NJP Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 2000 Wendouree Shiraz. (I've still got a bottle I got for RA, must find it and send it up) Unlabelled 2000ish Salomon Estate Alttus.
Colt45 Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 Most of my most memorable wines have been from Italy, but too difficult to choose just one, regardless of origin. I've enjoyed nice reds, whites, rosés, sparklers of all tints.... RA, if you enjoy Amarone (and what's not to love), you might consider trying a ripasso or two - similar in style, typically less $$
Puros Y Vino Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 Best? Probably a 2004 Tedeschi Amarone. Rich, full bodied, loaded with fruit, oak lots of legs and paired with a steak beautifully. Runner up? 1999 Chateau Brane-Cantenac. Probably the first French wine to really impress me. But at >$100 bottle. I'll look elsewhere. Our gov't liquor monopoly tends to buy French swill and foist it upon us as "grand vins". I've had 4 Euro bottles in Paris that performed far better than the $30 crap they import here. Honorable Mention. Red Diamond Cab/Sauv. Cheap, but performs like a champ. $15/bottle here. Maybe $7/$8 in the US. Never thought I'd enjoy a wine from Washington State so much.
FredClever Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 Cheers El Presidente (and everyone else), when I saw this thread's title, my mind immediately went to Zenato Amarone because all of those I've tried over the years were great without a single exception. Much to my surprise you and I seem to share a good bit of taste in wine! I can tell if you like the 'usual' Amarone Classico by Zenato that much, you should absolutely go and try the Riserva, which is even more beautiful in my opinion. You'll love it! Although Zenato delivers great wine on an ongoing basis, and it's absolutely one of my top 3 favorites, the vote for BEST bottle so far has to go to a different one for me: Castillo Ygay 1998. Stunning wine from Rioja, Spain. Like with cigars I think taste and judgement of wine depend not only on the 'technical' taste qualities of the bottle in front of you, but very much on the environment and people you share the wine with, your mood, atmosphere, etc. Therefore I absolutely have to choose the Ygay above the Zenato, although technically the Zenato would probably win. That evening with the Ygay just did it for me.
Nedule Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 I may have just had the best bottle of wine of my life. Enjoyed it over two days. brilliant, lush, complex, balanced, beautiful. Thanks to Gino....remarkable gift. What is the best bottle of wine you have had? The one that stays in your mind to this day. I took you 2 days to finish it? That doesn't seem right.
westg Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 Best wine to drink for me on it's own or with a meal .Jack Mann cab sav malbec 2000 with a cigar Shiraz by Farr....I do love the Farr family wines.
Jeremy Festa Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 For me it's champagne. I would have to say the Devaux 2000 Cuvée D! But a recent red that is nearing the best I have ever had was the Jasper Hill 2009 Georgia's Paddock Heathcote Shiraz! From my mobile phone
CaptainQuintero Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 When I was 17 on a school art trip to Paris (I didn't study art, me and a mate just tagged along for the visit) the group stopped off at a quiet bar in the city, there was a loud bar opposite with the locals hanging out of the windows waving us to come over. The teachers eventually relented after one beer and the quiet bar and we headed over the road. The group all had beer again but me and a friend made friends with the barman and picked out the highest cheapest plonk they had. Some 1.5ltr monstrous white. We glugged the lot and enjoyed every second of it. God knows what it was but I've never enjoyed a wine as much since, in fact I've never enjoyed white since I remember getting back to the hotel we were staying at and introducing the place to rounds of snap (cards) until the manager decided he's had quite enough of the petit roast beef and sent us to bed!
lipher Posted May 30, 2014 Posted May 30, 2014 I too love silver oak but prefer the Napa valley. With the recent press about oak its htf and expensive however I did just fine 3 bottles of 2003 Napa!
mk05 Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 I can remember most of the good wines, but the one I can always recall definitively is the first wine that changed how I pictured wine - from some sour, cellulose-y, and bitter liquid people drank at dinner to feel like adults, to HOLY CRAP, WHAT IS THAT, GODDAMN, LET ME TAKE A PHOTO. It was my sophomore year in college, and the wine was a Clarendon Hills Astralis. We were having a party, and I bought that nasty pink Beringer Estates for the girls, and decided to get a nice bottle for myself - and drank it out of a red Solo cup, don't you worry. I drink my fair share of untouchable wines, but I always think back on the first experience with fondness, and a smile.
jat Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Coolabah Soft Fruity White ha ha ha a man of impeccable palate. And as a Queenslander your opinion can't be challenged.
Mr.T Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 This was probably the best line up of wines I have ever had and will ever have. The super rich of China sure like their wines Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
BBS Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Mauritson Winery 2010 Buck Pasture Red Wine Buck Pasture - Rockpile Ridge Vineyards 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot, 10% Petit Verdot A big, bold, lovely blend with lots of fruit up front.....not the most expensive wine in this list, but it's a wonderful blend, to be sure.
ZinZan Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 Drc latache, not to sure of the year prob circa 2008 -2010 and 1998 dom perignon. Sent from my iPad using Tapatalk HD
Ken Gargett Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 this one was pretty special. one of the 1907 heidsieck from the bottom of the baltic. tried three different bottles of this. they do vary, no surprise, but extraordinary stuff. told that they now go for $250,000. seems ridiculous. when first found, they were about $2k. 2
Colt45 Posted May 31, 2014 Posted May 31, 2014 this one was pretty special......extraordinary stuff. KG, very intereseted to know if you found it extraordinary because it had held up, or in and of itself / comparatively to other vintages, gained from age, etc... Cheers.
Ken Gargett Posted June 1, 2014 Posted June 1, 2014 KG, very intereseted to know if you found it extraordinary because it had held up, or in and of itself / comparatively to other vintages, gained from age, etc... Cheers. the most recent, about 12 months ago, was very mature, developed. much more like an old complex white burgundy. the first two were the same night. when they were first salvaged, a group in brizzy got a couple. one was a lovely old fizz, though not much fizz. wonderfully complex and it had a character rather like french onion soup, if that makes any sense. the other was truly the most amazing wine i've ever seen. not necessarily the greatest, though it was very good, but rather, it came fizzing out of the bottle like a newly made non-vintage. foamed up and out. mind-boggling for a wine that had spent the best part of the century at the bottom of the ocean.
markmurase Posted June 1, 2014 Posted June 1, 2014 Pol Roger Sir Winston 1999 - of the few premium vintage champagnes that I've had this one really stood out
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