EP 253 The 95 Point Wine Challenge

Gary Vaynerchuk tastes 4 wines scored 95 points 🙂 he is clearly happy about this, lets see how happy.

Wines tasted in this episode:

2003 DominusNapa Red Meritage
2003 Villacreces Ribera Del DueroRibera Del Duero
2005 Whistling Eagle Eagles Blood ShirazAustralian Shiraz/Syrah
2004 Rolf Binder HanischAustralian Red Meritage

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Nick

solid wines.. Too bad the pricepoints now are a bit steeper then they were in 2007

Tags: red meritage, review, Ribera Del Duero, shiraz, Video, wine, wines

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  • I like the bombs!
    But I don’t enjoy one or two note wines, they gotta have something odd going on. I’ve gotta tilt my head and squint one eye and try to figure out what I’m smelling a little!
    Kathleen
    Albany, NY

  • I like the bombs!
    But I don’t enjoy one or two note wines, they gotta have something odd going on. I’ve gotta tilt my head and squint one eye and try to figure out what I’m smelling a little!
    Kathleen
    Albany, NY

  • ecola

    BOMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • ecola

    BOMB!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Dirty bomb Fco. coming through! (That sounds like it should be bleeped out). But in all I consider myself lucky. I have friends very into old world wines and others that are very open minded. So I kept an open mind myself. I think, like you say, there is a time for each sort of wine and I am able to appreciate the differences….except I am new to the game so that could also say that I do not know what the eff I am talking about.

  • Dirty bomb Fco. coming through! (That sounds like it should be bleeped out). But in all I consider myself lucky. I have friends very into old world wines and others that are very open minded. So I kept an open mind myself. I think, like you say, there is a time for each sort of wine and I am able to appreciate the differences….except I am new to the game so that could also say that I do not know what the eff I am talking about.

  • Winodontist

    QOTD: Bomb
    Nice episode, appreciate the honesty regarding Australian fruit bombs.

  • Winodontist

    QOTD: Bomb
    Nice episode, appreciate the honesty regarding Australian fruit bombs.

  • Jeppe

    QOTD: BOMB

  • Jeppe

    QOTD: BOMB

  • sharon

    You know it’s the sugar that’s the issue not the fruit. I guess I would be a Dirty B. as those fruit bombs (though tasty) tend to give me migraines. I tend to go for the dirt. Herbs and vegetables.
    Thanks also for bringing up “manipulation”. Yeah the “chemist monster” is a big turn off. I like the surprise of earth and weather rather that what they can do in the lab.

  • sharon

    You know it’s the sugar that’s the issue not the fruit. I guess I would be a Dirty B. as those fruit bombs (though tasty) tend to give me migraines. I tend to go for the dirt. Herbs and vegetables.
    Thanks also for bringing up “manipulation”. Yeah the “chemist monster” is a big turn off. I like the surprise of earth and weather rather that what they can do in the lab.

  • damon aka unknownwine

    I’ll have to go with a really really dirty dirty cheezy bomb.

  • damon aka unknownwine

    I’ll have to go with a really really dirty dirty cheezy bomb.

  • Jeff

    QOTD: Dirty but once in a great, great while in the mood for bomb!

    I can’t believe you’re still tasting. Nice job and thanks again for going the extra mile.

  • Jeff

    QOTD: Dirty but once in a great, great while in the mood for bomb!

    I can’t believe you’re still tasting. Nice job and thanks again for going the extra mile.

  • Larry

    Dirty, as in back to mother nature. Like the kind of thing that goes well with a charred filet mignon!

  • Larry

    Dirty, as in back to mother nature. Like the kind of thing that goes well with a charred filet mignon!

  • Kirk

    QOTD: GV……I am the dirty bomb…tasted the Jeorge Ordonez profile yesterday. It was Re-donk-ulous! I had to literally sit down with the 2004 Clio and sort out my mind…great show.

  • Kirk

    QOTD: GV……I am the dirty bomb…tasted the Jeorge Ordonez profile yesterday. It was Re-donk-ulous! I had to literally sit down with the 2004 Clio and sort out my mind…great show.

  • mcj

    QOTD: Dirty Bomb

  • mcj

    QOTD: Dirty Bomb

  • QOTD: bomb with a pile of dirt on it…..the dirty bomb

  • QOTD: bomb with a pile of dirt on it…..the dirty bomb

  • Russ J

    Dude, you were PLAYED when you shot this! Way to hang tough!

