1st Growth Bordeaux: Margaux,Mouton Rothschild and Haut Brion – Episode #150

December 19, 2006

Another milestone reached in the history of WLTV, Episode #150! To celebrate Gary tastes and reviews three first growth Bordeaux’s. Sit back and enjoy and thank you to everyone who got us to episode #150.

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  1. February 16, 2009

    JBooms

    Ok, ok…I am delurking.

    Currently going through every single episode, in chronological order. Hope to be caught up in a couple months.

    On the Bordeaux front…I’m still kicking myself for not purchasing a second bottle when I bought a ‘90 Leoville Barton for my former boss ten years ago. I know… second growth, not first… but you get the point.

    Hoping to make a journey to the Wine Library soon.

  2. February 17, 2008

    Fangorn81

    QOTD: Hmmm…a Rothschild wouldn’t hurt!!!

    Ha.

  3. June 11, 2007

    vivaitalia

    You said the Margaux was perfect and scored it a 96. What could it possibly take to get a 98-99-100? Actually I think 96 is the highest score i’ve seen in any WLTV episode.

  4. February 22, 2007

    TommyBoBo of WI

    Oh, My, GAWD!!!! Can I drink out of the spit bucket??!!

  5. January 1, 2007

    Vinacull

    Gary,
    Big congrats on 150, and this was a great way to celebrate. Like the other commenters, I can’t believe you were rinsing your glass with 1st growths at about 30 bucks a pop! Back from the old school days, I give this EP a 95. With brutes like this, you could have used some Iron Shiek or Hulk Hogan for tannin support. Cheers, CK

  6. December 29, 2006

    Mindmuse

    Dude!, you’re rinsing your glass with $30 worth of premier grand cru Bordeaux. Surely you actually own more than one Bordeaux glass. I think I’d use a clean one for each bottle. Are you just doing that to be cruel to us?

  7. December 23, 2006

    Joe P.

    Congrats on 150. Sorry I’m late to the party…work, kids, you know. Anyway, thanks for the first-growth treat. It’s nice to drink vicariously through you! jp

  8. December 21, 2006

    mr.francophile

    Congrats one the big one-five-o! Finally an episode Mr. F can truely apperciate. Nice line up. Glad to see my sleeping beauties are doing well. I may have to pop a margaux in the near future. I found your notes on the mouton quite interesting. Usually pauillac has more mineral tones than what you described, no earth, led pencil, or barnyard? Say it aint so…….. Huge mouton fan, im definately curious, but think i’ll wait for it to put on somoe secondary flavor profiles, let it get rid of the baby fat a little. Speaking of sediment, were any of the bottles throwing of any sediment, for bordeaux their still young, but would like to know. Cheers!

    BTW- You’ve chugged d’quem and cristal, you need to drink some fine 1st growth red out of the bottle to round it out, perhaps the margaux, followed by a lil screagle!

  9. December 21, 2006

    LXA_Harris

    Congratulations on your milestone! The most expensive wine I’ve ever had was $22/bottle, so I wish I had some sense of what it was you’re talking about with these wines. Oh well. I figure I’m living my wine-loving life through you. Keep on Enjoying!

    On the whole new-world old-world thing…. do you have some very, very, very polar wines (one extremely old-world and one extremely new-world) that are common and under $20? I want to taste side-by-side to truly understand the difference.

  10. December 21, 2006

    chito

    Amazing?, Unbelieveable?, Come on Gary , you are just starting. Many, many, many more episodes from now you will know what I mean. As always your motto is reversed, but keep up the good… great work in educating the masses. They are listening.
    Al

  11. December 20, 2006

    Jaye

    Chad M – I checked that out. I wonder what that will do for the future of the wine business if that technology is brought into wide use! Imagine classy Bordeaux aged to perfection in 5 years rather than 20! Can’t imagine anything taking the place of time though.

  12. December 20, 2006

    Chad M

    Gary you mentioned that you were drinking these wines really young. I found a great article on an instant aging machine! Talk about instant gratification. I wonder if it’s any good.

    http://www.techeblog.com/index.php/tech-gadget/video-instant-aging-wine

  13. December 20, 2006

    Tom Kirwin

    Great choices for 150!

  14. December 20, 2006

    Lawrence Leichtman

    Well, you outidd yourself but I doubt I will ever taste any of those wines (sigh). I did invest in 2nd and 3rd growth futures in ‘99 so I’m expecting great things from them in about 10 year or so. Thanks again Gary.

