On the internets most popular video rummage table I found this excerpt of a Gordon Ramsay show ("the f word"), where the famous chef challenges Matt Skinner -that is Jamie Oliver's sommelier wine guy -to blind taste a few bottles. From a German perspective this is a painful scene since a cheapo bottle of blue nun represents our country here, what a pity! (But on the other hand isn't every big wine country represented with 1 or 2 such wines on the supermarket shelves? Think of JP Chenet for France for example.)
But a moment later though, Matt Skinner could'nt identify a 1992 Petrus as a great wine, argueing it might be corked. So at least our Blue Nun gets a small revenge since in the end it had the better price quality ratio! "Sweet revenge" would be the adequate words here! ...And risk/return probably the more adequate ratio. BTW, do Châteaux' like Petrus actually replace corked bottles? Would be curious to know...
The winner of this tasting seems to be a 1998 Penfolds Grange, which still costs 500 GBPs btw. What a nice set-up: an Australian wine writer challenged to recognize the green green grass of home, I mean the red red shiraz of home of course... I would love to be challenged with such wines by the way!

Again a Naoussa Grande Reserve by Boutari. After having tried the 1997, I now have the 2001 in front of me. Nose of sweet Plums, a touch of cinnamon and spices, maybe cloves and some violet. Let’s take a sip. Ew! Palate starts awfully, very bitter with green notes... Well I get it, should at least wait 15 minutes before drinking… Second try after 30 minutes. Now that’s better, the wine loosened up, has shaken off those bitter greenish tones and feels much rounder, almost like a Rhône wine. Finish feels kind of dusty though. This was apparently a more difficult vintage than the 1997. The 1997 reminded me a good Ribera, this one rather some above average aged Rhône wine. Tried it again on the second day then. Nose slightly reminds of caramel, plum is there, a Port-like aged tone, some cinnamon, a touch of Mon Chéri chocolate, later more blackberries, and also hint of freshness in the finish. Some astringency and also a slight bitter tone still persist. All in all quite enjoyable but not too complex in style. This is the right time for drinking this one, maybe it already passed its peak by a year. As for a rating: compared to the 1997 vintage this one is rather in the 86-88 range, the 1997 being in the 89-91.