I would like to check if you have Sassicaia from Italy We have just one bottle Could you keep it for me? Ah! So today, you're coming? Yeah, today Okay One bottle left, just one! And they were just about to close for today! Woah... I've got to get there in a jiffy Hi Do you have Opus One? Yes, I have Insignia? We have one bottle Oh, one bottle? Silver Oak And Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon SLV Napa Valley Tignanello Valbuena No. 5 We have just one bottle left Okay, then. Could you keep those six bottles for me? I'll get there in two hours and a half Okay Wine department Robert Mondavi Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Clos Apalta... and Almaviva? I can put those in the paid will call at the side of the store Okay, for sure Well, I'm on a highway now. I hope all this trip will be worthwhile for my mentors! We'll be swinging by at three different stores today I'm on a shopping spree! Robertson? Thank you so much. Have a great day (I could have waited like this couple here if I didn't make a call in advance) (Some people don't even leave the car. Maybe you could call this a drive-thru wine?) Enjoy! (Being friendly to strangers) (Makes me happy just waiting in front of the wine store) Enjoy~ We've bought like... $1400 worth of wines from just a single store! My mentors! Are you watching this?! You haven't told us anything That's the purpose Are we doing it blind? Of course Okay That's your favorite part! Have at it, reds or whites? Reds Hundred and fxxking ten degrees! Are you kidding me? So today, we are going to do 'VGS' tasting! Very good shit Very good shit! And I prepared... As I said to you last time with the VGS tasting, It isn't VGS until I say it's a VGS! I know And I prepared 10 bottles Which are extremely popular here in America And also in Asia. In South Korea, and in Japan Okay And we'll do it blind Goodness gracious, okay And as you see, I prepared the icebox Yes, it's a hot day today And so we're not going to have hot red wines We'll have cellar temperature, or cool red wines Exactly We were waiting for their miserable asses... Are you wearing this Bank of California hat in an attempt to prove that you are a banker instead of a wanker? I'm wearing it because I didn't know how much sun we'd be catching, and... You want to put the hat there, right? Why would you touch it? This innocent wine tasting just turned into a super spreader event And did you turn off your phone? You know why I'm turning off my phone? Because I don't want you guys to know no one would call me Because it's just me who calls you So I was doing my medical training, we carried a beeper And so sometimes, we'd use that when we wanted to get out of a situation If you were around some people you didn't want to be with You would then tell your friend, "Call up, have me paged!" And the beeper will go off... I've done that, too! It goes off and then I'd say, "Excuse me, there's an emergency I have to attend to. I'm so sorry" So I prepared the 10 bottles But I also don't know which one is which one (Tasting) 2nd one may be slightly corked Oh, that's corked And now, what can you do when it's corked? (What kind of dumb question is that?) It's just a question! It's fxxking alcohol, isn't it? Drink the shit! And you don't mean that. You don't drink that shit So when you have a corked bottle of wine, you simply return it If it's at a restaurant, alert the server If you've bought if from a retailer, return it to the retailer Return it when it's corked! Though what's interesting is that people vary, for almost any flavor compounds that we talk about, in terms of their ability to pick up levels Each person has a threshold level And it can vary fairly dramatically from one taster to another Largely, it's a curse because you taste it And then you focus upon it and then you can't drink that wine Whereas if somebody doesn't pick it up They can drink the wine Actually, I know what the 2nd one is Because when I tasted it (before the flight), I thought it was corked But I wanted to show the solution to the subscribers when the wine's corked That bottle is a $100 bottle Bullshit Bull-fxxking-shit Peter, you, you... You're bleeding You're now like a... Purplebeard! I've heard of Blackbeard and... It's just when Jay starts to tell such shit To talk such shit, that I gat mad $100 my ass! It wasn't even fxxking $100 a case It was 'maybe' a $100 a case I forgot to say that I spent more than $2000 What? Wow... For all of these 10 bottles Holy shit Did you really? Yeah, I really spent more than $2000 Yeah, horseshit... And that one is a Clos Apalta Huh? The 2nd one, the corked one, is a Clos Apalta Really? Yeah Oh, which is often a just delicious bottle of wine (.........…) I didn't lie~ And this is the cheapest one here Okay Wow, okay (Evaluating the wines) I've got thousands of requests for us to taste And then I selected the most popular ones in those comments That makes sense So they are just tired of hearing us talk bullshit They want us to... You've only spent $2000? Don't you know that when you go to the trouble of making Patrick and I work on a fxxking Saturday, which, by the way, is my sabbath! You'd better fxxking bring two bottles to the party of each wine Just in case there's one broken like that I'll do that next time Okay, my fee goes up though, for next time Alright Because you've already fxxked with me The fact that he's not been drinking wine He's gotten grouchier I recognize their quality Well, the kind of wines that I could see myself drinking But only after they've been bottle-aged for 5-10 years And