Andy Rodker

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Posted: 29 Mar 2023


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Dusty bottles (2)

Dusty bottles (2)
Poor lighting in the kitchen and I could have waited for daylight but someone asked me to show some of my specials wines so I post 2 photos today. It's not always easy to read the labels so here goes (a summary)
L to R: Penfolds Grange 1999 - Australia's most iconic red and a recognised 'trophy wine'. Viña Tondonia white Rioja 1981. An extraordinary wine. I once drank a glass from a bottle that had been left open after a wine tasting three months earlier and still sublime! Château Pouilly, Pouilly Fuissé, 2009. Maybe too old but hope not and will open it soon. UPDATE, HAD IT LAST NIGHT WITH TROUT AND ALMONDS - A PERFECT MATCH! Vega Sicila Unico 1990. Spain's most famous wine and another 'trophy wine'. A 1973 was one of the two greatest wines I've ever tasted (the other being a half-bottle of La Mission Haut-Brion 1963 on my 30th birthday. I've still got the empty bottle and might show it one day. Château Mouton-Rothschild 1998. I'm looking firward to my first tsting of a 1st class growth Pauillac, Bordeaux at some future date. It goes without saying that this is another so-called trophy wine! Obviously not everyday drinking!

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 Jenny McIntyre
Jenny McIntyre club
It does look as if they are a good collection - I hope you enjoyed them, or have they been placed in secure accommodation to keep their value?
14 months ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club has replied
I thought the same once but the white rioja was a revelation!
14 months ago. Edited 13 months ago.
 Andy Rodker
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Have you ever had the Grange, George? I haven't. I only know of its history and its clandestine development under Max Schubert in the 1950s
14 months ago.
 Andy Rodker
Andy Rodker club has replied
No, they're to be drunk on special occasions, Jenny! And yes, they have always lived in ideal conditions in my parents' cellar. They don't travel well, certainly not with Ryan Air to Spain!
14 months ago.
 Andy Rodker
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ºººMany thanks, everyone!ººº
14 months ago.

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