Hay Festival wines 2015
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Anything but Port, this includes all non-Port fortified wines even if they call themselves Port. There is a search facility for this part of the forum.
Anything but Port, this includes all non-Port fortified wines even if they call themselves Port. There is a search facility for this part of the forum.
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- Dalva Golden White Colheita 1952
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Hay Festival wines 2015
Gritos Estate Malbec 2013
This is not bad, a good smoky nose, a reasonably tumultuous palate with herbs and fruit. A big brute which is rather sharp here and there but, having drunk a fair few Malbecs lately, is a serious wine. Not as good as the Catena (Waitrose £12.99 and 25% off a present) but better than anything I found in Sainsbury with Malbec on the label. I suppose I have to come up with some literary allusion now. Hemingway, it's like Hemingway, those of you who remember my view on Hemingway will be able to correctly identify my numerical score; 85 points.
Edit; Daniel must be dead, so I have decided that I must take one of the m's out of 'Hemingway' myself.
- Alex Bridgeman
- Graham’s 1948
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Re: Hay Festival wines 2015
I look forward to the literary comparisons for the rest of the wines. A much more cultured alternative to CSD's vinous anthropomorphisms.
Top Ports in 2023: Taylor 1896 Colheita, b. 2021. A perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.
2024: Niepoort 1900 Colheita, b.1971. A near perfect Port.