chabod wrote:
Normally £5.99
Thought i would try it for a £5; as asda have little to commend itself to generally speaking.
But really enjoyed this good solid body and structure, good fruit and balance with tannins, still young but certainly drinkable. very amenable and approachable despite its youth, fills the mouth and good length on the finish.
its getting harder to find a "good" well made bottle of wine with character these days especially at this price. drank it with pleasure and wish i had got two lol. read up on it and this is what i found: Jane Mc Quitty The Times
For a start, bear in mind that the average optimum drinking window for fine red burgundy from recent top vintages like '05, '06 and '07 (5-10 years), and claret from great vintages like '05 and '00, followed by '06 and '04 (7-20 years plus). Good red Rhônes are swifter maturing and I'd be happy to tuck into lesser wines from their leading '05, '06 and '07 vintages now, with the big Rhône guns best broached in 5-12 years. And don't lose your head just because the prices look keen: remember that New World wines age much faster than Old World wines and last year's rosé or beaujolais nouveau, despite merchants' claims otherwise, will be dead as a dodo.
2007 Crozes-Hermitage, Les Brunnelles, Ogier, France Asda, £5 until Feb 9. Ogier is a respected producer, so dive into this peppery, velvety, red fruit-laden, syrah-based Crozes and rejoice
Thought i would try it for a £5; as asda have little to commend itself to generally speaking.
But really enjoyed this good solid body and structure, good fruit and balance with tannins, still young but certainly drinkable. very amenable and approachable despite its youth, fills the mouth and good length on the finish.
its getting harder to find a "good" well made bottle of wine with character these days especially at this price. drank it with pleasure and wish i had got two lol. read up on it and this is what i found: Jane Mc Quitty The Times
For a start, bear in mind that the average optimum drinking window for fine red burgundy from recent top vintages like '05, '06 and '07 (5-10 years), and claret from great vintages like '05 and '00, followed by '06 and '04 (7-20 years plus). Good red Rhônes are swifter maturing and I'd be happy to tuck into lesser wines from their leading '05, '06 and '07 vintages now, with the big Rhône guns best broached in 5-12 years. And don't lose your head just because the prices look keen: remember that New World wines age much faster than Old World wines and last year's rosé or beaujolais nouveau, despite merchants' claims otherwise, will be dead as a dodo.
2007 Crozes-Hermitage, Les Brunnelles, Ogier, France Asda, £5 until Feb 9. Ogier is a respected producer, so dive into this peppery, velvety, red fruit-laden, syrah-based Crozes and rejoice
Will look this up, cheers chabod. Ogier? Is this Michel Ogier fo Côte Rôtie?, perhaps grapes from the surrounding hills made their way into this particular wine.
£5 until Feb 9. Next year? or have we missed the boat?
