Collector wines from L’ete du Vin lunch

Collector wines from L’ete du Vin lunch – Episode #668

May 1, 2009

Gary Vaynerchuk tries 3 very serious wines at a lunch in Nashville and breaks them down!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

1988 Chateau La Mission Haut Brion
1974 Mayacamas Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon
1998 Chateau Rieussec Sauternes

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May 2, 2009

nicko
QOTD: I’ve never had an epic wine!

Good show, love the flip cam episodes!
May 2, 2009

Dominus
And a very Happy Birthday to Mom Vaynerchuk!!!!
May 2, 2009

Dominus
Interesting footnote on WS on the ‘74 Mayacamas. It sold for 10 bones and scored an 86. Drink through 2008.
May 2, 2009

Kevin K
QOTD: 82 Caymus
May 2, 2009

Dominus
He winds up and here’s comes the pitch . . . a long fly ball to deep center field, Melky races back and it’s going . . . going . . . gone! A monstrous homerun of a show! That’s what I’m talking about! Though the wines may be unavailable and the QPR is through the roof, it gives us Vayniacs an idea of how a “great” wine “should” taste. Kudos to this great show.

QOTD: Epic wine? I have bottles of Haut-Brion, Cinq Cepages, Ducru, Montelena and Dominus (of course) downstairs and have only had the Dom and CC so I will say the ‘85 Opus One was my last most memorable wine. I guess I should try one of the others soon?
May 2, 2009

Grant
Great wines, great episode.

QOTD: Probably an Arnoux Romanee-Saint-Vivant from the 80’s (forgot the vintage), or an ‘82 Rauzan-Segla. . . . Good times.
May 2, 2009

guymandude
Thanks for the GV on tour shows.It’s cool to see what goes on and what your doing.Thanks again.
May 2, 2009

Pete
One of the first wines I ever had was a 1975 Lafite Rothchild (in 1994.) A truly amazing experience. Unfortunately, given my inexperience with wine at the time I didn’t truly appreciate how special a great wine was until I tried some many other wines…
May 2, 2009

Pamela Jo
What am I doing this weekend. Wishing I were at the L’ete du Vin as I live in Nashville, but I’m probably going to the Centennial Park Craft Fair if weather permits. I’m excited to have you in my town I only wish it was in a vayniac-friendly forum. Love your show. Also I just bought a Reisling and it’s your fault.
May 2, 2009

Kirk (aka: slave2thevine)
It’s always fun to taste older wines…I had a 1975 Margaux back in september that was still silk and held together until the bottle was empty. About a month later I had a 1986 Conde de Valdemar Rioja Gran Reserva that was still holding strong…and a steal at $25 in the after market…it’s always great when there are some older wines that you can pull out of the cellar and share with people.
May 2, 2009

Benj
QOTD: We had 1976 Yquem at Christmas. The oldest and most incredible wine I’ve had by a long way. Just absolutely RIDICULOUS complexity, intensity and balance. It’s going to be a long long long time before I taste anything that amazing again. This weekend I’m revising as my finals start on Tuesday!
May 2, 2009

Zino
QOTD: A few years ago I bought a 1953 Lafite at auction. It cost me about £100, potentially a bargain as Parker had twice rated it 100 pts. I took a gamble though as the level was a bit on the low side. I knew it was off the moment the cork was pulled, it stank. It was brown, but having payed so much, I lived in hope that it might still taste good- how wrong I was. As for an epic older wine experience, recently had a 1997 Percarlo – awesome, made up for the Lafite. I’m much more careful at auctions now.
May 2, 2009

Richie
QOTD: Well the oldest wine I have had was a Riesling Spätlese from 1992. I had that last year and it was really fantastic.
May 2, 2009

Vanguy
QOTD: Most epic older wines tasted? ‘77 Fonseca, ‘82 Leoville Las Cases, ‘82 Mouton
May 2, 2009

Jerry
Nice show, especially the length. But the effect is a bit lacking. Can you please get some training on how to film yourself and do a better preparation job before the camera starts?
May 2, 2009

castello
Cali cabs rockin the world!
May 2, 2009

Andrew
An 1982 Chappellet Cabernet was rockin it just a few months ago. I also had some phenomenal 1970’s era wines from Monterey Peninsula Winery, Glen Ellen and a sublime 1976 Rieussec about a year ago in CA. Cali wines do age … stop player hatin’ Old World fans.
May 2, 2009

Dustin Tobin
QOTD: I am in the newly acclaimed Lake Chelan AVA in Washington State enjoying some wines with “RIPPING” acidity. Great show today. Love the improv, keep it up!

Cheers,
Dustin
May 2, 2009

Ben Janssen South Australia
Good to see Gary you a little tipsy.
May 2, 2009

Jay
Great episode. Interesting wines. GV relaxed and unassuming. Good stuff.
May 2, 2009

Flavio
QOTD: I have been quite lucky on the older wine front over the last couple of years, both from my own and my friends’ cellars. The most recent ones:

For my dad’s birthday a few weeks ago we cracked a 1979 La Mission Haut Brion and a 1975 Leoville Las Cases (birth years for my sister and I respectively). The 75 Las Cases, as usual, was phenomenal but the La Mission disappointed us a bit.

Last Wednesday, with friends and some good Argentine steaks, I had a 1979 Las Cases which definitely proved that Las Cases can make good long-lasting wine in any vintage… and a 1981 Lopez Heredia Bosconia Rioja that had an amazing silky Burgundian strawberry vibe (radically different style from today’s Riojas).
May 2, 2009

dan brien
i think this may be one of my favorite shows in a long time – you appeared to have lowered your guard just a bit – nice to see you loosen up a bit (!). Great reviews – don’t worry about the edit – I think it added to the whole ep.
just because we’re changing the wine world doesn’t mean we can’t look into the old one once in a while, right?

qotd – I have a couple of 1986 St. Emilions (I know, not the best vintage – hopefully some good bottles – they’re from the the year I lived in Paris but i haven’t tried one in almost 20 years) wondering if they are past their prime? Did they even HAVE a prime? Don’t know when to find out.

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May 2, 2009

Pat
Thanks for giving us a vicarious taste of WCWs (World Class Wines)!

QOTD: ‘61 Beaulieu Vinyards Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon — in 1984 with my lovely wife & a wonderful meal at NYC Four Seasons Fountain Room. We were on a trip from here in Michigan visiting Grandma in Jersey to show off her new grandson.

Warning — Fatherhood will change your whole life … and it’s all worth it.

Mmmm, I can still taste that wine!
May 1, 2009

Phil M'Glassup
Jeez, if that’s you after you’ve had a couple, might I suggest you have a couple more?
Kidding.
Great energy and great show.
You keep pumping out the content and I’ll keep pumping up the comments.
May 1, 2009

Matt
Hey, did I call it with the Burt Reynolds eyebrows in the hotel the other day or what? You even mentioned Deliverance yourself today (”squeal for me boy, you’re m-a-a-h piggy now…”): surely it can’t be coincidence?

Another great flipcam episode, and great to see you reviewing these world-class wines that most of us will never have the opportunity to taste. Nice to see the wine equivalent of the G20 all gathered together, playing nicely too. It’s the sort of thing we’d never get to hear about unless you were there to show us. Cheers Gary!

The weekend? I reckon a stroll round the Botanical Gardens is probably on the cards and maybe a spot of lunch at the Opera House over-looking Sydney Harbour. Call if you’re thinking of heading this way sometime — we’ve got a lot of winemakers who would love to shake your hand.