The 2016 BA Champagne & Wine thread
Aug 27, 2016, 3:42 am
#241
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Beeing a claret fan, I'd like to share the experiences of a 2 day wine tasting seminar. The first evening we were tasting 1st and 2nd Cru Red Bordeaux. The sommelier leading the seminar asked us to leave one sip of every wine to try out the next day. Glasses in room teperature, room locked. 7 of 8 wines were unanimously judged better after a night "in the open" the 8th equivalent/not worse.
Boiled cabbage? IMHO only possible if someone had drunk directly from the bottle, thus contaminating the content with oral bacteriae flora.
Boiled cabbage? IMHO only possible if someone had drunk directly from the bottle, thus contaminating the content with oral bacteriae flora.
Aug 27, 2016, 5:17 am
#242
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Being able to tell a bottle of wine has been opened for 10 to 12 hours is exceptionally difficult, unless done by a method other than tasting. And those wines should be better after a few hours open, not worse.
That said, there could have been something else wrong with it.
That said, there could have been something else wrong with it.
Aug 28, 2016, 2:18 am
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The most common reason for an ugly smell would be corc defect. Beeing opened properly, that should have been clear for the waiter, after smelling the corc.
Aug 28, 2016, 11:03 am
#244
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Only Henriot 2009 and Henriot Rosé available in GF this evening. Henriot 09 is about €16 a bottle according to wine searcher..
Aug 28, 2016, 11:04 am
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Aug 28, 2016, 11:55 am
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While it definitely isn't the most crucial one, I do think that it says something about what your host wants to spend on you, especially if there is a certain consistency in a cheaper Champagne, cheaper food ingredients, etc. I am lucky enough not to need to spend time in GF as I have CCR access, but the latest things I have heard from Gold family members have been somewhat discouraging.
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Aug 28, 2016, 12:06 pm
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Aug 28, 2016, 12:26 pm
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Aug 28, 2016, 2:56 pm
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Aug 28, 2016, 2:58 pm
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Aug 28, 2016, 3:03 pm
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The Henriot is both cheap and crap. The rose is just about drinkable.
Aug 28, 2016, 3:06 pm
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Aug 28, 2016, 3:10 pm
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+1. I wouldn't go as far as horrid myself but it absolutely doesn't do it for me and I'd never spend money on it and it is by far my most disliked of the supposed "top class" Champagne. Salon, Comtes de Champagne, Cristal, and Belle Epoque on the other hand...
Aug 28, 2016, 3:12 pm
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Aug 28, 2016, 3:16 pm
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