28 International Trophy Winners.

The '08 Ligny Chablis is in there.

Keep up

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this months decanter mag lists all the award winners
the size of it ! - looks like a telephone directory !!

only started flicking through yesterday but hopefully should bbe pretty informative

It took me a month of bl**dy Sundays to convince some folk around here that the wine was a wee little Princess ! I still have half a dozen of these cinderellas that have not lost their glass slipper yet

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This Chablis is an unoaked ripe'ish style, is an almond green gold in the glass. I served at 10C which was best for the freshness of this wine. It is a nice Chablis on the nice '08 vintage, good subtle flavour, very well balanced fruit to acidity and would be super with delicate white fish or scallops simply fried with minimum intervention.
I like this wine, an unpretentious chablis that tastes of subtle french kimmeridgean chardonnay. The fruit in the finish falls off fairly quickly, yet you are still left with a lingering mineral flavour of wet flints and a bit of wet pavement. A tiny stainless steel note at the end with the mineral, like sucking hard on an ss tea spoon.

For style and at 12.5 ABV, a most welcome Chablis, and as Mel says for under £9 It Is Good.
Brill value at a £5. Earns a star for a fiver, Oh yes

Well....We missed the Cono Sur Reisling ! Didn't we ! I may acquire some for adjudication

That cheap Rioja in the 28 wines listed on WWA, having viewed the label I have actually drunk a glass at an evening patio thingy some months ago. I just can't recall being over-joyed by it, cant remember which vintage ? But then, I like aged rioja, and spend too much......and much time also, when I buy them. If I blog about Rioja, it will be something on offer in pre-historic times.

There was some expensive gear there - we can't find them first.

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A classic example of why the French are loosing market share to New World Producers...

1. Vignobles Jean-Michel Bonfils, Blanc Neuf La Bastide, Vin de Pays d'Oc, Languedoc-Roussillon. (one of the trophy winners)

or

2. Jacobs Creek Reserve Sauvignon Blanc.

Which one do you think they will choose...

The Cono Sur Riesling was full bodied and Germanic.

I nearly died.

I fancy a bit of the Andeluna Malbec and the Viinalba Malbec / Syrah. I might pick up a bottle of the latter on the way home. Andeluna used to be stocked in Somerfield IIRC. Alas, no more.

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And went to heaven ?

Needs aging then ? Or ? Apply as yacht varnish.

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the vinalba malbec/syrah isn't half bad. dunno if I've posted a TN here before bbut have picckedd up a few bottles from asda in the past and iss pretty good value.
Deep dark and brooding stuff. Good un for a cold autumnal/winter night

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Which one do you think they will choose...

A wholesome young couple sharing the shopping, and now entering the sophisticated world of wine appreciation !

She looks very excited, as he studies the small print - yeah, the good ole His-n-Her's, yours and mine ploy, now embraces the wine isles. Hand on the shoulder - big smile - lots of anticipation.

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The Cono Sur seemed well made just way too rich for me. Some Aussie rieslings are rich and Germanic in their first year or two as well.

Picked up the only 3 of the Vinalba on the 08. Other vintage on the shelf was 06

Will try these soon. They sound right up my street.

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That photo is so cheesy. They cannot possibly be smiling about the wine.

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Be good to hear what you think...

Might have been worth picking up some of the 06. Was a good vintage in Argie and might have developed a bit. Could always return it if it was naff

I did wonder about the 06's. I will call back and get some. I'll also pick up some of that Mayu Syrah Reserva too. £2 cheaper than majestic.

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