Mourvedre Wine Tasting – Episode #603

January 5, 2009

Gary Vaynerchuk tastes 3 wines made from the Mourvedre grape.

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“The Mourvedre that I’ve had have been from the Paso Robles area. Denne…” by Denner Grl
“Interesting show…. a wine i’ll have to try in the future. QOTD: No…” by Dessert Wine Nerd
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Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Cline Ancient Vines MourvedreSonoma Other Red Wine
2006 Turkey Flat MourvedreAustralian Mourvedre
2006 Domaine Tempier Bandol TourtineBandol

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January 5, 2009

Eric Laz
Thanks for all of the good info. I learned a little something new today.

QOTD: I have not had any experiences with Mourvedre. But now I am excited to expand my pal…
January 5, 2009

W Miree
QOTD: I have been drinking Bandol from Tempier for almost 3 decades. These wines need much time from vintage to hit their prime….I’m talking 20 years in the top vintages. However, almost every wine of producers of Mourvedre I have tasted has been relatively tight and tannic when young. But Tempier is the “king of the hill” in my book. As you noted, they are rustic, gamy, tannic (when young), but for me they become unbelievably complex after 15-20 years. Thank you for including a Tempier in your tasting.
January 5, 2009

Dan Manu
Nice episode Gary!
Good to see you throwing some love our way again(Australia)…

QOTD: never had a straight Mouvedre… i’m going out now to get one!
January 5, 2009

J Crazy
Love the Mouvedre. Had an awesome blend from the Lang, forget the name but had roses on the label. I think it was Mouv and Cinsault; mighty fine.
January 5, 2009

dcpatton
Thanks for expanding our palate Gary!

QOTD: No Mouvedre, but I am exploring Cono Sur wines from Chile. Tasting their Pinot Noir now.
January 5, 2009

amgryger
QOTD: The only 100% mourvedre wines I’ve had were from Spain. I do appreciate GSM blends from various parts of the Rhone and Southern France. I’ve had a couple of nice GSM blends from CA too.
January 5, 2009

shawnandlu
Thanks Gary for doing a show on Mourvedre. I absolutely love the varietal. All you need to know about me and what I think about Mourvedre,if you ask me my two go two winerys in France and the U.S. its Chateau de Beaucastel in CDP and Tablas Creek in Cali(Mouvedre based in both reds). You also might try Core Elevation Sensation it might suprise you how good Dave is doing with the varity.
Mourvedre picks up flavors of dark, dark fruit, gamyness, spice and believe it or not citrus that other varieties just don’t reach. Yes they do need a little time for the flavors to flesh out. For some reason Mourved takes a little time in hiding before the flavors explode. I have read Parker reviews were he describes Mourvedre varieties and will say tastes of “Peking Duck” I swear he is dead on I have tasted the tasty Chinese duck in Mourvedre. yum yum yum.

P.S. when you find the 30 dollar Bandal that kills it like you believe exists let us know I will be first in line.
January 5, 2009

Devin M.
That was just me calling Gary to tell you about the 2001 Amador County Mourvedre by TKC winery that I had this year, pretty good. On another note when you get the time could you speak a bit on the advantages or disadvantages of cellaring? This is still an absolute mystery to me and I would like to know more. I know you have said most of us drink our wines too young. What changes occur and what wines should I pick to lay down and for how long? What wines should be consumed now? Thanks D.
January 5, 2009

laposte
QOTD:
Have had excellent experience in France, but less than memorable from Spain and new world.
Great show!
January 5, 2009

Mike in Wisconsin
Great Show! Love the obscure varietal, love that you have 3 different regions of the world! Great refresher course on Mataro, Monastrell, Mourvedre. I forget that they are the same!!!! Great job on the fill in time in the beginning Mott!!
January 5, 2009

guymandude
my team out for the season as well as my phins got banged up sun.well, go philly. don’t think i’ve had a mourvedre but interested to try. glad to see you in the new year.
January 5, 2009

Jimmy T
How can anyone hate the Steelers?! Cheering for another team, sure. But hate the Steelers, I don’t know about that. They are true class, I think. But, I am a fan so maybe I’m jaded.

