2005 Pommard Tasting – Episode #552

October 6, 2008

Gary Vaynerchuk tries 3 Burgundian wines from the classic 2005 vintage and they all come from the wonderful little area of Pommard.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2005 Joseph Drouhin PommardPommard
2005 Maillard Pommard ChanierePommard
2005 Domaine Af Gros Pommard Les PezerollesPommard

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October 6, 2008

JayZee
Grizzly nails? What the heck are grizzly nails?
I look forward to seeing the 48 hour decanted wine tasting to see if you can erase that question mark.

QOTD: My favorite wine drinking partner is my lovely wife, Jane. My second favorite is any of my friends or family that enjoy drinking wine and are interested in learning more by tasting new things. Oh, yeah, I think you might make the list Gary if I actually ever got to drink wine with you.
October 6, 2008

gotsha
QOTD…My wife
October 6, 2008

Dale Cruse
QOTD: My pal Natalie.. or you, GV!

Side QOTV: Got it. Got all the wristbands currently available. That’s the way I roll.
October 6, 2008

Drew
QOTD#2…no wristbands. yet.
October 6, 2008

Jay
I’ve had cheap wine that’s near undrinkable, but never anything that expensive. That would be a fun wine to try.
October 6, 2008

Tom Langan
QOTD: Anyone
October 6, 2008

Drew
Lovin’ the cards…’91 UD was around when I collected. Have any hoops packs?

QOTD: Sue of course, but anyone who introduces me to great new wine flavors that I would have otherwise missed.
October 6, 2008

manonthemoon
Okay show to kick off the week. I have two of the bringing the thunder wristbands. Now how do we get our hands on the green ones that you said you were going to be giving out.

QOTD: Has to be you GV or any other vayniacs that love to share the knowledge
October 6, 2008

jason
AWESOME! so happy not only an 05 burg show, but one on pommard. i have a few bottles of pommard in my cellar including 02 pousse ‘dor and an 05 potel les vignots. i opened a 2000 maillard aloxe corton last new years and it was goooood. it had plenty of structure and a good dose of smoke. i wish i had a few more.
QOTD _ my friend tots cause he gets it and always appreciates a good bottle and shares them too. also, just friends. i love to open a bottle from the year we met or things like that. they act as time capsules. also i love to drink with people who are just getting into it and are really discovering.

again, great show gary. way to start the week
October 6, 2008

Roberto
Hi Gary,

Several comments here:

1. I think we should trade the little ponies for the guy who was elastic; remember that toy? Real heavy and if you ripped it it had this funny liquid inside that smelled weird.
2. Interesting on wine #2, I will give it a try and buy a couple of bottles.
3. I do have the old school bug for Burgundian wine, and wish you did more shows on it if only to help us steer clear of the $100 busts…
4. QOTD: my sons would be the answer, but they are only 12 and 10 so can’t wait for them to turn 18!! (our local legal age) Currently: my wife and my dad.
5. How can anybody, really, hate Billy Joel? what is this world coming to…

FINAL THOUGHT: I love it when you drop the “whether they like it or not” bit from your finale… it is too defensive and frankly you don’t need to explain yourself to anyone.
October 6, 2008

Achilleas in Cyprus
Nice show.
I still got that wristband
QOTD: all time fave was my late friend Bruce Liebowitz who died of cancer a couple of years ago – he took me around Sonama and Napa in 97.
Now, its with my friends Jean-Paul, Stelios and Christos.
Best “friends” to drink with though is my wife and brother
October 6, 2008

RANDI
GARY!!!
QOTD: Vincenza!! Love to drink w/anyone who has an appreciation of wine..and life!
xo
October 6, 2008

Bored Doe
Great show Gary… I have had a lot of similar experiences with 05 Burgundy, some just not being able to open up yet. QOTD- I have a friend back home in Richmond VA who I love to taste and drink with. He is the sommelier at my restaurant back home and I moved out to be the somm at our location in Chicago. It’s really interesting and entertaining to compare thoughts on wine
October 6, 2008

Marc
Awesome!

QOTD: With you GV, just like we do almost every day!
October 6, 2008

ep27
QOTD: Gary V. of course. I know it’s kissing a#$# but I couldn’t resist.
October 6, 2008

JudeMurphy
QOTD- my buddies Mark and Fiona and Ollie too but he’s only 5 so he just has juice! ; )
October 6, 2008

DaveyDonut
Hey, FINALLY a true 2005 red burgundy episode. Took you long enough! I’ve been playing heavily in 2005 Burgundy and finding, as you did today, that many of them are just too locked down… in a “dumb phase,” as is talked about. You can tell there’s huge structure there, but with this vintage especially, some of these wines are going to truly need 15 years to be drinkable… you mentioned this is the problem with Burgundy, because you can drop $100 bones and get utter crap.. but there’s a huge difference here between utter crap and a wine that’s closed down. I don’t think many people are dropping $100 on 2005 Red Burgundy and expecting to drink it tomorrow. These wines need time but they WILL come around. Sure, you can still spend $100 and get crap, but just because it’s shut down today that doesn’t make it crap. Glad you scored that one a question mark instead of judging it how it’s showing today; I’m surprised the middle one was even showing well at all even. I have roughly 60 bottles of 2005 Red Burgundy in the cellar, and I’m not planning on touching a single one for at least 5 years from now.

Wristband QOTD: The only one I DON’T have is the sniffy sniff one, because you only sent that to people who bought your book on father’s day or bought something else. I bought two books earlier, and you said you’d send the wristband to people who sent the email to book@winelirary or whatever, but I never got one anyway.

QOTD: My friend Ken. One of the only friends who really gets it.

David
October 6, 2008

YvetteW
Pinot Noirs, love to try more of them from Burgundy!

QOTD: my friends; we laugh, we drink, we laugh and drink some more!
October 6, 2008

JR Moreau
You brought it to Seth Petruzelli to the table… YES!!!!!

Can’t wait for the Croatian wines. You want to talk about MMA, Cro Cop wines! Although he’s been getting his ass kicked lately.

My favorite fellow wino is probably my sister who has a lot of similar tastes as me along with my girlfriend who really enjoys Pinot Noir and Vionger
October 6, 2008

M
QOTD: hubby
October 6, 2008

Withnail
“6 dudes in a 2-bedroom”?!?!? What kind of ski trips did you take?
There are better ones out there than that, ya know…
October 6, 2008

Susan
Gary- I have gen. 1,3,4, & 5 wristbands…………..
October 6, 2008

Clayton Havens
QOTD: My best bud Llonda…. drink wine and talk the shit. Nothing better
October 6, 2008

Susan
Gary-Side ? of the day: ONLY wristband that I do not have!!!!
October 6, 2008

CaseyLee
QOTD my uncle Nelson. loves wine and has alot of it fun to drink with very fun. i enjoy drinking wine with him . cool episode.. i wonder if that wine will do better. . . for 90 $ id hope so thanks gary