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 11, 2007

Eben
QOTD:

‘04 Juan Gil Jumilla
‘04 Avignonesi Vino Nobile de Montepulciano
‘05 Ben Marco Malbec
October 11, 2007

Steve B
QoD:

‘03 Spring Valley Vineyards “Uriah”
‘00 Navarro vineyards “Deep End Blend” Pinot Noir
‘01 Chateau Lascombes
October 11, 2007

Melanie
Wasn’t Vinny originally a TB BUC? Go BUCS! I just started watching and I love your show!
October 11, 2007

JSC1
Great Episode-

1) Rosso Del Conte 2002 Tasca d’Almerita – from Southern Italy, made from indigenous varietals, fantastic
2) Domaine des Lises 2005 Equis Crozes Hermitage – the son of Alain Graillot, making silly good wines for great prices, a true rising star
3) Bodegas Riojanas Vina Albiuna Rioja 2001 – tastes like old school Bordeaux
October 11, 2007

Alos Diallo
The 3 wines that I have recently had which I like the most are 2000 Heitz Cellars Zinfandel, 2003 Chateau Lafaurie-Peyraguey, 2000 Royal Tokaji Wine Co. Tokaji Aszu 5 Puttonyos. I enjoyed this episode but I also like it when you just try wine that you have never had. Great show as always!
October 11, 2007

Doug
Gary

You are a SCREAM! Recently found your website and really enjoy your podcasts. Check out our site…

http://www.americanfeast.com for specialty gourmet foods from all over the US (sustainably produced).

Also, I live in Dallas and would gladly bet you a bottle of the Chapelle de la Negly on the Thanksgiving battle between the Cowboys and the J-E-T-S…Jets, Jets, Jets. Have a great weekend!

Doug Ferber
October 11, 2007

pomace
Thanks for the faves GV…here are some of mine in the past few weeks:

1. 2002 El Nido – Clio
2. 2003 Fort Ross Chardonnay – Sonoma Coast
3. 2005 Orin Swift – The Prisoner
October 11, 2007

waibeans
INSANITY!!!

GV the Fleur des Pins is sold out already. You are a selling machine!!

WTG SS on trying to get a score out of him too. You called it: he forgot.
October 11, 2007

glenn
great show (i’m catching up on episodes this week while i take care of my dad) and i whole-heartedly agree with rose for our upcoming holiday and i love that right bank (like you do, you do know plminer and i attended an amazing CB & Ausone tasting in LA 2 weeks ago?) and of course $7 Sauternes-like wines! BTW, isn’t Sauternes IN Graves?

QotD: i’ll go with 3 recent bottles that stand out in my memory including the 2005 Etude Rose of Pinot Noir, the 1990 Cheval Blanc and the 2005 Brogan Cellars “My Father’s Vineyard” Pinot Noir i just had @ Stella’s in NOLA.
October 11, 2007

Grasshopper
Sensei,

Great show and I will be trying your favorites tasted today as you have never (i should say rarely) steer me wrong..:)

In fact, you have helped me discover my current top three….

We have many bottles of wine, but when I want to make sure we open a winner, these are great!

1. 04 Turnbull Cab
2. 03 Panther Creek Shea Vineyard Pinot
3. 04 Tumbling Tractor Zin

Take care,

Grasshopper
October 11, 2007

randyshakes
Top three? Impossible for me to decide, but the three that I’ve had lately that I loved were the 2002 Leal Cabernet, 2004 The Guilty Shiraz, 2001 Bonny Doon Cigar Volant.
October 11, 2007

JerseyGirl turned CNY vayniac
QOTD:
1. Glenora Catawba (blush!)
2. Castello del Poggio Dolcetto (Gary, you were right, i had a bad dolcetto, but this one rocked my socks and kicks butt with pasta),
3. Jackson-Triggs Late Harvest Vidal… yum!

Gary, thanks so much for a great episode! THIS is why i love WLTV… not only did you recommend three wines that sound delish, but two of them I can actually afford! You’re the best Gary! Spasibo!
October 11, 2007

Mike L
I enjoyed the show! I also took up your challenge to share your show with others, I’m working on a blog post on my site and maybe I can run a little traffic your way. I hope!
October 11, 2007

Niklas
Again,as always,excellent show G!I can feel the force of vaynernation.

QOTD: Hamilton-Russell Pinot Noir 2005 (The best Pinot in the world,sorry burgundy,oregon etc, but South Africas coolest region Walker Bay really kick your ass!) Kanonkop Pinotage 2005 and Chateau Brane Cantenac 2001.

