The new wine thread
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@victor-meldrew said in The new wine thread:
@snowy said in The new wine thread:
Yes. Typo. Moorish is a completely different thing.
Correct. "Moorish" means looking a bit like Roger Moore.
That raised a few eyebrows
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@victor-meldrew said in The new wine thread:
@snowy said in The new wine thread:
Yes. Typo. Moorish is a completely different thing.
Correct. "Moorish" means looking a bit like Roger Moore.
Also reminded me of the viagra advert. It can’t make you James Bond but it can make you roger more.
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@canefan said in The new wine thread:
@smudge said in The new wine thread:
Bought these in a fine wine auction in Wellington last week. A mixture of various vintages of Peregrine pinot noir (mainly 2007 but one 1999 in there), and their 2008 pinot gris. https://ibb.co/xhvPbsQ
Peregrine is nice gear. I've enjoyed bottles of their PN in the past and recently bought some of their next label Pinot Gris for Mrs CF
Main reason I bought it is because we had some (well, a lot) of the 2007 vintage at a mate's wedding in 2010 and it was magnificent. Reviews suggest it's aged OK. Here's hoping.
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@jc said in The new wine thread:
@smudge I honestly prefer Pinot Gris to SB now. I used to find them sweet but there’s a lot nowadays that are drier while still having the PG fruit. It’s now my go-to on a nice summers day.
This. Plenty of dry ones around now. Can even find a decent Riesling that isn't a bottle full of sickliness these days. Not a pleasant experience if you get it wrong though.
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@snowy said in The new wine thread:
@jc said in The new wine thread:
@smudge I honestly prefer Pinot Gris to SB now. I used to find them sweet but there’s a lot nowadays that are drier while still having the PG fruit. It’s now my go-to on a nice summers day.
This. Plenty of dry ones around now. Can even find a decent Riesling that isn't a bottle full of sickliness these days. Not a pleasant experience if you get it wrong though.
Dry riesling is so underrated and underpriced for what you get. I've always loved Felton Rd dry riesling with it's bouquet of dried apricots, and Kusuda riesling from Martinborough was and maybe still is a cult classic
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@canefan said in The new wine thread:
@snowy said in The new wine thread:
@jc said in The new wine thread:
@smudge I honestly prefer Pinot Gris to SB now. I used to find them sweet but there’s a lot nowadays that are drier while still having the PG fruit. It’s now my go-to on a nice summers day.
This. Plenty of dry ones around now. Can even find a decent Riesling that isn't a bottle full of sickliness these days. Not a pleasant experience if you get it wrong though.
Dry riesling is so underrated and underpriced for what you get. I've always loved Felton Rd dry riesling with it's bouquet of dried apricots, and Kusuda riesling from Martinborough was and maybe still is a cult classic
Massive fan of dry riesling, a lot of it ages extremely well as well. can open up like a chardonnay when aged too. Dry ones in Aussie are predominantly but not exclusively Clare valley based and because Riesling isn't the most popular variety you can get some really good examples for a good price.
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@canefan said in The new wine thread:
@snowy said in The new wine thread:
@jc said in The new wine thread:
@smudge I honestly prefer Pinot Gris to SB now. I used to find them sweet but there’s a lot nowadays that are drier while still having the PG fruit. It’s now my go-to on a nice summers day.
This. Plenty of dry ones around now. Can even find a decent Riesling that isn't a bottle full of sickliness these days. Not a pleasant experience if you get it wrong though.
Dry riesling is so underrated and underpriced for what you get. I've always loved Felton Rd dry riesling with it's bouquet of dried apricots, and Kusuda riesling from Martinborough was and maybe still is a cult classic
I totally agree, I wonder if a cheap/bad riesling and chardonnay experience in particular, put people off completely. IMO some grape varieties make more put off bad wines than others but I'm no sommelier so that could be a bullshit opinion..
But there are some very bad and cheap rieslings out there...
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@nostrildamus said in The new wine thread:
@canefan said in The new wine thread:
@snowy said in The new wine thread:
@jc said in The new wine thread:
@smudge I honestly prefer Pinot Gris to SB now. I used to find them sweet but there’s a lot nowadays that are drier while still having the PG fruit. It’s now my go-to on a nice summers day.
This. Plenty of dry ones around now. Can even find a decent Riesling that isn't a bottle full of sickliness these days. Not a pleasant experience if you get it wrong though.
Dry riesling is so underrated and underpriced for what you get. I've always loved Felton Rd dry riesling with it's bouquet of dried apricots, and Kusuda riesling from Martinborough was and maybe still is a cult classic
I totally agree, I wonder if a cheap/bad riesling and chardonnay experience in particular, put people off completely. IMO some grape varieties make more put off bad wines than others but I'm no sommelier so that could be a bullshit opinion..
But there are some very bad and cheap rieslings out there...
Same goes with Pinot Noir. Plenty of lolly water pretending to be wine.
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@crucial said in The new wine thread:
@nostrildamus said in The new wine thread:
@canefan said in The new wine thread:
@snowy said in The new wine thread:
@jc said in The new wine thread:
@smudge I honestly prefer Pinot Gris to SB now. I used to find them sweet but there’s a lot nowadays that are drier while still having the PG fruit. It’s now my go-to on a nice summers day.
This. Plenty of dry ones around now. Can even find a decent Riesling that isn't a bottle full of sickliness these days. Not a pleasant experience if you get it wrong though.
Dry riesling is so underrated and underpriced for what you get. I've always loved Felton Rd dry riesling with it's bouquet of dried apricots, and Kusuda riesling from Martinborough was and maybe still is a cult classic
I totally agree, I wonder if a cheap/bad riesling and chardonnay experience in particular, put people off completely. IMO some grape varieties make more put off bad wines than others but I'm no sommelier so that could be a bullshit opinion..
But there are some very bad and cheap rieslings out there...
Same goes with Pinot Noir. Plenty of lolly water pretending to be wine.
I've been lucky then with Pinot Noir but then I generally pick NZ ones.
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I'm done with Pinot, it's waaaay more miss than hit (even from Central Otago) and you need to spend to get even half decent.
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@mariner4life said in The new wine thread:
I'm done with Pinot, it's waaaay more miss than hit (even from Central Otago) and you need to spend to get even half decent.
I love it. Buy from a knowledgeable merchant and its all good. Generally speaking if you spend around 25 bucks or more it is all good
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@mariner4life said in The new wine thread:
I'm done with Pinot, it's waaaay more miss than hit (even from Central Otago) and you need to spend to get even half decent.
preach it dude, nailed it
I don't love it, will drink it at a pinch, but generally just give it to my dad when I get gifted it. It's not 'bad', it's just not in my wheelhouse...
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My happy place is a malbec. A cheeky merlot on a summers evening. Tempranillo or syrah will be met with an appreciative smile. Mrs Antipodean likes pinots but I find them too close to coloured white wine.
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@antipodean said in The new wine thread:
My happy place is a malbec. A cheeky merlot on a summers evening. Tempranillo or syrah will be met with an appreciative smile. Mrs Antipodean likes pinots but I find them too close to coloured white wine.
I love a nice Argentinian malbec with a nice steak
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I still like good pinot however I am also well aware of how hard it is to find good ones that are not over priced (especially in Australia), but still have some depth in flavour.
I think I have found good examples of most varieties, so find it hard to say exactly what are my favourites. A good spanish Grenache is easy to drink in most seasons.
Actually also enjoying through this winter period, heating some of the cheaper reds that I have been gifted, adding spices and orange peel for a good mulled wine.
