Santenay Wines from Burgundy

Santenay Wines from Burgundy – Episode #697

June 29, 2009

Gary Vaynerchuk sits down and explores the wines of Santenay including one white wine which only represents 10% of all the production of the region!

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Wines tasted in this episode:

2006 Domaine Vincent Beaurepaire Santenay BlancBurgundy Santenay
2006 Saint Francois Santenay RougeBurgundy Santenay
2005 Bruno Colin Santenay Vv RougeBurgundy Santenay
2006 Domaine Vincent Passetemps Santenay RougeBurgundy Santenay

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July 1, 2009

wyld
Nerd It Up!

But dont forget the CKC’s!

QOTD: Dancing Bull Wines Merlot, picked it up at the packy to have with a friend over pizza(on the back it said it was good with pizza), the fruit was really in your face, we finished the bottle before the pizza guy arrived!

Peace
July 1, 2009

John Santamaria
Have never tried a Santenay so I appreciated this show. Checked my local PA. Premium Collection Wine store and they did not have a single bottle of any Santenay in stock. If I drive half an hour to the next closest state store they have only a 2006 LOUIS LATOUR SANTENAY BLANC available for $22 bones.

QOTD: Sunday had a carafe of generic Lambrusco with dinner at a local Italian restaurant. Saturday I opened a 2007 Cab/Shiraz/Merlot blend called The Left Bank produced by Neil Ellis Wines from the Western Cape region of South Africa. On Friday it was a bottle of Americana Vineyards ‘Crystal Lake’ Niagara from the NY Finger Lakes region.
July 1, 2009

Bill the Wrist Watch Freak
QOTD: 2005 Nicolas Joly Les Clos Sacres. Talk about minerality – loved it!

Nice nerdy show. These are your finest moment GV – thanks again!
July 1, 2009

frank
Hey Garry,
Great show. Nerd out as much as you want, I loved it.

Congratulations on the little one. I have two and it’s the best thing that has ever happend to me.

wants: longer WLTV shows.
needs: a wine library store in my town.

Cheers, Frank
July 1, 2009

JasonA
Nice and nerdy Gary! Enjoyed the show!! I like hearing about things you wouldn’t really see in most of the wine stores in my area.

My wife and I went to Asheville NC for our 11 year anniversary. I had a nice wine at Steak and Wine restaurant. It was Chateau Greysac 2004 Medoc. It was pretty good, but was digging the nose more on my wife’s 2007 Brancott. My wife even pulled a Gary on me and told me my wine smelled like band aids and dark cherries!! She’s awesome. The Greysac held up well with my prime rib! YUM!!

Jason
July 1, 2009

moonbot
I love Santenays! I also love when you do a show on wines which are actually available up here in Montreal – and french wines we definitely do NOT have a shortage on..
QOTD: Tried the new Footbolt Shiraz from D’Arenberg (LOVE his wines..), as well as a nice Crozes Hermitage (i think it was a Pierre Gaillard, or some combination of producers.. can’t remember..)
3 more ’til 700!! GO GO GO!
July 1, 2009

AMM3RD
2000 Les Pagodes de Cos was great 91 pts. Great 2nd wine in a Great vintage. “This is a very good little wine. Very earthy (poopy) nose that quickly blew off. Blackberrys and dark fruits focused on a well balanced frame. Tannins are very nice. Some spice and deeper earthy flavors make this a very enjoyable wine. Seems heavy on the Merlot??? Drink now and for 3-5 years…AMM”
July 1, 2009

Carlitos
QOTD. Ah, so many wines with our group! I opened a 2003 Quintarelli Ca del Merlo Bianco (great) and an awesome 1999 Altanza Reserva Especial Rioja. The best of the weekend may have been a 1997 Talbott Diamond-T Chard. MAN!!!

Too bad the Santenays didn’t really work. I enjoyed a 1995 Marc Colin 1er Cru La Comme not too long ago and it was drinking real nice.

Keep up the nerd factor.
July 1, 2009

Joe Ferraras
Hey Gary,
Great show. I drank a SURU 2008 North Fork Shiraz Rose from Premium Wines in Long Island. It smells and tastes so much like yellow grapefruit – I love it. I drank it with some grilled clams and oysters.
Joe
July 1, 2009

BurroBoy
The regional exploration is one of the many things that makes this program so valuable to the experienced and novice alike. I immediately sent the link to my business partner living in the Cote de Beaune so he can go on mission to find the source. Vayniacs can augment the info that GV provides by following up and doing some guerrilla reporting on the wineries and vineyards when they are traveling?

QOTD:
We went to a really nice small wine & food event at a local restaurant( http://www.carpenterandmain.com )organized by a niche wine distributor ( http://www.artisanalcellars.com )in the neighborhood that we are friendly with. I was going to just list the wines but it would be a shame without the food – 13 small plates and 12 wines:
-made some quick notes afterwards 1+ to 5+ with a ( ) for extra special…
all very reasonable in price too!
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Assorted Fritto Misto
Crispy twice cooked quail eggs
Tarantaise Chees Souffle (bite size cute ones)
w/
Anton Bauer ‘Wagram’ Rose 08 Austria (+++) elegant zweigelt, merlot, syrah
Tegernseerhof Zweigelt Rose 07 Austria ++
Cima di Conegliano Prosecco Italy ++
Cecchein Family Sparling Moscato Argentina (++++) holy cow!

