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Last minute help
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 7:34 pm
by waistcoat
Hi all. So I just offered to bring wine for my in laws dinner on Xmas day - only problem being that I have to delegate the buying to the mrs as I'll be at work tomorrow. I've got the rest of the wine list ready, but being I'm not a merlot drinker I was after a recommendation for something soft and fruity for people that don't drink a lot of wine.
Re: Last minute help
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 8:57 pm
by redstuff
Turkey Flat Rosé
Re: Last minute help
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:04 pm
by waistcoat
redstuff wrote:Turkey Flat Rosé
Thanks Red, but probably after something a bit fuller bodied. There will be plenty of white for people that want something light and cold, I need something a bit fuller bodied than a rose.
Re: Last minute help
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 10:08 pm
by ticklenow1
Turkey Flat Grenache will probably suit. Drinks well young and isn't too hard to find. Should be less than $25 as well. Or the Torbreck Juveniles. It's unoaked and extremely easy to drink, also less than $25.
Cheers
Ian
Re: Last minute help
Posted: Sun Dec 23, 2012 11:59 pm
by Polymer
Almost anything McLaren Vale...A lot of stuff from Barossa...Probably a very mid level wine which will be good to drink now. But I'm not sure what that has to do with Merlot..
Re: Last minute help
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 4:37 am
by griff
Agree with Ian. A lighter style GSM would suit. Teusner Joshua for example.
Re: Last minute help
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 3:28 pm
by Michael McNally
griff wrote:Agree with Ian. A lighter style GSM would suit. Teusner Joshua for example.
2012 is supposed to be a ripper.
Cheers
Michael
Re: Last minute help
Posted: Mon Dec 24, 2012 8:15 pm
by ticklenow1
Michael McNally wrote:griff wrote:Agree with Ian. A lighter style GSM would suit. Teusner Joshua for example.
2012 is supposed to be a ripper.
Cheers
Michael
It would have to be better than the 2011. I thought it to be quite ordinary, while in most other vintages it offers exceptional VFM.
Cheers
Ian
Re: Last minute help
Posted: Fri Dec 28, 2012 11:23 pm
by daz
2011 was a dud vintage in most of SA, hope you managed to get some Joshua 2012, wouldn't be the first time the label has impressed others
Re: Last minute help
Posted: Sat Dec 29, 2012 2:36 am
by griff
Got married in 2011 so of course it had to be a shocker of a vintage here and elsewhere
Promising noises on it being a declared Port vintage however
cheers
Carl