Niklas, the finnish vayniac
October 11, 2007

Fishamble
QOTD: Top 3 wines? No such thing, just a long list of I’d-definitely-drink-that-agains. The most frequently purchased is dodgy too, as it’s too heavily weighted by the crappy local off-licence and supermarket where I fall into buying at the last minute. So here’s a list that’s not very meaningful:

– Sean Thackery Sirius Petit Syrah $70ish (try and find it when I’m in CA)
– Chateau Meaume Bordeaux Superieur 12 (think we’re drinking 2003 these days)
– Wither Hills Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc 15 (2006, I’d say)
October 11, 2007

Ryan D
QotD:
Poliziano Vino Nobile di Montepulciano 2003 [which you've tried on the show]
Long Flat Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot 2004 [box wine in the hizzy]
Vina Santa Carolina Carmenere Riserva 2006
October 11, 2007

medo
Serious show Gary! Can’t find any of the last two vines over here in Germany :/

QOTD:

2004 Knipser Sauvignon Blanc Spatlese Trocken
2006 Ashbrook St. Emillon
2004 Di Majo Norante Aglianico Molise Contado
October 11, 2007

John Witherspoon (J DUB)
Good show dawg!

Jazzed to try all 3 of those puppies.

QOTD: Since I have been all over the place lately and under the school of not drinking the same wines all the time I will list the last 3 wines I have had which all rocked and I would drink again.

Imagery 2004 Sunny Slope Vineyard Merlot, Valserrano 2001 Rioja Reserva, and 2005 Vietti Barbera d’Asti.

Keep rockin’ the episodes. Megan and I really wished we could have made it to the super tasting. If we lived in NJ it would have been more realistic.

J DUB
October 11, 2007

YoungDave
QOTD: I always talk about my modest budget, so here are my 2 recent favorite wines purchased for 9.99 OR LESS: 2005 Chateau Hauts-Cabroles Bordeaux, 2006 Chateau Beauregard Coteaux Du Languedoc, and one above the $10 pricepoint: La Cuvee Mythique (Syrah, Grenache, Muvedre, Carignan) from Languedoc (2004 or 2005). Cheers.
October 11, 2007

Tom L
Poor Chris. He’s frustrated by your failure to score the 2005 Fleur Des Pins Graves. You can’t get soooo excited about your favorites that you forget to score them (yeah, we know, trust your own palate). QOTD: I have been REALLY enjoying South African Pinotages. Found a really great QPR at the store for only $7.99 a bottle – - Nederberg Pinotage. Really enjoying it, especially for the price.
October 11, 2007

Oregon Jim
Gary,

Went to a tasting today for Zerba Cellars in Walla Walla. Just fabulous Syrah in ‘03, but they had a bad freeze in ‘04 and are trying to recover. It’s coming along, but not there yet. I told Mark the winemaker about your show. He said he would check it out.

‘05 Capitelo Willamette Valley Pinot Noir. $33 and a great qpr. New winemaker originally from NZ.
‘04 Archery Summit Arcus Estate Pinot Noir. $68 and really good, but qpr is so-so. The ‘03 got 95 WS.
‘03 Benziger Family Vinyards Cabernet Sauvignon Sonoma. $16 great value! Nice with a steak. I think these are the folks who sold Glen Ellen after making 11 jillion gallons of white Zin for the world. Made a tidy sum and now their kids just lay back and make nice wines.
October 11, 2007

Chris
Pink wines: always taste ‘em, hardly ever buy ‘em. As in, maybe (maaybe!) once a year. Last weekend I had one at Moshin (Russian River, Sonoma) that I snapped up some of. Great stuff! Here’s the deal, though: the rose on their own label is listed on their site as sold out…but what we had was a side label, maybe only in the tasting room (and now I don’t remember the name), maybe the winemaker’s side work. But it was just fabulous, maybe the best CA rose I’ve had–100% Pinot, and it shows. $12-13 or so, and well worth it!
October 11, 2007

Dave Grega
QOTD: I had a wonderful Nebbiolo last week from Cascina Adelaid…This producer has only been making wine since 2000 but is already putting out 90-94 point rated barolo wines. The Nebbiolo I had was from Langhe, just a great mix of old world and new world…can’t go wrong with this one…so I bought a case! here is a link to a write up I did on it…I liked it so much I made it the “wine of the month” on WINE16.COM

http://www.wine16.com/id10.html

P.S ….did you give a point score on the last wine from Graves? I bought A six pack…thanks for the heads up bro!
October 11, 2007

Brendan L (SmokeyUST)
3. 2004 Tempranillo Ercavio
2. 2003 Chateau la Sablaniorre Bordeaux
1. Some wine I can’t remember the name of but it was a Reisling, amazing…
October 11, 2007

SteveW
Great Episode!!!
QOTD:
1) 2003 Boudreaux Cabernet Sauvignon – went out and found a 1/2 case on the back shelf of my local grocery store after you gave it 96+ points in epsiode 324 – and you were right!
2) 2004 Owen Roe Cabernet Franc – WOW.
3) 2004 Sequoia Grove Cabernet Sauvignon – another great Gary recomindation.