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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Your favourite red wine variety Apr 17^th, 2017 at 12:24pm Malbec. Wins hands down.
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greggerypeccary Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 136622 Gender:	Re: Your favourite red wine variety Reply #1 - Apr 17^th, 2017 at 12:26pm Margaret River Cab Merlot.
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Your favourite red wine variety Reply #2 - Apr 17^th, 2017 at 12:27pm Or a genuine Cote du Rhône but I haven't bought any for many many years.
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Your favourite red wine variety Reply #3 - Apr 17^th, 2017 at 12:28pm Anything but a Cabernet blend.
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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45888 Gender:	Re: Your favourite red wine variety Reply #4 - Apr 17^th, 2017 at 5:54pm Saltram No 1 Shiraz. Hands down the best red wine around bar maybe stupid priced Grange etc.
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bogarde73 Gold Member Offline Anti-Global & Contra Mundum Posts: 18443 Gender:	Re: Your favourite red wine variety Reply #5 - Apr 17^th, 2017 at 8:12pm Yep I'd always go for a straight Shiraz before anything but the varieties I mentioned. Very smooth variety.
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Re: Your favourite red wine variety
Reply #6 - Apr 17^th, 2017 at 11:37pm

Malbec is added to smooth wine. But Shiraz has flavor and authority, just need a good winery and some age.

Cabernet has that “tobacco leaf” flavor that I don’t like much, that is where malbec or merlot blended into the cabernet is good.

I prefer shiraz for red wines and riesling/semillon/sauvignon blanc for whites. Chardonne nope tho one or two unwooded ones have been good.

Fiano is an Italian white wine variety being planted as it can take the increasing temperatures, e.g. on the floor of the Barossa Valley, and still give a balanced wine, fruit flavor and sugar yet also acidity to balance. Didn’t like the first couple times I tried fiano wines but at the Open Day for Saltram No 1 Club members we had fiano with one of the courses at lunch and it was very nice, nice flavor and good structure to the wine.

Another good grape is pinot noir but it needs to come from a real cold area. I tried two while I was in Tassie last September, one from the west Tamar and one from the east coast. Very nice—but I would not taste an SA pinot noir. Really needs cold weather. High vineyards, in what is left of the Hunter or in Tassie.

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Re: Your favourite red wine variety
Reply #7 - Apr 17^th, 2017 at 11:51pm

Pinot Noir from Tuck's Ridge.

Tasting Notes
Deep garnet with a slightly pink rim. The nose has an effortless combination of cherries of all types, toast, plums and red fruits. The palate is intense, complex and super long with multiple layers of fine grained tannins. At 3 years of age, it is showing some savoury elements as well. This is a great wine in a great place but the true rewards will come for those who are patient enough to wait for another 5 to 20 years.
Hand picked, crushed and pressed. 30% new French Oak.

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James Halliday - Exceptional 97 points & Special Value
16th International Cool Climate Wine Show –

Best Pinot Noir 2013
Best Mornington Peninsula Red
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http://www.tucksridge.com.au/store/p25/Buckle_Pinot_Noir_2013.html

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45888 Gender:	Re: Your favourite red wine variety Reply #8 - Apr 17^th, 2017 at 11:56pm Can’t even give your own opinion, can you Booby?
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Re: Your favourite red wine variety
Reply #9 - Apr 18^th, 2017 at 12:00am

Jovial Monk wrote on Apr 17^th, 2017 at 11:56pm:

Can’t even give your own opinion, can you sir Bobby?

I've had Tuck's Ridge Pinot Noir many times -
it can't be beaten -
even the finest French wines don't compare to it.
It goes down so smoothly with a wonderful aftertaste.
It's strong yet the flavor is always there with a wonderful bouquet.
It's dry & not a horrible sugary sweet wine.

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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 103329 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Your favourite red wine variety Reply #10 - Apr 18^th, 2017 at 12:05am By the way Jovial - bogans like you would never have even tasted a good Pinot Noir - so go put your comments elsewhere.
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Re: Your favourite red wine variety
Reply #11 - Apr 18^th, 2017 at 12:11am

I'm not regularly a purchaser of wines much over the $30 mark except for special occasions because after the first bottle, they all taste good..haha.

But I came across a nice special at liquorland that gives you a regular Pepperjack shiraz + a premium cut Pepperjack Shiraz Cabernet for $40.

No probs if some don't like a cabernet blend, but I really liked the premium cut Pepperjack and would consider paying the regular price of $37 for it.

I'd recommend the premium cut Pepperjack for a good take out wine that not many would have any complaints about.

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Jovial Monk Gold Member Offline Dogs not cats! Posts: 45888 Gender:	Re: Your favourite red wine variety Reply #12 - Apr 18^th, 2017 at 12:12am Well, that’s better! I tasted two good pinot noirs while in Tassie. I never bother tasting pinot noir wines here in SA, even the Adelaide Hills are too warm. Still waiting for that apology, Booby!
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Re: Your favourite red wine variety
Reply #13 - Apr 18^th, 2017 at 12:13am

Amadd wrote on Apr 18^th, 2017 at 12:11am:

I'm not regularly a purchaser of wines much over the $30 mark except for special occasions because after the first bottle, they all taste good..haha.

But I came across a nice special at liquorland that gives you a regular Pepperjack shiraz + a premium cut Pepperjack Shiraz Cabernet for $40.

No probs if some don't like a cabernet blend, but I really liked the premium cut Pepperjack and would consider paying the regular price of $37 for it.

Were those Saltram wines, amadd?

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Bobby. Gold Member Offline Australian Politics Posts: 103329 Melbourne Gender:	Re: Your favourite red wine variety Reply #14 - Apr 18^th, 2017 at 12:24am bogarde73 wrote on Apr 17^th, 2017 at 12:28pm: Anything but a Cabernet blend. A good Cabernet can be made by any clown manufacturer. It's the easiest wine to make. It's the safest bet if you buy a cheap wine.
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