Does The Color of a Wine Have a Huge Impact on Quality or Age?

Does The Color of a Wine Have a Huge Impact on Quality or Age? – Episode #290

August 9, 2007

A fantastic website I often visit did an interesting article on the color of wine that has gotten a lot of attention on the web so I am here to address it!

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“Great episode. I love it when you say, “This smells like a 3-year-old…” by Phredd
“One heck of an educationa on colors….but brownish tint means the win…” by Adrian aka AnGkEr
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Domaine Barat Chablis FourneauxChablis
2004 Cascina Morassino Langhe NebbioloNebbiolo d’Alba
2005 Clayhouse Syrah Paso RoblesOther California Syrah/Shiraz
1981 Lopez De Heredia Bosconia Gran ReservaRioja
1996 Clarendon Hills SyrahAustralian Shiraz/Syrah

Links mentioned in todays episode.

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August 10, 2007

diego de la p...
great show again man!, you should have tried the first chablis just for fun and to see your reaction haha that could have been real fun

QOTD: blue
August 10, 2007

Ed Sadkowski
Gary:
Great Show, As usual

The thing about color as it relates to over age, it seems to me, is a non-starter unless you are a collector. I am relatively new to the wine world and find it near impossible to let a wine go past its prime. I have not the cellaring facilities or the money to keep or purchase such wine. That being said, I go through 2 to 3 bottles a week, and spend a average of $24 a bottle. Color is one of the things I find to be important to my enjoyment of wine, the way a good chenin blanc has a golden sparkle in the late afternoon sun or the deep ruby edge glow of a nice Rioja as it fads to near ink black in the depths of the glass.

The Great thing about wine, and the way Gary V. presents it, is that it is an individual experience that is about sight, smell and taste, not only of what is in your wine glass but also of the environment you are in and the company you keep.

And for that I lift my glass high and say Cheers to Gary V. and his continued success.

Eddy S.
California
August 9, 2007

KW
I have found that white wines do darken with age. But they don’t all darken equally. Like you I have not found the reds to change color much, though in some instances I have found some older red wines to be a bit more muddy or cloudy / sometimes caused by silt formation, the amount probably based on filtation levels.

QOTD: Blue
August 9, 2007

Doc Dan
Good show GV! Love the older vintages i the show. QOTD: Notre Dame Blue and Gold!
August 9, 2007

Malphas
QOTD: I love the color Violet (purple): The color of royalty, baby!
August 9, 2007

amgryger
Thanks for the Lopez de Heredia. I did ask for one a couple times.

Also, thanks for the nebbiolo. I love nebbiolo wines across the board. Langhe, D’Alba, Barbaresco, Barolo, Gattinara, Nebbiolo Rose…

QOTD: It happens to be a paint color. Winsor & Newton French Ultramarine.
August 9, 2007

NathanN
Live show coming up wow you are a brave man to attempt it again.

QOTD: Yellow
August 9, 2007

TommyBoBo of WI
QOTD:
Hate to admit it,, specially if LARS is watching,,, but it’s purple. What can I say? I love my Packers (the best color green) but I like purple.
Technically I don’t think there is a color purple,, it’s a hue of violet, but you get what I mean.

Great ep GMan!
August 9, 2007

Chuck D
Gary – the Iron Shiek isn’t so calm have you heard on interviews lately ? Ferrell and Howard Stern have him fired up.

QOTD: a nice sky blue for day dreams and plesant days.

Way to go little Josh bringing his own thunder with some Hi-C nose. Those Canadians making their kids drink wine to get on a Vany-TV
August 9, 2007

CoryS
GaryV, only hope to be a Thunder Bringer v. a wine connoisseur.

QOTD – black, my friends, cause if it doesn’t have black, it can’t have yellow or orange.
August 9, 2007

Grapestompper (Dave)
QOTD: Purple(non-winwe related) been that since I was 4.
August 9, 2007

Michelle
thanks for another excellent and original show,

QOTD: blue
August 9, 2007

msb2ncsu
QOTD: Blue! No, Yellow! AHHhhh…
In all seriousness, it is without a debt RED and WHITE, for wine and the Wolfpack!
August 9, 2007

Grapestompper (Dave)
Now there’s the pre-Conan GV we’ve come to know and love. Great episode, cool experiment w/color. Loved the wines today. Classsic WLTV here.
August 9, 2007

Lenny
Great show today.

I could have answered the question about the color just from watching WLTV for several months.

QOTD:

Wife’s is green
Mine is Blue – like my eyes.
August 9, 2007

maria
excellent intro!cutest kid(JOSH)around.He needs to be in way more episodes.great job to dave in canada for such a sweetheart child.Get him on t.v.
August 9, 2007

alberto
Great show, very focus and interesting.

…changing the wine world weather “YOU” like it or not?
Come on man “WE” are not part of the problem, (We and Gary are the solution).
It is…Weather “THEY” like it or not.
August 9, 2007

Harley Stan
Gary, way to bring the thunder. I hope all my Aussie fruit bombs age well, or make to an old age before I drink them.
QOTD green
August 9, 2007

Kdawg
that clarendon hills now has me really excited for how my amon-ra’s are going to turn out

QOTD: I love red. A nice good solid red. I’m a ManU fan and give me their normal color all day long
August 9, 2007

dkeck
GV
I love the color green.
August 9, 2007

Denise
Looking forward to trying that Nebbiolo. Great show.

QOTD: Yellow…because it’s just so cheerful!! : )
August 9, 2007

Dean
Good show! Almost spit my wine out while watching when you said “It’s like a 3 year old pooped jalapeno peppers”. Great imagery!

QOTD: Green
August 9, 2007

Scarred1
Dave Canada – pass my congrats on to Josh for bringing the thunder. It was awesome.

GV – Great show. Nice spread of wines and ratings. The color thing has been point-counterpointed above and I think is an interesting discussion. As always I am learning lots from the community (and you). VaynerNation rules!

QOTD – Is cammo a color? I’d say green is my dominate color fav, though for sports, garnet and gold (a la FSU & Redskins) are at the top of my list.

Saludos!
John
August 9, 2007

Mattpan
Gary….I wanted to see you try that ‘75…that would have brought the thunder!!! Looked totally cooked…

QOTD: Blue
August 9, 2007

E
Yet another Lopez de Heredia sighting. Intriguing.

QOTD: Mid-90s pre-Parcells Neil O’Donnell green.