the wine thread

[Apollo Creed]

You'll notice the vanilla in that, mate. Wife picked up a couple of Viña Pomal Reservas this morning. Buy one, get one free! Works out at about 6.80 a bottle.

I paid 8.60 for a bottle in Mercadona in Seville.
Haven't opened it yet because the wife wanted white so we opened a white semi dulce rioja which is easy drinking which is more her speed.

 

[Crisp Sandwich]

Echinops Syrah-Grenache 2023 - Curious Wines

Silky tannins and gentle acidity evoking flavours of warm summer berries and clotted cream, oh my. Ripe, smooth, silky organic wine from Côtes Catalanes, Languedoc-Roussillon, France.

www.curiouswines.ie

Went and got more of that Echinops over the weekend before the sales ends. Great stuff.

Also got another one of these - which I really recommend also.

Elements Terra Côtes du Rhône Rouge 2021 - Curious Wines

Supple, soft, utterly-quaffable five grape blend from right bank of the Rhône. Ripe, smooth, round red wine from Rhône, France.

www.curiouswines.ie

Got a bottle of this Bordeaux - had high hopes after a lad working in Curious Wines sung its praises. It was brutal. Really raw. Most of it went into a pasta sauce on Sunday.

Murets de Mez Bordeaux 2022 - Curious Wines

Super little Bordeaux this, pure-fruited with soft tannins and a fine, fresh acidity. Fresh, fruity, smooth red wine from Bordeaux, France.

www.curiouswines.ie

Avoid.

 

[Happyhonkaman]

I’ve posted this wine before and it’s on sale again now in O Briens, just got myself some. 2015 Gran Reserva from Rioja Alta, nice complex one and really good value at €14.95 a go

Federico Paternina Gran Reserva Rioja

Bodegas Federico Paternina was founded in 1896 and is named after its original founder. This complex and elegant Gran Reserva from the winery is a blend of Tempranillo and Garnacha and is aged for 24 months in American oak followed by three years in bottle in the winery's 16th century cellars.

www.obrienswine.ie

 

[Crisp Sandwich]

I’ve posted this wine before and it’s on sale again now in O Briens, just got myself some. 2015 Gran Reserva from Rioja Alta, nice complex one and really good value at €14.95 a go

Federico Paternina Gran Reserva Rioja

Bodegas Federico Paternina was founded in 1896 and is named after its original founder. This complex and elegant Gran Reserva from the winery is a blend of Tempranillo and Garnacha and is aged for 24 months in American oak followed by three years in bottle in the winery's 16th century cellars.

www.obrienswine.ie

Right, Mange - I've ordered 3 bottles of this. I will clatter you if it's not nice.

I also ordered one of each of these below.

A Negroamaro whose tasting notes are saying all the right things to me. Good price, worth a punt. It'll have some job to beat Schola Sarmenti's Roccamora Negroamaro though!

Sirocco Sun Appassite

We developed this Appassimento-style red with a family-owned winery in Puglia. Made from a blend of semi-dried Negroamaro and Primitivo grapes, it’s partially aged in French oak, resulting in a subtle toasty note and a silky-smooth palate. If you’re a fan of top seller Luna Argenta we think you...

www.obrienswine.ie

And this Rioja - because I'm a sucker for advertising;

Monte Real Rioja Reserva

This customer favourite comes from the award-winning Bodegas Riojanas. Founded in 1890, this iconic winery is a star of the Rioja region – winemaker Emilio Sojo Nalda was named Best Winemaker of Rioja in The Drinks Business magazine’s Master Winemaker 100 (2023). This, their flagship Rioja...

www.obrienswine.ie

 

[Happyhonkaman]

Right, Mange - I've ordered 3 bottles of this. I will clatter you if it's not nice.

I also ordered one of each of these below.

A Negroamaro whose tasting notes are saying all the right things to me. Good price, worth a punt. It'll have some job to beat Schola Sarmenti's Roccamora Negroamaro though!

Sirocco Sun Appassite

We developed this Appassimento-style red with a family-owned winery in Puglia. Made from a blend of semi-dried Negroamaro and Primitivo grapes, it’s partially aged in French oak, resulting in a subtle toasty note and a silky-smooth palate. If you’re a fan of top seller Luna Argenta we think you...

www.obrienswine.ie

And this Rioja - because I'm a sucker for advertising;

Monte Real Rioja Reserva

This customer favourite comes from the award-winning Bodegas Riojanas. Founded in 1890, this iconic winery is a star of the Rioja region – winemaker Emilio Sojo Nalda was named Best Winemaker of Rioja in The Drinks Business magazine’s Master Winemaker 100 (2023). This, their flagship Rioja...

www.obrienswine.ie

mistake No. 1 - you should have ordered more as delivery is free for €100+

mistake No. 2 - taking my advice

The Patternina GR is a lovely drop, I'm fairly confident you'll be happy enough. Their reserva is the Marques de Concordia which is also a super rioja, you can pick it up for around €12 at certain times of the year if you watch them. I buy a good lash of the GR each year when they reduce it so theres always some of it knocking about

No idea about the Primitivo - I know you're a fan so it might well hit the mark. I have fallen out of love with it TBH, find a lot of them are big fruit bombs which I'm not mad for. The more negroamaro the better in it for me as its a bit darker. The missus likes them though so she's not too happy with my stance

I'm not a huge fan of the Monte Real, theres nothing wrong with it but I dont think theres anything particularly great about either, and it would never come anywhere near justifying the original price point.

 

[El Guapo]

mistake No. 1 - you should have ordered more as delivery is free for €100+

mistake No. 2 - taking my advice

The Patternina GR is a lovely drop, I'm fairly confident you'll be happy enough.

LOL

Fawkin back yourself Honkey

 

[Happyhonkaman]

LOL

Fawkin back yourself Honkey

Right then.. CrispY, if you dont like it you are a know-nothing, Buckfast swilling, degenerate

better?

For the price point its a super wine and from the best wine producing area in rioja, there are better ones but you'd be at the top table looking at Vina Tondonia, Ardenza or something along those lines and prices

 

[Crisp Sandwich]

mistake No. 1 - you should have ordered more as delivery is free for €100+

mistake No. 2 - taking my advice

Mange - do you really think that I didn't break a hundred lids on gatt to just to save myself the €7.50 delivery charge?

This is the wine thread. What good would it do me putting the list of craft beers that I ordered in here?

I'll tell what would have happened, shall I? You would have said;

"Don't do craft beers much. Yadda yadda. Some place in Dublin. Yadda yadda." And then you'd end by saying something about hefeweizen, calling me an alco and naming some other fucking wine that I should have bought.

 

[Crisp Sandwich]

Right then.. CrispY, if you dont like it you are a know-nothing, Buckfast swilling, degenerate

Thanks, Mange.

 

[Carmona]

The luv between these two is strong. What happened my pocket in the last 10 years, Goddamnit? I used to buy Ardanza and even fooking Lynch Bages. No More ... Currently sipping a DDH Imperial Neipa. Nice, but pales in comparison with the single hop NEIPA I had just before it. That one was among the nicest beers I've had, jeez