The NAKED Show – Episode #289

The NAKED Show – Episode #289

August 8, 2007

Gary Vaynerchuk focuses on Naked Chardonnay, what does that mean? Unoaked Chardonnay’s. this is gonna be interesting.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Tolosa Chardonnay No OakOther California Chardonnay
2005 Four Vines Naked ChardonnayOther California Chardonnay
2006 Chehalem Chardonnay InoxOregon Chardonnay
2006 Mer Soleil Chardonnay SilverNapa Chardonnay

Links mentioned in todays episode.

483 Responses

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August 9, 2007

DaveyDonut
QOTD: I’d say 85% without food, and 15% with. That is, time spent drinking while eating vs not eating. Sure, I may pop a bottle before dinner, and eat dinner while drinking the glass, but I only consume 1/2 a glass during that dinner (if it’s at home). Normally I focus on dinner (which usually isn’t too interesting for a bachelor at home), and then go into the main course: the wine. Obviously eating out, or preparing a fancy dinner at home, is a different matter. But usually when I’m drinking wine I’m watching a movie, listening to music, or conversing with friends.

BTW, I swear I’m going to comment every time I hear you pronounce Oregon wrong… usually I provide you a link to Merriam Webster’s pronunciation page, but then my comment gets moderated and no one sees it. We’re going to learn you yet… I would think you’ve been to Oregon at least to visit some vinyards?.. or no? Maybe when you’re out for the ultimate vanyiac contest you’ll get it.

David
August 9, 2007

luvgrapesqeezings
Hey I also goofed on my last post, so how about putting in an “edit” feature to the “Leave A Reply” Box?
August 9, 2007

luvgrapesqeezings
My initial post was written before drinking my AM coffee- I know it’s no excuse for an English Major. William Strunk’s ghost is haunting me. Perhaps I should proofread with java.

Pad it up for GV with corrections: An should be a. “Here” should be “here”
Comma after “Yet”. “absolutely no oak never” is non-standard English, “absolutely no oak ever” is standard English.

LETS GO RED SOX!!!!!!
August 9, 2007

Shad
Good show that needed to be done. I have laid off the Chardonnay because of the oak that most California Chards had. Very exciting what is happening in the world of “naked” wine.

QOTD:60% with food and 40% by itself

And now that we have a link to send pics and what not to, some will be on their way.
August 9, 2007

PTex
QOTD: 60% without food, 40% with.
August 9, 2007

Deano
GARY great show i loved it. I am going to try to get back on that chard band wagon and stick with the non oak choices out there. You are the man for educating the wine world with your knowledge. I cant wait to get my wristband i will send you a pic as soon as i get one

QOTD:
-75 percent with food and 25 without food.
August 9, 2007

BK
Gary, thanks for the info on “naked” chardonnay’s. I have enjoyed the 4 Vines a couple of times. I enjoy these chardonnay’s much more than than ones that are all maloed out.
QOTD: I’d have to say 50/50.
August 9, 2007

vinoria
how cold are the wines before you taste them? It’s a long way to the last white one.
August 9, 2007

talksnmaths
QOTD: 30% with food / 70% without
August 9, 2007

wlburk
is ridiculous, you know, if all the regular posters just divided their normal posts into 5, we would have had 700!

GOSH DARN IT PEOPLE, YOU MADE ME OUT TO BE A LIAR!
August 9, 2007

wlburk
this
August 9, 2007

SethID
Great show Gary. I can’t wait to give some of these wines a shot.

QOTD: I’d say I’m a 50/50 type guy. I would like to be 80 with / 20 without though.
August 9, 2007

luvgrapesqeezings
GV thanks for another great episode. An brief mention of how olfactory sensations influence and interact with taste perception would be fantastic. Lets here it for the sniffy sniff! A show featuring highly aromatic wines like gewurztraminer may be fun.

