Triple Play

This happened last Friday after a long, hot frustating week at the office. It was early around 3pm, luckilly i had company and it being the last day of the week we ended the day with 3 bottles at the establishment.


Chapoutier Gigondas 2005
medium bodied Rhone with hints of cherry and plums with a minerally after taste. I've not had much luck with french wines but i think i found this one to be palatable and it has a decent price point of RM155. Note * i thought it had a very familiar smell of cherry chupa chups on the nose.

Alex Gambal Nuit Saint Georges 1998
Yucks! Thin, dry and highly acidic. Couldn't make anything out of this bottle except for an unpleasant smell of a wet dog if you know what i mean. Tried decanting and still that smell wouldn't go away. Maybe the frenchies don't do it for me. Bigger heartache was the price RM269 definetly no bang for your buck here.
Note from the website: 1998 Nuits St. Georges – Primarily from old vines on the Vosne side of Nuits; Aux Lavières and Au Bas du Combe. A bit more red fruits in Nuits in 1998; very ripe raspberries with smooth tannins. 100 cases made...yada yada yada


Sette Ponti Oreno 2004
Sangiovesse young but very good. It had the very things i like in a wine and thats cherry, black fruit, tobacco, leather, vanilla, coffee, chocolate, and oak on the nose and palate. Medium to full bodied with a nice long finish. At RM275 i'd pay this anyday over the frenchies.