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I'll answer the recent question about "house wines" via the earlier thread
on it. Mark Lipton > in news:<FCEgd.545824$8_6.346919@attbi_s04>... > Hello, All. As I recently promised in another thread, I feel that > it's time once again to find out what our various afw contributors > are using as their everyday (house) wine. By this term, I mean > inexpensive wine(s) that you buy by the case or half-case and > might open with a casual meal or use for cooking. ... More info on Larose-Trintaudon is below. But first: This is a good question for a wine forum, I think. Here are some current wines I can answer with. I don't quite think of them as "everyday" because they have character, and they don't get used every day. (Also, "everyday" ought in principle to be a good bulk or jug wine as found in Europe, I think: something sound but simple -- and preferably well below US $10 per bottle.) - 2001 Malbec, Dolium, Mendoza (Argentina). Red of the dark, generous school, dark berry fruit, soft tannin. US $10.80 in August 2004 at an importer-retailer in my region, www.france-wine.com . - 1999 Josef Rosch Trittenheimer Apotheke Spätlese (a Mosel Riesling). When on the market, early 2001 I think, it was on sale circa $10 at a local importer-retailer, Dee Vine Wines of San Francisco (www.dvw.com). I got some extra as "house Riesling" and am glad I did. Dee Vine continues to import premium German producers such as Rosch, Loosen, Basserman-Jordan, etc. Recently I got some of the 2003 Rosch Leiwener Klostergarten Kabinett at $14 -- beautifully structured, versatile, full of flavor, durable. (So maybe I will answer the same question with that wine, in 2008 or 2009.) - Random vintages of Ch. Larose-Trintaudon from the 1990s. (At one point, February 2004, the Trader Joe's retail chain was dumping its 1999 Ch. L-T, first $10 a bottle, then $6. 1999 is a fairly young vintage now.) A little more on Chteau Larose-Trintaudon, "the largest estate in the Médoc" and a quality moderately-priced Bordeaux for decades -- the one with the dark-red label. In case anyone missed them, re-posted below are comments from this newsgroup (or its direct predecessor) in earlier years. Note the trouble in spelling "Trintaudon." Charles Hunt, 22-Apr-85: Newsgroups: net.wines Right now, there are dozens of fine bordeaux available ... For small estates (called "petit chateaux"), there are many available for <= $6; I personally recommend: La Tour de By, Fourcas Hosten, Fourcas Dupree, Greysac, Larose Trantadon, de Pez, Ormes de Pez, Marbuzet, Haut Marbuzet, Phelan Segur, Carbonnieux, Smith Haute Lafitte, Plagnac, Bel-Air, ... they all have a "Chateau" before the name to impress your friends, but are mostly really just farms. Stephen P Pope, 28 Feb 86: Subject: Cheap Bordeaux I would like to add a few -- Ch. Larose Trintadoun, Ch. Le Crock, and Ch. Potensac. From: Charles Hunt, 3 Mar 86: Subject: Cheap Bordeaux I forgot about Larose Trintadon (Haut Medoc). I agree that it's an excellent Bordeaux for a modest price (the '78 is unreal... if you can find it). This chateau is owned by the firm which runs Marques de Caceres in the Rioja-Alta of Spain. The similarities in style (despite the differing grape varieties) is not coincidence. For a fun experience (when you have somebody over for dinner), try a side-by-side comparison of the 1981 Marques-de-Caceres Red with a '79 or '81 Larose-Trintadon. It makes it quite evident what a real bargain the Rioja is at only about 5 bucks per jug. [Note: Ownership changed in 1986. -- MH 4/05] |
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Max Hauser wrote:
> - 2001 Malbec, Dolium, Mendoza (Argentina). Red of the dark, generous > school, dark berry fruit, soft tannin. US $10.80 in August 2004 at an > importer-retailer in my region, www.france-wine.com . Another Argentine cheapy but goody is Las Altos Hormigas. For about $8 a bottle. They also have a "Riserva" version of the same thing in the $20-30 range that's also worth trying. |
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Max Hauser wrote:
> - 2001 Malbec, Dolium, Mendoza (Argentina). Red of the dark, generous > school, dark berry fruit, soft tannin. US $10.80 in August 2004 at an > importer-retailer in my region, www.france-wine.com . Another Argentine cheapy but goody is Las Altos Hormigas. For about $8 a bottle. They also have a "Riserva" version of the same thing in the $20-30 range that's also worth trying. |
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