Normal Rob
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Simply put, I like red wine and would like to try a really good one (well, within my budget). So I have £50, and prefer full bodied, fruity wines. Recommendations please...
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BensGrandad
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My favourite is Vino Noble Di Multipucianno not to be confused with the cheaper Brunello or D'abbruzzo Du Multipucianno
You're after a case right?
BensGrandad
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You should get a bottle and some change from £50 but not a lot.
Normal Rob
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No. I'm interested to try a really good wine, £50 is my budget for either 1 or 2 bottles.
Take a look at http://www.wineanorak.com/ I really enjoy his approach to wine writing and there are some good recommendations. Alternatively go to Majestic or a good local merchant and tell them what you like and let them recommend something for you. We have the Wine House http://www.thewinehouse.co.uk/ in Shoreham. I often wander around pick up 11 bottles I like and then ask for a recommendation to make up the dozen. They are big on Spanish reds from Priorat and have some excellent examples.
Normal Rob
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Eh? I presume there are many different types?
http://www.waitrose.com/webapp/wcs/...Montepulciano.html?storeId=10317#.Urb5UJBFAiE
Sussex on Leith
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I wouldn't call myself an expert but my stand-out favourite red wines come from Chateau Musar - as far as I know, still the only vineyard in Lebanon. Prices vary depending on the vintage but you should get a couple for your 50 notes. Definitely ticks the "full bodied" and "fruity" boxes.
You can usually find them in Waitrose, but any decent indy wine merchant should know about them. Lots of good stuff on their website if you want to find out more.
chateaumusar.com
You can usually find them in Waitrose, but any decent indy wine merchant should know about them. Lots of good stuff on their website if you want to find out more.
chateaumusar.com
Vegas Seagull
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Amarone Allegrini £50 a bottle
BensGrandad
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That surprises me as I have never seen it at less than £28 a bottle and that was a couple of years ago and wife and I visited Multipuciano in 1995 when driving to Cyprus and paid £190 for 6 bottles.
BensGrandad
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I am not a wine connoisseur by any stretch of the imagination but I like Julieanas Brouilly. Beaune or Fleurie but of all red wine I like Montepulcianno most and dont like white wine very much at all.
Lord Bracknell
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If you can let me know where you can find Brunello di Montalcino cheaper than Vino Nobile di Montepulciano, I'd be eternally grateful.
My recommendation for a really good Brunello at under £50 would be a bottle of 2004 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva from the Poggio al Vento vineyard. You can buy a single bottle online here:-
http://www.frw.co.uk/searchWines.as...oggio+al+Vento+2004+Orcia+Col+d+&sid=4&FRS=ws
And order the Riserva, which has been matured longer, before bottling.
Here's a review (and the reviewer scores it 95+ (out of 100):-
The 2004 Brunello di Montalcino Riserva Poggio al Vento is developing beautifully. This is a decidedly feminine, graceful style of Poggio al Vento. The wine literally floats on the palate with gracious layers of fruit. Silky tannins support sweet red berries, flowers and spices on the mouthwatering finish. The 2004 is flat-out beautiful. This was a relatively generous harvest, and that comes through in the wine’s medium-bodied structure. Drinking window: 2014-2044.
http://vinousmedia.com/articles/col...no-riserva-poggio-al-vento-1982-2006-may-2012
As you can see, you don't have to drink it until 2044! Which reminds me... I have a bottle of 1975 vintage Brunello Riserva stashed away somewhere. A great year (as, indeed, is 2004).
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BensGrandad
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I wouldnt know as I have never tried Brunnello Di Montalcino
I know you were after red raher than white, but why not buy a bottle of Blue Nun to cater for the wine drinkers in the house and then spend the rest on Stella 
Lord Bracknell
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But you mention it (as "cheaper") in your earlier post.
I've drunk quite a bit of red over the years, some cheap and nasty, some ridiculously expensive (as long as someone else bought it)
You'd be hard pressed to find a better drop than a Chateauneuf-du-Pape.
You could get 4 bottles of that for £50
You'd be hard pressed to find a better drop than a Chateauneuf-du-Pape.
You could get 4 bottles of that for £50
dougdeep
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£4 is my top limit. It all tastes the same after the first glass anyway.