Rad Wines. I Finally Talk About a Few Wines I Like

Rad Wines. I Finally Talk About a Few Wines I Like – Episode #331

October 10, 2007

Gary Vaynerchuk folds and finally tastes three wines he is excited about.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 La Chappelle De La Negly RoseLanguedoc-Roussillon
2004 Chateau Beausejour DuffauSt Emilion
2005 Fleur Des Pins GravesGraves/Pessac-Leognan

Links mentioned in todays episode.

2004 Bordeaux’s

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October 10, 2007

Taylor
it’s nice to see what you like to drink Gary, just joined the facebook group “I’ve watched every episode of wltv” love it!
QOTD Black pig albarino, Ravenswood Lodi zin, Cobblestone cab. ravesnwood and cobblestone ROCK!!!!
October 10, 2007

tarheel17
QOTD:
My top three wines of late are:
Hood River Valley Vineyards Pinot Noir 2001 (Strawberry exPLOSION)
Loring Wine Co Rosella’s Vineyard, Pinot Noir 2004 (Heaven)
The Ghost of 413 Columia Valley Red 2005 (Good. Just plain GOOD.)
October 10, 2007

U wish my wife was yours
QOTD:
The one’s that have stood out for me the last 6 months or so (in no particular order) were:

1. 2004 – Chateau Pichon Lalande
2. 1995 – Chateau Haut Brion
3. 1995 – L’Arrosee
October 10, 2007

miked36258
question of the day
altamura 2002 cab, ledgewood 2002 merlot, rombauer 2006 chardonnay.
October 10, 2007

JonE
Amazing value for a good sticky. Do more what you, yes you like. Life’s too short yah know.

QOTD: Kosta Browne 02′ Sonoma Coast, Pax Rose 05′(which incidentally is much more light Pax Syrah than a traditional Rose), Condado de Haza 04′.
October 10, 2007

Benji
QOTD:

2003 K The Creator
2002 Concha Y Toro Don Melchor Cabernet
2000 Tua Rita Giusto di Notri Rosso Toscana

also, LOVED these wines that I tried via your recs:

2005 Casa Marin Laurel Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc
2003 Torre Muga Rioja
2002 Chateau Reignac

Sold me on the dessert wine from Graves. I’m grabbing two of them. Love the 375ml format!!
October 10, 2007

Pastafari Pirate
ps: tonight I’m finishing off the leftovers of yesterday’s cheapo (
October 10, 2007

Lance
QOTD: 2001 Guigal Gigondas (Southern Rhone), 2004 Gargiulo Aprile Super Oakville Blend (Napa Valley), 1997 Vina Albali Gran Reserva (Valdepenas, Spain)
October 10, 2007

Dr T from N. Carolina
From Hurricane Katrina through just this past month, my ‘table wine’ drinking was almost entirely nice, but not really memorable. The two exceptions were dessert wines saved, which I enjoyed last winter and early spring:

Warre’s 1976 Colheita (Reserve Tawny), bottled in 1996, a really lovely tawny
Royal Tokaji 1993 Tokaji (6 Put.s)

“T”
October 10, 2007

E
Way to hold off on the 2004 Bordeaux love until I had a chance to grab a few. Attaboy.

You know what sounds interesting for Thanksgiving, is that orange ten year old Lopez de Heredia rose. Got some? Anyone know where I can find some of that for an amputation-free price in downtown Chicago?

Speaking of which, on my last roadtrip I picked up some Monbazillac … I was thinking it was a southern dessert wine but I guess it’s more a white Bordeaux thing.

Recent highlights:

2005 St Cosme Deux Albion Cotes du Rhone
2004 Librandi Ciro Rosso (!)
2001 Baron de Ley Rioja (incredible after a few days in the fridge)
2000 Duckhorn Three Palms Merlot (surprisingly quiet & restrained, and it’s f—ing merlot!)
2006 Ruffino Orvieto (surprisingly good sub-$10 white)
October 10, 2007

chenrys
Great show, Gary! I want to find that last one, for sure. Sounds like something I would love.

QOTD: Frogtown Cellars’ Testimony, we opened this yesterday and I had forgotten how much I like it and a local vinyard. OVZ from Lodi – Oakridge Winery – an excellent Zin and Santa Ema Reserve Merlot from Chile – very chocolatey (don’t know how to spell that).
October 10, 2007

canadian-kid
favorite 3 wines right now…i just recently drank these and i was blown away…

89 pichon-baron
88 guigal la mouline
01 damilano barolo
October 10, 2007

Pastafari Pirate
Great episode, GaryV! Love to see that exUUUUUberance you had goin’ on! (make sure you pronounce every ‘u’.)

