What is your all time favorite Wine?

mdaudioguy

I don't know how to tell if it's good or not, but it's empty now!
PS - $10 to $15/bottle seems to work for me, as long as the ABV is at least 13%.

Joey_V

Joseph Phelps Insignia.


https://www.wine.com/product/joseph-phelps-insignia-2014/319721

decal

My home made Raspberry is my current fave.

MrBuhl

Plumpjack Cabernet is worth a swirl. One of the best I have had the pleasure of trying.

Viking64

These are my all-time favorite wine bottles.

tonyb

Nice tastes Joey, excellent wine. The Plumpjack is no slouch either. Great wines, on the expensive side for most though. Personally I wouldn't have a problem shelling out for either if it was a special occasion, but these won't fly for everyday drinkers.

Pio Cesare Borolo late 90's to early 2000's are monsters. Especially the 98.

OleBoot

Stags Leap Pinot Noir. Nectar. Can afford it once a year.

[Deleted User]

April Wine.

I like to rock. I like to rock.

Viking64

The_Polkster wrote: »

April Wine.

I like to rock. I like to rock.

I bet "Sign of the Gypsy Queen" has a new meaning nowadays.

dragon1952

I like a good Pinoit Noir. Actually, I like a bad one too :^ /

tonyp063

Clark Smith's Cabernet Franc

http://winesmithwines.com/sites/default/files/Cab Franc 2010 Tech Sheet.pdf

Tony M

The book
"What Happened "

tonyb

dragon1952 wrote: »

I like a good Pinoit Noir. Actually, I like a bad one too :^ /

Pick up a Flowers Pinot Noir, about 45 bucks a bottle...you might get spoiled on that one though. Caldera isn't bad either at 24 bucks. Another is named "Wright", also around 25 bucks.

Moose68Bash

Mikey081057 wrote: »

Ain't that the truth

There are exceptions. I live in New Hampshire — lots of snow, wind, and cold — I moved back east from Palo Alto, CA because I missed having four seasons, including winter with all its niceties. Florida is not my cup of tea, even in the midst of a winter blizzard in New England.

mhardy6647

San Diego weather is nice, though...
(nothin' against Palo Alto -- or even the Silicon Valley, where we lived for a coupla years -- in spittin' distance of the Hayward Fault )

dragon1952

tonyb wrote: »

dragon1952 wrote: »

I like a good Pinoit Noir. Actually, I like a bad one too :^ /

Pick up a Flowers Pinot Noir, about 45 bucks a bottle...you might get spoiled on that one though. Caldera isn't bad either at 24 bucks. Another is named "Wright", also around 25 bucks.

Thanks for the tips. I can go through a bottle every 2 days though, sometimes faster and that's on top of $8.99-10.99 worth of beer a day. I tend to go for the $6-$9 per bottle swill. But actually around here there are a million different choices.

PSOVLSK

dragon1952 wrote: »

tonyb wrote: »

dragon1952 wrote: »

I like a good Pinoit Noir. Actually, I like a bad one too :^ /

Pick up a Flowers Pinot Noir, about 45 bucks a bottle...you might get spoiled on that one though. Caldera isn't bad either at 24 bucks. Another is named "Wright", also around 25 bucks.

Thanks for the tips. I can go through a bottle every 2 days though, sometimes faster and that's on top of $8.99-10.99 worth of beer a day. I tend to go for the $6-$9 per bottle swill. But actually around here there are a million different choices.

Next time my wife tells me I drink too much I'm going to point her to this post

tonyb

dragon1952 wrote: »

tonyb wrote: »

dragon1952 wrote: »

I like a good Pinoit Noir. Actually, I like a bad one too :^ /

Pick up a Flowers Pinot Noir, about 45 bucks a bottle...you might get spoiled on that one though. Caldera isn't bad either at 24 bucks. Another is named "Wright", also around 25 bucks.

Thanks for the tips. I can go through a bottle every 2 days though, sometimes faster and that's on top of $8.99-10.99 worth of beer a day. I tend to go for the $6-$9 per bottle swill. But actually around here there are a million different choices.

That price point won't get ya much in the way of quality. Spanish wines or those from south America can hit some good price to tastes ratios though for around the 15 buck mark. I do a lot of wine tastings.....dang dagos.

soundfreak1

Grand Vin Chateau LaTour

tonyb

soundfreak1 wrote: »

Grand Vin Chateau LaTour

What...are you married to a Kardashian ? lol

Very nice wine ...and expensive. Excellent choice though.

mhardy6647

tonyb wrote: »

soundfreak1 wrote: »

Grand Vin Chateau LaTour

What...are you married to a Kardashian ? lol

Very nice wine ...and expensive. Excellent choice though.

Again, the problem with the premier crus is: if you can afford a given vintage, it's not very good. I say this as a guy with a single bottle of 1976 Chateau Margaux in the basement. I believe the French would say 1976 was OK to make salad dressing, or windshield washer fluid.

So, yeah, if it's a good one -- we're talking serious Gelt.

tonyb

'76 huh....that's worth a plane ticket if one was inclined to share.

soundfreak1

tonyb wrote: »

soundfreak1 wrote: »

Grand Vin Chateau LaTour

What...are you married to a Kardashian ? lol

Very nice wine ...and expensive. Excellent choice though.

You didn't say what I buy, just my favorite! LOL once in a blue moon I will splurge! Baron philippe Rothschild makes a good mouton cadate (french, forgive spelling) and a Pinot Noir that is very good in the 15/25.00 range for a good "table wine". As you can surmise I am a Bordeaux man never had a wine too dry for my palate. If splurging and the LaTour is out of the budget is Chateau lafite-rothschild is also a great choice only about 200 a bottle or so.

tonyb

Love Bordeaux's too, only the real good ones are real expensive. Haven't found a sub 50 buck one worth a repeat visit yet but to be honest haven't looked to hard lately either. Point me to a decent one sub 50, if one exists.

I know the French love their red blends too, some which can be fairly tasty.

mhardy6647

The fine Bordeaux are blends (cuvees) of, mostly, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Cabernet Franc. The French know that there's value added in blending

soundfreak1

Sub 50 can buy "Baron phillipe Rothschild" grandson of the ROTHCHILD fame. As mentioned above. A very decent line of bordeaux's that maintain the Rothschilds famous consistencies and not break the bank

mhardy6647

The second crus (whatever they're called) generally, dollar for dollar, deliver better wines (IMO, IME, YMMV, yadda^3).

mantis

BlueFox wrote: »

My favorite whine is complaining about our, ... oops, sorry, no politics.

I have gallons of the stuff, and rarely drink it. LOL.

The Big rack is awesome, where did you get it?

Viking64

mantis wrote: »

The Big rack is awesome, where did you get it?

I paid a plastic surgeon $5000 to.......wait....what?

mantis

Viking64 wrote: »

mantis wrote: »

The Big rack is awesome, where did you get it?

I paid a plastic surgeon $5000 to.......wait....what?

lol