The Official Wine Thread

[ericgereghty]

A surprising incongruence between nose and taste, particularly at the finish.
Not bad at all, but doesn’t linger quite as long as the nose would have led me to assume.

Edit: finish is almost uncomfortably smooth

 

[Geoffrey Firmin]

Last night to wash down dinner. Barossa Shiraz always big balanced against the Grenache..enjoyable.

 

[NJE66]

 

[ericgereghty]

Tasty joose

 

[NJE66]

Great value at €35,

 

[ericgereghty]

Very young. Plenty crisp. Blame the sex dungeon red walls on our CEO. FINALLY (eventually) undergoing a revamp as we begin to reopen.

 

[jbarwick]

@ericgereghty - Do you drink at work? I knew the carpet was not in your house and now the last comment has me confused. No judgement....y'all got any openings?

 

[jeff21]

@ericgereghty - Do you drink at work? I knew the carpet was not in your house and now the last comment has me confused. No judgement....y'all got any openings?

I have a wine fridge in my office (some for office, some because of overflow and how many bottles I own) and a few bottles of whiskey. Will have a glass during late meetings or a celebratory drink for large deals

 

[Piobaire]

A few from the past week. The Ledge is a drink now. The Burg was meh. A lot of tart rhubarb type flavours. Betz rarely lets me down.

 

[ericgereghty]

@ericgereghty - Do you drink at work? I knew the carpet was not in your house and now the last comment has me confused. No judgement....y'all got any openings?

Haha. Rarely, but certainly not never, particularly in Covid times...and especially hitting the later rounds of the Stanley Cup.
As with J below, I keep maybe 10 or so bottles (plus a couple of tequila) in the office at any given times, often to be able to bring a bottle either to a friend's for dinner or out to a restaurant. The latter because, as I've gotten into wine, the idea of spending $90ish on a bottle of Justin Cab (which I genuinely don't care for even at retail costs) has become intolerable to me.
That said, there is definitely a perverse pleasure reviewing tedious spreadsheets with an open bottle of Pinot and the Lightning on TV.

I have a wine fridge in my office (some for office, some because of overflow and how many bottles I own) and a few bottles of whiskey. Will have a glass during late meetings or a celebratory drink for large deals

Pre-lockdown, my office had, for better or worse, become the spot if one needed a drink or to come vent

 

[NJE66]

One of my fav champagne, first go with this fabulous 2008,

 

[jeff21]

One of my fav champagne, first go with this fabulous 2008,
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These are fantastic. Right up there with 08 Cristal. Hate the new price though

 

[beargonefishing]

I get this feeling that @NJE66 house is like the 33rd floor of Nakatomi Plaza.

 

[edinatlanta]

 

[NJE66]

@jeff21 Comtes always stunning, haven’t tried '08 Cristal though.

Yeah... grenache