Cotes Du Rhone wine reviews.

Cotes Du Rhone wine reviews. – Episode 101

October 5, 2006

Wines tasted in this episode:

Today Gary tastes through some of the biggest names in the wine world and has a lot of fun doing it. He also tackles some of the stuff going on in the comments section.

Links mentioned in todays episode.

Delicious Days
Portals and KM
Chancecube

144 Responses

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October 5, 2006

SS Chris
DENYCE M, Welcome to VaynerNation….you are officially a Vayniac.

Your hubby and I have grown rather tight (I’m a little obsessive compulsive like B)..just look at the SS….nuff said.

Anyway welcome….and we thank you for allowing Brandon to contribute as he does.

Brandon…there’s no hiding now..
October 5, 2006

Anthony L
First time commenting long time lurking. Love what your doing keep up the the great work.
October 5, 2006

Brandon M
Crap…I’ve been found out!
October 5, 2006

Rich S
No wine tonight but last night I had a easy drinking red table wine from Renault Winery in our own state of NJ. It is a blend so I don’t know exactly what grape varietals are in it, but it is nothing fancy. It went well though with the pasta and rustic tomato sauce we had last night………

This weekend I am going to a friend’s house for a dinner party though and will be bringing some better juice. A nice, crisp Australian blend of semillon and sauv blanc (Leeuwin Estate from WL) and a really nice meritage from a small CA winery, named Little Vineyards oddly enough.
October 5, 2006

PattyO
Little Penguin Shiraz – thanks to you Gary!
Guess what – yep, it’s a surprisingly yummy little cheapo!
October 5, 2006

Rick
Hi

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http://winelibrary.com/reviewwine.asp?item=26780
The Garretson winey says,

“2003
G RED
Central Coast
Red Wine

Varietal Composition:
70% Syrah
12% Grenache
10% MourvÃ¨dre
8% Viognier

Finished Chemistry:
14.7% Alcohol
3.75 pH
0.62 TA
0.15 RS

Production Protocol:
Hand-harvested fruit was gently destemmed, resulting in nearly 100% whole berry fruit. All lots were inoculated with a combination of D-254, D-80 and D-21 RhÃ´ne yeast isolates. Through primary fermentation, each lot was punched down three to four times a day. After fermentation, both free-run and press lots were transferred into a combination of third- and fourth-fill and neutral oak barrels. The wine underwent 100% malolactic in barrel, and was aged on the lees for 18 months. A careful barrel selection was followed by judicious blending to create the resulting wine.

Winemakerâ€™s Notes:
Bright garnet in color, this wine exhibits aromas of rasberry, white peach, blueberry, spice box and white pepper lead. Medium to full bodied on the palate, it displays great intensity of fruit with wonderful grip and texture. While drinking nicely now, this wine will improve over the next year and drink well for 5 to 7 years or beyond.

Wines in our “G” Series are crafted to maximize drinking pleasure without sacrificing balance or complexity. They serve as a great introduction to our winery…not to mention they’re just plain fun to drink.

Case Production: 3,600 (12 x 750ml)

Suggested Retail: $20 per bottle.”
October 5, 2006

DWildman
Drinking Clos Mimi Petite Rousse with a steak burrito. Goes incredibly well.

Gary, what is your favorite method of wine preservation? Do you think the Vacu-Vin and similar things really work for red wine left at room temperature? I have a Wine Keeper, one of the nitrogen things…i find it works but definitely needs a few minutes of swirling to get oxygen back in the wine and nitrogen out. Find if i drink the nitrogen-saturated wine immediately it tastes, well, “off” somehow.

Gary, do you have a Nikolai Volkoff action figure? He was my favorite villain. My favorite “heroes” were Chief J. Strongbow and Billy White Wolf.

Great show. Very tempted to buy the Grand Veneur….
October 5, 2006

JustinL
BTW, I’m going to a German Riesling tasting tonight, so that’s what I’m drinking.
October 5, 2006

JustinL
Gary, you have a Strawberry Shortcake collection? Creepy.
October 5, 2006

StanVH
Giacomo-Mori Chianti 2001

Did I really hear you say a Berenger white Zin??? And they say you “are not funny”.
October 5, 2006

good old ludwig van
QOTD:

I’m drinking the 2003 Clos Mimi Syrah Petite Rousse that Gary raved about in episode 80, and it’s very nice. Check out my tasting notes on cellartracker.com.

I liked today’s episode–I’m kind of glad to get back to the meat and potatoes wine tasting.
October 5, 2006

GOL
no gewurz in my cellar… but thx and i’ll remember that SeanM
October 5, 2006

Matty Van, Rochester NY
“Chancecube” guys thats was great…which reminds me it would be great to see an finger lakes NY show, I recomend our reislings.

