BrightonCorgi Posted December 15, 2021 Posted December 15, 2021 10 hours ago, Ken Gargett said: i have not. small world. this morning i got a query about a lunch which is on friday with one of the guys wondering about bringing a magnum of 2011 quinta do vale meao meandro. which was made by the very chap i was talking about whose grandmother made the ferreira. Vale Meao Meandro is a great wine. Their 2nd wine I believe. Costco use to sell it for like $22 and I bought a lot of it. 2007 Vintage and I still have about 4-5 bottles. Usually it's about 10 years on base Douro wine, reserva's about 20 years before starting to fade. The Meandro is still going strong. Meandro could be one of the Douro benchmark's for regular wine along with Ramos Pinto Duas Quintas. I use to include Symington's Altano, but they've changed styles for the worse.
Ken Gargett Posted December 15, 2021 Posted December 15, 2021 9 hours ago, BrightonCorgi said: Vale Meao Meandro is a great wine. Their 2nd wine I believe. Costco use to sell it for like $22 and I bought a lot of it. 2007 Vintage and I still have about 4-5 bottles. Usually it's about 10 years on base Douro wine, reserva's about 20 years before starting to fade. The Meandro is still going strong. Meandro could be one of the Douro benchmark's for regular wine along with Ramos Pinto Duas Quintas. I use to include Symington's Altano, but they've changed styles for the worse. i have seen the meandro but not for ages. looking forward to it. a magnum should be in form. surprised about the altano. that is disappointing. by chance, i had a day with the symingtons (mostly for ports) back when they were about to release the first one. seemed pretty impressive at the time but another which i have not seen for a couple of years.
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Ken Gargett Posted December 25, 2021 Posted December 25, 2021 8 hours ago, potpest said: Happy Christmas that should do it. one of my all time fave vintages. 1
potpest Posted December 26, 2021 Posted December 26, 2021 that should do it. one of my all time fave vintages. It was fantastic; a real one off for me. My dad was gifted it a good while ago and I finally convinced him to open it.
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Ken Gargett Posted December 26, 2021 Posted December 26, 2021 9 hours ago, potpest said: It was fantastic; a real one off for me. My dad was gifted it a good while ago and I finally convinced him to open it. must have been well stored to stand up after so long. but it was a truly glorious vintage. i think i have one left.
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BrightonCorgi Posted December 27, 2021 Posted December 27, 2021 On 12/26/2021 at 8:51 AM, SirVantes said: Xmas excess. Looking forward to new year’s We also had a Cote Rotie on Christmas; '79 Guigal Brun et Blonde that was a goner 😞 Most have been solid, but this one was no bueno. We went with a 2003 Ramos Pinto Duas Quintas Reserva that was quite special! Was close to opening a Musar as well. Oddly, no port over the weekend except for polishing of a Noval 10 tawny that opened a week or earlier.
RichG Posted January 14, 2022 Posted January 14, 2022 Received a bottle over the summer as a gift. Just cracked it, really enjoying this. Nice caramel, vanilla and spice. 2
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BrightonCorgi Posted January 25, 2022 Posted January 25, 2022 On 1/15/2022 at 10:43 AM, RichG said: Received a bottle over the summer as a gift. Just cracked it, really enjoying this. Nice caramel, vanilla and spice. Irish Whiskey does not get its due. 2
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BrightonCorgi Posted February 14, 2022 Posted February 14, 2022 On 2/12/2022 at 11:19 PM, Baccy said: That's must've been fun. 1
Baccy Posted February 14, 2022 Posted February 14, 2022 30 minutes ago, BrightonCorgi said: That's must've been fun. Indeed it was. I've never had a bad vintage of Clos Des Papes. This was my last bottle. I also had a 2010 and either an 07 or an 09... I can't remember that earliest vintage but they were all phenomenal👌
Ken Gargett Posted February 14, 2022 Posted February 14, 2022 4 hours ago, Baccy said: Indeed it was. I've never had a bad vintage of Clos Des Papes. This was my last bottle. I also had a 2010 and either an 07 or an 09... I can't remember that earliest vintage but they were all phenomenal👌 i have seen the 07 a number of times, probably more than more recent vintages. for me, as good as i have seen from them. definitely good fun. 09 pretty special as well. 1
Baccy Posted February 15, 2022 Posted February 15, 2022 5 hours ago, Ken Gargett said: i have seen the 07 a number of times, probably more than more recent vintages. for me, as good as i have seen from them. definitely good fun. 09 pretty special as well. Yeah it was actually the 07... out of sheer curiosity I found the old invoice 😄. I just remember snagging it when the opportunity presented itself. Good stuff!
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BrightonCorgi Posted February 27, 2022 Posted February 27, 2022 On 2/20/2022 at 12:05 PM, Ken Gargett said: this was pretty exciting yesterday. from the famous massandra winery in crimea. And? I never had the white muscat, but have tried a few Massandra's. The one's I have tried were fortified.
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