A Wine Library viewers show and 2 California wines. Episode #66

August 8, 2006

episode66

2004 Bourassa Sauvignon Blanc

2002 Braut & Sistra Sonoma Cabernet Sauvignon

Today Gary Vaynerchuk goes through questions and wines that have been asked of him. Gary tours through the vineyards of California and speaks on many different wine topics. Sit back and enjoy and let Gary know what you think by adding some comments!

48 Responses

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  1. about 6 months ago

    Kristen

    QOTD: I’d have to say a Vouvray. I can change and evolve (as the Chenin blanc does) and I can entice people with sweetness, but keep ‘em with that punchy mineral backbone.

  2. about 7 months ago

    The Fanjestic

    QoTd: I would be a surprisingly good box wine. I wish I was a cult wine like Gary….

  3. about 13 months ago

    WA Ambassador

    I’d be a merlot/cab sauv blend. Good body, great color, full of flavor and spice.

  4. about 15 months ago

    David Canada

    QOTD - 2000 Giscours, soft, somewhat feminine but with some serious structure and backbone.

  5. about 20 months ago

    ThomasS

    QOTD: I’d definetely be an Amarone: complex, paradoxical and eager to meet every challenge. Old and young, extremely dry and extremely sweet, (alcohol) punch in your face, always on it’s own mind, never giving in to some fancy prancy prick thoughts, severe and charming, brooding and enthusiastic, … oh man, I could go on for ours like that …
    Gary, extensive Amarone tasting episode? And tell us smth about how the wine is made and what it’s like. That’d be a great idea …

  6. about 24 months ago

    Brandon M

    I would be a California Cab, Intense, Lots of Layers (Like an Oger), a great mix of flavor!

    B

  7. about 25 months ago

    Mike F.

    I would be riunite on ice, cause I’m nice!

  8. about 25 months ago

    Ken Frost

    Gary, the other day you tried the 2003 Chateau Cantalys and was quite impressed with it so I opened one of mine that I purchased from you. I did not find what you were discussing in the wine. I immediately opened and compared it to a 2003 Shafer Cab which I found much more enjoyable with much more forward fruit and just a pleasure to drink. I guess my question is, Is the more earthy, mineraly taste that I found in the Cantalys what I should expect in all my Bordeaux’s, ie: 2003/2005 LaGrange, Leoville Barton, Kirwin. Even if you dont use this question, please get back to me.
    Thanks, Ken

  9. about 25 months ago

    Alan Vinci

    I would be a sauternes, picked when I’m rotten, but turn into a nectar of the gods, with the essence of honey and a sweetness not to be believed. Enjoyed for decades ahead, shared in just the right amount and with a tremendously long life to live! Eat your heart out everyone!!

  10. about 25 months ago

    Allen Rosenblatt

    I would be a 1998 Tomassi Amarone. The kind of wine I could drink every day . . . while I wait for my Brunello to mature.

  11. about 25 months ago

    ray n

    97 Tignanello…smooth, complex, delicious. Can drink now or years from now.

  12. about 25 months ago

    zerokreap (kw)

    okay….question of the day…i would be a blend…50% cab 45% merlot 5% cab franc…i guess i could break that down personality-wise, but i will not bore you. basically i am just one of those people who has many facets…and i like bordeaux
    question: do you see bordeaux prices going down in the future due to the number of meritages and blends that seem to be emerging out of cali and australia? i have a feeling you are going to say ‘with bordeaux, the sky is the limit’…especially considering the 05 futures! i thought i would ask anyway…

  13. about 25 months ago

    Alan Vinci

    Gary, could you do some blogs on some of your burgundies, I have tried quite a few and have been impressed. Would like to hear your response and your opinions… keep of the great work! thanks..

  14. about 25 months ago

    Colin D. Devroe

    Post your WineLibrary Gang sign!

  15. about 25 months ago

    Jason R.

    Any way you could do a blurb on a touch back on 2000 - 2001, 2002 Bordeaux? Maybe a wine on the comeback such as Ch. Lascombes or choose an old standby that everyone has in their cellar such as Clerc Milon or Lynch Bages. Would suggest a 3 year vertical to see how the wine is doing. Are the closed down, are they progressing… Keep up the “REAL”

  16. about 25 months ago

    FWE

    Gary thank you for your response, I have been a fan of the bourassa wines for a long time and have tracked their progress since their first release in 2001. you may want to try another bottle. I had some last night, it tasted great.

  17. about 25 months ago

    Colin D. Devroe

    Great episode as usual. Big up to Gary!

  18. about 25 months ago

    Bill Z

    Great episode, Gary, it’s getting more and more fun to watch.

    I am a GC Burgundy– pedigreed, but with dumb periods likely to come up or return at no predictable interval.

  19. about 25 months ago

    Roberto

    Bravo Gary another great WL episode ?
    When you are going to show some great Italians ?

    Grazie.!

  20. about 25 months ago

    garyv

    Hey BigBob I have known you for 100’s of years and you do business with me, you know better then anyone being on the business side that I am 1000000% my own man, I will do some burg’s soon :)

  21. about 25 months ago

    garyv

    FWE are you involved with Bourassa in anyway commercially? Just curious given your comment. I tried the wine live on the air and just was stunned by the lack of quailty and over acidic and alcoholic flavors, I am sorry. There are only great bottles and maybe this was just one of those things but it was realllllly bad :(.

  22. about 25 months ago

    Peter

    I am a cheap German Libframilch; dull, flabby with no backbone, insipid!

  23. about 25 months ago

    scotty

    Gary-The shows are getting more cult like than some cali cabs. Todays question is a little too Barbara Walters. I would have too be a port, fortified and not even hitting my stride till 30.

  24. about 25 months ago

    FWE

    Your review on the Bourassa Vineyards 2004 Sauvignon Blanc was not quite in the same realm as the vast majority. I find the wine to be extremely well balanced. Nice fruit, not as grassy as a typical Sauv Blanc. A very food friendly wine. This wine won a gold medal at the 2006 International eastern wine competition. In fact it was the only Sauv Blanc to receive gold at that competition, not an easily accomplished feat. I do not see how you can crucify a wine, like you did on your video review, which has received such rave reviews around the country. Even a review that is in your own back yard.

  25. about 25 months ago

    BigBob

    More Burgundy! The real thing! Not that CA garbage… Are you your own man…???

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