QOTD: Opus One Vertical at La Toque in Napa.

Haven’t seen bottle shock, although I have heard bad reviews – might just wait for it to be released on DVD.

Drank an 2001 and a 2002 ZD Cabernet side by side at a wine bar in cali… we had drank the last 01 and they subed it with the 2002 without telling us. The difference was night and day. the 01 rocked and was one of my favorite all time wines, the 02 was weak at best… the wine bar mistake turned into a great learning experience for me and my friends.

I’ll be seeing “shock” tomorrow with a bunch of wine peeps. Raiding
friend’s cellar beforehand to taste some of the wines that will be
featured in the movie.

QOTD: ? have to think about that one. . .

QOTD: The most recent major variation was probably the 2001 vs 2002 Murphy Goode Wild Card Claret. The 2001 was very good and the 2002, not so much.

side Q: Haven’t seen it.

QOTD: 2005 vs. 2006 Hayman & Hill Pinot Noir. 2005=Total flower shop. 2006=Boring.
Other QOTD: Saw Bottle Shock and was very entertained by it. Everyone that is b*tching about the acting or writing should appreciate that we have a movie about wine to watch in the first place, let alone the fact that Alan Rickman is in it.

Gary & Mott, A vertical???? WOW!!! Great stuff!!!!! 🙂

like the vintage battle format…

Can’t see Bottle Shock here in Virginia Beach as it isn’t playing and probably won’t be. How about a list wine like Qulecida Creek head to head.

I saw Bottle Shock this week and thought is was great! It was especially great to watch it right in Northern California.

QOTD: I mentioned this the other day for the letdown QOTD but Cloudline Pinot Noir 2006, though highly praised by lots of folks, came across too sweet and almost not middle, and a really short one dimentional finish…where I remember the 2005 being supple, complex, and refreshing.

Good luck to your Jets tomorrow, I’m going to go home and have some hebrew national chili dogs, and watch my Cowboys whoop up on the Texans tonight at home!

You tasted the ’01 Remirez de Ganuza on Episode #19 (not #16)…JERK!!! 🙂

(btw, you loved the ’01, although you didn’t provide a score)

Man… I still think you need a smoking jacket and a pipe for these Fridays on the couch…

QOTD: havent’ done a vertical yet, but rest assured it’s in my plan…

QOTD: 2003 Le Ragose Valpolicella Superiorie and the 2004. 2003 is more red fruit and 2004 is more bell peppers and black currants,etc. I prefered the 2003 because it just had more charm.

SQOTD: Bottle Shock was MEH – great book, great story, poorly made film rife with cliches and far too many repetitive helicopter shots of Napa. I LOVE Napa and for me not to be rocked by this movie truly says something. I will say every time Rickman was on screen, I was engaged – but other than him, it was LAMEZOR.

Laid back…

QOTD: Ravenswood old vine Lodi. 2004 > 2005

Love the Rioja G … Great juice
QOTD— Oregon Pinot Noir really changes from vintage to vintage.
like….. Penner-Ash & Domaine Serene

Love the t-shirt. As of last week, Bottle Shock wasn’t playing in Jersey. It was the only movie I wanted to see all Summer. I’ll have to check my local listings again, but it’s probably going to video very soon.

QOTD: O’Reilly pinot was a disappointment from one vintage to the next. I didn’t drink them side by side, but the newer vintage was very dull fruit–I wasn’t expecting a complex wine, but the first vintage of this wine was excellent and no comparison to the next.

Side QOTD: nope, haven’t seen it yet. It hasn’t played in a theatre near me. 🙁

Official QOTD: Hmmmmmm, it’s happened quite often, but the one I remember most is the difference between the 2003 & 2005 Reininger syrah (Washington). Loved the 2003, tons of depth and interesting flavors, but the 2005 was really bad. . . really, really bad. I’m starting to wonder if perhaps it was even an off bottle, and I’ll probably try another 2005 just in case.

Nice show as always with the spanish.

QOTD: 2006 Tikal Patriota and the 2004. Granted the difference might of been the bottle age and the wine settling down a little bit, but not even close in quality for my money.

Q-One that comes to mind is Columbia Crest Grand Estates Merlot, this was a good value at about $10 that you could find anywhere. The 2004 was quite good and the 2005 was terrible. I was blown away by the difference.

Many California Reds 02 was good and 03 was terrible.

There was enormous variation in the Chateau Brane-Cantenac Bordeaux vertical I tasted and wrote about at: http://drinksareonme.net/?p=276

Watched this episode on UStream live. Pretty cool.

QOTD… One I found was Seghesio Sonoma Zinfandel I fell in love with the 2005 had a couple of bottles went back to buy more and all that was available was 2006 bought some and was really dissapointed with the vintage.