A Chateau De Fargues Sauternes Tasting

A Chateau De Fargues Sauternes Tasting – Episode #413

February 21, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk gives his take on what many call “poor mans Chateau D’yquem.”

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Wines tasted in this episode:

1990 Chateau De FarguesSauternes and Other Dessert
2001 Chateau De FarguesSauternes and Other Dessert
2003 Chateau De FarguesSauternes and Other Dessert

Links mentioned in todays episode.

Cheese mentioned in todays episode.

Fourme D’Ambert
Roquefort Vieux Berger

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February 22, 2008

Chippewamike
That was depressing. Fire up! Too many good things in the world to think about. Appreciate the wine education today– admittedly pricy wine, so have not had one yet. Even 1/2 bottle would be tought to throwdown. Maybe, some day on an expense account, bonus day situation! Looking forward to the old Gary later today!
February 22, 2008

Len
No reason for you to be down for not reaching a 1000 — Just think, 600+ comments…where else could you see that? Sometimes it’s more about the content of the comments than the numbers. And as long as you keep bringing the thunder, there’s always a chance to reach that goal. GV, your the man! Enough said. QOTD — Never had it but will give it try.

L-Len
February 22, 2008

stephen
Glad to see you did a tasting on sweet wines. Pricey but worth seaking out at least once in your lifetime, very individualistic wines with a lot of character.
Good show
February 22, 2008

Capt M
Awesome episode!! really, really classy and nice. QOTD: I love Sauternes!! I have a small (not so small anymore) sub-collection of Sauternes and dessert wines. I have a couple of 1996 Chateau de Roland, which is the year that my older son was born, and I’ve been fortunate enough to have drunk two or three bottles of that one. I had a couple of Chateau Giraud, which is 1er Cru, but drank them. Gary, THANKS for all you do. It’s all so much fun and A LOT of thunder spread around.
February 22, 2008

Chris D
After the big 2nd Anniv paty episode this one felt like a hangover. GV so muted it felt like he was medicated or we were all being punished for
February 22, 2008

Little Jonny H
Hells Yeah, I’m bringing the THUNDER today baby! I LOVED the episode GV. From the sarcastic start to the fantastic finish, I was one the edge of my seat begging for more . Come on people, leave a freaking comment! Tens of thousands watch, 680 leave a comment -what kind of support is that on a 2-year anniversary!?! This is free TV! Normally, it takes millions to run a television show, and all GV just wants is a little emotional support. All you have to do is type your name and email into the appropriate boxes and click ‘add comment’. You don’t even HAVE to think in order to leave a comment. Your post counts toward the total no matter what you write in the comment section…

QOTD: Maybe I’ll try some Sauternes if the wine bar/restaurant will put it on the receipt as “expensive grape juice”. Then -and only then- would my expense account pay for it!
February 22, 2008

e.fremont
Next chance to try Sauterne, I will! Remember we all love you!
February 22, 2008

Nathan
QOTD: Im still in cheap man wine mode, but I like the fact that you have all these varieties because it lets me know what I should be looking to track down as I develop my personal wine tasting library.
February 22, 2008

Justin L Ove
You are hilarious. I’m glad you played the dissapointed card. Changing levels is always entertaining.
QOTD: I like Sauternes. Had a De Fargue (non vintage) recently that I wasn’t so impressed by, but the Chateau Guiard non vintage is exceptional. I was lucky enough to try a low end Royal tokaji…holy crap. That was a dessert wine in a class of it’s own.
COMMENT
February 22, 2008

Wey
1000 1000 1000! *cheers*

Come on people
February 22, 2008

ev
Couldn’t make it throught the mood
February 22, 2008

Oregon Jim
QOTD- YES! It kills me to drink a beautiful sauterne. The nectar of the gods! Achieve Nirvana through beverage. Cheese, Pate, dessert. Die and go to heaven. Thanks for reminding me how much I miss it!

Don’t forget that researchers get 1% return on questionaires! You want one in 5 to write freeform responses? Do a QOTD where we just have to click on radio buttons and then you will get 1000 responses. Most of us can’t spell gud or rite gud enuf to comment on yur question. Besides it’s like skool or somepin.
February 22, 2008

rimarfish
QOTD: Never had a Sauternes, although i like dessert wines. I’m way due to try them. I love Tokaji on the other hand.
Don’t be sad gary.
February 22, 2008

Brandon T.
Trockenbeerenauslese is the greatest word in all of wine, in my opinion… also great are icewines… which can be so damn concentrated with flavor… man, i can just imagine a bucket full of trockenbeerenauslese, icewine, sauternes, petit verdot jam and other jams and fresh honey all mixed together and dumped over the buttocks of gary and other pretty girls and slathering it in while they recite poems and laugh and it would be great with excellent sexuality!
February 22, 2008

Surekat
gary has comment withdrawal symptoms… don’t be sad, gv! we love you!

qotd: i’d love to love sauternes, if i could ever afford one. they sound just right.
February 22, 2008

J Crazy
QOTD: *and I have to say it’s a pretty weak question* but I’ll answer it not the less: I like tasty wines. I’ve had some Sauternes that was awesome and I’ve had some that tasted like plain old apricots and honey with nothing exciting to them. I’m not a huge sweets fan so I’m a little biased but when they come in with balance of sugar, fruit and acidity I’m all bouty bouty. But that’s the same with everything. No one bats 1000 and no wine region or producer puts out 100 pt. wines every vintage. So, yeah, if it’s good I like it. If it sucks I’m not such a big fan.
February 22, 2008

Brandon T.
Dolce is too sweet in my opinion… it’s good, but not worth the price, and has less apricot, botrytis goodness than good sauternes…
February 22, 2008

Yoni Rabkin
QOTD: I really want to try them out, but lack the coin-age.
February 22, 2008

Chris S
Ok, my initial response was a bit emotional, sorry about that
QOTD:
I had a Sauterne that my grandfather, a big wine appreciator, brought to a family holiday meal. It was good though much sweeter than any wine I had tasted before. It was like honey that had been diluted but not lost any of it’s sweetness or richness, it was just more liquid. It was pretty impressive, than it was sweet without being thin.
February 22, 2008

Ben Janssen South Australia
Been to Bordeaux and had a few Sauternes.
When I came home to Australia once of the first things I did was seek out Aussie Sauternes’s only to be disappointed. So far I have found them to have over the top fakeness. Tasting more like lemonade and fruit juice. Big price point on the Sauternes. I’m glad I brought some back from Bordeaux.
February 22, 2008

Chris S
“let’s give it a smell”????? What’’s up with that Gary? It’s not a ’smell’ it’s a SNIFFY SNIFF.
I’m sorry if you’re feeling bad, lurkers love you, they just a hard time showing it. Please don’t get all passive aggressive.
Bring back the Sniffy Sniff!
February 22, 2008

JoshL
we’re considering a tasting/sharing group in our gallery space… we’ll see if it happens to be on TTT, but it will happen, OH YES… it will.

chin up, Thundercat.
February 22, 2008

nickelanddimer
How does Dolce (Napa) match up against the great sauternes?
February 22, 2008

medo
I love Sauterne! .. But I prefer a good Beerenauslese or TBA if available. By the way : When does a TBA makes his appearance on the show?
February 22, 2008

dino
big deal dude… you jet fans are such sore losers.. god for bid you dont get your way, you cry like little babys.. anyway.. sauternes rules! i like my long island ice wines just as much though… so smooth…

ps… cheeses is pimps too