Ha Ha Ha $100 Bones for a bottle of wine Ha HA Ha Ha Dude thats my budget for two weeks worth of wine.

Best bottle of $100+ wine was Insignia 2000, Best close to $100 was 1994 Mission Haut Brion, Best bottle ever 1995 Beringer PR Cab.

Interesting…little self study.

**I don’t like the looking over at ustream.com. I’m all for ustream if that’s what you like, but then the camera should be in the same place. Meant in the best possible tone, but a little disrespectful…AMM**

QOTD: 1978 Beringer Private Reserve Cab Sauv.

Great episode, congrats to all the winners! QOTD: 1995 Ridge Monte Bello

QotD – Slightly under $100 = Viader, any vintage
Slightly over $100 = Pride Mountain “Reserve” Claret…
getting thirty just thinking about them.

Really glad that Juice dude won… enjoy the movie!
I agree with you Gary on the Grange. I tried 1997 Grange alongside ’97 Hermitage La Sizeranne from Chapoutier which was a third of the price and it kicked the Australian’s ass!

QOTD – The best $100 bottle of wine I’ve had (or £50 for me) was a 1993 Crown Estates Tokaji Aszu Essencia. I had it at a tasting and it was unbalanced, dirty and not very good. Three years later I had a bottle and it was perfect – elegant soft rhubarb flavours with a little warm honey and STUNNING acidity.

mmmmmm Tokaji

Really glad that Juice dude won… enjoy the movie!
I agree with you Gary on the Grange. I tried 1997 Grange alongside ’97 Hermitage La Sizeranne from Chapoutier which was a third of the price and it kicked the Australian’s ass!

QOTD – The best $100 bottle of wine I’ve had (or £50 for me) was a 1993 Crown Estates Tokaji Aszu Essencia. I had it at a tasting and it was unbalanced, dirty and not very good. Three years later I had a bottle and it was perfect – elegant soft rhubarb flavours with a little warm honey and STUNNING acidity.

mmmmmm Tokaji

Oh my sweet God – I WON!! Gary, your pronunciation of my surname was as bad as some of those wines you review, but I’ll let you off since you picked me out! ….and Susan as well!! Sorry for not being on UStream, was travelling and didn’t have Internet access.

I’ll contact Matt, but maybe getting to New York isn’t such a good idea for me or that Swiss winner!

Had to watch the rest of the show twice to register it, nice wines, I’ve always wanted to try those two, interesting take on the Grange, I’d still like to try it though (maybe just not pay for it).

QOTD – Never paid $100 for a bottle – if I had to then I’ll keep it general, maybe some Ribera del Duero, like Bodegas Alion, maybe a half-decent Burgundy.

QOTD: I have only ever taskt one (1) $100 bottle of wine and I tasted it during a visit to Frank Family Vineyards in Napa 2 years ago. The wine is the Frank Family Cabernet Sauvignon, Winston Hill… and me and my wife loved it….

QOTD- Never had one, but it probably won’t be long, and it will be some sort of claret no doubt!
(Yes- I said “claret”, not “Bordeaux” haha, I love that word!)

Not sure about you looking over at that other camera, Gary!
That’s annoying!

QOTD: The 2005 Chateau Margaux they pullout when wine royalty show up would be nice.

As a newbie I didn’t know about the contests, but next time I’ll be bringing my own thunder to the next writing contest.

Old QOTD: What was the first wine you ever consumed? Got to be Mogan David circa 1977. I was an alter boy.

Excellent show. Ups to Mott for keeping you under control.

Hey Gary, as an Aussie I have to agree that a lot of our wines are over oaked and over concentrated. But there are some seriously yummy ones too.

QOTD. a 2000 Tagonius Gran Vino Seleccion, a Cuvée of CabSav, Tempranillo and Syrah. Deep ruby red. Cedar, very ripe fruit. Fine elegant tannins. Ripe toasted dark berries. Fantastic balance, with good aging potential. I went to a tasting by the great Guía Penín himself, where this bottle was snuck out after the crowd had wandered off 😉 Rated a 92.

QOTD — recently, 1998 Chapoutier Côte-Rôtie La Mordorée

QOTD: Have had a $100+ wine, but wasn’t the best wine I’ve ever had. The best wine up there is a 2000 Cesari Amarone Bosan.

Nice to see a lot of others also loving Amarones.

QOTD: I don’t believe I’ve ever had a true $100 bottle. I can’t count wine at a restaurant for that price because really it’s retailing so much cheaper.

QOTD: best $100.00 bottle I can remember is a Hartwell 2002 Estate SLD Cabernet Sauvignon. Their Merlot isn’t too shabby either.

Well done, the truth will out. If the emperor is wearing no clothes, then the emperor is wearing no clothes.

When will the aussies figure it out? it’s about terroir.

Well done.

Paul C.

QOTD: Best $100+ bottle of wine I’ve had is probably a 1989 Leonetti Cab my dad and I opened about a month ago (not $100 when purchased, but would easily cost over that now). A close second would be a 1994 Delille Chaleur Estate we opened about a month before that, again not over $100 when purchased but I’m guessing it would be now. In the 2 months prior to that, we opened up bottles of 1988 Chateau Margaux and 1988 Chateau Mouton Rothschild and honestly, despite the Bordeaux bottles being quite a bit more expensive, we both thought that the Washington cabs spanked the ones from Bordeaux…so more expensive does not = better…

QOTD: Had the Cain 5. It was really good. Also had a Chateau Margaux. Also spectacular.

QOTD: Never had a $100 bottle of wine, but if I ever do, it will probably be a good Bordeaux.

Also, thanks for speaking up on the overoaking of wines. It’s a shame that Penfolds is charging people that much money for a wine that, as you described it, I would find undrinkable. Instead of allowing the fruit to shine, they cover it up with oak, such a shame.

Never had a $100 bottle…

But the $100+ bottle of the wine that I am most looking forward to?

Classed Bordeaux Growths. Probably a 2000 or 2005 Cheval Blanc. If I can ever afford/get my hands on one…

Oh well…no french trip for me…

QOTD: My favorite, so far, was a 1997 Greenock Creek Cabernet

QOTD: Probably a 1995 Vincent Girardin Gevrey Chambertin. Had it with salmon last year. The nose alone was so good I didn’t want to drink it.

Gary & Mott, You know me!!! Not sure I would spend a $100 for one bottle of wine even if I did have that kind of spare change!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

The constant turning sideways to face the webcam was beyond annoying.

Put the webcam (or the whole computer & webcam) on the table directly under the camera next time.