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Dinner with Mr Parker...?
Posted: Tue Aug 19, 2003 9:22 pm
by Adam
If you had the famous and occasionally controversial R Parker over for dinner what wine would you serve him blind and why??
or would you set your dog on him?
I would probably break out the Magpie Estate Election as I would be interested to see his thoughts, it strikes me as a wine he would love...or a decent NZ red (probably a Craggy Range Syrah or Cab/merlot) to see how it registers (after reading his damning report on NZ reds in his book.)
Anyway...just an "out-of-interest" topic.
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2003 8:26 am
by GraemeG
Any Grosset riesling wine more than 2 years old - just to prove that they don't 'need drinking within 12 months of vintage' ...!
cheers,
Graeme
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2003 10:35 am
by BenK
A Noons Cleanskin.
Posted: Wed Aug 20, 2003 2:32 pm
by Adam
Makes you wonder if he has ever had an aged Grosset? or an aged Leeuwin Art Series Chardonnay for that matter as he had similar comments regarding that wine.
Posted: Thu Aug 21, 2003 6:27 pm
by Mark P
Maybe a 10yr old Hunter Semillon?
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 8:57 pm
by Wizz
I'd serve him some of his superripe 98+pointers blind and see what he does.
What would you pick Adam?
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:04 pm
by Lincoln
I'd pick a '77 Mount Mary Cabernets
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:16 pm
by Davo
He'd consider himself lucky to get a glass of water at my place.
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 9:57 pm
by Muscat Mike
Davo wrote:He'd consider himself lucky to get a glass of water at my place.
.....and I'm willing to bet you would filter it through your kidneys first, just for him.
MM.
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:06 pm
by Anthony Basilone
Wizz wrote:I'd serve him some of his superripe 98+pointers blind and see what he does.
What would you pick Adam?
fine example of cross woolarisation that
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:41 pm
by Adair
1965 Lindies HRB
1986 Vat 1 (from PaulV's cellar)
... that should set him straight!
Adair
Posted: Thu Dec 08, 2005 11:45 pm
by Davo
But why on God's earth are you guys trying "to set him straight" ?
Hasn't he and his hordes of minions already stuffed the price of enough of your favourite plonks.
Think before you drink guys.
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:23 am
by Baby Chickpea
Aged Sparkling red given his previous comments...or 86 Mount Mary Q.!
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 9:26 am
by Ian S
A glass of neat blackcurrant cordial? Well it would be what he'd want
Posted: Fri Dec 09, 2005 10:49 am
by George Krashos
Nothing that I personally liked. If he thought it was good stuff, he'd write it up and send the price through the stratosphere.
What I'd really like to do is get a nice aged Latour, decant it into a Mount Mary Quintet bottle and then ask him what he thought.
-- George Krashos
Posted: Sun Dec 11, 2005 12:49 am
by KMP
Parker is supposed to remember every wine he has tasted - so I would serve up a bottle of Dutschke 2004 Shiraz Brick Road - I'm sure he will remember it!
Mike