Xmas Day Wines?

Stone Glider
Stone Glider Posts: 1,227
edited December 2011 in Commuting chat
Not many for 'the day' so we are having a large chicken. My granddaughter would really like 'milk shake pudding' (aka Yorkshire Pudding) with a roast dinner, so lots of heavy eating. Not the conventional ground for a white wine, unless it is a Greek 'Domestos' to scrub the palate clean. I do have some Californian Zinfandel 'Blush' wine which might fit the bill :?

The idea of Beaujolais with Turkey seems quite fashionable this year. ITB need not point out that his menage will be on Krug from dawn to dusk, we know :roll: Other observations would be welcome.
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  • optimisticbiker
    optimisticbiker Posts: 1,657
    Less conventional, but I quite like a South African Chenin Blanc with white meat. Majestic have some good deals on this one from Boschendal. I recently bought a case and it goes great with a roast chicken so imagine it will work with turkey too...
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  • cjcp
    cjcp Posts: 13,345
    Am thinking some NZ Sav Blanc or a Sancerre, and some Chilean red, maybe a Carmenere. Need to pop to Majestic today, actually.
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  • graham.
    graham. Posts: 862
    Whatever I can find under the sink with a skull & crossbones on it.
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  • richk
    richk Posts: 564
    I'm hoping the boss will have raided her husbands wine rack again :D
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  • daviesee
    daviesee Posts: 6,386
    Sancerre for me.
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  • Stevo_666
    Stevo_666 Posts: 62,011
    A decent Chablis or Pouilly Fumé to go with white meat for me, but no Xmas lunch would be complete without a good dessert wine to go with the Christmas pud. When visiting family who really like their wine I've been treated to Chateau d'Yquem which is absolute nectar!
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  • DrLex
    DrLex Posts: 2,142
    Observations welcome?
    OK; I'll offer my usual matches:
    Gravdlax with chilled vodka or aquavit.
    Turkey with a light Burgundy. Instead of Beaujolais, try a chilled bottle of Tarrango Aussie light red?
    Chrimbo pud with either Asti Spumante or Moscato d'Asti. Both are low alcohol, sweet-ish sparklers and help counter the rich stodginess of the pudding.
    Cheese with both a port for stilton and a sweet Jurançon for the soft cheeses. Help bring your alcohol content back up to snuff.
    Coffee with cider brandy (sep. glass)
    Then sofa with a 2 hour doze - job done!
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  • Fireblade96
    Fireblade96 Posts: 1,123
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    What can possibly go wrong ?
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  • Stone Glider
    Stone Glider Posts: 1,227
    Thanks folks, I am tempted with the idea of cider brandy. I believe that Santa has a bottle of high quality Armagnac in his sack for me, courtesy of my Australian daughter :) Does anyone else enjoy Tawny Port? On the subject of unfashionable drinks, I opened a bottle of Paolo Cortado Sherry last night. Mrs S G is not a fan of high-end sherries but I love 'em. They are so cheap for the complexity and delight in a bottle. Onwards and downwards!
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  • DrLex
    DrLex Posts: 2,142
    Paolo Cortado? Isn't he Man.City's new signing from Benfica?

    Agreed; there are great bargains to be had from sherry; the prevalence of decent half-bottles is a real bonus. Try some PX on vanilla ice-cream
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  • clarkey cat
    clarkey cat Posts: 3,641
    Champagne to start

    NZ Pinot Noir with the Turkey.

    Single Malt for later.
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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    Given I'm going to the in-laws I'm guessing something along the lines of....

    Champagne to start with.
    A Sancerre / Chablis or a Macon Villages
    A 2005 Saint-Emillion or a 2005 Haut Medoc
    Sauternes
    Tawny Port

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  • esspeebee
    esspeebee Posts: 174
    Stone Glider wrote:
    Not many for 'the day' so we are having a large chicken. My granddaughter would really like 'milk shake pudding' (aka Yorkshire Pudding) with a roast dinner, so lots of heavy eating. Not the conventional ground for a white wine, unless it is a Greek 'Domestos' to scrub the palate clean.
    Sounds ideal for a robust white, like Sancerre or Chablis. A good steely white will cut through all that meat quite nicely, and chicken is too delicate for most reds.
  • Stone Glider
    Stone Glider Posts: 1,227
    My daughter has awarded me a 'Harrods' Chablis from her works 'Secret Santa', so I might avail myself of the offer.
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  • greg66_tri_v2.0
    greg66_tri_v2.0 Posts: 7,172
    Wellll... we kicked off with a nice 1999 Pol Roger, then moved onto Laurent Perrier NV. A 2006 Domaine Moray Coffinet Chassagne Montrachet En Remilly with lunch, followed by a 2000 Ch Cantenac Brown. Rounded off with a few glasses of Fonseca 2000 and Ch Suduiraut 1997.

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  • Stone Glider
    Stone Glider Posts: 1,227
    That was a memorable Xmas day for the usual, bad, reasons. Daughter not well, Granddaughter worse and ailing as the day wore on. Ended up drinking most of a bottle of Zinfandel Blush, which at a 10% alcohol content left me ready for any emergency transport duties if required. As the night and calm descended, a large glass of Minervois was truly 'for medicinal purposes only'. Happy New Year.

    I even missed having the last glass of Palo Cortado before dinner, poor old Paolo, his signing for Manchester City has not turned out well.
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  • DrLex
    DrLex Posts: 2,142
    Sorry to read of your Christnas, SP; hope that you have a better NYE.
    I think the Moscato that we drank was 8%; much below this and I think it can no longer be called wine, but something attractive like "fermented grape must".


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  • clarkey cat
    clarkey cat Posts: 3,641
    Disappointingly we were requested to bring a bottle of wine to Xmas lunch at the in-laws so I took a decent CdP and then all that was served up was cheapo Rioja - WITH TURKEY!
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  • Stone Glider
    Stone Glider Posts: 1,227
    Just drank the Chablis that my daughter awarded us. Entirely quaffable, following the last appearance of good old Paolo for this year and preceding a cheap but cheerful, Napoleon Brandy. (The good stuff is in waiting.) Have recovered taste buds and appetite today; here's to NYE!

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  • asprilla
    asprilla Posts: 8,440
    Greg66 wrote:
    Wellll... we kicked off with a nice 1999 Pol Roger, then moved onto Laurent Perrier NV. A 2006 Domaine Moray Coffinet Chassagne Montrachet En Remilly with lunch, followed by a 2000 Ch Cantenac Brown. Rounded off with a few glasses of Fonseca 2000 and Ch Suduiraut 1997.

    @Asprilla: your in-laws do it right!

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  • dodgerdog
    dodgerdog Posts: 292
    Had a mainly spanish theme

    La Gitana Manzanilla whilst prepping the pork (MiL was notionally the host and only likes piggy)
    Some Nicholas Feulliatte 2004 with nibbles
    Emillio Moro 2007 Ribera Del Duoro for those on red and Prestige Parcels 2010 Kiwi Sauvignon Blanc (for the ladies)
    Finished off with some desert wine (name escapes me) & Cognac

    Ahh, a grand day out!
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