Wine Temperature Time – Episode #273

July 10, 2007

Today Gary Vaynerchuk tries the same wine 3 different ways and has some fun in the middle that will make you veryyyy happy!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2003 Le Macchiole RossoTOSCANA IGT

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July 11, 2007

luvgrapesqeezings
ASS—40, Male, Massachusetts
I’ve tried a similiar experiment with wine temperature several times and I found that cooler temperature wines (in the 40s and 50s F)tend to show several characteristics:
1. Fruit flavors seem to be more muted than if it were served at a temp in the sixties.
2. The fruit flavors of chilled reds tend to be tarter
3. The mouth feel is ‘thinner’ or less viscous (ex. a merlot that isthinner waterey when cool and plush and velvety when at least in 60s)
4. When frozen and defrosted, wine will precipitate tartrates where one can see some stringy crystal thingies in the wine.

Furthermore, in my findings I noticed that wine served at a warmer, temperature 80F plus, tend to taste flabbier with what tastes and feels like wine with less acidity.

I think that a fun way to approach the experiment would be to serve a wine without exceptionally high acidity at a measured 45F, 65F, and 85F.

These findings are why sometimes I prefer serving Zin in the low 60s so it doesn’t taste like flabby jammy stuff to me. During the heat of the summer, I tend to drink red wines in air conditioned enviroments or white wine & beer outdoors.
July 11, 2007

Carl
no longer a lurker! another good show. ASS=37,M,NY
July 11, 2007

Len C
You never cease to amaze. Great show. 47 year old male nj
July 11, 2007

Raffi
Very cool show. GV taking it for the team.

A=35
S=Male
S=Jersey
July 11, 2007

Tyler
Crazy Deals!! If you sold cars I’d be scared . Great episode, likeing the additions, keep it up. ASS = 32, Male, and Richland WA (i.e. Columnbia Valley)
July 11, 2007

mjhch1
Age… Sex… State…hmmmm…I usually don’t give out that info.
ok.. over 40, Femme, and living in GA
(aged very well, sex – yes please, and state – currently sober)

I LOVE that you’re talking about the heat issue… It’s so freeeking hot in GA this time of year. So thanks again for your bold demonstration.

Thanks for offering up the cool schwag too. Very generous
July 11, 2007

Elliot Essman
Fab episode. I think the next frontier will involve “flash aging” wines. I do have a cellar, but if I filled it with wine, there wouldn’t be room for all the junk.

Age: 57

Sex: Male

State: Connecticut
July 11, 2007

Thomas
Great show, keep up the good work!

A: 23
S: Male
S: Georgia
July 11, 2007

Bernie Bearnaise
That was an EXTREMELY good episode. A coworker just last week told me that he inherited a lot of “61″ Bordeaux which is a stellar vintage but he was worried about the condition due to the ullage. I went over to check out the bottles and they were great Chateaus including La Tour, Leoville, Lynch-Bages etc. Sadly the corks were bulging out the capsules on many of the bottles. The ullage line was very low on the shoulder on most. In the light the wine had very little color and a lot of sediment which was to be expected. He had opened two bottles recently and the corks crumbled and the wine ruined. I now think thanks to your experiment that these wines got cooked at some point. Originally I thought they had been frozen or something that exerted pressure from inside the bottle against the cork from expansion. Any advice for my friend, Gary?

I will commonly drink a glass or two in the evening with dinner and put a vacuvin stopper in and put it in the fridge. The next day I’ll try it and won’t wait for it to reach room temp and sometimes it will improve the flavor! The vegetal characteristics are muted and the fruit retained. I too like to drink red wine at room temp because it reveals more. I also like to let white wine warm up a little after refrigeration. I haven’t tried the microwave trick yet but now you have given me the impetus to experiment.

54 years of breaking rules

The wife, the kids, the dog, the whole catastrophe..

Germantown, Maryland

Hail to the Redskins!
July 11, 2007

Chris S.
Cheap Schwag?!

I am so in.

Thanks, Gary! You rock harder than most everyone else on these internets.

Oh, and 26, male, Palatine, IL
July 11, 2007

RobH
Outstanding effort – you’ll keep most new viewers with good shows like this, it plays to your particular gifts (imho)

50
Male
Central Vermont
July 11, 2007

TimInFL
You want it, you got it!

A = 35
S = M
S = FL = Boca Raton
July 11, 2007

Ryan D
QotD: Do your own market research!

31, Male, New Jersey
July 11, 2007

VOLVONUT
VERY INTERESTING SHOW–LOOKING FORWARD TO THE CLEF DU VIN THING
55 M PA
July 11, 2007

TD
Age: 33
State: Inebriated
And my sex is quick and disappointing.
July 11, 2007

walkieboy
Great show.

QOTD 43, Male, NJ
July 11, 2007

gustasopher
A: 37
S: Male
S: Florida

Question: do you think that the heat that didn’t ruin the red wine will/might damage, e.g., a sparkler, white, etc? I ask b/c I tend to get more sparklers that are ruined, e.g, corked, etc.
July 11, 2007

Martin
22 male Colorado
July 11, 2007

DougG
QOTD: 31 – M – Virginia

Tonights show is gonna be the tits
July 11, 2007

Dominus
Great show as always. It has been brutally hot so it’s good to know there won’t be too much damage toting my stash home on the Metro.

QOTD: 54/M/MD

Looking forward to Pandora’s Box tonight.

SantÃ©
July 11, 2007

Rob B.
Gary, Great episode.
37 Male NJ
July 11, 2007

MikeyB
qotd: 32 year old male from massachusettts
July 11, 2007

AnthonyS
I have a lot of catching up to do, but it’s great to see an episode again. Can’t wait to see the results from the Clef du vin in the next ep.

QOTD – 26/M/NJ
July 11, 2007

Metal Dave
QOTD: 28, M, Ennis, Co. Clare, Ireland

Hi Fishamble!
July 11, 2007

gustasopher
Great show, Gary. Love the educational stuff. Keep it coming.

Cheers