A Drunken Post

You may be wondering why I'm intoxicated at 11am in the morning on a Thursday.

Why isn't he hard at work, you might be wondering? It's true, I'm not at work but whether I'm hard, that's up to your imagination.

The reason why I'm off work today is because it's a bank holiday (Vesak Day) - a buddhist religious day of some sort. I'm neither pro nor anti-buddhism - just glad for a mid-week holiday.

I went to do my weekly shop at the supermarket this morning and when I came back, I decided to blend some wines. Obviously, it's not possible to blend without drinking and that's why I'm not my usual sober self this morning.

The wines in question were a 1999 Pierro Pinot Noir from Margaret River, Western Australia and a 2000 Monastrell from Bodegas Castano in Murcia, Spain.

This is what they look like:

I was getting concerned that the Pierro was ageing too quickly so I decided to do a bit of blending. I can already hear the disapproval from wine enthusiats but they can all go to hell. It's my wine and I'm drinking it so you can all fuck off.

The end result was actually quite pleasant-drinking - a well balanced mix of tannins, residual sugars (not much), acidity and cherry/summer berry flavours - all very suitable to drink on a hot day like today. . The Monstrell Dulce was a present (I've got another bottle) and other than as a dessert wine, is too sweet to drink on its own so I decided to blend it with one of the reds in my collection. I was trying to decide between a Gralyn (Freudian slip, initially typed "Gayln") Cabernet Sauvigon or a Cape Mentelle "Trinders Vineyard" Cabernet Sauvigon Merlot but decided on the Pierro instead.