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The Bonner Private Wine Partnership offers 3 incredible clubs: The Wine Explorer's Club: 6-bottle collections from regions across the world, four times a year. bit.ly/wine-explorers-club The Extreme Altitude Club: 3-bottle collections of high altitude Argentine wine, every 2 months. bit.ly/extreme-altitude-club The Winemaker's Club: 3-bottle collections specially selected by Julien Miquel, every 2 months. bit.ly/winemakers-club
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I love a Riesling, and German rieslings in particular. The range from dry, off-dry, to sweet can all be great. I do find the classification system a bit confusing.
The classification system is, in typical German fashion, complex, but very thorough and helpful once you get used to it! And well worth it for the incredible wines :)
Rieslings are the most versatile for wine pairings, particularly in their concentrated and even higher acidity forms when paired with fish that is high in natural oils and fat. Nahe, Germany and Kamptal, Austria have been locations of two of most favorite wines in Donnhoff and Brundlmayer, but pre-2022 (before ownership change that resulted in shocking drop in quality) Chateau Saint Michelle in Washington State was amazing, too!
Thanks from the UK. Completely coincidentally, we have had a riesling evening tonight: an aperitif of German Spatlese, followed by a Trimbach '22 with dinner. The Spatlese was fine and not too sweet but the Alsace is too young; the aromatics are only just beginning to open up an hour after opening. For value I enjoy rieslings from the Clare and Eden valleys in S. Australia. Austria too produces some good value rieslings. Wonderful grape and so versatile.
Great video. I was pondering the question of French oak versus American Oak because being a California native, that is readily available from our coopers. However, I also wonder now after watching your video, as you mention the tertiary flavors from the oak like coconut and banana, it explains why a winemaker may forego American for French if the fruit is already producing some tropical notes. After all, we want wine, not pina coladas.
Speaking of Pauillac, how would you stack the Pichon Lalande (2016) against fellow 2nd Growth Leoville Las Cases (2015) and Ducru Beaucaillou (2018) for someone who enjoys modern style Reds on the youthful side but is gaining appreciation for premier Left Bank wines and is willing to splurge (all three would be ~160-200 USD).
Great insights, appreciate your thoughts and comparisons! I too love St Estephe wines. I find the rustic and intense structure more interesting than most Pauillac that tend to be very enjoyable but almost too balanced for me, even Grand Puy Lacoste. I like Phelan Segur a lot, and Ormes de Pez and La Dame Montrose are solid and quite reasonably priced. Giscours in Margaux might be my favorite left bank with its beautiful and intense fruit and savory oak finish. I've heard Lynch Bages and Calon Segur are two of the more intense and concentrated BDXs I need to try. What do you think of these two, given the big jump in price? Any other left banks you would recommend?
hi there, excellent, I see that you are a Bordeaux wine connoisseur! Good to read. re Lynch Bages and Calon Segur, you get a little more concentration, and more consistency in vintages, and more age-worthiness, but given most of us don't necessarily cellar our vinos for 20 years or more, it's not always justify to invest more on that, while most vintages are quite good lately. Just avoid bad vintages for you more affordable wines and you'll be fine. I agree with all you said. Used to work with Giscours, and one of my favs especially at a competitive pricing for Margaux. Chateau du Tertre also in Margaux, same owner as Giscours and it's good too. Are you familiar with Chateau La Louviere in Pessac Leognan? I quite like CHateau Talbot in Saint Julien too. Chateau Pedesclaux in Pauillac is pretty consistent and good value now, made a winery tour video a while ago if that's of interest to you here ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-A2T7FgYQuV8.html Hope this helps :) Cheers!
@RU-vidJulien thanks so much for the detailed reply! I've added Louviere to my list and bumped up Talbot and Pedesclaux that I've wanted to try for awhile. Appreciate your thoughts and reminder to focus on value, especially with so much buzz about 2022 and even 2023 seems better than expected
well, he got the Perrin family to help with all of their knowledge which was an excellent move-happy it's good.I was wondering if Brad's champagne(AOC) is as good as well?
I'll try to get around to tasting this 'Fleur de Miraval' at some point, although, it's quite a little pricier than the Miraval Rosé, goes at €300 a bottle!!
what is a substitute if a home winemaker can't afford these sulfates to add to wine? can lemon juice and salt be used instead or is there other ways to give a a similar effect?
