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EP 415 Australia vs France In A Chardonnay Battle

Gary Vaynerchuk takes a look at two Chardonnay wines, one from Aussy and one from Burgundy, who will win?

Wines tasted in this episode:

2003 Vincent Girardin Meursault Poruzot DessusMeursault
2005 Tapanappa Chardonnay TiersAustralian Chardonnay

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John__J

qotd: when I tasted some white burgundies yesterday actually

Tags: chardonnay, Head to Head, Meursault, review, Video, white, wine, wines

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  • Rich

    I love the “battle” format. Really entertaining. I also like that you trust you “pal”. It makes the show so educational and fun. 🙂

  • Bigapablo

    QOTD: Last week when work went bad last week, but it is getting better now.

  • Rich

    I love the “battle” format. Really entertaining. I also like that you trust you “pal”. It makes the show so educational and fun. 🙂

  • Bigapablo

    QOTD: Last week when work went bad last week, but it is getting better now.

  • Sonnenuhr

    ABC – Anything But Chardonnay

    QOTD – Very disappointed when I opened a 1970 Chateau de Pez that was way over-the-hill on Saturday night. Oh well, had another one 2 weeks ago that still rocked. That’s the way it goes with old wines 😉

  • Sonnenuhr

    ABC – Anything But Chardonnay

    QOTD – Very disappointed when I opened a 1970 Chateau de Pez that was way over-the-hill on Saturday night. Oh well, had another one 2 weeks ago that still rocked. That’s the way it goes with old wines 😉

  • QOTD- Went to Bridlewood in Santa Barbara- horribly disappointed. Only the Viognier was drinkable, and that was $30- about $20 too expensive.

  • QOTD- Went to Bridlewood in Santa Barbara- horribly disappointed. Only the Viognier was drinkable, and that was $30- about $20 too expensive.

  • QOTD: My Seahawks getting carjacked by the refs in the Super Bowl. I used to like Jerome Bettis, but now I can’t even look at the guy without wanting to throw something at the TV.

  • */^_^*

    qotd: last time i was disappointed was when i was gonna do a chile vs argentina cab showdown and one was corked and the other oak monster-fied! ah!

  • QOTD: My Seahawks getting carjacked by the refs in the Super Bowl. I used to like Jerome Bettis, but now I can’t even look at the guy without wanting to throw something at the TV.

  • */^_^\*

    qotd: last time i was disappointed was when i was gonna do a chile vs argentina cab showdown and one was corked and the other oak monster-fied! ah!

  • John Farrin

    Better your 102 bones than mine 🙂 tHis is exactly why we need reviewers. We’re flying blind out here (although, in this case we would’ve been screwed anyway). How can two professional critics be so far apart? And it happens ALL the time! This is particularly true of the Wine Spectator and the Wine Advocate. It almost seems to be an ego thing with them. Like, ‘If you say it’s good, we say it’s not. When we’re talking about classified growths in Bordeaux, and many other areas of the world also, there is no excuse for having one of them say a wine is 94-96 and the other say it’s an 89.

    QOTD: The selections of a signature red wine club that another retailer (yes, I cheat on you sometimes) has made over the last six months. I finally cancelled Saturday.

  • QOTD: When I had my own small victory last week (audition that I felt I had rocked) and called home to have the mom say, “but you haven’t heard back from them, have you?” Uh, no mom, I haven’t and thanks for bringing that up…some people don’t get it. ANYWHO…

    Never been a huge Chard fan but admit that on a hot summer’s day it is the way to roll….love the duel episode…how about you do a ‘blind duel’ episode?

  • John Farrin

    Better your 102 bones than mine 🙂 tHis is exactly why we need reviewers. We’re flying blind out here (although, in this case we would’ve been screwed anyway). How can two professional critics be so far apart? And it happens ALL the time! This is particularly true of the Wine Spectator and the Wine Advocate. It almost seems to be an ego thing with them. Like, ‘If you say it’s good, we say it’s not. When we’re talking about classified growths in Bordeaux, and many other areas of the world also, there is no excuse for having one of them say a wine is 94-96 and the other say it’s an 89.

