Great video!! Loved all your wine recommendations. This is actually the first time I've heard Chateau Musar and I don't think I've had the opportunity to try Lebanese wine. I will have to look out for it next time!
@@AttorneySomm Thank you for sharing. One appellation that I love dearly is Montalcino where so many good value Brunello can be found from sub $50 - 100 range. I like the style, approachable young or aged for decades. Cheers!
Thanks for watching and the kind feedback. My pleasure! Glad it was useful! Stay tuned - I'll have my favorite $25 wines coming out this weekend! Cheers!
I discovered your channel recently and I just love it. Useful comments, clear explanations and not suffering from "logorrhea". You got my subscription instantly. As a beginner in collecting wines those qualities are very important. From the Montreal area...
Thanks so much, John! I really enjoy your cellar defenders series. A $50 price point is very appealing when it comes with your stamp of approval! I'll definitely seek these out. Thanks for sharing the waiting window on the CdP, as well. I have a 2015 that I guess is fair game now! ;) Cheers!
Great video! I watched it twice but I think I need to watch it again to get a screenshot of the wines you featured. I hope more people will get to see this one, as it’s very practical, helpful and informative. Thank you for doing this topic! Really excellent! Santé!
The last time I had a Produtorri was from the 2004 and 2005 at about 10 years of age. Spanish wines are a terrific bang for the buck but I need to dig into CdP so thanks for the tip. I recently subscribed and the videos are great. 👍
Excellent recommendations, John! I had the pleasure of tasting the 2016 Barbaresco before its release while I was in the region. Definitely high on my list. I also enjoy Chateau Musar. I have yet to try the Clos du Val Cabernet Sauvignon and the Chilean wine from Christian. Rioja is perfect for me since I don’t have the patience for aging wines. Thank you for this outstanding list of wines and winemakers.
Thank you so much for this review, John! A great range and very reasonable and wide selection! I'm going to taste Milla Cala next week - will compare your notes with mine. Unfortunately, in Russia, the price point of most of these wines is twice higher. Or at least 50% higher. So, enjoy them for this very approachable price!
Enjoyed the video and recommendations. It would be great at the end if you could put up a summary of your recommendations. Look forward to more videos!
Thanks for the video. There are definitely a couple i will try. Wines are expensive in the United States. Many of the wines you have mentioned can be bought for the equivalent of less than $ 30 in Denmark, and we have a 25% sales tax + tax on alcohol. Some of my favorites for under $ 50 are: - Pantocrator Rioja Alta - Zenato Amarone della Valpolicella - Aalto Ribera del Duero Cheers 🍷
Yes, we have a 3-tier system so these wines get marked up several times before we can buy them. Thanks very much for sharing. Excellent suggestions! 👍🍷
Attorney Somm, I love your picks. La Rioja Alta is one of my favorite Rioja producers. I just got a Clos du Val and I am looking forward to opening it; I believe it will have a lot of Bordeaux influences in its profile. We adore CDP, need to pick up bottle of the Pegau. I am looking forward to your videos.
Thanks very much! So glad that you enjoyed the video. Appreciate the kind feedback! Hope that you enjoy the Clos du Val as much as I do! And Pegau is outstanding! Cheers!
@@JuanLopez-yo3wr Thank you. Yes, Musar is terrific. I was thrilled to find one on a wine list in Washington DC last week. I've seen it at Total Wine in my neighborhood.
Thanks! I’ll see what I can do. In the meantime, this video has some recommendations that fit that criteria. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-lv6pW5dJyQs.html
Excellent video as always. I have my own selection of cellar defenders and I gravitate much more to the new world than you. For me a very good cellar defender is Austin Hope from Paso Robles and yes it is very sweet but it is always a crowd pleaser. Other cellar defenders : Faustino I Gran Reserva ( $30 give or take), Mollydooker Blue Eyed Boy shiraz from Australia, Clos Apalta "Petit Clos", Far Niente Post and Beam cab ( everybody likes FN botttles, they look so nice and upscale and this entry wine is good-ish), and last but not least "Clio" from Jumilla Spain.
@@AttorneySomm This wine comes with a little "how I found it " story. I was once invited to a private gathering with Ramtha the Enlightened One. These are small (1-5 people) gatherings won at online auction, usually 1-4 hours in duration, (unknown) at prices ranging from 170 000$ to 25 000$ a pop. I was there on a friend's invite, (free). Ramtha was a great warrior that led an army of over 2 million about 35 000 years ago. On the table in front of the open fire with the warrior next to it, we 4 open bottles of the Reyes. I promptly had 2 large glasses and was awarded with an approving look. It can be intimidating to sit in front of a person who can read your soul. So there you have it. My pick wasn't mine at all,it was made by a full-blown Enlightened Master. My compliments for your worthy taste!
Great recommendations! I am excited about eventually opening the 2018 Produttori del Barbaresco (~$30 😋)! I also recently got another of your recommendations in the 2015 La Rioja Alta Vina Ardanza Reserva. How do you think it compares to the 2015 Vina Arana Gran Reserva? For someone pretty new to Rioja (2017 Marques de Riscal Reserva being the only serious one thus far), if the Arana is very similar to the Ardanza, what do you also think about the 2018 Vina Alberdi Reserva?
Thanks very much! Excellent choices! Terrific price on the Produttori! The Arana used to be a Reserva, but now it is a Gran Reserva because in strong vintages that wine can perform like the 904 (which costs a lot more). So the Arana will be one that you can age for a longer time. Both are excellent though. The 2018 Alberdi Reserva is a very good wine at the price point. That is one you can enjoy right away or that will age for another few years. It is not at the same quality level as the 15 Arana Gran Reserva, though.
On another note,@@AttorneySomm, I know that it's a big-name brand, but I found a lovely under $50 wine (~$33-35) in the 2019 Mondavi Napa Valley Cabernet. It's sort of a "cellar defender" for me because I had previously bought the 2019 Mondavi The Estates Cabernet... though it's not such a huge difference in price (~$60).
Awesome video! I want to build a cellar in a few years, but my budget for wine is about 40 bucks max. Are there a lot of "cheap" wines (15-30 dollars) that are worthy of aging? How does one identify these wines?
