It does look kinda classy, tell us how it tastes!!
If you are around in 10 or so years I'll let you know. This is also an investment for the future, I'm going to cellar it and let it age and collect value.
aria giovanni turned me on to chateau nufe de pape. its priced well. about 35 bucks a bottle, and sooooooooooooo good. french.
try it, you will thank me.
Just to clarify for you without trying to be a wine snob... ... the French bottle by region, Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a small town/province in southern France that produces many world class wines. $35-$100 is the typical entry point for the newer vintages, in good years the lower priced ones are great deals. Vieux Télégraphe is one of the more popular wines from the region and one of my steady favorites. Most of the wines from this region will be mostly from Syrah grapes.
Just to clarify for you without trying to be a wine snob... ... the French bottle by region, Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a small town/province in southern France that produces many world class wines. $35-$100 is the typical entry point for the newer vintages, in good years the lower priced ones are great deals. Vieux Télégraphe is one of the more popular wines from the region and one of my steady favorites. Most of the wines from this region will be mostly from Syrah grapes.
Pretty sure your bottle might have been, quite possibly, maybe was the #2 overall wine of the year on Wine Spectator's top 100 wines of 2008 list. But I could be wrong. I would buy a few cases and let them age a few days or maybe even a full week before consuming... and be sure to decant for at least an hour before adding ice cubes to it.
Just to clarify for you without trying to be a wine snob... ... the French bottle by region, Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a small town/province in southern France that produces many world class wines. $35-$100 is the typical entry point for the newer vintages, in good years the lower priced ones are great deals. Vieux Télégraphe is one of the more popular wines from the region and one of my steady favorites. Most of the wines from this region will be mostly from Syrah grapes.
Cheers.
I bought a couple of bottles of 2006 Vieux Télégraphe last week, for under $70 which is a score since once again they've added VT to some top 100, top 20 or whatever list this year. My go-to CDP used to be La Nerthe, but something has changed and it doesn't do much for me anymore.
Just to clarify for you without trying to be a wine snob...Châteauneuf-du-Pape is mostly grenache.
Pretty sure your bottle might have been, quite possibly, maybe was the #2 overall wine of the year on Wine Spectator's top 100 wines of 2008 list. But I could be wrong. I would buy a few cases and let them age a few days or maybe even a full week before consuming... and be sure to decant for at least an hour before adding ice cubes to it.
Thunderbird is ghetto wine, please leave this discussion to people who appreciate the finer things in life.
I concur. But no collection would be complete without this fine American vintage that I had the pleasure of enjoying at the ripe age of 10 by stealing sips from my grandmother's bottle.
I bought a couple of bottles of 2006 Vieux Télégraphe last week, for under $70 which is a score since once again they've added VT to some top 100, top 20 or whatever list this year. My go-to CDP used to be La Nerthe, but something has changed and it doesn't do much for me anymore.
Just to clarify for you without trying to be a wine snob...Châteauneuf-du-Pape is mostly grenache.
DOH!
Sure is.. I'm so not worthy of my decanter, I feel so corked and embarrassed to fuck that up, considering I own grenachenoir.com and grenacheblanc.com and several more of the other varietal names of the region.
Sure is.. I'm so not worthy of my decanter, I feel so corked and embarrassed to fuck that up, considering I own grenachenoir.com and grenacheblanc.com and several more of the other varietal names of the region.
I presume you just confused Côte-Rôtie and CDP. Between those and Côtes du Rhône, it's all French to me.
Comment