Thanks for this very, very nice episode. Just in time because we are leaving the day after tomorrow for a three week holiday to California.
Making good pinot noir is a hell of a job.
Therefore, I will try some of the wines you mentioned. If I can find them.

QOTD.
4 Weeks ago: Sassicaia, Bolgheri, Tuscany, 1999, ? 180
Really great. Silky, nice fruit, well balanced and with a long taste. 92.

Great batting average for cult/ultra premium wines in this show! We all know how some of these episodes have gone differently in the past…

QOTD: 2002 Carini Merlot, Kinnefick Ranch
—— Explosive on the nose with super-ripe, extracted black cherry and cedar, and the massive 15.8% alc. (probably MORE) is definitely present in my nose piece. This nearly smells like vintage Port without the darker black fruit. This wine is huge on the palate and extremely mouth-coating, and has some perceptible residual sugar. OAK on the palate, not quite splintery but a bit toasty and vanilla is dancing with cherry pie filling. With soft, well-integrated tannin structure, the one thing that keeps this wine from being a flat-out dessert is a clear-cut beam of acidity right down the middle from attack to finish…which lasts a while. For my palate, this is way too over-the-top except by itself after dinner or WITH DESSERT (since I don’t gravitate towards the sticky stuff often.) I’d love this with chocolate in any form. Not my style, but it does what it does well. 91+

QOTD: My lifestyle doesn’t give me the opportunity to discover and enjoy cult wines. In the past year I’ve enjoyed a couple of pinot noirs that were special to me and my husband. They were the 2005 Amisfield, Central Otago, New Zealand Pinot Noir (90+) and a 200? Chehalem 3 Vineyard, Willamette Valley Pinot Noir (90+). Another favorite of ours that we enjoyed again recently was the 2001 Tilenus, Mencia, Bierzo, Crianza (91+). We’ve never tried the reserva which I’ve heard is excellent.

Best “Culty” sine I’ve had: 97 Leonetti Reserve – WW Valley Red

Make that wine, not sine… stupid fat fingers.

great episode gonna have try seek few these out. do you think you would ever do a cognac episode?

Hi GV!!

Nice show again, fantastic wines! I?m sad because it?s impossible to get them down here?

That Dancing Hares has a very nice bottle. That made me remember, as I am going to get married next February 20th, 2010, and I am looking for a special Champagne bottle for the toast: I just found the most beautiful bottle of Champagne, the Perrier Jouet Belle Epoque. As one shall not be enchanted by looks alone, I ask if you GV had this wine and how you liked it?

QOTD: Chateau Kefraya 2001, from Lebanon. A very good wine, 93-94 pts.

Best wishes,
Kiss on Misha,

Mauricio Fernandes
(GV?s #1 Brazilian Fan)

Still waiting for the day to open the bottle of Sea Smoke Southing my wife bought for Christmas. My only cult wine acquisition.

Torbreck

2006 The Pict: 100% Mataro. Can’t be done better any where else in the world.

(Spinifex and Kalleske…you should try any thing from these guys…uncanny

not a mailing list wine, but i think it falls into the ‘cult’ category; i enjoyed an 03 paolo bea sagrantino for dinner last friday followed up with a bottle of his 99 passito. both were spectacular, rich, luscious, perfectly balanced and gave the evening a special touch.

as a general rule, i’m pretty skeptical of mailing lists, there are a tremendous amount of great wines available in the market right now, especially given where the economy has been the past few years. if you know where to look, there are killer deals on bottles that were difficult to obtain a year ago. to me, it’s time to stock up on wines that have value.

cheers!

Hey Gary,

Great show.

QOD: Being from Canada I am subject to Canadian wineries mailing lists, particularly those from the Okanagan. Quails Gate, Burrowing Owl, and Osyosse Larosse are all great, but I do have to say the Quails Gate 06 Pinot is by far the most enjoyable.

Hey Gary great show!! I have a question of the day, what do you think about Wine Aerator’s?

Gary – Really enjoyed the show as I like to hear about lesser known up and coming wines to be on the look out for. I think the Keever and the Dancing Hares are the first time I haven’t seen you do a full glass rinse. Was this to avoid everyone screaming about dumping out $90 wine?

QOTD – No culty wines recently for me.

Oh, I wish I could have been around the Wine Library office the day you filmed this to help finish off the bottles! Great show!

QOTD: I don’t think I’ve really ever had a “cult wine.”

05 Dehlinger Pinot blew me away
07 Allen Vineyard Williams Selyem (Cherry Slurpy)

QOTD: I have to think about that. Give me a minute.

Tierra Roja and Regusci black label. Spectacular Oakville Cabs, expensive and worth every penny 95Points.

QOTD:
2003 & 2005 Quilceda Creek Cabernet.
Quite easily two of the best wines I’ve enjoyed. Certainly worth a 95-100pt score.
Also recently sampled 2002 Abreu Madrona Cab, 2005 Kobalt Cab, both excellent.

Kapscandy Star Lane Estate…200 bones? Really? 88pts non blind

Qotd: Since i’m in college and don’t have enough money to get the big name stuff i tend try and get something good thats not as well known. also a more unusual varietal if i’m in the mood for something different. but there aren’t any really hyped up wines i’ve had recently…there’s just not enough bang for my buck.

Wow, killer wines! Nice triple cork toss too. Solid show.

QOTD: Haven’t had any cult wines yet.

nice show with really fine wines. attempt made @ 07 Kanzler – we’ll see. wonder what their Reserve is like huh?

everyone loves DH. way to get on the BW dude.

QotD: has to be the 2002 Cayuse Bionic Frog, we are talking full-on chemistry class of smells and tastes, tons of extracted fruits competing with the military/industrial complex notes. never have figured what i’d pair this with food-wise but the finish was really lengthy and the wine remains memorable.

QOTD – One of my friends bought some hard to get Molly Dooker wines. They were good, but not as good as I thought they would be based on reputation. The cheapest one (Scooter Merlot) was actually my favorite.

Good show! Loved the description of the nose on the Kanzler – “this smells like a sheep walked in the room and farted”. I like stinky cheeses and stinky wines!

QOTD – Tensley Colson Canyon Vineyard Syrah – tasted very much like a northern Rhone wine. It had good fruit integration and an underlying white pepper nuance throughout the finish. I rate it 92+ points.

Gary,

Thanks for the insight on the Keever. I was just about to buy it. I jumped on the DH list about 2 months ago but couldn”t pull the trigger because of the economy….just sold my company and got a few extra notes in my wallet so I went for the wooden six pack….they should pay you commission,

QOTD-Just brought the recent Scarecrow release to my local wine bar in Fullerton. Opened it up with all the guys down there and we gave it a sniff e sniff. they loved it. now I know why they think I am a rock star…I could have sold it online for $500??? Really??? A friend of mine told me he knew someone who sold it online and they removed him from the list!