Gigondas:Rhone’s Little Secret – Episode #505

July 21, 2008

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Gigondas is a wine that really has the ability to bring thunder at a solid price points. Gary also has a crap load of shout outs and announces the finalists for the Bottle Shock Contest!

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  • “i think this is the first WLTV episode i wacthed and started watching …” by CaseyLee
  • “My drinking game is very straightforward and easy to understand: Put a…” by Valentin
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2004 Montirius GigondasGigondas play review at cork'd
2004 Guigal GigondasGigondas play review at cork'd
2004 Tardieu Laurent Gigondas VvGigondas play review at cork'd

The 3 Finalists for the Bottle Shock Contest (Cast your vote in the comments. Vote by number)

Links mentioned in todays episode.

405 Responses

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  1. August 28, 2009

    CaseyLee

    i think this is the first WLTV episode i wacthed and started watching from here. one day i decided to type in Shiraz on youtube to see what wine was about. saw this one video with a shy guy named gary and was intrigued from the get go. went to wine library and bam that was it. thats when i became a vayniac. i havent been there since day one but its been about over a year now that ive excitedly watched every episode you have posted since that day. thank you gary.
    were changing it !
    \/\/

  2. February 10, 2009

    Valentin

    My drinking game is very straightforward and easy to understand: Put a bottle of Irish wishky in the middle of a table. Someone starts to drink 1/10 of it and passes the bottle on clockwise or counterclockwise. The first person who is laying under the table because of the lack of some coordination disabilities of her/his brain/nerve/muscle complex is to buy the next round.

  3. January 31, 2009

    Chris Lotz

    everytime you stutter, mumble, or fumble your words is a drink, every time you swallow, its two, and when you mention mott, 3

  4. January 16, 2009

    Dessert Wine Nerd

    Good stuff. Thanks for bringing another wine to my attention. Def. have to check something out in the future. QOTD: Everytime you give a wine a pass ( or pazzzzzzz), one person has to roll two dice. Whatever number it lands on, thats the number of drinks everyone has to take ( could mean multiple glasses. heck, if you go 0-4 that could mean multiple bottles of wine!).

  5. October 21, 2008

    Danae

    Is that you gary?

    It’s wine, not mouthwash…..

  6. August 12, 2008

    yowens

    Another great show about a wine I’d never heard of! QOTD: no, not creative

  7. August 5, 2008

    Michael

    Gigondas always rocks my face. I’ve been a fan for years. Glad to see you dig the profile of these highly individual wines. You rock, Mr. Vaynerchuk!!!

  8. August 2, 2008

    Oakmon's BF

    I’m having my first gigondas as I rewatch this show. It’s a 2005 Domain De Carobello Gigondas. I can’t identify flavors as well as you. I’m not real high on it. Although I love the raw veggies at the salad bar I think I may not be the biggest fan of the veggie wines. But I think I’m liking it more than past wines that had similar flavors so my palate may be evolving. I’ll see what overnight breathing does for the gigondas.

  9. August 2, 2008

    KC in O-town

    Great energy, as per usual. I’ll look up Gigondas , for sure.
    Gotta go with # 3.

  10. July 31, 2008

    Mark I

    Snake Eyes Whhhat?!?! Hilarious! Loving the Gigondas

  11. July 31, 2008

    Shawn Clifford

    Ok, so its a $55 dollar glass ($220/4), but still …

  12. July 31, 2008

    Shawn Clifford

    Oh, Gary, I hate to tell you this, but that is a $220 crystal glass!
    BV stands for “Bottega del Vino”. I found a site selling it for a small fortune:
    http://www.bestwineglass.com/pages/bottega_del_vino/20.php

    Hope someone sends you more glasses!

  13. July 31, 2008

    david h.

    I leave town for a week and miss the chance to vote on the Bottle Shock contest.

    Number 3 had an impressive big ass glass but Number 1 is definitely my favorite.

    QOTD: I was going to come up with my own but I like Colin’s

  14. July 30, 2008

    Smith MBA

    Rhone Valley, awesome job giving the people what they want. Sorry, I have dissapeared. New job, different schedule.

  15. July 30, 2008

    AshleyE

    QOTD: Drinking game… Hm… “Gary Pounds it”. Drink a shot, (but then spit it back out into a bucket) for every time Gary pounds the table. ;-)

  16. July 30, 2008

    jason

    QOTD >>>> duh
    watch star wars and every time luke is a pussy, you have to drink…. especially when he does not want to go to town for power converters

  17. July 30, 2008

    jason

    A. bravo on the gigondas episode. it was the wine that got me hooked on the southern rhone. guigal fell where i thought its 04 would… not horrible, not amazing.
    B. those are fightin’ words about savage and hogan
    C. i have lots to catch up on. i have been away for almost weeks. vacation in the cape w/ family/ lobster and a car full of whites… woooooo! i almost brought my chapoutier, chante alouette ‘ 98.
    D. looking forward to the rest of the episodes i missed. i caught this one first because i luv the gigondas

  18. July 30, 2008

    Jet

    Just returned from France 2 days ago….was in Gigondas and tasted the Montirius there! I fell in love….not only with the wine but the town could not be more beautiful…it is absolutely perfect.

  19. July 29, 2008

    robert hack

    Vote#1, absolutely perfect.

  20. July 28, 2008

    Derek F.

    Thanks so much for the shout out Gary, we just got back from are honeymoon to the Dominican Republic, we had a really great time and missed WLTV!!

  21. July 28, 2008

    JayZee

    Nice show on the big “G”. I’ve always enjoyed Gigondas as a less expensive alternative to CDP (although, as you say, not so much any more).

    QOTD: I’m told old for drinking games. ;-)

  22. July 27, 2008

    Sassodoro

    QOTD. Has anybody suggested blind tasting and trying to identify the wine? Isn’t that the grandaddy of drinking games? How about tasting a wine and trying to describe it and score it as Gary would. For example, would Gary describe the nose as oregano or celery stick, twizzler or cool aid, etc.? (Has anybody compiled a list of Gary’s unusual descriptors?)

  23. July 26, 2008

    Dan-o

    Good episode, although the server was not too kind to me.
    I was introduced to Gigondas in 1997 by a French colleague.
    I have been a fan since!

    QOTD – not big on drinking games, it takes the pleasure out of drinking for quality.

  24. July 25, 2008

    KVolk

    QOTD: This is so easy to do…anytime you say Jets you drink….when you mention Kellen Clemmens you drink what’s left in your glass…..when you say anything to do with the playoffs or super bowl…finish the bottle…..

  25. July 25, 2008

    Jim in Atlanta

    I really enjoy Gigondas wines. I spent a few days there in 2006 and got a great appreciation for the wines. It is also a nice place to visit. Lots of good tasting opportunities.

    QOTD – I like anything that teaches me about wines, whether it is questions about wines, regions, wineries, or if it relates to trying to describe wines (grape, region, vintage, etc.). Anything would be fun.

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