    QOTD: The selections of a signature red wine club that another retailer (yes, I cheat on you sometimes) has made over the last six months. I finally cancelled Saturday.

  • QOTD: When I had my own small victory last week (audition that I felt I had rocked) and called home to have the mom say, “but you haven’t heard back from them, have you?” Uh, no mom, I haven’t and thanks for bringing that up…some people don’t get it. ANYWHO…

    Never been a huge Chard fan but admit that on a hot summer’s day it is the way to roll….love the duel episode…how about you do a ‘blind duel’ episode?

  • flynbrian

    LET’S GET READY TO RUMMMBLE!!! Hopefully things will get better for the rest of the week.

  • flynbrian

    LET’S GET READY TO RUMMMBLE!!! Hopefully things will get better for the rest of the week.

  • SS Chris

    Don’t apologize….we all love the “Straight Talk Express”!!

  • Little Jonny H

    Ha! I laugh in the face of exorbitance. If it costs more than $25 the QPR will never come close to solid $10 wine!!!

    QOTD: I recently visited two wonderful bakeries, -one italian and the other french. The desserts in the window screamed EAT ME. After purchasing something from each, it turns out they were all show. I make better desserts every time i get out mixer… for 1/10 the price!

  • SS Chris

    Don’t apologize….we all love the “Straight Talk Express”!!

  • Little Jonny H

    Ha! I laugh in the face of exorbitance. If it costs more than $25 the QPR will never come close to solid $10 wine!!!

    QOTD: I recently visited two wonderful bakeries, -one italian and the other french. The desserts in the window screamed EAT ME. After purchasing something from each, it turns out they were all show. I make better desserts every time i get out mixer… for 1/10 the price!

  • Mandy

    Next time you brag about your mad twirling abilities, try not to spill the wine all over the table, twice 😛

    QOTD: I was introducing some friends to Malbec, and the bottle I opened smelled very strongly like cat pee! Yucky.

  • Barry

    While the results were disappointing to Gary, any loss by the French is a good thing.

  • Mandy

    Next time you brag about your mad twirling abilities, try not to spill the wine all over the table, twice 😛

    QOTD: I was introducing some friends to Malbec, and the bottle I opened smelled very strongly like cat pee! Yucky.

  • Barry

    While the results were disappointing to Gary, any loss by the French is a good thing.

  • Mitchell

    when is WLTV going HD?!?!

  • QOTD – Very dissapointed actually.. Recently, when i figured out i wasted half a year of my education. 🙂

  • Mitchell

    when is WLTV going HD?!?!

  • QOTD – Very dissapointed actually.. Recently, when i figured out i wasted half a year of my education. 🙂

  • Palmer

    QOTD: the last time I was obnoxiously disappointed was watching the Oscars two years ago when CRASH, a bright seventh grader’s look at race relations in America, won for best picture over several more deserving films (including SYRIANA which wasn’t even nominated…).

  • Palmer

    QOTD: the last time I was obnoxiously disappointed was watching the Oscars two years ago when CRASH, a bright seventh grader’s look at race relations in America, won for best picture over several more deserving films (including SYRIANA which wasn’t even nominated…).

  • hank

    dude, don’t worry. the first 5 minutes of friday’s show were super informative, super interesting, and totally make up for the snoozefest match-up. QOTD: being sick, having no appetite or sense of smell and not popping a cork in the last 5 days. does that mean i have a problem? maybe. but disappointing nonetheless.

  • hank

    dude, don’t worry. the first 5 minutes of friday’s show were super informative, super interesting, and totally make up for the snoozefest match-up. QOTD: being sick, having no appetite or sense of smell and not popping a cork in the last 5 days. does that mean i have a problem? maybe. but disappointing nonetheless.