then they could be glorious Patrick, what do you think about the first wine? Fairly deep in color, though with some clearing at the rim So that's telling us that the wine has a little bit of age on it Not as deeply colored as some of the other wines I got some cassis, lead pencil, and oak on the nose As well as plum, and some slight diacetyl Or buttery character on the finish But very slight Full-bodied, medium acidity 14- 14.5% alcohol Fairly ripe tannins There were some dry wood tannins on the finish Though overall, complex, well-made Cabernet Sauvignon based wine Probably with Merlot in it Good to very good quality In terms of honing in as to where... My initial impression was that this was a New World Napa valley Cabernet Sauvignon with Merlot I agree with you on almost everything that you've said And the reason that I probably would have aired more towards the New World than Right Bordeaux was the diacetyl. Slight diacetyl character I got on the finish I don't get any of the quince characters from Chile But you know at this level, the wines might not have it Unveil it, boy! Well, also, Jay's doing this partially blind Oh, Jay's doing it blind, too. Oh, okay So we have to get Jay's input! No, absolutely! We need his input! Anyway, I'm going to edit out all my part So it's alright Oh, okay We'll just proceed The 1st one Opus One And the vintage? 2015 So I'm not surprised about all the things we said with the Bordeaux dance Because look who's involved? Exactly There's an elegance to the wine that you often don't see in Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignons A seriously good wine, but I do want to tell you All the wines got good scores from me That's the lowest For the consumer, for the people watching this Opus One and I have a reasonable amount of experience with Opus One, are wines that can be delicious young But, by and large, they're wines that improve dramatically Over a 5, 10, 15, 20 year period of time So when you're buying these wines, and you're drinking them young You're paying a premium in price because of reputation And to fully get that premium in terms of flavor You need to be patient and age the bottle for at least 5, if not 10, years You know, I must admit, perhaps because I'm not a spring chicken anymore, But I must admit that that's not what I do these days If a wine is good, it needs to be good Right now, and if it's good right now, drink the shit So... Yeah! You know, if I've got so much wine in my cellar that I can buy 5 or 6 bottles of Opus One And not look at it hungrily every time I go past it You know, no problem Otherwise, I want to pull and drink And I like to think that I have sufficient experience to say "Oh, in two years time, it would have had this, that, and the other And I can taste it right now!" And, yes... People buy wines for different purposes, right? What did you mean by 'spring chicken'? Spring chicken! A newly hatched bird, a young bird What I was trying to say is that I'm not 25 anymore I'm shocked by that! Me too! Patrick said there are many reasons I buy wines for one of two reasons Sell Or drink That's it For investment purposes, 'blue chip wines' And Opus One would be considered a blue-chip wine from California I'll tell you what You give me the money that you would have spent on wine I will invest it in the market I will immediately pay you what you spent on the wine I will then take the money I'll make 5% a month on your money *cough* Bullshit! *cough* Bullshit! *cough* *cough* *cough* I agree with you I'll make 5% a month on your money Bullshit! *cough* I accept that you're an ungrateful rich So I'll make 5% a month on my money Okay? And you can drink your pricey Opus One Get on with it, man You know, who's got all day Alright, anyway the first one is the most expensive one for today Uh, what? $350 $350... My least favorite So we'll see what the others are Not my least favorite wine. Probably my second favorite wine of the flight Wine number 3 Again it was a big wine, opaque, ruby There wasn't all that much on the nose A sort of New World character, some sweet oak It doesn't have the powerful cassis that the first one had But I still think I'm in Bordeaux blend country And then on the palate, it was just amazing Amazingly structured, sexy, minerally A little bit too exuberant The only thing detracted slightly from the wine for me was it's pushiness This wine was not getting big marks for subtlety And now what do you think? And I... Hold on, Peter has more to say Beautiful wine Bordeaux blend I thought this was Napa valley I'm also a Bordeaux blend This was probably my favorite wine of the group My second favorite I got leather on it, cassis, the cherry, the plum, the oak So it's complex. I thought it had very good length I won't argue with you. Absolutely beautiful Very nice wine. Let's see what it is Alright, this one is my favorite one This is your favorite? In this group... Oh! And it was Patrick's favorite, too Yeah My favorite is the next one Alright, thank you The next one? Let's see what's your favorite is Since it cost you a pair of trousers and a tank top and a T-shirt Tank top! And a glass of Opus One I didn't like it that much, so it's alright Shit happens Wine spills It's alright What he said he was getting excited and... That was proof That's true Alright then, the 3rd one... The third one is Robert Mondavi Mondavi The Reserve Love this wine Now what's the vintage? 