qotd: YO my own wine; im gonna blow stuff up with my wine (in the future). im making my first vintage this year! {([THUNDER NOISE/applause])}

yo are you really gonna make a girl from Switzerland come to new york to fly her back to France?
yo juicelibrary TV hilarious, that guy deserves to win!
yo … cut some hands off if the decanters keep moving (ps what the *HeCk` is with these crappy blown-glass decanters? Gary your ballin son, get some proper crystal, or at least Czech cut glass)
yo you made a ricola joke on the same episode as picking the swiss miss lol
yo next time i see someone buying a $175/$265 bottle of wine, ill rob him in the parking lot so i can try that stuffff … heh heh heh! (maybe im just kidding … maybe).

YO Sniffy SNIFFFFF!

yo ps those labels are LAME-O for such expensive wines … just kinda weak.
yo look how many times i typed yo!

Congratulations to all the winners, even though it wasn’t me…but I will strive to be a winner in the future!

The first (mistaken) sniffy-sniff of the Grange was “tons of fruit.” The second was “Oak Monster.” It looks like labels influence noses. The Grange’s American oak isn’t fully integrated with the fruit yet. Try it again in 10 to 12 years.

QOTD: Less than $40 each when purchased, but well over $100 now, the 1990 Ducru-Beaucaillou and the 1991 Ridge Monte Bello. Tasted together a couple of years ago, these are remarkably similar wines: gorgeous purple color, violets nose, impeccable balance. The ’91 MB is the finest Cal-cab I’ve had.

Great EP & big congrats to the winners! I only tried a 1997 Grange once and it wasn’t that experience I expected…

QOTD: Maybe the 2005 Amon-Ra (a bit less the 100â?¬) and the 2005 St. Urbans-Hof Riesling TBA (a bit up the 100â?¬)

Great EP!

I won’t be buying a 100 USD wine any time in the foreseeable future.

gary, you are now officially friend’d up on twitter. i expect to be using it a lot more as time goes by.

qotd: i’m not quite ballin’ enough to be dropping 100 bones on a single bottle of wine, however i have been known to go big on scotch in the past. Mind you, the bottle of scotch lasts a lot longer so i justify it that way.

Congrats to all the winners
I was hoping for over 700 winners but oh well.

dont like the oak? buy the St Henri .. much cheaper and no oak!

Fun episode.

QOTD: In my dreams. I’d like to try the 2004 Kosta Browne Pinot Noir Russian River Valley.

Drink the Dead Arm for a better big, bold Shiraz at an “affordible” price

Gary,
Thanks for returning to the original microphone setup. It sounds much better.

QOTD: I have never had a $100 bottle. For me, a $20 wine better be good. A $30 wine, exceptional. A $40 wine, over the top, killing it, changing my life, etc. What wine would you recommend that would convince me that there is a higher level of enjoyment to be achieved at $100?

Gary & Mott, not sure who had the idea to go back to the original mic but YEAH!!! BIG, BIG difference!!! I can actually hear you!!!! 🙂

QOTD: 2000 Pontet Canet … had this at a steak house with a big ass piece of meat and it was amazing!

I got so excited for Laura G, I just finished watching the episode.
QOTD: I have to say, I had an amazing evening the other night with a group of great women & wine but the shining star was 2003 Clos Erasmus!

I got so excited for Laura G, I just finished watching the episode.
QOTD: I have to say, I had an amazing evening the other night with a group of great women & wine but the shining star was 2003 Clos Erasmus!

You should try to get the Penfolds RWT Shiraz… I’ve had the 02 (and still have a couple bottles left) and it was substantially cheaper than the Grange you just tried (about 70$) and is 93 WS. I loved this wine.

QOTD:This is not such an easy question. there are so many… but there are two that really blew my mind: nr. 1: istvan szepsy – Tokaji Aszú 6 puttonyos 2000. and before we tasted great wines frome austria: gesellmann – g 2000 (a great blaufraenkisch – st. laurent cuvee), ernst triebaumer – blaufraenkisch marienthal 2002 and then chateau margaux 2000. but the tokaji topped everything. great, great sweetness paired with loads of acidity, fruit, terroir…. wow!!!

the second great wine was emmerich knoll – riesling spaetlese ried schuett 1983! unbelievebly great riesling from austri. exotic fruit, no petrol smell, huge body! can compete with every great riesling of this world! an outstanding 25 year old wine!!!!

by the way: i´m really looking forward to seeing a program with austrian red wines! this is great stuff! blaufraenkisch especially! check out wines from weninger, triebaumer (both biodynamical), gesellmann, bauer-poeltl or umathum!

greetings from austria,

clemens

by the way: here you can see pics of the most amazing wines i´ve ever drank! you can guess: burgundy! in this case vosne-romanee! ceck it out: http://gallery.mac.com/clemens.fruehstueck#100154
great, great, great, once in a lifetime wines!!!!

clemens

I must say there are so many wines I like depending upon my mood, the company I am with and the food I am eating.

I had a 96 0r 98 Dominus that was awesome, a 2004 Kosta Browne which was phenomenal and Two Hands Ares that was amazing. Also the 2002 Phelps Insignia, that I picked up was great with a juicy rib eye.

sorry, just cant say I have one favorite.

QOTD: If it has to be exactly (or close to) 100$, then I would have to say the “Ã?chezeaux Grand Cru 2005” from Domaine Nudant (that is 100$ CAD). If it can be a bit higher than that, I would say:

For red: Clos des Lambrays 2005, Domaine des Lambrays

For white: Criots-Bâtard-Montrachet 2005, Domaine Roger Belland

Great show once again!

Gary, thank you for being so “tell it like it is”…especially when the wines are expensive, big-name wines. I really appreciate your honest, ethical assessments.

QOTD: One of the best $100 wines I have ever had would have to be the 1991 Domaine Comte Georges de Vogue Musigny, Cuvee Vieilles Vigne. I bought two bottles of it in 1995 and paid a little over $100 each. Steve Tanzer rated it 96 points, and having drunk my first one just a couple of months ago, I totally agree with this rating. I plan to share the second bottle with friends this weekend in McMinnville, Oregon at the International Pinot Noir Celebration.

Congrats to Susan and Karl!! Congrats to all of the winners!

QOTD: I’ve never had a bottle over 100 bones, but if I did, I’d love to try a vintage Champagne and a vintage Bordeaux.

I’ve never had a $100 bottle of wine, but I’m dying to try some of this high end 2005 Bordeaux you’ve been raving about!

Grange – done in the ‘Grange’ style,
moreover done in a style to age, done with a “balance” to support aging.
Building a wine to merit depth of fruit and complexity at age 10, 15, 18, 20? requires planning. Planning in the vineyard re canopy mgmt, pick date and the resultant acid profile is key. Planning in the fermentation methods and pressing. “And” planning in the oak barrels selected and length of barrel aging. Tannins support aging. If you open a 10 year old Grange and it is an oak monster, ok, then toss the bottle in the bucket. But there is a chance that the oak will integrate with the fruit as it ages and the wine will be nicely balanced when the winemaker’s clock strikes midnight and the cork takes a well deserved vacation 😀

Gongrats to the winners; I wish it could be me 🙁