Sea Smoke Pinot Noir and Wine Questions.

Sea Smoke Pinot Noir and Wine Questions. – Episode #291

August 10, 2007

Ahhhhh It’s Friday and Gary Vaynerchuk sits back and sips on some Pinot Noir and answers some questions!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

Enter Sea Smoke Botella 2005 into the search box
Enter Sea Smoke Southing 2005 into the search box
Enter Sea Smoke Ten 2005 into the search box

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August 17, 2007

Ward - dr_XeNo
I’m a quick learner…only been watching two day! Thanks for the great episode…I dig the understated take on the bandaid flavor. LOL What are you wearing on your rigth wrist? Protection from wayward swirling droplets?
August 17, 2007

1855class
good intensity today!
i was very curious about seasmoke-and now i know. knowing is half the battle.
i am interested in what your thoughts are on the longevity of the wines tasted today.
qotd: 2000 tempranillo reserva from navarra. its not great.
August 17, 2007

Road Warrior
Thanks for the Sea Smoke review. Since they are so hard to come by, would be good to compare to more readily available Santa Rita Hills Pinots like Foley (my fav), Mellville, Alta Rosa (Dick Sanford), Sanford (not Dick Sandford anymore).
August 16, 2007

Matt the Lurker
Done it and done it. I promise to throw more parties though. QOTD – Lagrein.
August 16, 2007

Matt the Lurker
Whoa. Careful with those bottles…
August 16, 2007

Andrew Norman
Wow, I’m glad that Gary thinks so highly of these! I signed up for the list this year and was able to get 9 bottles. I shall horde those like the holy grail.

AN
August 16, 2007

Yan
Look ma! I’m not a lurker anymore!!!!!!!
August 16, 2007

LostinTuscany
Great show GARY!!! POP THAT BOTTLE!
August 15, 2007

Amanda
Lurker revealed! Been about two or three weeks watching. Pre-Conan. My 2 cents: love Rieslings. Oak Monster drove me away from Chardonnays. Just looking to learn more about wines. Small potatoes here.
August 15, 2007

Wendy Elam
I had the good fortune to taste a number of “hot” wines at a wine tasting a few months ago; Sea Smoke was among them. It was good. I could not understand the rabid following they have. It was a good wine. It didn’t make my knees buckle (as the Opus One 2003 and Ambullneo Nebbiolo or their 2005 Bulldog Pinot Noir did!) I guess I’m pretty picky when it comes to pinot. It tasted like a good $25 bottle of wine.
August 15, 2007

Big Ed
It was tragic to see you rinsing your glass with Sea Smoke. Have you ever thought of having 3 glasses on hand for tasting? I had a bottle of the “Ten” a week ago and it was excellent! They’ve got it going on at Sea Smoke.
August 15, 2007

yowens
Fiesty at the end there GV. QOTD: Considering its now Wednesday, I’m havin an 86′ Chat Chambert-Marbuzet that still needs a day open to really bring it
August 15, 2007

Karl Laczko
….of course that would be so much easier if you could sort Cellar wines in Cork’d.
August 15, 2007

Karl Laczko
Sorry, so far most of what you’ve been saying is not screwable, I’ll screw what you think when I think it needs screwing and not before.

QOTD (Retrospective) – I drank some good South African juice, most notably Diemersfontein “Summer’s Lease” 2003 Shiraz, Pinotage & Mourvedre blend. Brought some nice bottles home as well, check out my Cork’d cellar once I’ve entered them!
August 15, 2007

chakira
this past weekend didnt drink much
this coming i would like to have something that pairs well with point reyes blue cheese as well as cashel blue– any thoughts?
August 15, 2007

Portland Web Design
Willamette Valley – Portland is the biggest city – Pinot Noir is nothing less than a reason to live. Too bad to see that Erath in Dundee has gone the corporate route.
August 15, 2007

RB2
“That’s the way” Gary…I like it!!
August 14, 2007

Claudio
I remember when Botella was $28.00 a bottle pre-Sideways! But yes, great wines and awesome. Thanks for reviewing some off the beaten path wines – even if WL does not carry them!

God bless and cheers!

Claudio

QOD – I am drinking some Riesling Spatlese from Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt 2005 Scharzhofberger
August 14, 2007

Grapedigger
Pinot rocks…too bad these babies are not widely available!! This weekend I am going camping and taking with me:Villa Antinori toscana i.g.t. 2003 and a dessert wine, Moulin Touchais coteaux-du- layon 1990. BTW, Moulin Touchais makes special chenin blancs that are century-aging certified, could be fun doing an episode on those!!
Cheers
August 14, 2007

John P
QOTD: I went to a LaVelle Vineyards club party, and had some of their Pinot Gris and Riesling (delicious!!). I also went to King Estate and tried a whole ton of stuff. The most suprising…..a 2002 Pepperbridge Cabernet Sauvignon that I actually enjoyed!!! The 2nd Cab that I enjoyed drinking…ever.

Gary: I’d be really interested in a Oregon Pinot show, specifically with Cristom, Sokol-Blosser, Erath, and Eyrie. These are some of the best and moderately priced pinots, and I’d like to know what you think of them, so I can compare my palette with yours.
August 14, 2007

Gr8wine
QOTD: A bunch of different wines. Took some off-dry Virginia wines out on a boat on the Potomac for the women since that’s what they normally like. Boy was I off base — they all had palates for dry wines!

Gary, usually when we (the wineries I’m involved with) talk about “bottle shock” we’re referring to the changes to the wine caused by the filtering and bottling process. I’m very experienced with any kind of “shock” that might be induced by transporting wine, since I travel to many Virginia wineries and bring their wines back on my motorcycle. I’ve even brought wines back from Michigan and Canada (Niagra Falls area) by motorcycle and had negligible “bottle shock”. However there’s no question that a wine goes through some shock when it’s taken out of the barrel or tank, filtered, and pumped through a bottling line into the bottle. I agree with you that bottle shock from transport is probably minimal (I would worry more about temperature fluctations), but there’s no question wines need time to settle down after they’re bottled.

Great show! keep it up.
August 14, 2007

Mike Brennan
Oh yeah, had Sea Smoke at a restaurant last week. The stuff is amazing. Great fruit. Great dirt.
August 14, 2007

Mike Brennan
OK, so I’m a little late about asnwering this, but I was a way for the weekend. Cooked with friends on Friday nite. Phenomenal meal and great wine (I thought). Started with 2000 Les Tourelles de Longeville, moved to a 2004 Sarterelli Classico and finished with a magnum of 1998 Talbot Pinot. (more of a course matching than a progression from light to heavy) Big hangover, but it was worth it!
August 14, 2007

Gretchen Crebs
Tasted Sea Smoke at a competitive tasting when I worked at Williams Selyem. It was alright, but I preferred the Williams Selyem.
Always try to keep some PN in the cellar. Its a great wine to open with new company if your not sure what style wine they like. Its very easy drinking, not too big, not to tannic.
August 14, 2007

Oregon Sipper
QOTD: 2004 Q Cabernet Sauv….it was tasty! Also had some country wine from a well meaning friend…it was made from concord grapes…God help me get that taste out my memory!