. Usually I wouldn't wait more than 10 years, but this one at 15 1/2 was still expressive. Great value too, compared with equivalently aged Burgundy.