Bought a couples of bottles of Pierre-Yves Colin-Morey Rosé de Pinot Noir this year. They don’t come up that often, and I’m resting them in my Eurocave for a few years. Want to add some Pibarnon and Tempier Bandol at some point.
@@RU-vidJulien thanks Julien, I’m only just getting started in filling my Eurocave and new to collecting wine. Last bottle i purchased was a Mas Jullien Terrasses du Larzac, Autour de Jonquières 2020. Excellent cellaring potential I’ve been told.
Hey mate i was wondering if you could help me i used to drink paul masson red wine i really liked it and they have stopped making it do you know any wine that might taste like it i miss it so much it was only cheap but nice please help me find something similar thanks
Commercial yeast is wild yeast that has been cultured and purified and separated from all the other wild yeast, although some of it is yeast that is crossbred with other yeasts in labs to obtain the desired characteristics a lot of Laffort wine yeasts were produced using this method. At the winery that I co own we usually do a small batch of native yeast fermentations every year and the rest is commercial yeast.
Is there any flexibility on the 1855 classification system as for example Chateau Lynch-Bages stuck at 5th Growth has a better reputation now than where it was originally classified?
hi there, I talked about the 1855 classification in a video on my channel a little while back (it nevers gets old ;), and I think I do cover this point a little bit there ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-36dcmiNiVZc.htmlsi=MsSMOxpjUEHDuOQ1 Hope this helps 🥂
Wonderful :) I'm so glad to read your words, grateful you enjoyed the video. Looking forward to hearing what you think of the next ones and continuing the sharing knowledge and passion. Cheers 🍷🍷🙏🙏😊😊
The culture with the boomer generation living in USA is if it costs more ... then it must be better (and I'll take two). That's how some Napa wine makers market their grape juice ...
I'm always surprised at wine prices in the US, with $50 you start getting a really solid Bordeaux wine for example, or say European that will age for a very long time and with great finesse, while in the US and a US wine, $50 won't really get you anything that outstanding. I guess the US has way more wine consumers than wine producers, while countries like France or Italy produce huge amounts of vino that even they can't drink all so they have to export at a competitive price :) Cheers!
@@RU-vidJulien Hi Julien, you're doing a great job. Merci ! Bordeaux (left and right bank) wines are my favorite. If you spend just a bit over 50€, you can get a very good representation of Margaux, Pauillac, Saint Julien, Saint Estephe and Pomerol (30-50€ some very good wines as well). To me.., Saint Emilion is the best value for money in Bordeaux (even for less than 40 bucks you have solid wines over there). ... and this are only parts of Bordeaux.., than we have all the other regions in France... Italy and Spain are producing plenty of great value wines for under 50€. Actually in Europe you can get plenty of very good wines at around 30€ and less. Not to forget the unique Musar of Libanon costs less than 50€. Soo..., enjoy your AMAZING wines made in the USA my American friends (a cheap Mexican labor is still keeping the prices down 🤭😂). To your health Julien! I hope you're doing well.
Amazing video! I am going to my first wine tour ever this September to La Rioja. Any recommendations of vineyards and that I must try? There are soooooo many that it’s over whelming.
Great episode.. Thank for the effort.. Can't get enough of spanish wines.. i love your content.. hopefully for more and maybe some fortified spanish wines..
I'm drinking a bottle of 2021 Crush. It's so bizarre. On the nose, it's heavily alcoholic. Clears the nose, actually. But on the pallette, it's not bad for the price point. So fucking odd.
There’s no better pairing for garlic prawns than a Spanish well aged Rueda Reserva / Gr. Reserva! Try that! Nothing against a good Sauvignon Bl., but this is it! Trust me 👌
The variety and quality of Catalan wines have nothing to envy of those from France or Italy. Outside of Spain they are super unknown, and the variety that such a small territory offers you is remarkable.
Off to Bordeaux to study wine and art shortly …. And then onto Paris to perfeccionar mi francés - profesor de español y sommelier de vinos. Merçi beaucoup!
I have a wine cooler: some kind of coat, filled with gel, put in to the deep freezer: within a few minutes, every wine is chilled down and I can drink any white wine or rosé I am dreaming of! Cheers!
