Bordeaux Adventures Commence at Chateau Clinet

Bordeaux Adventures Commence at Chateau Clinet – Episode #502

July 16, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk’s recent Bordeaux excursion brings him to Chateau Clinet in Pomerol, where he and the owner Ronan compare the historic 2005 to the unheralded 2006 vintage with some surprising results.

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“Catching up on my episodes still. I haven’t had a bordeaux in a while…” by looper
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Wines tasted in this episode:

Chateau Clinet Pomerol 2005
Chateau Clinet Pomerol 2006

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July 17, 2008

Fatdoi
nice one….. back to the show i used to watch…..
July 17, 2008

Smahlatz
Gary, Gary, Gary – Math needs work. 2005 100% up on 2004. Coming down 32% from 2005 price leaves the price only 36 pts up on 2004, not 68. (eg say 2004 = 100 which makes 2005 100% up = 200. 32 down from 200 is 136 – 136 is 36% up on the original 2004 price of 100). But I’m guessing you’ve got some good people doing your finances Numbers are of value somewhere, though as you say, not necessarily with assessing wine attractiveness.
July 17, 2008

Leif erik Sundstrom
QOTD: ….Uuuuuhhh?
July 17, 2008

Brian Barrick
Great show, especially the vineyard mini-tour at the end. I’ll have to stop at Chateau Clinet if I ever make it over to Bordeaux.
July 17, 2008

Withnail
Great stuff – enjoyed it.
July 17, 2008

medo
Classic show! Would love to try the 05 Clinet, but it is around 100â‚¬ in Germany.
July 17, 2008

Richard Ritter
Gary behaved himself somewhat in this episode, maybe due to the fact that he wasn’t in his own digs. The sound is horrific. Splurge for some quality mics for cryin’ out loud, and quit tourturing us please. I loved that Ronan was genuinely interested in the scores, a good indication of the clout that Gary is carrying in his reviews.

QOTD: Stay single. I don’t think too many women would pass on the French wine chateau owner thing. Milk it for all it’s worth.
July 17, 2008

rimarfish
Excellent show!
July 17, 2008

terroirist
QOTD- Hmm.. Help me find an French girlfriend and I try to help you find an American one. Haha. I wish.. Nice episode. I would love to visit wine country Bordeaux or Southern France. Why did you not have the lavalier mics on? You would have not picked you the echo? Anyway.. I would love to try those wines.

aka Mike in Nebraska.
July 17, 2008

Phil G
the wine sounds great… can’t help you from the girl front… but if you come spend some time in NYC, you;ll probably meet plenty of ladies!
July 17, 2008

TeeKay
Hi Gary, interesting show. Thanks.
July 17, 2008

TeeKay
Hi Gary, very interesting show.
QOTD: I think I am not qualified.
July 17, 2008

Paul V
Fantastic show Gary. I’m looking forward to seeing the rest of this series.
Hopefully one day I’ll get to take a wine tasting tour of Europe.
One day.
… one day…
July 17, 2008

Mason
Love the Bordeaux shows, Gary. It’s great seeing the vineyard as well, and listening to the owner/winemaker talk about the 2 vintages. Great show. Wish I could find this stuff around here…
July 17, 2008

brent
Need to go on a wine trip!
July 17, 2008

Adam J
Man I really love these on site bordeaux shows, they are awesome. As far as the QOTD I cant help you, sorry. WOW I just noticed that there is another Adam J vayniac! That or I posted a comment on this episode already that I dont remember.
July 17, 2008

Justin Viger
I’d like to go there for a wine trip!
July 16, 2008

Marc
Mott…beg, plead, threaten, do all you can to get GV to buy 2 mics!! It would be nice to actually hear clearly what is being said.
July 16, 2008

Kelly Goff
Love seeing the tour of the vineyards and hearing about the background of these wines!

QOTD: If I were you, I would stick to European girls. Being an American girl, I know what I am talking about!
July 16, 2008

Darlene O.
Lovely…
July 16, 2008

Adam J
I wish I had the pocketbook to land some Bordeaux. Loving all the guests lately.
July 16, 2008

Michael
great episode! like these types of changes to the format. look forward to more like this.
July 16, 2008

KW
Another great episode! Looking forward to some 06 Bordeaux.
July 16, 2008

Robin C
Loved the show. I’ll have to watch it again – the French accent was a little difficult for me to understand. But American women love French accents.
QOTD: I hear there are a lot of Americans in Paris.
July 16, 2008

Wes M
Great show.

QOTD: I’m working on that problem myself. However, if I’m successful first, I’d be willing to trade for a case of ‘05