Remirez De Ganuza Mini-Vertical

Remirez De Ganuza Mini-Vertical – Episode #525

August 22, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk tastes two vintages of this high end Rioja and observes how big a difference a year can make!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

Remirez De Ganuza Rioja 2002
2003 Remirez De Ganuza RiojaRioja

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August 23, 2008

Emily & James H.
I do like seeing the side-by-side examination of vintages for wines from good producers. However, coming from the wine retail business as well, there is nothing more frustrating than some yutz requesting a specific vintage (usually three or four releases ago!) of some mass-produced, mediocre wine. Americans put entirely too much stock in vintages for their domestic $10-15 bottles of wine. I also agree with an earlier poster: answer more questions or give some love to your posters on your laid-back Fridays. Maybe that will encourage more lurkers to post and come out of their closets!

P.S. I will probably continue to harp on the Lizzie issue until you address it!
August 22, 2008

drift
I would have to say the biggest variation was between the 03 and the 04 paul hobbs russian river pinot noir. The 03 wan outstanding! Complex with flavor playing a symphony in your mouth as to the 04 being boring and standard……Weird
August 22, 2008

DAve A
watching this being taped from UsTREAM was so cool. Dang, I’m sorry I have you a bogus # since I heard you say you were going to call me. dang. smile.

Rioja is a new fav of mine. Ya can get some real thunder for $10-$14. I like that you used two different glasses. why waste wine rinsing? ugh?

Ever look into the future. Wonder what episode 2000 will be like? You will look like more like Mott, he will have his mid-life crisis and be driving a vet with two blondes on his arms, since he will be a recognized director of Hollywood. Winelibrary will be a world wide chain with 1000 locations. 276 million folks will be trying wines influenced by you…. could it happen?

Great show. Good!

oh. QOTD: yawn. Sorry, no answer.
August 22, 2008

Brad Coelho
QOD- ANY 01 CDP and their 02 CDP counterpart….want vintage variation in a relatively steadfast region, rock that paralell baby!
August 22, 2008

Brad Coelho
QOD
August 22, 2008

Hido53
Haven’t see Bottle Shock yet, but looking forward to it!
Love the laid back Fridays on the couch! Especially when combined with the head to head tastings.
QOTD: Attended some Ridge Monte Bello tastings in recent years thanks to a buddy of mine. Able to taste older vintages of Monte Bello next to the vintage that Ridge just finished blending or is currently blending along with the components by themselves Itypically Cab, Cab Franc, Merlot, Petit Verdot) Very interesting tastings. Clearly demonstrates how each element contributes to the final blended wine. Also a good opportunity to see the benefits of aging as well as, sometimes, how there can clearly be bottle variation even within the same vintage (many people attend, so many bottles of the same vintage are being poured).
August 22, 2008

gottagodrink
QOTD- 2001 Artazuri Garnacha ($8) was about a 93, the 2002 was poured out into the sink. Cheers!
August 22, 2008

cpd
qotd: Justin Cabernet 2005 good. Justin Cabernet 2006 not as good (and age wasn’t the issue).
August 22, 2008

Tyler Walker
Well…I havent done any vintage tastings…but i remember a while ago when i had two 2001 Solaia’s 6 months apart, and they were totally different…probably just bottle variation, but who knows
August 22, 2008

neutron212
QOTD: cant say that ive done the 2 diff vintages back to back but to say hockey is getting soft I can see youve never watched your Buffalo Sabers play and its like when they get into the play offs!!! Its going to be a good your for the Sabers and the Bills well there the Bills
August 22, 2008

senator
QOTD: Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm…. I dunno.

I think to get verticals that are dramatically different you have to go old world and I haven’t done that many old world verticals.
August 22, 2008

Chaz
I’m from Virginia, actually not very far from where you are filming your podcast. I was thinking about coming out to see it in person. The only problem I had was just to get in it cost like 75 bux a little steep if you ask me. But anyway hope you enjoy the Old Dominion.
August 22, 2008

Susan
Gary & Mott, LIGHTS !!! LOVE the fluorescent lights!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
August 22, 2008

Dominus
“Sheep’s butt . . .”!!!! Good show since I adore the Spanish wines, esp the good ones.

I have yet to see Bottle Shock but plan on seeing it soon.

QOTD: I have to agree with Andy regarding OPN (Oregon Peenots) that vary from year to year. For me, Archery Summit comes to mind with different wines from one year to the next.

I’m hoping to join you for the festivities tomorrow. We have tickets but the Dominette’s mom is not doing well. We need a fun evening.

