Chateau Haut Cardonnet Bordeaux 2010

126 days ago

Call me Mr Fancy Pants. That is what I am now. I have started drinking wine. As to why? Because someone bought me a bottle of wine. Yes, I said someone bought me a bottle of wine. I normally don’t go out and buy wine simply because I can ill afford the expensive wines. You have to be practical here. If I am not wrong, a full bodied decent wine is about S$30-40 or so. So honestly, wine drinking is only for the well-to-do.

Anyway, this is the Chateau Haut Cardonnet Bordeaux 2010. I believe the wine maker is Haut Cardonnet and the grape variety is Bordeaux which is from the region of Bordeaux in France. Seems that the French likes to simplify everything. The year of the wine is 2010. Seems that nowadays wine are aged pretty fast. Just pass 2011 and we already have wines from 2010. Could be that nowadays wine makers are much better in blending to get the correct profile and thus wines taste acceptable faster? You know, time is money right? As for the result, I really don’t know. I have not drank enough wines to give you a definite answer. Of course if you are willing to sponsor some wines for me to try out, I will do my best.

The bottle of Chateau Haut Cardonnet Bordeaux 2010. Sorry about the photo. These few days the weather was so warm that just one or two minutes after taking the bottle out from the wine, condensation took over. By the way, is it okay to keep the wine in the fridge?

13.5% alcohol. Product of France, obviously. I am pretty sure there are numerous other wineries in other countries using the same grape variety as this one. I wonder whether they can be called Bordeaux wine as well? If I read correctly, I think the French had spent a lot of effort to protect their trade mark and their wines. Well I am no wine expert. And you should avoid buying wines that come in clear bottles. Exposure to light tend to damage the wine, that is why most wine stores have rather dim lighting. I once thought that they were trying to be cool to have this kind of lighting, till I realize that wines don’t do well in the light. That goes for supermarket wines as well.

You see, just right outside their gated mansion is the vineyard. And the big gate opens right into the vineyard! Poor things. The land there must be pretty limited.

13.5% alcohol.  About 750ml of wine for you to enjoy.

Nice colour.

I swear, this is all I drink in one sitting. That is all!  Drinking wine is not my pastime. I know there are quite a number of people in Singapore who actually enjoy drinking wine and can afford it. But for me, I merely like to read about wines. And feel “high-classed” about it.

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