Need some red wine help

[eltax91]

Hi guys

Long termer on here, but never float in the food and drink forum. I'm in need of a bit of help from any wine lovers out there.

My wife is pregnant, due in a couple of weeks. For medical reasons she won't be able to breastfeed and she's really missed the red wine during pregnancy this time, it's been top of the list of cravings too which has not helped.

Anyway, normally of a weekend, with a slab of steak, we would have a decent argentine Malbec or chateau neuf, you know, £8-£10 a bottle in the supermarket.

I'm thinking I might by her a really nice bottle of red to have the first time we get some proper sleep from the nipper. Except i have bob all idea what I'm talking about with wine!

So, let's say £50-£80 for the right bottle, based on the tastes above, what should I go for? Is there a particularly good vintage for either? Or something I don't know if that's similar?

Cheers in advance.

[eltax91]

bazjude2998 said:

You can spend what ever but taste is a personal thing.Just because you,ve splashed out £100 we,re not all going to be impressed.There,s going to be some smugg tts out there who are now laughing their bks off but get yourself down to Aldi @ £5 a bottle you won't better Bushland Shiraz Australian.Decanter if you must!

Thanks. Like I said I know nowt about wine. I'd sort of assumed that 'the more you spend the better the quality gets'

I was really looking for what was considered a good year for the Malbec or chateauneuf (granache?) variety, so that I could buy the best of one I know she likes. She might hate it, but that's not the point, it's the fact I thought about it and bought her a gift that is relevant to how she's been feeling, instead of a pointless bit of jewellery

Maybe I'll take the other advice and get a couple of bottles of something cheaper that has a good rep.

[eltax91]

Thanks for the advice everyone. I've found a local wine shop, so will try and get down there later today (MyHermes dependant!!) and choose one or two bottles

[eltax91]

Hi all

I've been to the wine shop, had a lovely 20 minutes talking about grapes.

I returned with 3 bottles, 2 x £20 bottle and a £30 bottle. They are:-

2012 Gigondas
2013 Amarone
2014 Terrunyo Carmenere

I told you I have no idea about wine, the above is what i'm getting by reading the fancy labels on the bottle