Wine Thread

[WinstonSpencer]

It looks like I've come a long way from page one. We took a 4 day weekend trip over Thanksgiving to the South of France, specifically the Rohne valley. We spent a full day driving around to the different wineries in the Chateauneuf-du-Pape area tasting and stockpiling. I came home with 18 bottles left after the rest of the weekend. This was some of the best wine I have ever had. Here's a picture of the back of the van after the last winery of the day.


Tonight I'm cracking open a bottle of Domaine de Mourchon Tradition 2009. 65% grenache, 25% syrah, 10% carignan from 40 year old vines.

ETA: Pretty good. Really mellow and velvety feel, not much tannin. Dry on the finish. I think this is my last bottle of this. Wish I had another.

Damn Eville, that sounds like an amazing experience. French wine country is definitely on my bucket list. Just curious, did you encounter any difficulty with language barriers? Were local attitudes generally favorable?

[gogotron]

Williams Selyem and Araujo

[Eville]

Damn Eville, that sounds like an amazing experience. French wine country is definitely on my bucket list. Just curious, did you encounter any difficulty with language barriers? Were local attitudes generally favorable?

Late reply, but the general attitude of everyone there, especially the people at the wineries was favorable. They were just as happy to sell me wine as I was to drink it. At least one person at each spoke English well so there weren't any language barriers.

[BurninMaduro]

I was buying bottles of MacRostie Pinot 2007, specifically Carneros region (not Wildcat Mountain) for a while about 3 years back. Insane bottle of wine, truly reminds you of Dr. Pepper. Still have a few bottles stashed away. If you can find a bottle, highly recommend