QOTD: White Burgundy

I think I like chardonnay. I haven’t had too many, but my palate tends to steer away from wines that are too acidic or taste like cat pee (>cough< SB from NZ).

QOTD: According to my corkd account
I hated Napa River 2005 Chard
http://corkd.com/wine/view/43921-Napa_River_2005_Chardonnay
and I loved Santa Barbara Landing 2005 Chard
http://corkd.com/wine/view/63402-Santa_Barbara_Landing_Chardonnay

Im drinking the southest Chilean Chardonnay (almost antartic chardonnay)named Sol de Sol from Aquitania vineyards. Its a little bit small production, it is located on a warm microclimate in the middle of Cold coast rainy climate near Pto Montt, in the lake region of Chile.

Sol de Sol delivers elegance, sofisticated complex fruit, persistance in mouth, very light body with baby fat, amazing wine, you should try to get a bottle, it´s in my opinion the best Chilean Chardonnay. 22 Us Dollars.

QOTD – Come up to Canada and try Niagra’s – Clos Jordanne Chardonnay. It’s the best Chard I’ve had this year. Beautiful stuff. Too many bad one’s too name.

QOTD: I loved the 2006 Montes Alpha Chardonnay from the Casablanca Valley in Chile- great acidity and plenty of heat (love it), crisp and refreshing with some mineral elements- very little butter & oak. And very cheap as well- surprising and delicious.
I remember Yellow Tail’s Chardonnay to be quite horrible- wanna-be textbook Chard, with gobs of cheap-o butter and off-balanced oak, too thick, sweet and unstructured; really just cheap-tasting garbage.

dude – you know that Sbragia needs a long time sideways to shine! i am going to have to visit Truchard. what is up with their $175 Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon? that must be something with their regular Cab Sav under $40.

enjoy Thursday, a very serious game!

QotD: most interesting Chard from this past summer was a 10 y/o Rancho Zabaco with a shrunken, petrified cork i found in the back of my cellar while looking for something else. slightly oxidized it died quickly but had some really fascinating tastes before its demise. had a 1996 Grgich Hills that was really lovely. get some age on those Cali Chards man!

So glad Jet won….it’s nice to see you happy!!

QOTD: A steel tanked Chard is my go to when I drink them…Chehalem Inox Oregon. Prefer Champagne though!!! Really don’t like the oak, butter at all so any one of those would be my worse…I don’t seek them out cause thats what I think they will taste like…I’m kind a down on Chards this year.

QOTD…Fourvines Naked chard. Paso Robles

Note to Scott – if Gary comes across as a shill, he remains an ethical instead of unethical one. To use an analogy, it is hard to sell a steak without a bit of sizzle. Whether one condones the hype/hoopla element of his video blogs or not, Gary still has an outstanding palette and speaks his truth as best as he is able. There is of course the option of skipping the videos and checking his tasting notes.

The one thing I find most objectionable is his virulent pro-Jets, anti-Patriots/Rams/49ers/whomever else the Jets may be opposing. This is simply rude, bad sportsmanship. Unfortunately he is far from being the only rude, inconsiderate football fan.

Honestly, not to be too snobby, but 98% of my chard drinking this year has been village or higher white burgundy. That’s where it’s really at.

I have been drinking the Olivier Leflaive Les Setilles and his Chablis. Great wines for $15 a bottle. First tried is at T-Bar in NYC. Good place. Upper east side. Give it a try if you haven’t been there. I have also liked the Ramey Chardonnays. A bit pricey but really nice. The Russian River and Hyde vineyard are my favorites.

I as well don’t care for the oak monster. I’ve never liked it though. My palate always rejected it. It’s a lot of the reason I don’t like scotch. I taste that nasty wood element and I want a shot of Cuervo immediately to change the taste.

I can’t really name any one or two particular Chards I’ve been drinking lately, but I can say that I’ve been playing alot with this varietal from Chile, South Africa, and Washington.

Congrats on the Jets big win and kudos to your wife for being so cool.

My favorite chardonnay this year has been the Aubert ’06 Lauren Vineyard from the Sonoma Coast. I’d be really interested to see what you think, Gary, of any of Mark Aubert’s chardonnays that he’s made for his own label. This one was probably the ripest chardonnay I’ve ever had. Despite some pretty heavy oak treatment (I think he uses all new French oak), there was so much fruit in this wine that it didn’t come across to me as overly oaky. It had lots of melon and tropical fruit. There was another layer beyond the fruit flavors, but I think the wine was too young to show us as much of those other elements as it could after another year or two in the bottle. I’m glad I have a couple more that I’ll be able to try in the future.

I can’t name a single least favorite; there are always a lot.

I understand your movie-preview analogy, but to me the nose is more like the first half of a movie; if you miss it, it’s very difficult to understand what you’re seeing. I just think it’s so important and more directly related to the experience than a preview for another movie. I’m not trying to be nitpicky, though.
Thanks for another great show.

Great show. Go Patriots. On Chardonay I like most people have gotten burned by alot of bad over oaked chardonay so I am drinking a lot of unoaked stuff. My favorite one is Trevor Jones Virgin Chardonay from Australia. For one that is oaked I like Franks Family Chardonay, it tastes like Creme Brulee in a glass.

Two of my favorite chards this year, #1Newton unfiltered chardonnay, not sure what year…and the other is a Mer Soleil, the oaky one. This show has inspired me to step out of my cali oak chard habit(toasted head is a regular of mine). I am trying new french whites every week! Thank you for helping me try new wines!!!

QOTD:
By far the best new world chard I have had is the Domaine Serene Clos du Soliel. Followed by HdV and Montelenia.

QOTD: I am in Napa right now and looking for a non-butterball chard. Loved the Mi Sueno chard as very balanced. Four vines naked chard is good for every day.
You are cranking out some great shows

Good episode and will try the Truchard.

Tend to like the Kim Crawford Unoaked Chardonnay from New Zealand.

Not a Chard fan.Don’t drink it.

Gary, just be yourself.
Real friends always like you because of who you are
and IN SPITE of who you are.

I have to disagree with Scott’s point of view. Repetition is inevitable to some degree, but the passion, craziness and adjective/analogy driven Gary V is why we watch, isn’t it? There are other wine shows and blogs with a more low key approach. We choose this one because we want to have fun and enjoy life. I guess I could understand how the constant sports references could start to bother non-sports fans, but I tend to like it.
Good Show Gary.

QOTD: I love Chards so it’s hard to list a bad one (can’t think of any off the top of my head) and good one (too many). Sorry, I know that’s not helpful.

None. I’m not a fan. It’s the headache (after ONE glass) I can’t accept.
Anyhow, congratulations Master Swirl-er…I admire your gift! In mid air no less.

QOTD:
I seldom if ever drink California Chardonnay. I am not a fan of the current/popular style; oak, sweet, flabby. My Chardonnay of choice would be a French Chablis.

QOTD: Not much chardonnay in the wheel house this year, mostly sticking with the standby Columbia Crest Grand Estates. We did have a Logan Sleepy Hollow a few weeks ago that was very nice.

QOTD– I have been getting into unoaked Chards, it brings out the true fruit of the wine …….. The over oaked cheap chardonnays from the new world are being avoided.

QOTD – have been drinking a lot of other white varietals recently, but I did not enjoy a glass of Kendal Jackson that some cousins poured at the beach (well, it was fine, of course, because of the hospitality and company – just an oaky mess of a wine). I really did enjoy the 2007 Gunn Estate from 101 wines – that was very crisp and refreshing…