Lobster Bisque
Roasted Vegetable Filled Sunburst Squash
House cured wild salmon cheesecake with red pepper glaze
Grilled and chilled shrimp cucumber, radish and pineapple slaw
w/
Delfino Della Contessa 07 Italy
(Friulli-Toaci, Ribolla, Gialla, Malvasia) +++
Chateau Belle Mare ‘Les Granges de Felines’(picpoul, sauvignon) France +++
Anton Bauer Gruner Veltliner ‘Rosengberg’ 07 Austria (+++)
Strauss Samling 07 Austria ++

Pork Charcuterie -Confit of jowl, braised tongue, and liver mousse
Twice baked new potato with veal bacon and truffles
Grilled beef tenderloin rolls with morels in cream
Tea smoked duck
w/
Anton Bauer ‘Wagram’ Pinot Noir 05 Austria (+++) between burgndy & Pac NW
Chateau Camplazens Grenache 06 France +++
Bodegas Altanza ‘Edulis’ Rioja Crianza 01 Spain (++++) beautiful balance
Trecciano Chianti Colli Sensei 07 Italy +++

Local strawberries with Bunton farm Devon cream
Valhrona chocolate Fondue, roubarb coulis

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I placed an order for a mixed case this morning…
July 1, 2009

Bill H
Definitely like this type of show. There it is, the first of many baby smells. qotd, I had my first ever Cahors this weekend, the 2006 Chateau Haut-Monplaisir and it was awesome.
July 1, 2009

YoungDave
QOTD: Lots of 2004 Demessey Macon Cruzilles (Les Auvouries). SO I’m totally on board with the value Burgundy play.
July 1, 2009

Chateau_Plonk
Love the nerd shows! Places like Napa Valley, Australia and Bordeaux (although I love Bordeaux and it has lots of sub regions that are pretty unknown/nerdy like Fronsac, Barsac and most the dry whites) don’t really need any more attention. You should do a show on the “other” Nebbiolo wines of Peidmont like Gattinara and Ghemme. That would be SUPER nerdy.

QOTD: A Dr. Loosen Riesling Beerenauslese in a quarter bottle. Shouldn’t have drank it for another 20 years. But we had been drinking PBR all afternoon and it seemed like a good idea. Oops.
July 1, 2009

Clinton
I’m good with wine nerd, Web 2.0 or guests.

Suggestion for upcoming shows – match them with the Tour de France – taste a wine / wines from the day’s stage. TdF Starts July 4…

http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/cy/tdf/map/
July 1, 2009

sasha m.
QOTD: had the luck of tasting a Chateau Margaux Premier Grand Cru 1985, which was fantastic (as I was really trying to savour it and understand its complexity).. and Sunday some of my favorite non vino beverage.. a Mezcal-Benevá
July 1, 2009

Zach
Geek it up! Love it.

QOTD: I had the 2006 Pey-Marin Trois Filles Pinot Noir. Delicious.
July 1, 2009

stump
First time poster, not too long time a lurker – great episode. Love the nerd stuff. I am still relatively new to working in a fancy upscale wine store in the northeast, and I love it. We carry several bottles of Santenay, red and white. I can’t afford to taste a lot of these fine wines. Plus, we don’t always get to taste. The wine world, especially old-world, is overwhelming to us newcomers. This was an enlightening episode – even within this small sub-region we see amazing variety in style and quality. More of these types of episodes would be awesome, even if I’m not learning about the specific bottles of wine with which I interact. Keep going.

qotd: la manarine cdr ‘06 (first day good, second day opened up very nicely, wish I could have let breathe more or possibly decant on first day, even for such a not-so-fancy bottle), dogfishhead 90, cuilleron syrah rose ‘08, dogfishhead ‘the squall’(interesting, good, but all over the place, maybe lacks focus)
July 1, 2009

Cole
I’m loving the episodes you do at home.

QOTD: Sunday was Jean Marc Lafage Cote Est (Catalan VDP Chard, marsanne, & grenache) that had white quartz minerality I loved and had with frog legs (first time since I was a kid!)… Saturday was Fixin 1er Cru Clos Napoleon Dom. Pierre Gelin and enjoyed it (horrible pairing with salmon salad “nicoise”… the burnt flavors of the wine made it feel like someone burnt the fish when they cooked it, but fun nonetheless).
July 1, 2009

Amont
Tequila Herradura, Beer Dos Equis lager, Wine Roureda llicorella 2003 and it was all good!
June 30, 2009

dandruen
enjoyed the nerdism…

qotd: maker’s mark (Kentucky Bourbon)…
June 30, 2009

John D.
Love the nerd episodes Gary! Keep them coming!

QOTD: This weekend, I enjoyed the 2005 Elias Mora Crianza. For the price, this wine is a serious kick in the face. Need to order more…Love it. I also chilled out on the deck with a nice cold Newcastle Brown Ale after working in the yard all day. It’s pretty toasty and humid now on FL’s gulf coast.
June 30, 2009

Dick M
Nerd it up!

QOTD: Damn, drank lots of wine! A Banfi Sango/Merlot that was horrible and an Oregon Pinot that rocked it!
June 30, 2009

james
wine this weekend:owen sullivan ulysses sheridan. from washington state. 45%merlot,33%cabernet,22% cab franc.$19.95. 91 points robert parker they make a 70%merlot, 30% cabernet for about the same price.
June 30, 2009

Jack Turner
Oh and I forgot…Go Bills!
June 30, 2009

Jack Turner
Gary, thank you for putting my comment on the show…for clification’s sake, my first episode was the Amon-Ra decanting episode…really liied the show today, educational and fun…I also really liked the Shafer episode yesterday..definitally go with the grill theme I did little neck clams last week on the grill, delicious with a chard…this weekend was my b-day, Damilano Barolo 2004. Too young but after 24 hours open it was great…it was my first brunello.