Your wine similies consistently do a great job in describing the characteristics, character and personality of wine. Describing how use of oak in wine is ‘like how women use or don’t use makeup’ is fantastic because it will may help people re-consider jumping on a potentially faddish “absolutely no oak never” movement. Personally, I think that no makeup is prettier than clowns stumbling out of a minicooper. Yet many people like to carefully use makeup to accentuate certain features at certain times.
I hope that big segments of the market will not entirely close themselves off to the use of well integrated oak. Yea there are a lot of Bozo Chards out there, and maybe more producers will be more careful with malo and oak.

QOTD: 40% of dinners-Those that I eat at home. I don’t drink wine with dinners at work. When I drink wine on its own at home, after eating dinner at work, I often have a little cheese, bread or meat with wine.
August 9, 2007

hasbeen
QOTD: 95% with food.

Glad to hear you have sliders in New Jersey. One of my sons went to college in Connecticut and was dissapointed that he could find no White Castles on the east coast.
August 9, 2007

PhilB
Man, did the comments’ number go up lately!! Great stuff!

QOTD: 70% w/ food, 30% without….
August 9, 2007

Chuck D
QOTD: 35% with meals ? wine comes 1st food is more of an afterthought normally. Restaurant wine lists are grossly over priced for any thing beyond the pedestrian.
- Did you get the JETS bucket back from Conan
- Any upcoming guests Jets planned for the show ? How about a tasting with Mangini
August 9, 2007

AnthonyS
What a relief it was when I realized it was the Chardonnay that was naked and not you GV.

QOTD: I’d say most of my wine consumption (90%+) is done while eating. It may not always be a full meal. I almost always have some cheese in the house to accompany the wine or some other snacking type food.
August 9, 2007

Ryan D
QotD: It’s about 85% without food.
August 9, 2007

WMiree
QOTD: My best guess is 80-85% with food; 15-20% without. I have too much over malo/oaked chardonnay in my cellar, which I try to drink with no food or with hors d’oeuvres. In 2-3 years these will finally have been consumed. More recently, I have been buying chards with more moderate oak, but I still like a little oak and some smaller percentage of malo (maybe around 50%). I really hate the big oak monsters, but am looking for a fair amount of moderation rather than total abstinence. I am struggling for a meaningful way to express myself, and maybe this is it: I like chardonnay with just enough malo and oak to give it added roundness and complexity without being obvious.

I am pleased to say that I am finding more and more moderation recently in many big name chards that used to be completely over the top. It still amazes me that producers of otherwise great chardonnay deem it necessary to add so much more oak to their best cuvees, and slap a “reserve” label on the bottle. The regular bottlings of many of these top producers is far better balanced and better food wines than their “reserves.”
August 9, 2007

Jayhitek
#339! this has to be some kind of record for wltv.

QOTD: I would say 60% with and 40% with out (I crack the bottle to eat it with food and since the wife doesn’t like Red.. most of the time I cork what’s left and put it back in the wine fridge to drink the next day (without food).
August 9, 2007

markc
I haven’t sought out a Chardonay in over a year. But I’ll give it a try again.

80 without, 20 with. Great Episode.
August 9, 2007

Jeff
90% without (usually after mtn bike ride or trail run) and 10% with; that is why it is 80% white/20% red now!!!
love wine for what it is; still enjoy with food also.
August 9, 2007

Ron Leview
Recently had a beautiful wine from Jamesport Vineyards on the North Fork, 2005 Cox Lane Reserve Chardonnay, very light oak w/ nice balance. I don’t think its available in NYC yet but they tell me soon.
August 9, 2007

Grasshopper
85% with/15% without – always seem to be noshing something while having a pour……lots of cheese!

Great episode and very good topic. Thanks for keeping the energy up and still being educational…:)

I got interupted last night and never made it back to watch the show after I had hit the floor with the milk gesture…..that was funny!

Grasshopper
August 9, 2007

Josephc
Just doing my part…Castle’s are great, just had some yesterday.

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