{"id":6460,"date":"2013-01-20T01:25:39","date_gmt":"2013-01-20T01:25:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/?p=6460"},"modified":"2013-01-20T01:25:39","modified_gmt":"2013-01-20T01:25:39","slug":"shooting-and-drinking-a-fortified-tannat","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wineanorak.com:\/wineblog\/uncategorized\/shooting-and-drinking-a-fortified-tannat","title":{"rendered":"Shooting and drinking a fortified Tannat"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Spent a great day at a stag do for my buddy Richard today. He’s getting married in a few weeks, and so he gathered a bunch of chums to see him off in style.<\/p>\n

We started off taking part in one of his favourite pursuits: shooting. Of late he has taken to going off for the 10 week pheasant shooting season, with his Baretta shot gun and tweed attire. Most of us have never held a shot gun before, but to get a chance to take part in shooting clays at a club, we had to avoid disclosing this fact.<\/p>\n

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S0 on a freezing January day, we made our way to the traps to be assessed. We’d been briefed on gun safety, but as we lined up to shoot (and I was first on the list), we didn’t know what to expect. Fortunately, no one was killed, we were all safe, and while our shooting left a bit to be desired, we weren’t kicked out.<\/p>\n

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The clays were shot out at a variety of angles and speeds. I’m delighted to say that begind Richard, who is a regular shooter, I came second. We were all pretty bad though. After the shooting we went off to Twickenham, for some beer and a curry. We enjoyed a number of pints of Naked Ladies, from Twickenham Fine Ales<\/a>, which is pale and quite hoppy in an English sort of way. The curry, at the Rawalpindi<\/a>, was fantastic.<\/p>\n

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Now home, I’m hitting the fortified Tannat, from Maydie <\/a>(\u00a312.95 The Wine Society). Deep coloured, rich and intense, this has lovely vivid black cherry and blackberry fruit with lovely sweetness and definition. It’s like a vivid young vintage Port where the tannic structure balances the sweet fruit. Thoroughly recommended.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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