  15. December 20, 2006

    Suzanne

    Congratulations on hitting Episode 150.

    But am I the only one who nearly choked every time Gary casually rinsed the glass between those $150 bottles of 1st growth Bordeaux WITH BIG SLOSHES OF $150/BOTTLE 1st GROWTH BORDEAUX?!

    Holy crap.

  16. December 20, 2006

    AlanV

    I am a lurker – and I love your show. Congratulations on #150… What do I want to see? Some very easy way to taste some of the wines along with you so I could calibrate tastes and also gain some vocab/taste links.

    I am building a ~300 bottle rack in my basement (in a closet) – not ideal conditions, but looks like I can get between 58 – 65oF and ~30-50% humidity. I would also really like to hear what you think “seminal” bottles are for a cellar of this size, given a middle-of-the-road budget.

    Believe it or not, the Stillers will make it to the playoffs this year – against all odds – but they found their A-game again! Go Phins (they are such spoilers)!!

    Keep up the great shows! Thanks

  17. December 20, 2006

    Dale

    Lurker – answer is – Ship to Michigan – If I could buy, I would participate much more. Lame I know, but the truth.

  18. December 20, 2006

    Jtk

    Great show! Congrats on 150, Keep up the good work. Cheers~~~

  19. December 20, 2006

    Radders

    Gary, what a great episode at 150 so far congrats.

    You’ve made me a very happy man, very happy! I’ll tell you why, I’m a final year medical student at Oxford University in the UK and my final exams end on the 25th of January. I dont have enough space for laying down a huge cellar of first growths but I do have a bit of a collection going – and the king of the collection in my 1999 Chateau Margaux – he’s gonna get popped the evening after I finish my exams – some steak, some friends and that bad boy.

    2ndf point, have you thought about marketing your spit bucket assemblage 30% Margaux 20% Haut Brion 20% Mouton and 30% spittle. I’m sure someone would buy it. But seriously, how much did the wine you used to rinse the glass cost $5 a go – couldnt you have used water or a fresh glass – some of us would die for that much good wine =)

    Cheers Gary

  20. December 20, 2006

    Large Format Fever

    Hey, coming out of “lurker land”. This is a pivotal moment in my life….. Hey Gary, perhaps a large format episode would be cool….. There is nothing cooler than poping a 5L with your great freinds!!! CB

  21. December 20, 2006

    JayZee

    Gary,

    I do not feel jealous at all – okay, maybe just a tiny little bit, but not that much. Besides, in my cellar I have a bunch of lesser (than 1st growth) Bordeauxs. The reason is that my wife and I got married in 1999 so I wanted to get a bunch of decent Bordeaux to drink over several years. I have some Le Gay, Pontet-Canet, Leoville Poyferre, Lynch Bages, and Pape Clement. I’ve tried a few of them and they seem pretty decent thusfar. I think 1999 was at least a decent vintage in Bordeaux.

    Congrats on the 150th ep and hoping for many, many, many, many more…

  22. December 20, 2006

    Eric

    I noticed that SS Chris mentioned there are some fans congregating in Hoboken on Thursday night, and I would like to know the specific venue if possible, as I will conveniently be in Hoboken on Thursday night as it is. ‘Preciate it.

  23. December 20, 2006

    Capt M

    Very, very, very, very nice (and interesting) episode. Such a nice way to commemorate the 150, specially for those of us who CAN’T afford any of these bottles. Tim F, the ending was so hilarious!! I’ll get on to working on my Oak Monster, to see if I can come up with something.

  24. December 20, 2006

    The Raging Platypus

    Allright, Gary, you were pleading so hard for the lurkers to come out of the woodwork that I actually started to feel bad for not commenting earlier. Y’know, as if a piece of my soul were lost in the dark, swirling depths of your Bordeaux spit bucket, only to be reclaimed if I either marched over to Wine Library to drink the last Vaynerspit-dregs of those first growths, or finally leaving my mark here on this board.

    It was a tougher decision than I expected. =P

    Congratulations on episode 150, and thank you for helping me learn more and more about wine everyday!

    QOTD: Um, could I have my soul back? I keep losing pieces of it after every Giants game.

  25. December 20, 2006

    E

    Julius: it’s a HUGE wine.

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