For The Love Of Port

It's one of those days, and to make it a bit better we need to open a very good bottle of wine tonight. The options are:

- Qta. do Passadouro Douro Reserva 2008
- Poeira Douro 2007
- Chateau Malescot St. Exupery Margaux 2004
- Il Poggione Brunello di Montalcino 2004
- E. Guigal Cote Rotie Brune et Blonde 2001

What would you choose? (It will go with roast leg of lamb.)

Cheers,
Ronald

Ronald Wortel wrote:It's one of those days, and to make it a bit better we need to open a very good bottle of wine tonight. The options are:

- Qta. do Passadouro Douro Reserva 2008
- Poeira Douro 2007
- Chateau Malescot St. Exupery Margaux 2004
- Il Poggione Brunello di Montalcino 2004
- E. Guigal Cote Rotie Brune et Blonde 2001

What would you choose? (It will go with roast leg of lamb.)

Cheers,
Ronald

If it was me, I'd open the Il Poggione.

I'm not familiar with the last 3, so I'll chose the Passadouro

- Chateau Malescot St. Exupery Margaux 2004
- E. Guigal Cote Rotie Brune et Blonde 2001

By process of elimination, I'd choose the Poeira Douro 2007

You're a great help guys, really.

Andy Velebil wrote:I'm not familiar with the last 3, so I'll chose the Passadouro

Well, the last three are from small but upcoming wine areas you may have heard of: France and Italy, just North and East of the Douro, but obviously, nowhere near as good!

Anyway, we chose the Passadouro, because we felt like drinking a young brutal wine that's still in its primary fruit phase. And it was exactly that. Great wine, did very well with the lamb. I think I need some more to see where this is going in 10 years time.

Ronald Wortel wrote:You're a great help guys, really.

Andy Velebil wrote:I'm not familiar with the last 3, so I'll chose the Passadouro

Well, the last three are from small but upcoming wine areas you may have heard of: France and Italy, just North and East of the Douro, but obviously, nowhere near as good!

They make wine in France and Italy?

Andy Velebil wrote:They make wine in France and Italy?

Well, you need something to make aguardente for Port.

Eric Menchen wrote:

Andy Velebil wrote:They make wine in France and Italy?

Well, you need something to make aguardente for Port.

Oh, that's right