Bought on a whim for a tenner.
This is undoubtedly the worst thing I have put in my mouth since I was 17 (don't ask). It's full foulness cannot be described, especially by me as I have taken just two sips of it. One when I opened it and another a few nights later to check I wasn't mistaken. And I wasn't. For a wine that has no actual faults it's awfulness is an achievement. It is bland, it is foul, it is cramped, it is dull, it appears to have been made without the intervention of grapes. For surely a thing so ghastly could not be a product of nature, only of men. Very unhappy, malicious men.
I am intending to use it in gravy, but I may not bring myself to do even this. It may look cheap, but you have been warned, don't do it.
Lidl 5yo sweet madeira
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Re: Lidl 5yo sweet madeira
But it was OK apart from that?
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Re: Lidl 5yo sweet madeira
Don't - nobody wants horrible gravy.LGTrotter wrote:I am intending to use it in gravy, but I may not bring myself to do even this.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn
Re: Lidl 5yo sweet madeira
I agree with Derek... A good chef would advise to only cook with as good as quality wine as you would be happy to drink.DRT wrote:Don't - nobody wants horrible gravy.LGTrotter wrote:I am intending to use it in gravy, but I may not bring myself to do even this.
Reduce down a Taylor's 1945 instead
Re: Lidl 5yo sweet madeira
No. Use for gravy wine that is just sub-drinking standard.Doggett wrote:I agree with Derek... A good chef would advise to only cook with as good as quality wine as you would be happy to drink.
Reduce down a Taylor's 1945 instead
But horribleness is just horrible: give it to the dog.
Re: Lidl 5yo sweet madeira
Or a homless Frenchman if you have one handy.jdaw1 wrote:No. Use for gravy wine that is just sub-drinking standard.Doggett wrote:I agree with Derek... A good chef would advise to only cook with as good as quality wine as you would be happy to drink.
Reduce down a Taylor's 1945 instead
But horribleness is just horrible: give it to the dog.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
Ernest H. Cockburn
Ernest H. Cockburn