The Official Wine Thread

[Principle]

Does this apply to sister barbaresco?

 

[Axelman 17]

I am hosting a gathering at my apartment where I will be pairing classical music and wine. I am looking for a red burg (will be paired with the Beethoven triple concerto) and a white burg (for the Academic Festival). Looking to spend about $50 per bottle and wine needs to be ready to drink.

Any ideas?

 

[ChrisGold]



Does this apply to sister barbaresco?

Not typically, should soften in around half the time as Barolo, but obviously this varies from producer to producer. There are many more that are drinkable very early on.

 

[gomestar]



I am hosting a gathering at my apartment where I will be pairing classical music and wine. I am looking for a red burg (will be paired with the Beethoven triple concerto) and a white burg (for the Academic Festival). Looking to spend about $50 per bottle and wine needs to be ready to drink.

Any ideas?

this is a total Manton question.

For the Heiliger Dankgesang, maybe start with a Tequila hangover and work it from there?

 

[Principle]

Can someone described to me what it means for a wine to be 'flabby' or 'spent'?

Edit: two different phrases decribing different things, interested nonetheless

I had a 20 year old Riesling a few days ago with a french couple and they rambled on about how the wine was past its prime.

 

[Principle]

Ripe, crisp and clean. Serious oolong tea notes, goes down real smoothly

 

[Krish the Fish]

If I really liked Tignanello, anything I should try that's similar (and more readily available)? Thanks in advance!

 

[ChrisGold]



If I really liked Tignanello, anything I should try that's similar (and more readily available)? Thanks in advance!

MARCHESE ANTINORI Chianti Classico Riserva - nicknamed "baby Tignanello", it's also got a nice dollop of Cabernet, similar vilification and often shares the same flavor profile.

 

[Krish the Fish]

Oh man sounds right down my alley, might get a couple bottles of it and Tignanello for Thanksgiving... and for myself naturally

 

[jcusey]



Barolo needs at least 15 years.

/Slewfoot

Infanticide!

/Manton

 

[indesertum]



I am hosting a gathering at my apartment where I will be pairing classical music and wine. I am looking for a red burg (will be paired with the Beethoven triple concerto) and a white burg (for the Academic Festival). Looking to spend about $50 per bottle and wine needs to be ready to drink.

Any ideas?

this is such a hard question because who knows what shops near you stock what wines.

i think it'd be best to find a shop with somebody super knowledgeable. otherwise the big negociants tend to have good value especially in the lower range (the SF wine people think bouchard pere et fils and faively is good for reds and jadot is most suited to whites). also it's harder to find nowadays but the big name domaines like ramonet, leroy, the ponsots, and the gros family have basic appellation level wines that are in the $30-50 range and are more suited for consumption now. a lot of them also make wines in cheaper villages that are very good.

Can someone described to me what it means for a wine to be 'flabby' or 'spent'?

Edit: two different phrases decribing different things, interested nonetheless

I had a 20 year old Riesling a few days ago with a french couple and they rambled on about how the wine was past its prime.

try leaving a wine open for 2, 3 days. that's what i think of when i see flabby or spent. i'm not sure what exactly the oxygen does, but wines taste fruitier with less structure

 

[Piobaire]

I could be wrong but isn't "flabby" usually used to describe a wine that is highly/overly concentrated while simultaneously lacking structure and acidity?

 

[ChrisGold]



I could be wrong but isn't "flabby" usually used to describe a wine that is highly/overly concentrated while simultaneously lacking structure and acidity?

Correct, especially the lack of acidity.

 

[indesertum]

Maybe we're thinking the same things just expressing it differently?

 

[venividivicibj]

Anyone in LA/OC recommend a good wine shop?

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