Cheers!
August 22, 2008

Shawn_944
Love the Laid back Friday! Good Show!
August 22, 2008

Oakmon's BF
I took my wife to see Bottle Shock. She had no idea what we were going to see. I got the impression it wasnâ€™t challenging Batman for box office receipts. We had to travel over 15 miles to get to a theater that was showing it. The woman at the box office never heard of it. I had to convince her that not only was â€œBottle Shockâ€ the name of a movie, but it was a movie being shown in the very theater for which she was selling tickets. So she checked again and eventually confirmed that I was right and she sold me two tickets. No one was in the theater when we entered. Before the move started two other people arrived separately. After the movie my wife said she wasnâ€™t surprised there were so few people. I interpreted this to mean she didnâ€™t enjoy it. I did enjoy it. This may have little to do with cinematic art. It was meaningful to me. It (the story not the movie) affected my life. In the late 70â€™s and early 80â€™s I didnâ€™t know the details, but I knew California wines had beaten French wines in some contest. This was a factor in motivating me to introduce myself and my father to vintage California wines. Once I started on this road there was no turning back. Today, everybody who drinks vintage new world wines has been impacted by this story.
August 22, 2008

Jeremy J
I’m a lurker and finally felt the need to post. I love the show and I am getting back into wine after a brief dry spell due to being a poor college kid. Love the show Gary and hope, though I know it will happen one sad day, that you never stop. I’m looking foreword to the 20 year anniversary of the Thunder Show.

QOTD: Though I know its a cheap Finger Lakes wine, the 2001 Lucas Tug Boat Red was so much better than the 2002. 2001 still had some good strawberry and fresh cut grass flavors where 2002 seemed to go all to fruit and sugar.

Awesome show Gary!
August 22, 2008

RichE
QOTD:
The (2) vertical wines that I drank back to back that were
oh sooooooooo different were:
(2) Sullivan Vineyard Cabernets from Napa.

The 2002 was so much more rich and full versus a slightly lighter less explosive 2003. Oh well I should have bought more of the 2002’s.

Rich
Upstate NY
August 22, 2008

Dr. Horowitz
Bottleshock was lame but still entertaining because of the wine country shots and story about wine. The movie had 10 minutes of plot filled with 90 mintes of cheesy drama. Not bad for an independent flick. It was the only movie I’ve been to see in a theater since Sicko.

But, it did make me read Taber’s book to get a different perspective.
August 22, 2008

theemptyglass
I love Fridays on the couch, how come you don’t answer questions anymore? I think Laid back fridays could be a little more info heavy, I think bringing up different vintages is a good point, would have liked a little more on that, like was 2002 especially rainy or cold or what? and specifically what effects does it have? Sunny seasons make the grapes sweeter, but how do seasons produce one bottle of awkward bourdeau style to a dark fruit shiraz style?

QOTD: A while ago, I had a La Boca Malbec that I really liked but I don’t remember what vintage it was. I bought another bottle (2007 I think) expecting it to be if not the bottle I remembered, at least similar in style and I was so disappointed.
August 22, 2008

Jim in Atlanta
QOTD – I don’t drink a lot of the same wines two years in a row and very rarely side by side. I have taken your advice and try lots of different wines to expand my pal.
August 22, 2008

Robin C
Bottle Shock has not yet made it to Albuquerque, NM. I did read Eric Asimov’s critique and it was very funny.
QOTD: last vertical we tried was a year ago: Ridge Montebello ‘84,’94,’04. They all tasted pretty much the same though. I just had the’02 and I didn’t like it as much as last year, but I don’t remember the vintage I had last year. I’m keeping notes now on Cork’d, so I’ll be more organized.
We should do a vertical of Gary’s from when he first started the show and observe and comment on the changes.
August 22, 2008

SoCal
QOTD: Have not seen it yet.
QOTD2: 1994 vs 1995 Freemark Abbey Cabernet Sauvignon BoschÃ©……94 was awesome…..95 was one dimensional…..same night…..same wines…..different quality…..
August 22, 2008

Steve
Yes, I’ve seen Bottle Shock, and I liked it. But I’m a pretty easy movie critic and like most movies I see (two exceptions: China Town and Lost in Translation – HATED both). Bottle Shock, to me, was very evocative of the mood and spirit of the 1970s in California, when the wine “industry” there was very new and “wild west” in spirit. This was a film made by folks who really love wine. It certainly put me in the mood to drink some Cali chard, and I popped the cork on a bottle as soon as I got home. But my enthusiasm was dampened a bit when I read Eric Asimov’s slam of the film in the NY Times: I respect Eric’s wine writing greatly.
August 22, 2008

Medo
QOTD: 2004 & 2005 Schild Estate Shiraz – the 2004 was much better then the 2005! 94 vs 89/90 pts.