Single Vineyard Meursault and Pear Brandy – Perfect Together

Single Vineyard Meursault and Pear Brandy – Perfect Together – Episode #643

March 13, 2009

Gary Vaynerchuk is honored to taste some serious white Burgundy with Jean-Marc Roulot, proprietor of one of the most hallowed domaines in the Cote de Beaune.

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2004 Domaine Roulot Meursault-Boucheres
La Poire Du Roulot

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March 31, 2009

Dessert Wine Nerd
My brain is completely crushed after work so Im harly able to think straight. Great show. I love the sort of out of left field guests that I would never know about. CLearly a man with passion, taking on the family business. I love an Asian pear wine from a winery in Washington, and methinks Id love his pear brandy. QOTD: A wine that speaks of its land, and isnt overoaked.
March 28, 2009

Jacob M
i really enjoyed this guest. extremely classy, passionate, loved this episode. really..
March 23, 2009

Jayhitek
QOTD: I have no idea what he just asked..
March 23, 2009

Robin C
The strawberry thing was confusing, but he had to have meant raspberries.
How fascinating that he’s an actor too.
QOTD: I haven’t spent enough time with white burgandies to answer the question, but I’d like to. A side by side tasting of Jean-Mark Roulot’s meursaults would be very helpful.
March 23, 2009

Bibinka
Anyone know where I can get a bottle of the La Poire Du Roulot? Searched high and low.. to avail!
March 22, 2009

DF
Klassh said your guest reminds him or her of Robin Williams. I was thinking Mr. Bean– Rowan Atkinson. I loved the way he was going back to French at the end even though he is a good English speaker. As an American who speaks French, I appreciate the exhaustion the guest must have felt trying to understand Gary’s rapid-fire delivery.

Thanks for a lovely episode.
March 21, 2009

Dan-o
Being a big fan of white wines from Burgundy made this a good episode for me.
I liked the guest also.

QOTD – I like crisp, acidic white wines from Burgundy. They should never introduce as much oak as their California brothers.
March 21, 2009

Chris Lotz
straight terroir homes! great episode guys, im gonna seek some of that pear stuff out too!
March 21, 2009

Klassh
Lol, “We’re changing the pair world!” You should keep that as your signature, we’ve pretty much got the wine world licked.

And he reminds me so much of Robin Williams.
March 20, 2009

Ramy
I confirm: “Framboise” means “Rasberry” and not “Strawberry”. Strawberry is « Fraise » in French.
March 19, 2009

Alex from Montreal
Jean-Marc Roulot was an amazing guest. He was very humbling and I really enjoyed listening to what he had to say.

QOTD: There is nothing like a Meursault, I will live and die by this region. This is what I dream about at night. I really want to go to Meursault and hopefully I will make it there to start my career in the wine biz. I have to say, if there is one place that I am going to taste the soil, it would be Meursault.
March 18, 2009

iank
VG – The shows lately have been great. I haven’t gotten to write as much as I would like, but certainly feeling the momentum. I think the interviews have been really interesting. I enjoyed the segways in this episode on the market and business of everything as well as hearing about the winemakers/growers goals and what they wanted to accomplish with their wines.

Keep it up!!!

Thanks for your efforts… Mott is the Shiznit
March 18, 2009

Kevin
Someone probably mentioned this already, and I hate to correct your wonderful guest, but he meant ‘raspberry’, no?

QOTD: I wish I knew. I wish I knew. The best white burgundy I’ve had was from Chassagne Montrachet, and was wonderfully complex, completely changing my mind about chardonnay.

Also – had Pear Williams Etter yesterday, and the stuff rocked. I’d love to give his a go.
March 17, 2009

laposte
Excellent effort, such an interesting guest.

QOTD: I prefer the steely wet rock Chablis from Gilles et Natalie Fevre.
March 17, 2009

jim
Gary,

Great, great interview with a legend. My two cents, as a serious wine head, I appreciate it when you get into the trenches with the nitty gritty of production, terroir, etc with your guests. Mr. Roulot discussing the amount of new / 1yr / 2yr… oak in his cuvees and that of some of his competitors was quite enlightening. Keep up the great work.

Cheers,

Jim
March 17, 2009

wayno da wino
Yo G, Where are Yeee???? I’m sendin’ out me search dogs!!!!!
March 17, 2009

wayno da wino
Top 154, YEEEEEEEEEOOOOOOOOOOOWZAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!!!!!!!!
March 17, 2009

Slushpuppy
Cudos Gary: Fantastique! You have risen to the level of your fine guest.
Smell it first. TR
March 17, 2009

KiwiKwaffer
Great QOTD – it really got me thinking. It’d be easy to answer for other white varietals (e.g. in riesling I look for a tension/balance between sweetness and acidity, in sauvignon blanc a balance between a fruit explosion and a mineral intensity) but chardonnay has so many facets (fruit, oak, malo, acidity, weight) it’s hard to write down a simple formula for the perfect bottle. Perhaps this multi-dimensional aspect is what makes tasting chardonnay so much fun.
March 17, 2009

David Harris
I agree with the others before me, your interviewing has been improving.

Great show,
David
March 17, 2009

Karl Laczko
A very enjoyable episode, nice to see the interaction between you, good interview style and a great guest.

QOTD – I haven’t tried enough Bourgogne Blanc to be able to answer that, but I don’t like excess oak in any Chardonnay, but not too little either – it’s the 3 bears porridge conundrum, what is “just right”?
March 17, 2009

DaveyDonut
Great episode. I really liked hearing Jean-Marc talk about his wines. Seems like a very “real” individual. I have had some of his Meursaults and years ago they are what really convinced me that Chardonnay doesn’t have to be what it is in California.

Also, I love pear brandy. Doubt I’ll be able to locate this one, but I’ll keep an eye out…

David
March 17, 2009

Scottie P
Fun episode, the wine maker’s passion was really visible.
I’m a fan of Pears as well and must find the La Poire Du Roulot.
March 17, 2009

Andy & Edie from MT
Excellent interview with a facinating guest. Very informative and really made me thirsty for pear – not just for eating anymore!
March 17, 2009

Eric S.
I have been a huge fan of the show, but for some reason this one didn’t do it for me. I think it is because I was not connecting with the guest. You have been very guest-heavy recently and I think you should go back to just you and the bottles, you’re more animated then, which for me makes it more entertaining.