Psssst, I Got A Secret – Episode #410

February 18, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk tells you about an area that’s producing some of the most interesting wines in the world.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Langoureau St Aubin 1er Cru En RemillySt. Aubin Blanc
2005 Vincent Girardin Murgers Des Dents De Chien St AubinSt. Aubin Blanc
2005 Hubert Lamy St. Aubin Clos ChatenniereSt. Aubin Blanc

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February 19, 2008

Orion Slayer
Gary, if I was “just hanging with Mott” I think the wine would be all the more special. You’ve got great people working for you!

QOTD: I’m waiting till I can get to the store and pick me up a bottle of St. Aubin! Thanks to you, I tried my first Meursault last week. Thanks for helping me learn about cool wine places!
February 19, 2008

VinoVixen
Great episode…thanks for telling us the secret..Never had a St Aubin..going to give it a try.
QOTD: I guess I will have to wait for you to get some more in…sold out
February 19, 2008

Karl Laczko
QOTD – I haven’t drank one yet but I have a St. Aubin in the cellar, ChÃ¢teau Philippe-le-Hardi En Vesvau 2005 (from Chateau de Santenay). Was planning on holding onto it maybe for another year.
February 19, 2008

Neil
QOTD: I’ll definitely check out St. Aubin although I haven’t seen it on the shelves here locally. What’s up with all that scratching?
February 19, 2008

GottaGoDrink
Hey Gary, great show. Way to bring it by having another new area (for me at least) with some rockin’ good wine!

QOTD- I shouldn’t be…
February 19, 2008

BruceP
I have tried them. Not a big Chard fan as a rule, but found it to have some nice minerality to it. Another great under the readar Burgundy area for reds (Pinot) is Auxey-Duresses. Some real bargains in premier cru there as well.
February 19, 2008

Jeff
great show; some of my personal favorite wines from my favorite area!
have hat St. Aubin; good stuff always!
rock on old world wines! now just wish the dollar was stronger……….
February 19, 2008

matt J
was the unbuttoned shirt a joke or something? lol
February 19, 2008

Adam P
I’ve tried Pacalets Saint-Aubin, and the wine was brilliant.

It always kills me though, to see the wine library prices! I know you are a big store, so you buy bigger amount, and thus get better prices. But i think that because of your huge sales, you profit less from each bottle sold, than your average retailer. Now link that with the low low value of the dollar, and us europeans just wanna jump on the queen mary and bring it all back home!
February 19, 2008

Michael Mohammadi
QOTD: I’ve had the Vincent Girardin in a couple of vintages, as well as a dozen other St. Aubins. I have to agree, there is some great quality and incredible value in these wines.
February 19, 2008

Matty
Attack of the poison oak monster…..LOL i’m dying laughing. Looks like Mott roughed you up….or something’s goin on under your little drinking table? Link it up!!!
February 19, 2008

Joe Po
Methinks you need some aloe vera lotion for winter dry skin!!! Were you scratching your tummy and forgot to button up also?!?!?!

QOTD:No white burgundy yet but I will seek it out, thanks.
February 19, 2008

Aaron Gonzales
Can’t say I have a had a St. Aubin recently but it is and will be tasted very soon. I still can’t understand why people can’t justify spending that much on a white but a red is no problem. Weird.
Aaron
February 19, 2008

kidder
White Wine!!!!! Yaaaaaayyy!!!!1
February 19, 2008

Samuel Paes
Try to think with me for a moment out of the box

On today’s show, specially in the last bottle, you seemed so impressed, you said words like “very pretty”, “brilliant fruit”, “gourgeousness”, “so on the nose”, “stablishes an interesting wine level”,”great acidity”, “very funky”, “the greatest fish and wine…”, “i’m so excited”, etc.
but you scored only 93+… haven’t you been to though with your on pal? I believe you will never find a 100pts wine if you don’t accept that perfection is not a point to reach, but a road to travel through…

I mean, if you relly like a wine like these why not scoring them higher notes? Getting to a 100… break free!!! spread the thunder!!!

Istead of stablishing a note, try to use stars or glasses in a 1-to-5 scale, like Gambero Rosso. Maybe you can do that just for a change… for fun at least.

Either way, I score based on my own palate and taste. I like you and the show and keep on with the good work.

Sam
February 19, 2008

wayno da wino
Geee, my Friend……..
You are RIIIIIIGHT-OOOOOON about St. Aubin !!!!!!! On of da BEST CHARDONNAYS i ever drank was a St. Aubin i bought about 18-19 years
ago for somethin’ like 10-12 bones!! It was unbelieveably DEEEEEEE-
LIIIIICIOUS!!!!! Went back to dat store & bought da remaining stock
of dat Wine (unfortunately only about 4 bottles left). We savored
Every Sip of those 4 Bottles……… Unfortunately, i never did see
dat Wine again. Those Vino Ya got there got me salivatin’………
February 19, 2008

Phil G
QOTD – I’m not ‘waiting’ for anything. Even if a $25-30 wine is a value, it still isn’t cheap, but a mental note has been made!
February 19, 2008

HeadWino
QOTD…. haven’t tried the St. Aubin. Looks to be a bit out of my price point.
February 19, 2008

Donna Watson
Uh, what was the question? I was a little distracted by your shirt being unbuttoned.
February 19, 2008

Joe F
I have drank St. Aubin wines in the past, in particular the pinot noirs from Vincent Girardin, and have found them both excellent to taste and a great value. i have not, however, tasted the whites from the region or from the maker. I will definitely do so now.

thanks for the eye-opener
February 19, 2008

Karl B
Hi Gary,

I got turned onto St. Aubin by Burgundy Wine Company in NYC a couple of years back and love the QPR aspect of these wines. Curiously, last Friday I was in Wine Library and picked one of each of the first two wines that you tried in this episode.

I like St. Aubin because they are cleaner/purer tasting than their brethren from Burgundy so one can appreciate the subtle flavors, and they are a lot less expensive. I don’t think that a high end St. Aubin will stand up to a high end Puligny Montrachet, but with the money that you have left over you can buy dinner for yourself and your date.

Great wines for the money, and darn good wines in their own right.

See you soon,
Karl B.
February 19, 2008

stewart l
I have not had one of these wines. I’m not a chardonnay fan and white burgundies are pretty pricey. But, I would consider trying the mod priced one.
February 19, 2008

Mark
GOOD SHOW..WILL DEF TRY A ST AUBIN..QUESTION OF THE DAY. why do you keep scratching your left shoulder ??
February 19, 2008

Donna Marie
Gary, starting a new trend with the 3rd button unbuttoned??

QOTD: I have tried white burgundies and know the St. Aubin region, but can’t remember having one from there. Not terribly excited to rush out and buy one. I enjoy some of the less expensive Sancerre’s and Vouvrays as a first choice.
February 19, 2008

Ted
First time posting a comment – been watching for over a year. Great service to the wine community – I’ve told roughly 80 ppl about you – it’s like a little cult…. White Burgs changed my entire perspective on Chard. It’s another world…totally different character. I just had Giradin’s Grand Cru Corton – Quintessence…wow…pricey…but better than any $100 Calif Chard.