Special occasion Riojas
These will keep a few years yet, especially the white Rioja (on the left). I first tried it in the '80s and thought it was horrid (like drinking solid oak, if such a thing were possible!) but a student of mine (he is also a wine merchant here in Madrid) changed my attitude towards it by serving me a glass from half a bottle that was left over from a wine-tasting he did 3 months earlier (thank you Andreas!), and the bottle had been open and out of the fridge that long. It was sensational!
These will be familiar to some of our (wealthier and/or aspirational) Iberian membership, I'm sure. They are not my day-to-day regular drinking! The middle one would retail today at well over 100€ a bottle (I just checked; the cheapest on line offer is currently 153€ for the '95 - I used to buy the '68 in 1981 in the UK for £4.50 or thereabouts!)
OK, in for a penny in for a pound, best buys for the others; Muga Prado Enea '06: 45,60€ and the white Tondonia '07; 72,00€. My average bottle spend these days: 4,00€.
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Taken on Tuesday March 16, 2021
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Posted on Tuesday March 16, 2021
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José Manuel Polo said:
Andy Rodker replied to José Manuel Polo:
My father was a Spanish wine specialist. He held one of the few exclusive licences to sell Vega Sicilia in the UK (In fact I still have a few Unico 1973 and 1976s and a couple of Especiales in his cellar in Cornwall, as well as much else)!
Andy Rodker replied to Andy Rodker:
Fred Fouarge said:
voor mij niet meer sinds mijn been amputatie
en andere woning in de zorg--geen alcohol meer
Fred Fouarge said:
is het alcohol nuttigen niet ongevaarlijk
Andy Rodker replied to Fred Fouarge:
Andy Rodker said:
Xata said:
I drink, only with food and with moderation, but fortunately my health has been good till now. Maybe red wine preserves... hehehe (I almost never drink white wine, except in Summer because there is a slightly sparkling wine from Huelva I enjoy...).
Would be nice to arrange for an ipernity meeting around wine !
Xata replied to Andy Rodker:
Andy Rodker replied to Xata:
Andy Rodker said:
I know for a fact that the 'specials' I bought over time, and are lying in my dad's cellar, .. I won't get a chance to drink them unless my parents live forever, and/or I am able to go there with a van.
I suppose if I didn't want them to end up under an auctoneer's hammer, I would need to specify their direction now! Covid and Brexit have completely screwed these things up!
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