QOTD: My favorite 3 wines I’ve had recently…..
1) ‘Mocali’ Brunello di Montalcino (can’t remember the year, but thinking it might have been 2001). WOW. I was stunned. (Way out of my price range; this was a treat from my brother-in-law.)
2) Gnarly Head Old Vine Zinfandel – I’d had very little exposure to Zins previously, but this wine single-handedly may have gotten me started on a new Zinfandel obsession. Now, I want to try every last Zin out there, and primitivos too.
3) Castano Hecula – Perhaps my favorite casual (price-point) drinking wine. I am in love. No, I am in lust. OMG, Hecula, where have you been all my life? Marry me!
October 10, 2007

Dominus
NOW THAT IS A THUNDER SHOW!!!!! Wow, I will be showing this at my dinner party this Saturday night since it was sooooo exciting and informative. I just hope everything isn’t sold out tonight so I can showcase these wines on Sat.

QOTD
My Tremendous Trio
1. 1988 Dominus (doesn’t matter which vintage actually)
2. 1985 Opus One
3. Any good German Riesling or Oregon Pinot (Cristom comes to mind)

Cheers!

P.S. Go Tribe!
October 10, 2007

Saftig
It never fails when I watch the show that I picture sweet, patient Mrs. Vaynerchuk, Gary’s Mom, and how she must have struggled to keep up with young Gary, the Human Triple Espresso.
QOTD: We were stationed in Germany off and on for 10 years, so German Rieslings major big in my world, a nice German Sekt also lovely and for some reason I always have a couple bottles of Concannon Petite Syrah about. I’m a simple girl, who needs yet another wine refrigerator.
October 10, 2007

marshall
QOTD: 1. Jackson Triggs 2005 Ice Wine (Can you do another ice wine show???); 2. Benton Lane 2005 Pinot Noir; 3. Baron Lafite Rothschild Pauillac Reserve Speciale(2003).
October 10, 2007

familydoc
Lurker here, love the show and I’m loving wine more all the time:

Current favs-

Cheap wine: 2005 La Vieille Ferme CÃ´tes du Ventoux 7 bones at the local wine shop

Expensive wine: My favorite local winery Koenig 2003 Cuvee Alden 50 US dollars, which I can’t afford, but was tasting at Koenig this weekend (again) and talked the wife into buying a bottle

Sparkler: In memory of the late Dr. Manz whom owned a winery in Spokane, WA, he recently passed away and made the first sparkler I really liked: Mountain Dome Brut

Thanks for a great show Gary!
October 10, 2007

Withnail
QOTD: 3 favorite “lately”? That is tough.

Church Mouse Pinot Noir ‘05 (B.C.)
Rosemount Grenache Shiraz Mataro ‘06 (Australia)
Caymus Conundrum ‘05 (California)
October 10, 2007

tony
my 3 picks…
2001 brunello di montalcino poggioil castellare
2003 villa bablio barolo
1999 clos dulal cab.sauvignon

i will be looking for the duffau. great show….
October 10, 2007

SoCal
QOTD: I have been cruzin arround diffrent regions but here are a few I like…….1996 Chateau Brane-Cantenac, 2003 Bodegas Alejandro Fernandez Ribera del Duero Tinto Pesquera, 1996 Chateau Lynch-Bages, 2000 Meerlust Rubicon, 2002 Rotllan Torra Priorat Amadis
October 10, 2007

Gator Lurker
This week, tried a little of the local flavor with a 2006 Shelton Vinyards Riesling with my broiled Parmesian Tilapia, 2004 Turnbull Cab with my Rigatoni and Italian Sausage, and just finished off another Sam Adams with my homemade Cheeseburger…life is good.

Gators and Jags !!
October 10, 2007

jgseeley
oooh, i agree with Dr Frank’s Rkatsiteli, also recently experieced Lamoreux Landing Dry Riesling and Silver Springs’ Tri-Dition (i’m way too geographically close to the Finger Lakes). Silver Springs also has a wine video blog that i just noticed today.
October 10, 2007

t_moderne
Good episode. Nice to see some excitement for once. Especially after the lackluster $7 wines.
QOTD – 2000 Lynch Bages (or any vintage of LB) – cedar and lead pencils with black fruits. Yum.
2004 Roar Santa Lucia Syrah. Lots going on.
2004 Kistler Sonoma Pinot.
Three wines I have had recently that rocked my boat.

Have had the pink wines and while I have confidence in my manhood to drink the pink, I have not found any one that I would put as a favorite.
October 10, 2007

Chris Fane
Im still annoyed i managed to miss chatting to u at Fowa. It was great to hear about your favorites for once. keep up the good work, your building up quite a Vainiac army
October 10, 2007

sky
thanx gary keep it up…..we are all depending on you ….we love you