WAH Official Wine Trader Thread

[Mamgiowl]

Roflmao!:d :d

[lockwood1956]

okay......

Rhubarb and Raspberry

Presentation:
Absolutely top marks here Carole, simple but elegant label, nicely polished bottle, shrink cap extremely well done, no wrinkles. again a start bright properly degassed wine.

Boquet:
Very berry is how I would describe it, a wonderfully inviting nose, makes me want to drink it (so far on the show bench my interest would be aroused)

Flavour:
The Raspberry dominates a little too much, the acid is a bit high, it also has an astringent note, (are there any elderberries in it?...it seems like there might be)

The wine lacks the right combination of stuff to be a dry wine, and it needs to be a medium rose, as it is high acid, and very fruity.....this suits the ingredients better.

Try adding sugar to a glassfull and see how the fruitiness explodes in your mouth. Or empty a bottle into a jug, then add sugar to 1.008 and try it, it becomes the wine that it should be.....a truly wonderful medium rose (it would likely take prizes)


well done Carole

a fantastic job, but if you want a dry rose, rhubarb is too high in acid, and as a consequence needs sweetness to balance it out.


I hope my comments have helped.

regards
Bob


and thanks again for sharing your wines with me, it was an honour to taste them.



note for newbies:
light Fruity wines are generally better sweetened.

[spritzer]

okay......

Rhubarb and Raspberry

Presentation:
Absolutely top marks here Carole, simple but elegant label, nicely polished bottle, shrink cap extremely well done, no wrinkles. again a start bright properly degassed wine.

Boquet:
Very berry is how I would describe it, a wonderfully inviting nose, makes me want to drink it (so far on the show bench my interest would be aroused)

Flavour:
The Raspberry dominates a little too much, the acid is a bit high, it also has an astringent note, (are there any elderberries in it?...it seems like there might be)

The wine lacks the right combination of stuff to be a dry wine, and it needs to be a medium rose, as it is high acid, and very fruity.....this suits the ingredients better.

Try adding sugar to a glassfull and see how the fruitiness explodes in your mouth. Or empty a bottle into a jug, then add sugar to 1.008 and try it, it becomes the wine that it should be.....a truly wonderful medium rose (it would likely take prizes)


well done Carole

a fantastic job, but if you want a dry rose, rhubarb is too high in acid, and as a consequence needs sweetness to balance it out.


I hope my comments have helped.

regards
Bob


and thanks again for sharing your wines with me, it was an honour to taste them.



note for newbies:
light Fruity wines are generally better sweetened.

Thank you very much Bob
Your comments have been exceedinly helpful.

There are no elderberries in this wine.

I knew that the acid was on the high side, but I couldn't get my head round how to "fix" it .
I must admit... I do need to find a few hours to read up about acid...
Or have someone speaking about it on my ipod so that I can listen to it at the gym, or on the way to work

Again, I hadn't thought about sweetening this... but I will definately try it, the next time I open a bottle.

I have some plain rhubarb wine also... that is also a little tart. So I will also try sweetening to see the difference.

Many thanks for you comments Bob... greatly appreciated.

[spritzer]

Well, I picked mine up today

Six 250ml pet bottles. A nice little variety.

I'm not sure when I am going to be able to taste them.
Work is getting in the way of life for the next 7 days.
But I will let you know when I do.

Thanks Bob

[lockwood1956]

Trying to remember what I sent

DOH!


I think.......


Pear and elderflower Dry
Merlot (fresh grape) Dry
Mead Dry
Mead Sweet
Trebbiano (fresh grape) Dry
cant remember the 6th one...

[Rich]

Trying to remember what I sent

DOH!


I think.......


Pear and elderflower Dry
Merlot (fresh grape) Dry
Mead Dry
Mead Sweet
Trebbiano (fresh grape) Dry
cant remember the 6th one...

Hopefully not a stray bottle of chilli winee from the back of the fridge..

[spritzer]

Trying to remember what I sent

DOH!


I think.......


Pear and elderflower Dry
Merlot (fresh grape) Dry
Mead Dry
Mead Sweet
Trebbiano (fresh grape) Dry
cant remember the 6th one...

Elderberry and Bramble Port

I might have to try one just now actually... not sure I can wait till next week


How do you get the bottles sealed Bob ??

[Her Lushness]

How do you get the bottles sealed Bob ??

He breathes on them and they melt and seal themselves...

[spritzer]

I have the breaking strain of a soggy kitkat

I just opened the Merlot
Its very tasty.... I like this alot
Not sure I could analyse it anymore than that
9 out of 10.

Cheers Bob

[Duffbeer]

Trying to remember what I sent

DOH!


I think.......


Pear and elderflower Dry
Merlot (fresh grape) Dry
Mead Dry
Mead Sweet
Trebbiano (fresh grape) Dry
cant remember the 6th one...

Objection
Why is Morton allowed to send 6 bottles ??? does it take that many to find a good one.

[Mamgiowl]

I must admit I was wondering that too. Does he get special dispensation just because he's got a plus sign after his name?

[Zebedee]

6 x 250ml bottles = 2 x 750ml bottles

[lockwood1956]

Correct Zeb ....

well spotted, and it also means Carole now has bottles for virtual wine circle.

[lockwood1956]

How do you get the bottles sealed Bob ??

they are tamper evident tops....buy them that way, once you screw the top on it seals itself....quite clever though eh?

[spritzer]

they are tamper evident tops....buy them that way, once you screw the top on it seals itself....quite clever though eh?

Indeedy
A very good idea

So....
Back on topic

After 7 nights of abstaining...
I have had a sample of a couple of the wines that Bob sent me ...

1. Pear and Elderflower
2. 2008 Trebbiano

Here are my findings....

1. A very light pleasant wine. A very nice after taste.
Very nice...may try this myself
Out of 10......IMHO... it would be 7.75

2. Wow. Very nice. Very good. Me likey
Outta 10... it would be 8.50