What's your favourite wine?
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@Alex said in What's your favourite wine?:
Got this to go with a venison ragu I'll be making tonight. Thought of you @ROman and your favourite grape
@Alex said in What's your favourite wine?:
And to get back on topic, i think Ridge is my favourite 'treat' wine that I have had from the USA. This was my third, and I have loved them all. More than I would normally spend on a bottle to drink at home, but worth it when you feel like splashing out
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@jimcord I like every ridge I have tried, but I think my fave is the cab - just thought this Zinfandel would work with what I was cooking that night, and also it made me think of @ROman
It's very much on the top end of what I would spend for wine not in a restaurant here, certainly not an every week bottle.
Never heard of Louis Martini Lot #1, but it looks like a great American Cab Sav, looking at it on my wine app
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@Alex
Planning on coming to LA for SE event. i will see what I can muster up….
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@Alex Nice, I liked the Ridge Zin. And that is my favorite grape.
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@goosehd Congratulations to the two of you. Well done.
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I find it hard to pick a favorite wine. But this is high on the list, so I was happy that I got my hands on a few bottles.
Falkenstein wines are famed for their high levels of acidity - they harvest the grapes based on acidity (rather than sweetness or sugar content), and they let the winification go on until it stops naturally.
These two particular wines have stopped early, leaving a bit residual sugar, and yielding low levels of alcohol (7 and 7,5 %). But the acidity balances it, leaving crisp and fresh wines that are at the same time very light and very intense.
Very highly recommended.
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@TeflonDon these sound awesome, I love the lighter abv German rieslings alot
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We have some daily drinkers and some that would be considered more expensive but all in all, at least for me, the best wine isn’t really about the wine … it’s about who you’re sharing it with, and where you’re drinking it.
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@Ikeaparty: It's funny, I wouldn't say I have a sweet tooth, and for most of my wine drinke career "dry" would have been one of the first descriptors I'd have chosen for wine I liked.
But the rieslings that combine sweetness and acidity have really taken me by surprise - of course there has to bee enough acidity to balance the sweetness, but when it is there magic happens. If you get the chance try some really old ones. I recently picked up some spätlese frem the eighties. Some of them were gone, but those that weren't were super exciting. The sweetness mellows somewhat, and the taste can become very complex.
@Brandrea: I wish I could say the same - I'd choose company over wine any day, but event in the best possible company, in the most charming place, I wouldn't enjoy bad wine - and probable drink something else instead:-)
