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Anniversario 62 From Cantine San Marzano at £22.15 each on Vivino. I bagged six. The 2015 incarnation, a fantastic year in Europe.
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Placed an order with Waitrose Cellars, picked it up and when getting home and taking the box out of the car a handle broke.
Only one bottle broke which isn't the end of the world, but it's got red wine all over the labels of the other bottles which makes me sad
Only one bottle broke which isn't the end of the world, but it's got red wine all over the labels of the other bottles which makes me sad
I'd complain, personally. It's not like it was overloaded and should be built to take that amount of bottles.
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Yeah i did. They've issued a refund without too much hassle.
I can live with that
I can live with that
Ah brilliant, good result.
I ordered some nice 4.0 Rioja from Vivino, at about 9 euros a bottle. Really good tbh but can't get many Spanish deals on there for a good price so that's a nice one.
I ordered some nice 4.0 Rioja from Vivino, at about 9 euros a bottle. Really good tbh but can't get many Spanish deals on there for a good price so that's a nice one.
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Ah nice.
I've been drinking a lot of this, seems decent for the cash.
https://www.vivino.com/it-paololeo-primitivo-di-manduria-aac8b/w/1137247
My wife got diagnosed with ME a few years back and one of the side effects was that she really struggled with red wine. But the above seems to agree with her. Pretty full bodied without being too tanniny.
I've been drinking a lot of this, seems decent for the cash.
https://www.vivino.com/it-paololeo-primitivo-di-manduria-aac8b/w/1137247
My wife got diagnosed with ME a few years back and one of the side effects was that she really struggled with red wine. But the above seems to agree with her. Pretty full bodied without being too tanniny.
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Started on my Christmas wines last night. Got it up to £660 and decided I was ordering too much. That was just reds, plus the missus and kids aren't here 
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Nice, especially since i'm guessing that doesn't include the 6 bottles of '62 above 
Since moving house last year all my money seems to be going to this still and i've not bought anything >£40 for about 18 months. I'm really missing having some good champagne.
Other than just buying my go-to Gosset bDb. Anyone have any suggestions around the £80 mark?
In fact the last time i spent this much was a bottle of vintage Delamotte which really disappointed, which was a huge shame as i love their NV.
Since moving house last year all my money seems to be going to this still and i've not bought anything >£40 for about 18 months. I'm really missing having some good champagne.
Other than just buying my go-to Gosset bDb. Anyone have any suggestions around the £80 mark?
In fact the last time i spent this much was a bottle of vintage Delamotte which really disappointed, which was a huge shame as i love their NV.
The only one you want other than the NV Delamotte is the Salon, but that ain't in the budget haha
I'd try and bag a bottle of Agrapart & Fils BdB - they do a few BdB but since you like that (me too, it's a fav) then I think you'd really like this.
Saying that I had a 2011 BdB Louis the other day and it was delicious.
I'd try and bag a bottle of Agrapart & Fils BdB - they do a few BdB but since you like that (me too, it's a fav) then I think you'd really like this.
Saying that I had a 2011 BdB Louis the other day and it was delicious.
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Haha yeah, i'm still regretting not buying the Salon a few years back when i had a lot more disposable income to drop on that. Our hotel in Berlin even sold it!
ffs just ordered 2 bottles of it myself now online.
EDIT: Agrapart not Salon lol
EDIT: Agrapart not Salon lol
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Of the Salon?
You only need one, send the other to me
EDIT - Christ when did that shoot up so much? When i looked around 2014 it was around £300 a bottle of some vintages, can't see anything cheaper than £495 now!
You only need one, send the other to me
EDIT - Christ when did that shoot up so much? When i looked around 2014 it was around £300 a bottle of some vintages, can't see anything cheaper than £495 now!
I wish I'd bought 2 bottles of the 1997 When I did. It's impossible to get now as well. It was 250 when I bought it but it's now going for about 8-900 a bottle!
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Nice, especially since i'm guessing that doesn't include the 6 bottles of '62 above
Nail. Head. Hammer. Hit.
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It sounds like we use Vivino in a similar way. The other thing I look at is the number of reviews that averaged to the given score. If there's a cheap 4.3 but it only has forty reviews, then I'll look elsewhere for alternative reviews first.
Great value right now is the Ponte Lungo Curioso Grand Edizione 2015 which has 30% off. Typically Tuscan with cab sauv, sangiovese, and merlot. It scores 4.1 (from 586 ratings) and is £13.25. It's amazing how many have a score of four or higher and are a tenner or under.
Edit: I really want to try the Caballo Loco range. Bit pricey but all are 4.4 or 4.5, which is reflected on other websites. Edit Edit: it's the next Purple Angel by the sound of it.
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I suppose it comes down to the mentality of the reviewer. I try and rate it based on quality vs price. So if a wine is only £6 but tastes decent then i'll rate it fairly well.
I might then have a bottle around the £25 mark which is much nicer than the above yet rate it lower as it still falls down at that given price point.
Presume others may use my scoring method and others might score based on absolute taste, which makes it hard to do a proper comparison.
Maybe Vivino needs some scoring metrics which combine to give a final rating rather than just have a single 0-5 choice.
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^^^ very good point. I don't review on there but in my head I'm not factoring in the price when scoring. I hadn't even considered it before.
Oh ****... *sits on hands... don't order any*
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We don't have an ounce of self-control between us 