Gary you are funny haha, not funny queer (sling blade)….I sent they guy an e-mail

QOD – 2002 BV merlot, I like it dont love it, its good for the $ as are all of the wines I buy or at least I hope

Brandon M – maybe I can quit my job and move in with you and your mom, has to be room for a futon for me to sleep on somewhere in the basement, then we could comment on here sooo much that we would rule the WLTV world.
October 5, 2006

bryan
nice to see the show get back to normal. I am going to be drinking the 2004 Etude Pinot Noir tonight.
October 5, 2006

SeanM
Gol,

Thai food GewÃ¼rztraminer

QOD:

I’ll be drinking a simple Zin tonight. Ranch Zabaco Dancing Bull 2002
October 5, 2006

Chris
Great episode Gary! Tonight I will be drinking an 04 Neal Zin. Gary, how about a Brunello or Super Tuscan episode? What are some of your favorite wine parings with Turkey? I’m starting to think about Thanksgiving. Thanks. Chris
October 5, 2006

Bear Down
Gary,

Good episode. I’ve been burned by Cotes du Rhone, Guigal a few times. I’ll never drink it again. Althought, I do enjoy their Cote-Rote, Brune et Blonde, but that’s not always in the budget.

I’ll likely be drinking a half bottles of 2002 Frank Family C/S, Napa, and maybe a couple of Old Styles (mid-western cheap beer).

Only 4-0 team in the NFC! ‘da Bears!
October 5, 2006

Cameron P
Great episode, nice to see you back in full swing after the brief hiatus. I love the Rhone, thanks for highlighting some good values. QOD: Tonight I will be drinking a Syrah from Addamo Vineyards, a new boutique winery on Cali’s central coast.
October 5, 2006

GOL
GV – Teenage boy… is that your way of working current events into WLTV?

As coincidence has it I had the ‘03 Guigal and the ‘01 Guigal the other night at a family dinner. Had it with and without food and I enjoyed it with food (lots of vegetables, salmon, chicken). I didn’t get the evergreen grass nose (in fact, i didn’t get much of a nose at all out of it) but I certainly agree that it is not complex and not offensive, which I think in the under $10 category means you’ve done OK. The ‘01 was inferior to ‘03. I will be seeking out the two winners from this ep.

Vayniacs – To answer the QOD I need a suggestion for what to drink with Thai food tonight, probably chicken pad thai maybe green curry chicken with broccoli (mild spice)… it’s not gonna be the rest of an over-oaked, under-fruited Penny Hill ‘04 Red Dot Chardonnary I had the other night

This is GOL and I’m a BEARS fan (and Tigers fan for this week only)!
October 5, 2006

Matthew L
T I G E R S !!!

Nice show. I am big fan of Rhone wine.

I am a foodie, and my wife’s a chef, so we will check out delicious days. I’ll be sure to stick a fork in that pretentious-looking Bill Eaves.

Tonight I’m trying a bottle of Pago del Vicaro 2005 Petit Verdot Rosado(Spain).

In addition to the victorious TIGERS…Gary, you know I’m Lions fan. They play the Jets on Oct. 22.

Gary…thanks for the nice e-mail!
October 5, 2006

MaryS
Ouch Gary! Are you really drinking Beringer White Zin tonight? I bet you are just teasing me to get me to comment. Well it worked. Come on over. I have plenty. But I am still trying new stuff

Didn’t get a chance to comment on Episode 100 yesterday. It was really funny. One of my favorite episodes along with the tour, the drive and Rieslings. I learned a lot from that one.

Mary S
Martinsville, New Jersey
October 5, 2006

PattyO
The chancecube was FAN-TAS-TIC! Guys – you had me crying! No spitting because they don’t believe in wasting! Way to go! I want to see a cat (or a pig or a racoon…) hop across Gary’s table during the next episode…
As for the Cotes Du Rhones – thanks for tasting these today! I have great memories of the ones I drank in France but have just bought dud after dud here at home. In fact, I just checked and the only one I have on hand at the moment is the Perrin – yet another dud it would appear! So now I have a little direction and I’m excited about 2 great-value options from your tasting today!
October 5, 2006

Picktown
Well, now you’ve inspired me to open the Domaine La Garrigue Cotes du Rhone…

But tonight it was the Beringer Knight’s Valley Cab with dinner. We’re actually headed out the door to the local wine shoppe, to see what’s new from Washington.

Go Buckeyes!
O – H – …
October 5, 2006

Tony S.
Nice to see you’re honest and know that your Jets are going to lose to the Jags this weekend. Who know’s maybe it’ll be an upset.

QOD: Double mag of 1982 Petrus. Ya…right, I mean a bottle of 2005 Las Brisas (Spanish white wine). My wife loves it, and keeping her happy is key…especially during football season.

Nice episode, I tend to stray away from Cotes-du-Rhones cause I’ve had so many blah ones.

OK…gotta run. Go Bears!!!
T
October 5, 2006

Deb L
GO VIKES!! What will I drink tonight with the girls? Semillon silly.
anyhoo – cant wait until the next episode – already have a xmas list to order