Category: Virtual Knapsack
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Day 106 – Hawdraw
Chateau Lagrange 2000
I bought a case of this en primeur, so they’ve been in the cellar for twenty years. This is the penultimate bottle, opened to celebrate 600 miles covered in my virtual walk.
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Day 104 – Keld
Tesco Finest Amarone 2019
On my way to do some shopping this afternoon some twerp pulled out in front of me from a line of stationary traffic in an adjacent lane.
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Day 102 – nearing God’s Bridge
Riccitelli Viejos Vinedos en Pie Franco 2016
I could have written ‘nearing the A66’, but that doesn’t sound quite as profound for an OAP.
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Day 99 – Cauldron Snout
Domaine de Saint Cosme Deux Albion Blanc 2018
A bit of a hiccup with this. I settled down to enjoy a bottle, but I feared something was wrong.
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Day 97 – coming down a little
Domaine Bruno Sorg Riesling Pfersigberg 2015
Another bottle from Sorg, and I’m astonished to find it is only the second I have opened since the walk began.
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Day 95 – somewhere on the roof of the world
Ch. de Rouanne Vinsobres 2019
I admit I’m a bit Rhône-centric and have been on a bit of a run for the last few days.
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Day 93 – Lintley
Brunier Piedlong Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2015
Piedlong is another of the Brunier wines. This is a Châteauneuf, but an unusually simple one consisting of just two grape varieties – 90% Grenache and 10% Mourvèdre.
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Day 91 – Hadrian’s Wall
Dom. de Gramenon Valreas Elementaire 2016
I was given two bottles of Gramenon Elémentaire, a 2016 and a 2018, by a wine merchant as a gift a few years ago.
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Day 89 – Ladyhill
Du Peloux Condrieu Princes de France 2019
Recently Aldi UK decided to flog off some of its higher-priced wines at half-price, bringing them down to ten quid.
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Day 88 – Shitlington Hall
Jacky Blot Montlouis Brut Tradition
In the entry for Jacky Blot’s Clos de Mosny I said that I must have already mentioned his Bourgeuils and Triple Zero sparkling.