Mild and cloudy, dry.
Wife is out with the girls tonight, Pink concert, I have an appointment with the sofa, Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds on DVD and a bottle of something nice, perhaps German
Have a good weekend all.
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| Author: | meljones [ Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:20 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Asda Extra Special Clare Valley Riesling 2008 |
£9.18, which isn't cheap. Beautiful, pithy, dry nose. Also a bit like dry cleaning. Riesling lovers will know exactly what I mean. It's not petrol or kerosene. Extraordinarily acidic. "Winky" as my friend Betty would say. Bone dry and tart. A whole different bouilloire of poissons compared to German riesling. (Surely one of the most difficult or at least unattractive French word to say). If there is fruit, then it's fresh limes. You could almost sprinkle some of this on a seared tuna steak. You get the picture. I love it. |
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| Author: | GK [ Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:27 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Asda Extra Special Clare Valley Riesling 2008 |
A Knappstein wine? |
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| Author: | meljones [ Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:44 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Asda Extra Special Clare Valley Riesling 2008 |
No hint on the label. How is it up north? Stroud is beautiful. Sunny, with a slight breeze. Put my first load of washing outside to dry today. |
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| Author: | GK [ Fri Apr 01, 2011 3:57 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Asda Extra Special Clare Valley Riesling 2008 |
Mild and cloudy, dry. Wife is out with the girls tonight, Pink concert, I have an appointment with the sofa, Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds on DVD and a bottle of something nice, perhaps German
Have a good weekend all. |
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| Author: | Bacchus [ Fri Apr 01, 2011 5:39 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Asda Extra Special Clare Valley Riesling 2008 |
"Clare Valley is famous for the quality of its cool climate, and that's perfect for this Knappstein crafted Riesling. Fresh and limey, dry and minerally, this would taste fabulous with Thai curries." Philipa Carr Asda's Master of Wine |
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| Author: | Bacchus [ Fri Apr 01, 2011 6:37 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Asda Extra Special Clare Valley Riesling 2008 |
meljones wrote: a seared tuna steak. You get the picture.
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| Author: | Bacchus [ Fri Apr 01, 2011 8:30 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Asda Extra Special Clare Valley Riesling 2008 |
meljones wrote: A whole different bouilloire of poissons compared to German riesling. (Surely one of the most difficult or at least unattractive French word to say).
. My favourite is "scrognieunieu" which I use a a user-name in a couple or three places. |
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| Author: | Duncan [ Fri Apr 01, 2011 9:25 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Asda Extra Special Clare Valley Riesling 2008 |
Good Picture.... Ba....Fresh Tuna has very little smell. The main smell, as in fresh salmon is of blood from the back bone, and the guts have a fresh fragrance of the sea. Seared Fresh tuna does not smell "fishy" ,no, not at all. Smells of the dressing and seasoning that you put on it, and the charring of course. When I've been sailing off Greece a while back and off west France, a rose' or the best white retsina on the list, have been good allies for this dish. For an Anglais back garden barbeQue, a wine buddy served a high acidity and fullish Italian pinot red (expensive) with this seared tuna, and I thought that was fabulous. It is quite different Ba - unlike anything on a general fishmongers slab |
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| Author: | Bacchus [ Fri Apr 01, 2011 10:35 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Asda Extra Special Clare Valley Riesling 2008 |
Call in a NATO airstrike. They have weapons of Retsina destruction. Please can we ban "Retsina" ? C'est de l'algebre pour moi (deux points). |
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| Author: | Duncan [ Sat Apr 02, 2011 11:09 am ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Asda Extra Special Clare Valley Riesling 2008 |
ha ha ......When in what's it, do what The What's Its Do. Double Dutch as well. |
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| Author: | Bacchus [ Sat Apr 02, 2011 11:21 am ] |
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| Author: | Bacchus [ Mon Apr 04, 2011 3:21 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Asda Extra Special Clare Valley Riesling 2008 |
Surfing french pages for stuff I found the wonderful..."Dézoomer". on a map. |
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| Author: | Goosegogs [ Sat Apr 09, 2011 9:09 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Asda Extra Special Clare Valley Riesling 2008 |
Wonderful example of Clare Valley riesling. Vague hint of lime. Strong petrol with a subtle hint of emulsion paint. The emulsion is faint, more like a room that's been painted about a week ago as opposed to an open tin of paint. Slightly tart but the tartness adds to the enjoyment. In many Aussie rieslings the tartness is ott. As nice as the Leasingham Magnus when it was in it's pomp about 6 years ago. Probably worth the money as this is better than the Tim Adams at Tesco and that's a tenner. This wine will age for years. Probably ! That said, the Alsace gewurz at £7.07 remains my fav wine at Asda. |
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| Author: | Bacchus [ Sat Apr 09, 2011 9:45 pm ] |
| Post subject: | Re: Asda Extra Special Clare Valley Riesling 2008 |
Can't remember my last Asda visit. Around here they are like KwikSave without the class. Need wellies, earplugs and possibly a Katana to approach them. However, if my Goose recs the Gew I will go...helmet on of course. |
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