I'm bonkers

[ajva]

I just finished the Germany TV entry.

So I celebrated by getting out my credit card and doing something I've never done before.

I just ordered a bottle of 1982 vintage red Bordeaux wine, a snip at £75 (inc p+p). That's *one* bottle. But I don't care. I want to see if good wine is all it's cracked up to be. Fuck it.

I hope it isn't corked. I shall be so pissed off if it is.

Comments

[random-goblin.livejournal.com]

I think it would have to be Opus One 1983, which i think you can get for about $450 these days, it was the first vintage of the mondavi- rothchild joint venture, and I believe ranks as the the finest wine america has produced.

unbelieveable complex and very very long, you could just sit and breathe in the vapours and be transfixed. I drank it about a year ago, at a dinner party celebrating my friends house buying. It was the last of my cellared wines from my winetrade days.. i won in in a staff competition in 89, and had carried it round from house to house ever since...

good amarone is worth the money too most twenty+ year old amorne is pure sex in a glass.

if you drink a lot of hello sailor merlot, you might be dissapointed in the top claret, most "un-educated" (hah i'm still such a snob!) palates find expensive claret too dry and astringent, prefering the more familar glugging fruity stuff. i'd recommend weaning yourself up through the 15-20 quid range of mid age claret, (the second wines of the great chateaux are a good start), if you haven't already dabbled.

oh DP is over priced
though Krug isn't and neither is Belle Epoque.
and always go for vintage in champagne wherever possible...

[ajva.livejournal.com]

Well, I'll let you know what I think of it. But even if my palate is a bit vulgar I'm still curious to try it. I think actually getting into good wine properly is probably something for the future, when I'm very rich and can afford to buy a bundle of £25 bottles at a time. Your advice is interesting and I'll bear it in mind for future reference. :o)

[random-goblin.livejournal.com]

hell yes, curiosity is wonderful.. nothing wrong with a common palate.. the most important thing is that you enjoy what you are drinking, regardless of how much it costs.

for best value for money i recommend between 5 and 10 quid a bottle.. the first 3 quid of every bottle in this country is tax and shipping costs, once you break the 5 quid mark you start really paying for the wine quality, however over the 10 quid line you start paying for the rarity.

i think i'd rather have a coke habit than a fine wine habit to be honest though... much much cheaper!

sigh why didn't i do more drugs in my youth..instead of the demon drink ;)