ChangeMe 
Grape Stomper
Posts: 196
 | | 10-24-2003 03:02 PM |
| This is a ripasso style Valpolicella.
Dark cherry core but not very intense. Seems to have both a youthful pink and an aged brown rim - depending on how you look at it.
Bit of funk, lots of sweet cherry, raisin and mud on the nose.
Opens with a tinny, stewed plum thing, followed by the cherry and grape. A moderately long finish of coffee grinds. Light tannins and moderate palate-cleansing acicity
$28 CDN, 89points. | | |
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futronic
Toronto, Canada
Wine Bottler
Posts: 3214
| | 10-24-2003 05:46 PM |
| $28CAD? That's highway robbery, and I'm talking about the Vancouver-Whistler highway kind!
It's only $19CAD here! | | | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Stomper
Posts: 196
| | 10-24-2003 10:30 PM |
| Oh you just had to say that. Here I thought I'd found a QPR winner. At $19, I'd buy a case! | | | |
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futronic
Toronto, Canada
Wine Bottler
Posts: 3214
| | 10-25-2003 01:56 AM |
| Sorry pv! I think I should go pick up a bottle. I need to stop by the LCBO anyway since the bottle of 2001 Casa de la Ermita Jumilla I openeded tonight was corked. | | | |
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Seaquam
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1141
| | 10-25-2003 02:09 AM |
| futronic, the Ermita Monastrel-based blend is $23 here. The Tempranillo-based blend is $29. I'll bet you have painful comment or two to make now!  | | | |
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futronic
Toronto, Canada
Wine Bottler
Posts: 3214
| | 10-25-2003 08:57 AM |
| Seaq, You're really a glutton for punishment, aren't you?  The Tempranillo-based blend is what we've got out here, and it's $17CAD. This is what the bottle looks like. The easy way to tell is the grey foil on the bottle. I can't believe how out of line your pricing on this bottle is! | | | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Stomper
Posts: 196
| | 10-25-2003 04:31 PM |
| Ya but I got a 98 Grange for $225. You...  | | | |
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futronic
Toronto, Canada
Wine Bottler
Posts: 3214
| | 10-25-2003 09:59 PM |
| hah! True ... Grange is $299 here, but I wouldn't buy it at either price.  | | | |
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Seaquam
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1141
| | 10-25-2003 10:38 PM |
| It's also very sunny and warm here today, futronic.
Your serve.  | | | |
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ChangeMe
Grape Stomper
Posts: 196
| | 10-26-2003 01:00 AM |
| Ya, it's tough work pushing the lawnmower around... | | | |
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futronic
Toronto, Canada
Wine Bottler
Posts: 3214
| | 10-26-2003 03:41 PM |
| *shakes fist at B.C. folk* Thanks guys ... I *realllly* appreciate the reminder. | | | |
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Seaquam
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1141
| | 10-26-2003 06:26 PM |
| Relax, futronic. I believe the good weather is included in the price of our wines. | | | |
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts: 13785
| | 10-28-2003 02:22 PM |
| Watch the Canadians shoot barbs at each other. It's like a great tennis match! Who's got the popcorn? | | | www.roguefood.com -- www.cellartracker.com | |
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Seaquam
Barrel Filler
Posts: 1141
| | 10-28-2003 02:46 PM |
| Quote:
Who's got the popcorn?
Why, we do, of course! And it's available to you at a very reasonable price.
You don'treally believe that we do this just for fun, do you, TJ? | | | |
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Pool Boy
Laurl, MD (DC suburb)
Master of Wine
Posts: 13785
| | 10-28-2003 02:49 PM |
| | | | www.roguefood.com -- www.cellartracker.com | |
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futronic
Toronto, Canada
Wine Bottler
Posts: 3214
| | 10-28-2003 07:43 PM |
| Quote:
Watch the Canadians shoot barbs at each other. It's like a great tennis match! Who's got the popcorn?
tj, if you like this exchange of words, then you should spend more time reading/watching Canadian news. West-coasters hate the centre of the universe!
BTW, that will be $6.75CAD, or $6.00USD for the popcorn. Don't forget to tip your waiter ... | | | |
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