I (the Bad Man) tend to drink Bordeaux, but I do try to make sure other varietals and regions are represented here in our Wine of The Month postings. Not so this month – being unemployed and looking for a bargain, this $15 9 year old Bordeaux is the clear daily drinker winner!
It’s got that [...]
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WOTM – Wine of the Month [09/12] – Château de La Rivière Fronsac 2001
WOTM – Wine of the Month [09/11] – Mount Eden Vineyards Estate Cabernet Sauvignon 2005
As we head into the cold winter months, let’s break open a case of good Santa Cruz Cab. And true to form, we weren’t disappointed when we dipped into this blend from Mount Eden Vineyards. Tasted on multiple occasions, some blind some not, this is a consistent winner and solid contender for this installation of [...]
WOTM – Wine of the Month [09/10] – Tenuta dell’Ornellaia Bolgheri 2005
This is an Italian jewel, definitely one of my favourite wines outside Bordeaux. The 2005 Tenuta dell’Ornellaia Le Serre Nuove from the Bolgheri appellation in Tuscany, Italy, is this month’s WOTM. It has a big strapping body, a little oily on the palette with dark ripe fruit; highly recommended by the Bad Man.
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WOTM – Wine of the Month [09/09] – Chateau Moulinat Haut-Médoc 2005
This epistle is late because I was in Japan, where I was fortunate enough to spend time with fellow members Hamakko and his yet-to-be-named-but-definitely-in-the-club girlfriend. Enjoying a superb wine tasting most every night for my duration, one particular evening’s sampling featured a pair of Bordeaux in an ongoing battle we called the Left Bank/Right Bank [...]
2004 Flying Horse Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon
Tonight I’m having another bottle of Flying Horse Cabernet Sauvignon from Oakville, Napa Valley. Stag’s Leap District once upon a time was my favourite Napa appellation, but now I’ve moved over to Oakville. Now I don’t know where these grapes were grown, but I hear the winemaker is none other than Château Latour’s own Denis [...]
Merlot, affordable, as in dirt cheap – assaggio minoralus
Always on the lookout for inexpensive examples of my (the Bad Man) favourite varietal, Merlot, I assembled the worthy locally and currently available Merlots that were well under $10. You’ve seen a lot of lists of wines for “under $10″, but those invariably at the grocer seem to be more like $11 or $12. So [...]
Killer Cabernet Sauvignon tasting (and I do mean KILLER)
Tally-Ho and I (the Bad Man) attended a local wine merchant’s Top-Flight Cabernet Sauvignon tasting the other night. It was BLIND, but you only got the typical 2 ounce pour, and it was difficult (though I of course was able to pull it off) go back and re-taste, so it wasn’t exactly an ideally thorough [...]
Bordeaux, affordable, Assaggio Minoralus
We here at The Royal Tannin Bombs are always on the prowl for cheap yet outstanding Bordeaux (an oxymoron in the best of times), and we continually revisit this pair from that most affordable of Bordeaux regions, the Côtes de Castillon:
Contenders
2005 La Fleur de Laussac Côtes de Castillon, 14% abv, $19.97
2004 Château d’Aiguilhe Comtes de [...]
Bad Man Special Cellar Selection ii – Château Haut-Brion 1999 Pessac-Léognan
Another remarkable Cellar Selection from Bad Man’s very own personal cellar. I’ve been sitting on this wine for 7 years now, stored at room temperature in three different un-air-conditioned and relatively un-heated apartment/townhouse/houses, but it was tucked away in a bag inside a box in a dark closet so the temperature swings were kept to [...]
From the Vaults. Episode VII – Bad Man’s Wine of the Month (WOTM)
For the month of May, 2000, the Bad Man is picking the ‘97 Lewis Cabernet Sauvignon. With all the hype and sudden price acceleration regarding the overrated Chateau St. Jean Cinq Cepages, a much more intense wine can be found in the Lewis Cabernet Sauvignon. Full chewy rich body of the blackest fruit flow under [...]
