Red Wine General

enjoyed a $5 chilean merlot last night which is easily the best value for money I have ever found.

will buy a lot of it.

>tfw girlfriend broke up with me abruptly so I drank two bottles of wine to myself including the bottle I was supposed to bring over to her place to drink together

>>8290353
Sorry brah. Drink some more and then move on

>>8290268
Favorite red I've ever had was definitely Delas hermitage 'les bessards' 2006, but that's like a once a year type of purchase if that.

Bottle I've got for tonight is Rolet vin jaune Arbois 2007.

Pelee island 2012 Cab Franc
Trius -any year- Red
Kacaba Vineyards 2010 Merlot

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>>8290268

I tried the underrated gem pic related. Excellent wine for like 10€, very round and easy to drink, perfect for a delicate meal or for ladies disliking strong bordeaux wines. Not a GOAT, but definitively worth a try

>>8290368
>Rolet vin jaune Arbois 2007
Excellent choice, I love vin jaune

>>8290416
Correction, the Venus is at 10€ and already great, I also tried the Apollon but it's 30 euros.

>>8290368
There we go. Those sound great. I'll keep an eye out for them.

Tonight I have a Domaine Chante Cigale for dinner company. Aerating for a couple hours now.

>>8290268
Not having any wine today but I've got a bottle of Radikon merlot 2002 I'm saving for next weekend.

What is the strongest, most intense wine you've ever tried?

>>8290268
I'm currently drinking a cheeky Australian Shiraz Cabernet from a box, cut with Pepsi Max. I wish I were kidding.

>>8292421
Probably a Port. They're sort of like drinking sweet, thick blood.

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who /tempranillo/ here

>>8290319
>enjoyed a $5 chilean merlot last night

Chilean Merlots are pretty good actually, I would recommend. Even in Bongland they are pretty cheap.

>>8290268
>French red
Lol, no. >>8292743
May as well drink Californian red chock full of arsenic.
>>8292743
>Cutting wine with literally anything
What the fuck is wrong with you? It's like 15% alcohol or less. It's basically fruit punch.

>>8292743
There's a couple of DeBortoli cask wines you can drink from the cask and the quality is equivalent of many $15 bottles. Try their premium reserve shiraz, merlot & cab sav.

>>8294008
Hello, fellow snob.

>>8294008
>>Cutting wine with literally anything
>What the fuck is wrong with you? It's like 15% alcohol or less. It's basically fruit punch.

Are you a hick? How uncultered are you? Do you even know what Sangria is?

Yeah very often wine is cut with soda and vodka with fruit thrown in.

>>8294008
What the fuck is wrong with you?

Not the anon you're responding to, but you must not be aware of the fact that Ancient Romans, including the nobility, commonly cut their wine with water.

If it was good enough for those tough SOB's, it's good enough for me. Fuck off, plebe.

>>8294347
mixing soda with wine sounds uncultured to me

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>>8294378
>mixing wine with soda
Do people really do this?

>>8294378
>what is a wine spritzer

Clearly you are uncultered. But if liking wine makes you feel classier than you are then cool.

Friend had me taste a 2012 Italian purchased for almost $50 yesterday. I didn't see much different between that and a 2013 Midi I got for around $14.

Maybe I didn't have enough time to appreciate it as he gave me a small taste, but I have yet to see how a lot of the more expensive wines are worth it. Is it for aging purposes?

>>8294420
I mixed shitty boxed red with cream soda during a lot point in my life. It tasted alright though.

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>>8290268
Saffa may be a hell hole, but we get the world's best value for money on wine.

>>8294430
Are you honestly giving someone shit for not liking wine mixed with club soda?

>>8294557
This

>>8294420
Soft red and coke is a traditional party drink in Brazil.

>>8294378
>>8294378
Kalimotxo

The prelash tipple of many a European youth

I really like this stuff, not too expensive and tastes really nice. If I don't get that, I usually buy Australian red as it is pretty reliable and cost effective. The mcguigan cabernet sauvignon is very nice and at a fiver a bottle I'm not arguing.

Might branch out and try some fancier stuff, I just don't know a damn thing about it or where to start

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>>8296969

Would help if I actually attached a pic

>>8296969
Australia does very well priced cab sauv, but specialises in Shiraz. Try to get your hands on McGuigan's Hunter Valley shirazes.

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It may be made by a total hipster but I really enjoy this. $11/bottle from my local Whole Foods