  • underivy

    QOTD: Every time I go into the bathroom and the cap to the toothpaste has mysteriously disappeared.

  • underivy

    QOTD: Every time I go into the bathroom and the cap to the toothpaste has mysteriously disappeared.

  • Sassodoro

    Gary, did you describe the first wine as both flabby and excessively acidic? I tend to think of flabby wines (or at least the ones that strike me that way) as insufficiently acidic.

    QOTD. Things are not great at work. Let’s leave it at that.

  • Rani Haykal

    Great Show!!!

    I like this head-to-head format you’ve got going for this week….even if the two wines bomb, still very educating.

    QOTD: my biggest disappointment came to me when I visited Napa this last year. I decided I had to go to Opus One and do a tasting, no matter what the price. After $30 or $40 (i dont remember the exact price of the tasting) I realized that I could have spent the money for the 3 or 4oz pour on a moderately priced st. emillion bottle and gotten a better wine.

    –RH

  • Sassodoro

    Gary, did you describe the first wine as both flabby and excessively acidic? I tend to think of flabby wines (or at least the ones that strike me that way) as insufficiently acidic.

    QOTD. Things are not great at work. Let’s leave it at that.

  • Rani Haykal

    Great Show!!!

    I like this head-to-head format you’ve got going for this week….even if the two wines bomb, still very educating.

    QOTD: my biggest disappointment came to me when I visited Napa this last year. I decided I had to go to Opus One and do a tasting, no matter what the price. After $30 or $40 (i dont remember the exact price of the tasting) I realized that I could have spent the money for the 3 or 4oz pour on a moderately priced st. emillion bottle and gotten a better wine.

    –RH

  • Lev

    2006 Belle Glos Los Altura Pinot Noir, very sad more fruit than PAX

  • Lev

    2006 Belle Glos Los Altura Pinot Noir, very sad more fruit than PAX

  • dank

    meh, i’ve been on a varietal craze. so this Chardonnay situation really makes me feel happy, in a way.

    i’ve had Albarino, Viognier, Chenin Blanc, Cotes-du-Rhone Blanc, Roussane and Gruner Veltliner all in the past week. Chardonnay ain’t the top dawg in my book no mo’.

    disappointment? two weeks ago.. hyped up situation that fell flat on it’s face

  • dank

    meh, i’ve been on a varietal craze. so this Chardonnay situation really makes me feel happy, in a way.

    i’ve had Albarino, Viognier, Chenin Blanc, Cotes-du-Rhone Blanc, Roussane and Gruner Veltliner all in the past week. Chardonnay ain’t the top dawg in my book no mo’.

    disappointment? two weeks ago.. hyped up situation that fell flat on it’s face

  • AVP

    Interesting battle with good commentary. Waiting to see more..

  • AVP

    Interesting battle with good commentary. Waiting to see more..

  • GrapeStuff

    Like the head-to-head format!
    Yikes on the two wines today!

    QOTD: Had a “90” point, Best Buy rating (WS) 2004 Jacobs Creek Reserve Shiraz the other day – for ten bones, figured I would give it a try. Tasted it over 3 hears – didnt even break into the 80s for me. Yikes.

  • GrapeStuff

    Like the head-to-head format!
    Yikes on the two wines today!

    QOTD: Had a “90” point, Best Buy rating (WS) 2004 Jacobs Creek Reserve Shiraz the other day – for ten bones, figured I would give it a try. Tasted it over 3 hears – didnt even break into the 80s for me. Yikes.

  • JonE

    Its a shame G-Man. I had real high hopesa for that Meursault. French Australian projects big thumbs down.

    QOTD: Today…work…can’t talk about it. Vey disappointed.

  • JonE

    Its a shame G-Man. I had real high hopesa for that Meursault. French Australian projects big thumbs down.

    QOTD: Today…work…can’t talk about it. Vey disappointed.

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