Gary,

is it possible you had an off-bottle of the Jadot? I’ve had that many times before and though definitely not my favorite, I would say it is consistently in the low/mid eighties; points wise…

GLAD TO BE BACK!!

QOTD:

by far the Carmín de Peumo…. a spectacular carmenere (2003) from Concha y Toro

Gary

An absolutely great show; I loved the flashback to episode 30. I really love burgundy, but I kind of love the fact it flopped – though I did quickly check to see if I had any in my cellar…

QOTD: Not sure what the best wine I’ve had from Chile is – I drink a lot of more lower end priced stuff here in HK, but on of the things I wanted to do this year was to try more better quaility South American wines

Cheers and thanks again for a cracking show.
Andrew

QOTD: Domus Aurea Cabernet Sauvignon

QOTD: I enjoy Carmenere from Chile. In terms of Chilean Pinot Noir, I enjoyed an inexpensive one, Lauca, from Maule Valley.

Yo G, Hit us wit some more Blind Tastingzz, PLEEEEEEZZZ !! 🙂

da Peeps want MOOOOOORE Blind Tastingzzzz !!! We Want More….
We Want More….. We Waaaant Moooooooore….. 🙂

Yo G, where Ya referrin’ ta LUDENS Cough Drops on der last Vino???

I HATE PINOT (price/hype). However, THIS was a damn fine show, one of the best.

Really have trouble watching the blind tastings. Maybe if I was participating it would be interesting. Could not fight through this show. Don’t know what the appeal is

what kids are watching the thunder show???\

Totally just joined the Sojourn mailing list!

QOTD: I haven’t had many Chilean wines, but the 2005 Vina Palo Alto comes to mind. Wonderful wine, enjoyed greatly! Recent vintages have not stood up to it though…

I love the blind tastings! And you got me all excited with the Anderson Valley guess… my favorite place, heading there this weekend.
I’ve never had a Chilean wine that I liked, I can still clearly remember the taste of a horrific Chilean Chard I had a few years ago (UGH)last thing I ever had from there. I guess it’s time to try some more.

QOTD: 2004 Misiones de Rengo Reserve Carmenere

Late to the party this time…Whatever.

When I left fine dining to work for a small distributor,way back in ’92, our Chilean line was Santa Carolina, and while all the line was more than adequate in quality, value, and were varietally correct, (the market was already flush w/ one tier lower quality) I was taken by both the regular ,and the Reserve of the Sauvignon Blanc! I was just realy receptive to the really bright fruits, AND the Oak and ML style of roundness in the Reserve, which is not where I usually go in SB. That was my eye opener to the possibility of Chilean SB. Chilean PN came along much later.

QotD – MAYBE Le Dix do Los Vascos, but I do love alot of Montes’ work.

I like Marques de Casa Conch, (the production was once EXTREMELY limited, and not even made every year), and it seems that though Don Melchor is beautiful, I’ve had more than one year that just didn’t do it for me. Same w/ a number of other producers’ TOP prestige wines/blends. Oddly, it seems to me that the top performance in Chilean wines ( of the past fifteen years) is somewhate consistently in their upper mid tiers.

If you don’t want to see the names pop up during blind tastings, watch the quicktime version.

Awesome show! The super flashback was killer. So right about Chilean pinot
noir. Very distinct taste, but a real up and comer.

QOTD: Concha y Toro Don Melchor 2003. Phenomenal. Ground turkish coffee
and leather for days. What a wine. Down to my last bottle 🙁

Great show!

Gary what happened to the wrist band?

montes alpha reserve cabernet sauvignon-next time include a pinot nero from italy=preferably fr. alto adige-some great values @ $20.00 and awesome expressions! great show-love the blinds-i learn a lot!

Really enjoyed the show. Love pinot and love the mix from five different regions.

QOTD – Casa Lapostolle Clos Apalta

who the frack is Sonoma M? And why is he or she dissing the K MAN? 😆

Hey Mott … I see you’re messing with avatars … again.

Who ever set up that blind tasting screwed Oregon Pinot’s! I can think of a dozen better wines in that price range. I want a do over! I’ll be glad to provide some direction and can point you to new or old world styles all from the Willamette Vally.

QOTD: Alfasi merlot

QOTD: The BEST Chilean wine I’ve had was the 2001 Montes Alpha ‘M’

This show rocked.
Love the 2006 flash back. Props to Chris for pumping up your cred. 😀