Like a lightweight gewurz.

However....sprang wonderfully to life with the aromatic duck.

Delicious but a bit bland on it's own.

Will give the person who recommended this with Chinese a bottle or two as a thank you.

Who says I only drink sb.

G ~ now moved onto the Oh Block ~

ps...is Ba on hols or AWOL

There was a suggestion that he was away.

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Probably gone on another one of his Monte Carlo bridge/poker/nazi sex fetish weekends again.

Spoiling yourself again Mr G ?

Of the Oh Blocks, and there are three available in the uk ? Is that right G ?

Also of the '09s - which G, have you singled out ? And which one would you have me searching to find.

Sorry about Monty reserve '09 I was hoping to save a few bob on a half decent one. As I say, the '07 was dimensional and not cloying in my book.

note for viewers:
"cloying" in good MSB terms, is a tiny fraction of the experience one use to get with a past Oz fashion for oaky & hot chardonnay.

Mood & Heath Warning for sauvignon blanc bargain hunters :

I enjoy a reasonable budget wine on a bargain, but this chilean SB and one from Big T was a Monkey Bay clone, and for just £3.49

for crying-out-loud, dont buy it for £1.99. Makes your mouth dry from the atringency and a potential sore head in the sun, if you dont take it with a pint of water afterwards.

I was offered glass at someone's house recently - I held my tonge in good humour, it was difficult to take - drinking witch hazel springs to mind.

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The only Pioneer Block wine I buy now is the Oh Block 6 2009 from Maj for the two bottle price of £11.99. They have a Pioneer Block cuvee for the same money but it's not a great wine. I had an in store taste. It was blackcurranty enough but very sharp.

I really am so in love with the Oh Block that I may ( don't hold your breath ) stick with it, the basic SC and the Estate Reserve at the CoOp assuming Tribs doesn't drink the bleedin' lot.

I have been so disappointed with the 09 vintage as a whole. So many sugary wines and not just the new name dross but old favs like Wither Hills and the Wairau wine at M&S too.

Not sure what you mean by 3 Oh blocks. 07 08 09 ?

I have seen Block 19 Bird block in Majestic last year - but on '08 and because expensive, and me having other stock, I did not try.

I have seen refernces to Swamp block 2 somewhere else - Oddbins may be ? Or another merchant chain,

G - These are the other 2 SC Pioneer BLocks (not Oh' Block - sorry)

For a change of week-end luxury from the Craggy Range old renwick, and only here at Maison D - 0h Block 6 on 2009 it is then.

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I have 2 JE'07 Left, 2 Te Muna and some 3 old Renwick '09, 1 Clifford bay '08, 2 Oh Block 6 both '08s, 1 VM Cellar Select '07 and 3 CB's on the '09. Plus 9 of the current Laithy (MSB, Hawkes & Nelson monopoles) all on the '09.

So I should get a few of these.

Q. Do they keep OK half open in the fridge overnight ? - thanks G

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Blimey, what a classy collection of sauvs. I had Block 18 08 from Maj and was bitterly disappointed. Flavourless wine. The better SC's keep well overnight. In fact, well made but super rich wines like JE 08/09 and the Craggy's are more to my taste if chilled overnight.

They mellow into quite tidy wines.

Montana 09 didn't improve though. Not even £4 a bottle could tempt me back.

The CoOp have a new one. Clearwater Bay, bottled in England. Oozing gooseberry and passion fruit apparantly....no mention of sugared tap water. I resisted...i'm getting there.

Hooray

I always grab a few of the TF Alsace x3 when the 25% comes around. I think that this is my favouite of those.

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WRONNNNNG - no poker.

European bridge champs live on the net, tour de france on the telly. However, I have been 4 days on the wagon (well, nearly) and on the bike. Buying gear and tax etc. Spent a night under the stars as well.

I wobbled lonely as a clod
O'er Mendips' many vale and hill
When all at once (dis-mounted) trod
Into a pub to drink my fill.

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And did the glasses gleam and shine
And beckon like a twinkling star,
And stretch in never-ending line
Along the margin of a bar:
And did you maybe take a glance,
Tossing your head in sprightly dance.

The wines were pretty crap, were they?
Did Beer out-do the wines in glee:
A poet could not but be gay,
In such a jocund company:
You gazed -- and gazed -- but little thought
What wealth the show to you had brought:

Could go on, but have guests to feed.

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For this round of 25%, I left the sister Gew and Ries as I have others to try. Got 6 of these at £5.25. Even better than I remember. Made by J-M Lihrmann at the ubiquitous Turckhelm stable, this is moorish. I don't get the mentioned "peach", but honey, spice & a pinch of turkish delight. It is a full 13% which makes me prefer this COLD.

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