    QOTD: Dirty bomb with a little more emphasis on the dirty.

  • Russ J

    Dude, you were PLAYED when you shot this! Way to hang tough!

    QOTD: Dirty bomb with a little more emphasis on the dirty.

  • More Puerto Rico catch-up posting…

    QOTD: Bomb… but everyone likes to get Dirty every now and then.

  • More Puerto Rico catch-up posting…

    QOTD: Bomb… but everyone likes to get Dirty every now and then.

  • I just bought the Villacreces. Looking forward to trying it. Thanks Gary!

  • I just bought the Villacreces. Looking forward to trying it. Thanks Gary!

  • Jeff

    Picked up a 6 pack of the Villacreces 03 and I’d have to politely disagree with your 94 pts. It was good to start but after 30 minutes, it got disjointed.
    Does not have the lasting power of the dominus. Compared to the dominus I’d stick this around 88. Keep up the cool show!!

  • Jeff

    Picked up a 6 pack of the Villacreces 03 and I’d have to politely disagree with your 94 pts. It was good to start but after 30 minutes, it got disjointed.
    Does not have the lasting power of the dominus. Compared to the dominus I’d stick this around 88. Keep up the cool show!!

  • DocSpine

    Hmm how about a blackcat firecracker encased in some fresh loam. Not too dirty and not too bomb

  • DocSpine

    Hmm how about a blackcat firecracker encased in some fresh loam. Not too dirty and not too bomb

  • Scruff

    QOTD: Durty Bomb

  • Scruff

    QOTD: Durty Bomb

  • JayZee

    Way to go, Gary! I wasn’t sure if you would make it through all of the episodes. Thanks for sacrificing your day for us. We really do appreciate it. And they were all very good shows. A shame about the 2003 Villacreces since it was supposed to be the 2004. So I went and just ordered a case of the 2004.

    QOTD: Dirty Bomb, dude! (Maybe a tad more Dirt than Bomb?)

  • JayZee

    Way to go, Gary! I wasn’t sure if you would make it through all of the episodes. Thanks for sacrificing your day for us. We really do appreciate it. And they were all very good shows. A shame about the 2003 Villacreces since it was supposed to be the 2004. So I went and just ordered a case of the 2004.

    QOTD: Dirty Bomb, dude! (Maybe a tad more Dirt than Bomb?)

  • How the heck did you get through all of those. Hopefully someone drove you home.

    QOTD: I think I’m in the middle. Dirty Bomb

  • How the heck did you get through all of those. Hopefully someone drove you home.

    QOTD: I think I’m in the middle. Dirty Bomb

  • slambert

    Gary,

    I went looking for the Villacreces (WL was out) and found 4 bottles for $24, Once I have had a chance to give it a taste, I will post back with some feedback.

    Thanks for the heads-up.

  • slambert

    Gary,

    I went looking for the Villacreces (WL was out) and found 4 bottles for $24, Once I have had a chance to give it a taste, I will post back with some feedback.

    Thanks for the heads-up.

  • Donald Pipkin

    Where is the “oak monster riding my-little-pony through a rainbow of fruit-candy” t-shirt???

  • Donald Pipkin

    Where is the “oak monster riding my-little-pony through a rainbow of fruit-candy” t-shirt???

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  • Valentin

    I say dirty!

  • Valentin

    I say dirty!

  • Exdamyankee

    QOTD – I guess I’m a dirty bomb too!

    Time & place for everything. Props for mentioning the Pillar Box Red, currently my pick for best QPR in the new-world fruit-bomb world.

    That said I had a nice inexpensive Cotes-du-Rhone with dinner tonight (Paul Jaboulet Aines Parallele 45 ’06). Drinking dirty & loving it. Time & place man, time & place.

    Cheers!

  • Exdamyankee

    QOTD – I guess I’m a dirty bomb too!

    Time & place for everything. Props for mentioning the Pillar Box Red, currently my pick for best QPR in the new-world fruit-bomb world.

    That said I had a nice inexpensive Cotes-du-Rhone with dinner tonight (Paul Jaboulet Aines Parallele 45 ’06). Drinking dirty & loving it. Time & place man, time & place.

    Cheers!

  • Dessert Wine Nerd

    Quite clear at this point that youre feeling the alcohol and the fatigue… But still bringing the humor! Love it! QOTD: I havent drank a lot of old world style of wines, so by default Im a bomb.

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