Comments on: Four Pinot Noirs – Episode #71

By: John J.

John J. — Wed, 16 Sep 2009 01:28:56 +0000

qotd: i taste wine at least 5 days of the week. just that the wines are not as varied as i would like. & Pommard, honestly i think its overrated as far as burgundy rouge goes. I think think there’s other burgundies out there that top it, like volnay, and more reliable. speaking of rating, i think vin jaune and charbono are underrated, and would love to see you do a tasting/episode and help change that.

By: Purple Tooth

Purple Tooth — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 23:12:43 +0000

QOTD: I drink wine every day.

By: Kristen

Kristen — Wed, 19 Mar 2008 01:32:35 +0000

I opened up a French pinot tonight, but I should have known better- it was from Trader Joes (I want to learn about the French wines that most Americans have access to). Even after decanting for 2 hours, it smelled and tasted like cigarette ash. Ugh! I kept trying it and it was better with some food, but the food acted more like a mask than a compliment. I hope that most Americans don’t base their assumptions of French wine on something they buy from a grocery store!

QOTD: Yeah, I taste every night. I wanna be in the business, so I need to learn as much as possible. Plus, it’s always a great way to end the day- drinking wine and watching WLTV.

By: thefanjestic

thefanjestic — Mon, 11 Feb 2008 01:10:45 +0000

Qotd – 5+ times a week (honestly every night unless we eat at a restaurant)

By: WA Ambassador

WA Ambassador — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 22:18:58 +0000

I drink about 1 bottle a day with my girlfriend.

By: David Canada

David Canada — Tue, 03 Jul 2007 19:20:48 +0000

QOTD – Everyday baby!….. 6 out of 7 actually but as often as possible.

By: ThomasS

ThomasS — Fri, 26 Jan 2007 16:25:53 +0000

Yuw Gary. Nice indeed. I have somewhat awkward feelings on Pinot but they can certainly be great juice. Still, man you have a very traditional choice of where your Pinot’s come from. Come on man, Pinot from Austria, the SpÃ¤tburgunder thing, that’s nothing so special, it’s all over the *** place here! No, kidding. But anyway: why not a German SpÃ¤t, an Italian Pinot Nero, a Hungarian/Romanian Pino Neru or even smth from NZ? I think they are mostly better in QPR, really, especially the Italian ones , and I tell you this: Austrian SpÃ¤t, I really never had a WOW-one, really never, Germans are much better in my experience (whatever …). Maybe there are some, but I haven’t had them yet, and oh, man, you don’t want to know how much of this Austrian junk I already drank. Barnyardy wine on skis, or expensive schnappsy disasters (like you had), yuk, yuk, yuk.
Great episode though . Had an Oregon Argyle Pinot 2001 yesterday, very, very profound bottle of wine. I was certainly intrigued.
QOTD: 5 days a week, the rest is beer time! Have a nice weekend, I’m gonna sip my Rochefort 10 (trappist ale) and play some music. C ya!

By: P. Hig.

P. Hig. — Mon, 28 Aug 2006 04:03:40 +0000

Gary
you are a smart man and you know a great deal about the grape. Your knowledge or at least discussion of pinot, and particularly burgundy, to the extent that you dicuss it at all, is to my mind not up to snuff. 1st: What the heck is Cave de Colombe? Where did you find this stuff? I take it is a negotiant (as the name suggests). In any case, seems a little odd as representative of what Burgundy can produce. How about using Bouchard or Jadot instead if you are going the negoce route? Second, why a 2003? When you start talking about bacon in your tasting profile of pinot it freaks me out. Bacon is Syrah. In pinot something is up. OK so 2003 is the closest Burgundy will ever get to Rhone (or at least I hope so). In 2003 just about every wine tasted like it came from the south. Why not
use a 2002 or 2004, both relatively terroir driven vintages? Another thing, why have the Burgundy last? It MAKES ABSOLUTELY NO SENSE! of course it doesn’t stand up to the new world stuff. Neither does being caressed with a feather after you have been hit over the head with a baseball bat. That is why New World wines do well against old world wines in comparative tasting. All subtlety is lost.
Finally, the idea that you don’t take ageworthiness into account kind of bothers me. If I am to understand, you are recommending wines for immediate consumption. If that is the case, I won’t by anything you recommend that costs over twenty bucks because I don’t want to spend more than twenty bucks on something I am expected to drink now. A great wine (or even a really good one) should be ageworthy. You know as well as I do that your Russian River pinot (an area whose wines I know fairly well) won’t last more than two or three years. That, to me, makes it something I’m not that interested in. I’d rather drink a good $15 Bourgogne with some acidity to it and no “road tar.” Geez…why the hell have Pinot at all if they all are aiming to be zin?
Anyway, if you weren’t doing a good job (that is, interesting work) I wouldn’t watch or comment. Great show on the Germans, by the way.

By: Markyb

Markyb — Sat, 19 Aug 2006 03:45:19 +0000

Late to the party (as usual), but still up on Friday night watching WLTV (way to keep me involved).

So – how often do I taste wine? Not often enough … which is why I am advocating a new size – the demi-demi bottle … one glass, and I can try something new each night. Anyone?

By: Richard B

Richard B — Wed, 16 Aug 2006 23:32:30 +0000

I expect … this comment being #70 will likely never be read .. but just had a 99 Cote de Chalonnaise .. P. Villaine La Digoine.. talk about terroir! Tobacco, red currant, great mid palate and finish. Made my day!