Comments on: Château La Tour Figeac, 2001 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2008/04/11/chateau-la-tour-figeac-2001/ Deliciously Hedonistic Thu, 08 Jan 2009 15:54:37 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Alastair Bathgate http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2008/04/11/chateau-la-tour-figeac-2001/comment-page-1/#comment-2464 Alastair Bathgate Sun, 13 Apr 2008 14:36:17 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2008/04/11/chateau-la-tour-figeac-2001/#comment-2464 Edward, Interesting hypothesis. Maybe the second bottle will be a different experience? Oh, and Crispy Duck was the choice - rather good. Peter, LOL - yes I am often accused of having an odd outlook and certainly an unsteady view of the horizon. Edward, Interesting hypothesis. Maybe the second bottle will be a different experience? Oh, and Crispy Duck was the choice - rather good.

Peter, LOL - yes I am often accused of having an odd outlook and certainly an unsteady view of the horizon.

]]> By: Peter May http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2008/04/11/chateau-la-tour-figeac-2001/comment-page-1/#comment-2462 Peter May Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:57:30 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2008/04/11/chateau-la-tour-figeac-2001/#comment-2462 "i didn’t see it as on its side - I guess we all see things differently. " I guess so. When I see a wine glass with wine in it, the surface of the wine is horizontal. In your picture its vertical. “i didn’t see it as on its side - I guess we all see things differently. ”

I guess so. When I see a wine glass with wine in it, the surface of the wine is horizontal. In your picture its vertical.

]]> By: edward http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2008/04/11/chateau-la-tour-figeac-2001/comment-page-1/#comment-2461 edward Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:31:32 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2008/04/11/chateau-la-tour-figeac-2001/#comment-2461 What did you order from the local take away :) Sounds like dimethyl sulphide. . . What did you order from the local take away :)
Sounds like dimethyl sulphide. . .

]]> By: Alastair Bathgate http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2008/04/11/chateau-la-tour-figeac-2001/comment-page-1/#comment-2459 Alastair Bathgate Sun, 13 Apr 2008 13:18:29 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2008/04/11/chateau-la-tour-figeac-2001/#comment-2459 I didn't see it as on its side - that's the way I took the photo. I guess we all see things differently. We are all a product of our own experiences and we bring these with us in life, to frame our interpretations. Likewise we all take different experiences away from wine. Or maybe I am talking b****cks and should leave art to artists, and thinking to philosophers. I didn’t see it as on its side - that’s the way I took the photo. I guess we all see things differently. We are all a product of our own experiences and we bring these with us in life, to frame our interpretations. Likewise we all take different experiences away from wine.
Or maybe I am talking b****cks and should leave art to artists, and thinking to philosophers.

]]> By: Peter May http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2008/04/11/chateau-la-tour-figeac-2001/comment-page-1/#comment-2455 Peter May Sun, 13 Apr 2008 10:07:13 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2008/04/11/chateau-la-tour-figeac-2001/#comment-2455 see http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/eustillwineregs.pdf BTW, why is your photo on its side? see http://www.food.gov.uk/multimedia/pdfs/eustillwineregs.pdf

BTW, why is your photo on its side?

]]> By: Alastair Bathgate http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2008/04/11/chateau-la-tour-figeac-2001/comment-page-1/#comment-2438 Alastair Bathgate Sat, 12 Apr 2008 17:09:25 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2008/04/11/chateau-la-tour-figeac-2001/#comment-2438 Illegal? Blimey I didn't know that! I've double checked and the bottle definitely says 13.6%. As to tasting notes, I don't read them for fear they will steer me. However, I have dug out the notes from STWC and it says "a classic Merlot aroma of rose petals, plum and cream toffee. It's deliciously mouth filling with smooth, velvety fruit covering a structure of gentle tannins". That doesn't agree with me, or indeed the Château's own website. I guess wine is a subjective matter of personal taste! Illegal? Blimey I didn’t know that! I’ve double checked and the bottle definitely says 13.6%.

As to tasting notes, I don’t read them for fear they will steer me. However, I have dug out the notes from STWC and it says “a classic Merlot aroma of rose petals, plum and cream toffee. It’s deliciously mouth filling with smooth, velvety fruit covering a structure of gentle tannins”.

That doesn’t agree with me, or indeed the Château’s own website. I guess wine is a subjective matter of personal taste!

]]> By: Peter May http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2008/04/11/chateau-la-tour-figeac-2001/comment-page-1/#comment-2437 Peter May Sat, 12 Apr 2008 16:50:06 +0000 http://www.alastairbathgate.com/2008/04/11/chateau-la-tour-figeac-2001/#comment-2437 That is not 'unusually accurate'; its not legal. EU requires ABV to be expressed to the closest .5% It's a stupid law, but there it is. Re the Château's website -- as someone once famously retorted "Well they would say that, wouldn't they". The're hardly likely to say the wine stinks :) But didn't Laithwaites supply a tasting note? Did you agree with that? That is not ‘unusually accurate’; its not legal. EU requires ABV to be expressed to the closest .5% It’s a stupid law, but there it is.

Re the Château’s website — as someone once famously retorted “Well they would say that, wouldn’t they”.

The’re hardly likely to say the wine stinks :)

But didn’t Laithwaites supply a tasting note? Did you agree with that?

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