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Re: Penfold & Rosemount

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In Reply to: Penfold & Rosemount posted by Severius! Supremus on February 26, 2005 at 12:17:10:

I liked the Rosemont Show Reserve Shiraz about $16 very much but there was a lot of bottle variation.. Penfold's Bin 389 is a great value in a good vintage but it's usually closer to $20. I've had a hard time finding wines I like for under $10. Sometimes Hogue Columbia or Columbia Crest has some great wines in those price ranges. Especially the Columbia Reislings and the Columbia Crest Cabs. Best QPRs I've ever gotten was 1982 Wynn's Coonawarra Estate cab ($12) an extraordinary wine but the last vintage of that I enjoyed was 1982 (haven't tried the much more expensive John Riddoch Reserve). Chateau Souverain Cab used to sell for $7 to $9 a bottle until word got out. Estancia Meritage was also a great QPR once. Even Raymond Reserve Cab was. I've got a cellar full of trophy wines. Anybody can buy good wine if they have a lot of money. The problem is buying wine you like at reasonable prices to drink every day. Believe it or not, a lot of those trophy wines were once reasonable but they found out people would pay big bucks for them. Zinfandel makes a good match for grilled food and burgers.

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Anybody can buy good wine... have a lot of money. - Severius! Supremus 14:44:49 02/27/05 (1)
So very, very well put.
Like you, I've given up on the Chilean products for the time being. The Australian product seems to continue to fascinate. I saw a video of a tour of several Aussie wineries, and, at least for the camera, they seemed to really care about their product.
Agree with you about the Columbia Crest, but a Hogue I tried was sub-par.
- Re: Anybody can buy good wine... have a lot of money. - Soundminded 18:08:33 02/27/05 (0)
  I like Hogue's late harvest Rieslings some years ago. They had some very good vintages and for about $6, they were excellent. Lately for high quality inexpensive dry white wines, I've found the New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs from Marlborough to be very good and excellent values at around $9 or $10. Tonight I drank Pichon Baron 1988. When I bought it in 1991, it only cost $20. Today, a modern equivalent is around $100. The prices of fine wines in general and great Bordeaux in particular have been bid through the roof. Good thing I laid in a large supply BEFORE word got out. (Breaking the $20 price barrier was a very major psychological hurdle for me to get over.)

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