Sancerre Wines and a Sneak Peak to Bordeaux

Sancerre Wines and a Sneak Peak to Bordeaux – Episode #202

March 26, 2007

Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Girard Sancerre La Garenne
2005 Thomas-labaille Sancerre Les Monts Damnes
2005 Hippolyte Reverdy Sancerre
2005 Henri Bourgeois Le Md Bourgeois Sancerre
Question of the day: “What is the biggest example of where your perception was not reality?”

Gary’s back and has some info on Bordeaux and tastes through his favorite white wines.

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March 27, 2007

Erik
Great to have you back and (as always) I’m excited to have more Wine Library clips announcing their arrival in my e-mail!

I’ve been on a tear tasting as many New Zealand Sauvignon Blancs as I can. The episode today will give me a reason to try some of the Sancerre wines and compare.

QOTD – There are so many examples of perception not meshing with reality it’s hard to know where to start. Just thinking about the subject of “politics” brings many thoughts to mind… Personally I’ve experienced a lot of perception-to-reality mismatches when traveling and sight-seeing: I think about the first time I actually visited the Grand Canyon. There’s no way to capture the first sense of vertigo and enormity though everyone has seen the pictures of the park.

I remember visiting the 360-degree theatre that Disneyland used to have as an attraction and how the senses could be fooled when you watched a movie being displayed all around you (they actually needed hand-rails as so many visitors lost their sense of equilibrium in there).

Also coming to mind was a fun party-game where team members would be blindfolded and then taste a “mystery food” concealed within a bag and tell everyone what they thought they had just tasted (things like a raw peeled potato would result in answers like an apple). A lot of familiar foods were frequently mistaken with often hilarious results. Lets me appreciate how difficult it can be in developing an “educated palate” for wine-tasting.
March 27, 2007

PattyO
The laugh was great Gary – I can see why you’ve always wanted to do that! I had to rewind and watch it again it was so good!

QOtD-
Perception – the squalling, begging, screaming, laying-on-the-floor-tantrum toddlers in stores are a reflection of BAD, BAD, INEFFECTIVE parents!
Reality – (discovered after giving birth and raising 3 kids through toddler-dom) – NOT.
March 27, 2007

flavasauce
QOTD: If I perceive it to be real than it is real. All reality being a subjective experience unless you are a Buddah.
March 27, 2007

Lawrence Leichtman
Welcome back. Sancerres always bring me back to them. Wish just one California Sauvignon Blanc even attempted it. Love the shellfish and grassy/olive/herbal component to a good one. Can’t tell that you had a great time from the clip but I’m sure they will be more. You do look reinvigorated so the trip must have been great. Not sure I’ve every tasted more than 250 wines in a week so I don’t know how you can keep 2500 straight in your head. Perception and reality are always the same. Your only reality is what you perceive.
March 27, 2007

alco holland
Qotd: That “lady” I tried to pick up last night at…aaah forget it.
March 27, 2007

Jamie
Couldn’t agree more about undiscovered low priced Bordeaux losing out to the old vines. Even here in the UK there is that misconception that Bordeaux is only for the rich. I’m also intrigued by the bottle with your picture on it… ?
March 27, 2007

Fred C.
Gary,glad to have you back.Hope the French treated you well! Great Sancerre episode but you may know that there are 6 other Sauvignon blancs AOCs in the Loire valley, which I think, will be worth visiting(great values in Touraine) – Fred
March 27, 2007

Formally Known as Big man
Gary I am from denver and how can you hate elway. that is all
March 27, 2007

damon
by the way, what was the bottle with your pic on it?
March 27, 2007

ken
Gary, great epsiode on Sancerre. Iâ€™m pretty much an NZ guy when it comes to SB. It has been awhile since Iâ€™ve had Sancerre so I think Iâ€™ll have to try some more.
QOTD: My perception is that it is going to get very warm soon. Hopefully, that will not be reality since I will not buy mail-order wine again until the fall when it cools down again and Iâ€™d really like to make another purchase from WL before summer. Also, I spent 7 days in Napa Valley last April at my uncleâ€™s place. My perception was that it would be like every other time Iâ€™ve been to Napa in the spring; blue skies, wonderful weather, spring flowers, spending a day drinking great wine at David Arthur Vineyards. What was the reality? It rained EVERY DAY and was cold!! Hope you had fun in Bordeaux. Thanks.
March 27, 2007

dadobs
QOTD: That a 5′10″ kid from the sticks of Minnesota would dunk someday and be a basketball stud. Story probably sounds familiar to some (subtract Minnesota…insert Jersey…).
March 27, 2007

ScottieP
Welcome back Gary! Can’t wait to see the bordeaux!

Saw you on a show on INHD (mojo) the other night tasting wines and guessing their prices- was pretty funny! What was that last wine you said was so great??? They never showed a good closeup!
March 27, 2007

TampaSteve
WE WANT BORDEAUX…..WE WANT BORDEAUX……WE WANT BORDEAUX;)……..
March 27, 2007

Joe Po
Gary, Welcome home! Great move on the Sancerre’s rather than the Bordeaux.Can hardly wait to see the scenes from the trip. Mahvelous to see you animated and descriptive!
QOTD: Seattle. Ended up having a beautiful 9 days instead of the expected showers and gloom. This was in July.
March 27, 2007

Mike C
Finally some one is sincere about Sancerre…haha sorry couldn’t help myself.
March 27, 2007

Mrs Monrovino
156 days until my Birthday. Gary, thanks for remembering!

Please don’t let this be my answer for the QOTD
March 27, 2007

wey
Welcome back Gary! Looking forward to seeing some more Bordeaux video’s
March 27, 2007

Matty Matt
Welcome back. Its sucked not having new episodes to watch while eating my lunch at work.

QOTD – Becoming an adult, when I was in college and right after I thought that was the time of my life (and it was awesome) but having a wife and a baby and enjoying fine wine not chugging cheap beer is much more rewarding.
March 27, 2007

cpd
Welcome back, GV.

QOTD: It always does look much bigger in the mirror, doesn’t it?
March 27, 2007

Joseph
Yeay…new episodes.
March 27, 2007

Justin S
Love the pink panter music at the end!

QOTD When I was younger I thought getting older would suck until I realized it’s all about how you perceive life at whatever point in life you find yourself. If that even made any sense, anywho great show.
March 27, 2007

Autumnfox
Welcome back Gary! A lurker no more…I had no idea I was making you that angry. Oddly enough last night we had a Sancerre purchased from WL and how refreshing(considering 99.76502% of our wines are red) it was!
QOTD: That my butt is small from a side glance.
March 27, 2007

K MAN
comment 104….just building it up baby!
March 27, 2007

wayno da wino
Gary, great having ya back !! We missed you alot !
Whose your favorite Sancerre producers ??

QOTD: When I was a “young” kid, I thought as ALL
people get older they become more ethical, honest,
civil, etc. As an “old” kid, I find that is not
always the case.

Looking forward to your Bordeaux findings !!
Keep up the Super Work !!
March 27, 2007

Carlitos
Great to have you back in town and in form, Gary!

I think we are all looking forward to more Bordeaux insight.