QOTD: A few years ago I bought a 1953 Lafite at auction. It cost me about £100, potentially a bargain as Parker had twice rated it 100 pts. I took a gamble though as the level was a bit on the low side. I knew it was off the moment the cork was pulled, it stank. It was brown, but having payed so much, I lived in hope that it might still taste good- how wrong I was. As for an epic older wine experience, recently had a 1997 Percarlo – awesome, made up for the Lafite. I’m much more careful at auctions now.

QOTD: We had 1976 Yquem at Christmas. The oldest and most incredible wine I’ve had by a long way. Just absolutely RIDICULOUS complexity, intensity and balance. It’s going to be a long long long time before I taste anything that amazing again. This weekend I’m revising as my finals start on Tuesday!

It’s always fun to taste older wines…I had a 1975 Margaux back in september that was still silk and held together until the bottle was empty. About a month later I had a 1986 Conde de Valdemar Rioja Gran Reserva that was still holding strong…and a steal at $25 in the after market…it’s always great when there are some older wines that you can pull out of the cellar and share with people.

What am I doing this weekend. Wishing I were at the L’ete du Vin as I live in Nashville, but I’m probably going to the Centennial Park Craft Fair if weather permits. I’m excited to have you in my town I only wish it was in a vayniac-friendly forum. Love your show. Also I just bought a Reisling and it’s your fault. 🙂

One of the first wines I ever had was a 1975 Lafite Rothchild (in 1994.) A truly amazing experience. Unfortunately, given my inexperience with wine at the time I didn’t truly appreciate how special a great wine was until I tried some many other wines…

Thanks for the GV on tour shows.It’s cool to see what goes on and what your doing.Thanks again.

Great wines, great episode.

QOTD: Probably an Arnoux Romanee-Saint-Vivant from the 80’s (forgot the vintage), or an ’82 Rauzan-Segla. . . . Good times.

He winds up and here’s comes the pitch . . . a long fly ball to deep center field, Melky races back and it’s going . . . going . . . gone! A monstrous homerun of a show! That’s what I’m talking about! Though the wines may be unavailable and the QPR is through the roof, it gives us Vayniacs an idea of how a “great” wine “should” taste. Kudos to this great show.

QOTD: Epic wine? I have bottles of Haut-Brion, Cinq Cepages, Ducru, Montelena and Dominus (of course) downstairs and have only had the Dom and CC so I will say the ’85 Opus One was my last most memorable wine. I guess I should try one of the others soon?

QOTD: 82 Caymus

Interesting footnote on WS on the ’74 Mayacamas. It sold for 10 bones and scored an 86. Drink through 2008.

Interesting footnote on WS on the ’74 Mayacamas. It sold for 10 bones and scored an 86. Drink through 2008.

QOTD: I’ve never had an epic wine!

Good show, love the flip cam episodes!

We are FINALLY back from the Thunder Cruise / “After FL Trip” and home in Germany! We are doing nothing except washing our clothes 🙂

QOTD:

1979 M. Chapoutier Côtes du Rhône Belleruche (got it for 1? at Ebay!)

Cheers,
Nico (the big German Guy from the Cruise 😉

Wow, some great wines…I’m surprised that you aren’t more enthusiastic for a 94+ wine – I would think you would want to drink the rest!

QOTD – Don’t think I have had an old epic wine. Have had some outstanding wines and some old ones, but have not been fortunate to try the epics with age. I am meeting friends for a late lunch and wine today and then to Rathbun’s Steak House for dinner with other friends. I am looking forward to both. Enjoy your tastings.

great wines – really enjoy shows like this.

Being in the business I have been way to fortunate to have many epic wines including Chris Ringland Shiraz, some older Château d’Yquem, a 62 JJ Prum Riesling (WOW), and when I was a Maitre d’ at a restaurant in Jackson Hole Many of my guests would give me glasses of older Bordeaux and Burgundy that I could never afford ?

QOTD:
last week I had a 1980 Gould port

This episode was better than Saturday morning cartoons on this beautiful Saturday morning. We have not heared the Macho Man Randy Savage reference for a while! QOTD: The last epic older wine was a 1989 Lynch Bages…Thanks Nick;)!

I see the curse of the flip mino and the touch sensitive buttons got you in this one 😉 I can’t recall how many times I have zoomed in and didn’t realize it myself with that thing!

QOTD: I have not really had the chance to enjoy an epic old wine. However, I had the pleasure of tasting some epic wines on the Thunder Cruise so that was epic for sure.

QOTD2: Enjoying the weather, doing some editing and being proud of Elisabeth for running the mini marathon downtown Indianapolis. Big ups E-Bear!

Also, happy birthday to your mother!

QOTD: I can’t think of anything epic I’ve had in a while. At least nothing older than 5-7 years. I had a port that was older than me a few years ago, but I couldn’t begin to remember what it was.

Gary, great show, gets me really excited about the ’89 La Mission which I’m saving for my wedding and is supposed to one up the ’88……….

QOTD: Probably had it too young, but I had a ’96 Margaux that seemed like it was already in full stride a few months ago…….it was AMAZING…..(like you said, that bottle at least)

gotta love the older Vino’s that hold up!

just opened a 1986 Pichon Lalande that I have had in cellar for 20 yrs,,,,,,,

Corked, wotta pisser!

so we drank a 1999 Pommard from Bouchard Fils.

a real Fave though was a 1986 Chianti Riserva from Fontodi at Vinitaly this april at the infamous Bottega di Vini, it was the Sorbo bottling and it was brilliant. Big, stinky, warm and perfumed. WOW. we all Loved it.

Glenn

Love to see the nerdy GV come out to play every once in a while, awesome show.
QOTD: My only 3 epic wines, all consumed in the last 3 years: a 1978 Vosne-Romanee “Beaux Monts” (amazing) a 1982 Chateau Pontet Canet (excellent) and my biggest letdown, a really tired 1989 Chateau Latour

Great episode, just love vintage wine. In 06 I had a 1966 Louis Martini cabernet. Grapes were also from the Mayacamas. After 40 years, the backwards style and elegance of that wine simply knocked me over. Last year I had a 1974 Simi cabernet that was on a par with the LM but not quite as thunderous.