Recommend a Red Wine Please

ThunderCat

Ive recently aquired the taste for red wine but am clueless when it comes to picking them. Ive found that I particularly like cabenet sauvingion so was just looking for a few suggestion for some good cabenet sauvingion that I can get in tesco, dunnes, supervalu, lidl etc.

Many thanks.

C.K Dexter Haven

ThunderCat wrote: »

Ive recently aquired the taste for red wine but am clueless when it comes to picking them. Ive found that I particularly like cabenet sauvingion so was just looking for a few suggestion for some good cabenet sauvingion that I can get in tesco, dunnes, supervalu, lidl etc.

Many thanks.

Tell us what you'll eat with it and we'll tell you what wine to buy.

ThunderCat

C.K Dexter Haven wrote: »

Tell us what you'll eat with it and we'll tell you what wine to buy.

Thanks for the reply. To be honest, I haven't been drinking it with food, just moreso a drink in the evening while watching the tele sort of thing. I know I like the fruit flavour that some wines seem to have over others so the fruitier the better and I prefer the almost thick texture that Cabenet Savingions and Bordeauxs have compared to the water like texture of other wines. Tell you what though, I didn't realise the extent of the amount of different wines sold in some of the big supermarkets. We really are spoilt for choice and I'm enjoying working my way through them.

C.K Dexter Haven

ThunderCat wrote: »

Thanks for the reply. To be honest, I haven't been drinking it with food, just moreso a drink in the evening while watching the tele sort of thing. I know I like the fruit flavour that some wines seem to have over others so the fruitier the better and I prefer the almost thick texture that Cabenet Savingions and Bordeauxs have compared to the water like texture of other wines. Tell you what though, I didn't realise the extent of the amount of different wines sold in some of the big supermarkets. We really are spoilt for choice and I'm enjoying working my way through them.

Good stuff ThunderCat, looks like your in exploring mode- wine is best with something to eat though, even if just sitting at the telly.
Blue cheeses will go well with Bordeaux wines in the main- if you come across Shiraz, that will really take on some good curries or spicy foods while your watching TV- spiced nuts or tortillas would work well.

Marcusm

ThunderCat wrote: »

Thanks for the reply. To be honest, I haven't been drinking it with food, just moreso a drink in the evening while watching the tele sort of thing. I know I like the fruit flavour that some wines seem to have over others so the fruitier the better and I prefer the almost thick texture that Cabenet Savingions and Bordeauxs have compared to the water like texture of other wines. Tell you what though, I didn't realise the extent of the amount of different wines sold in some of the big supermarkets. We really are spoilt for choice and I'm enjoying working my way through them.

You don't need any advice, jsut keep working your way through them taking account of what you like and don't like and over time you'll build up a good list. Note that not all Bordeauxs have cabernet sauvignon as a base; Merlot can predominate in done appellations and, less frequently, so too can cabernet franc.