QOTD: I have had good experiences with this varietal.
January 5, 2009

Jim in Atlanta
I like the new tasting routine. I will have to try it myself. QOTD – I have had a few Mourvedre’s from France and Spain. I don’t remember a lot about them, but I am a fan of Rhone style wines and like the rustic, earthy, barnyard taste.
January 5, 2009

catherine.
QOTD: my experience with mourvedre is watching episode 603 of the thunder show.

as a fan of gary, i say great episode. as a fan of the steelers, i say i hate you too.
January 5, 2009

Richard Ritter
QOTD: Hey I just had that Turkey Flat Mourvedre. Thought it was excellent.

Happy New Year to you Mott!

Gary, two words: REX RYAN
January 5, 2009

Laurie in VT
QOTD: None! We’ll have to do something about that, it seems.

Fun show, loved the new technique!
January 5, 2009

kaybee
QoTd
No experience, but will keep the eagle eye out to find it. thank you GV
January 5, 2009

Jay
What I heard: “…one from California, one from Australia, and one from Bob Dole.”
lol
January 5, 2009

Kenny Galloway
Wow I actually had to peruse my wine journal and I only found 3 entries since 2006 of mourvedre tastings. The first was during a visit to the Torre di Pietra Vineyards in Fredericksburg, Texas. It was a 2005 varietal bottle. I didn’t take hardly any notes during this visit other than that none of the wines impressed me and they needed more bottle aging. Number two was a 2005 Pairie Rotie Tallent Vineyards during my visit to the Becker Vineyards in Stonewall, Texas. This was Day 2 of the same visit and the bottle was a blend of Mourvedre, Grenache, Syrah, and Carignan. Again this was during a period where my notes were quite lacking, although I really liked this vineyard and I noted the following, “The top winery of the trip. The Viognier and Zinfandel were amazingly expressive and my overall favorites. The Malbec, Prairie Rotie, and Claret were also very enticing.” Number three was a Toad Hollow, Erick’s the Red non-vintage that I tasted at a local wine tasting at WineStyles in McAllen, Texas (I worked in Texas for 4 years). I rated this wine a 7 out of 10, although may have been more mesmerized by the fact that it had a blend of 18 grapes!… one of them being Mourvdre. I noted the following, “Very fruit forward, black berries, dry, balanced acidity, light tannins, full body. This is an awesome wine for the value and the novelty… 18 FREAKIN’ GRAPES. It screams New World wine. I’d be interested to know how some of my more traditionalist French friends would care for the wine. It really is good and works perfect for a hearty outdoors BBQ, which is precisely why I purchased the bottle. Sorry but the details are limiting on this tasting as the setting wasn’t too wine journal friendly, with the drinkin’ and BBQin’ and all.”

So basically I NEED TO DRINK MORE MOURVEDRE!!!
January 5, 2009

Mike Z
QOTD: my only experience with Mourvedre (Monastrell) was 2006 Clio and it was EXCELLENT! Thats the best wine i’ve had in the past 2-3 months.
January 5, 2009

Anthony L.
Very Little expereince with Mourvedre. I believe I’ve only had it as part of a blend.
January 5, 2009

jr
I’ve Had Mourvedre in Gigondas & C-d-P Rhone blends which is about 10-11% of the blend with Grenache and Syrah, but Would like to try it on it’s own now to see what component it brings to the blend. Thanks… We Like the new tasting (Comic relief)technique.
January 5, 2009

Nath
Do Turkey Flat make a bad wine?
January 5, 2009

Alex Mielnik
OMG!! I just watched #148 for the first time… You had me in stitches at the end! Thanks for putting an episode on Mourvedre. Good stuff… have not had much experience with this wine varietal but will give it a sniffy sniff and a whirl sometime soon. You rock Gary!!
January 5, 2009

manonthemoon
Full throttle show today, gentleman. Awesome selections with mataro, a cameo by Mott, and one of my favorite producers with Tempier. Hoping for a good week of shows, especially the blind.

QOTD: I have a lot of experience with Mataro, usually in GSM blends from Oz, Spain, or the PNW, but also on its own from Bandol. I have been fortunate to try a few past vintages of the Tempier cuvee and the La Migua, and have the upper tier, Cabassaou bottling, sitting in my cellar. Always nice for a change of pace.