2015 Yeah, beautiful wine One of the most famous vineyards in all of Napa Exactly And then the fruit for the reserve I think there's some To Kalon fruit, but there's also... So the To Kalon vineyard is one of the most famous vineyards in Napa valley Really beautiful wine How much was that? $150 A comparative bargain! It is interesting, because we tasted some cheap range of Mondavi wines named Isabel Mondavi and it was shit It's owned by a big company today So you have the wines coming from the Napa Valley, the Mondavi wines, generally tend to be very good Very good quality at a range of price points Then they have a coastal range And then also the woodbridge range The woodbridge range coming from the Central Valley And those are completely different Whose chance is this one? I think mine Okay, what's your name? Not Valerie Remind me again Valeria Valeria, okay Oh, yeah. This is by far my favey! So number 4, garnet, medium-garnet red in color There's some slight purple still left in it Some clearing at the rim It's a slight leafiness to it, though attractive leafiness, on the nose Lead pencil, cherry, some raspberry, plus oak And a little diacetyl on the finish here Fairly firm tannins when I initially tasted it though it's not as firm right now It's another beautiful wine At the same time, both ripe and elegant I think there's Cabernet Sauvignon New World, because of the diacetyl, I would say New World And I'd be in the... I'm more apt to be in Napa Valley When you say diacetyl, it's about butteriness? A slight butteriness on the finish So you know, all the wines go through 100% malolactic for red wines But usually don't get buttery characters Unless they're very ripe This dance was a lot quicker for me I ruled out Bordeaux, I went straight to Napa Valley here Mainly Cabernet Sauvignon If not all of it It had that beautiful minerally character It was better behaved than the previous wine Sort of slightly better manners With the more... slightly increased elegance of this wine And I'm always being an elegance guy I like this You look especially elegant today I love your pants These are my elegant pants! Yeah, what did you said? Chicken... jump? Spring chicken! Yeah, spring chicken You've got the springers jumping! I wish, pal! I wish! Number 4, Stag’s Leap Another classic wine SLV Excellent wine 2015 Awesome Yeah, very nice, and how much did that cost? $140 Even a better buy as far as I'm concerned Fxxking fantastic! So you look happier eventually than the beginning Than what? Than the beginning! The beginning of the tasting! Because you complained about not tasting white wines But you see, the more he complains, the happier he gets A certain amount of complaining and bitching to get... And particularly if I can complain and bitch on camera! Where I know that I can see myself in full-flight if I just log-on! We've had three Napa Valley wines And they've been, for Napa Valley, elegant wines There are styles of Napa Valley wines that are much more extracted In terms of their kick, not as elegant or as balanced as these wines, but sometimes can cost much more! You see wines like this that are so expensive And you say, "You know, who are these guys to charge these kinds of prices?" But you taste the wines, You balance them off against similarly priced wines from the rest of the world, And you realize they're not expensive And what you also realize is that these guys know what they're doing You are talking about terribly gifted people here who are fortunate enough to live in a world where there are a bunch of other terribly ungifted people Working on similar terroirs with absolutely dissimilar results Tell me, I'm excited about these wines Yeah, so am I So we do number 5? This is my least favorite wine This is quieter I found this one a little subdued, a little bit bitter on the finish A little bit volatil, this one And I found it to be very New World, but specifically not Napa I was less keen on it than you were And it seemed a bit burnt, jammier, dried fruit And even some raisin And I got also some diacetyl on it So for me, this is a riper wine That has had some of the wines turned to raisin And when that happens, it makes it harder for me to place it exactly And I found this raisin characteristic that got in the way for me Valbuena No. 5 2014 It's a $150 This is still my least favorite You liked it more than I did It was my third favorite So there's only one wine that I liked less than this which happened to be the Opus One These were all fine wines Some times to fully evaluate it It's not just the snapshot of tasting it One needs to go back and see how the wine develops in the bottle half an hour, 45 minutes, an hour later If the second half is shit as this, can I leave now? Jesus christ! Well... Remember this is the weekend, eh? I get time and a half on the weekends I feel quite some VA here in the fifth one Yeah Take this shit away and bring us new stuff, Okay? I don't know why we do this when we could be on the beach with all those throngs getting sick Why would we do this! Are we ganna taste these again? These? Yeah No Oh, okay. Just checkin' Do you want to taste some of them again? No No, I'm on diet But I'm also a wine guy The gods of dieters will forgive me if I take the wines In fact, the god of wine would punish me if I don't You spend your life preparing for a flight like this Yeah? And it's just the beginning of our journey Well, thank you for that Yeah, we seldom use this area But this is a very nice place It takes visitors and renters to show you where you live It's too pale. Throw it away My wine is about to be labeled It's bottled So it'll go in the water in a few days time, be here in October Terrific, I look forward to tasting it Jay and I have tasted it It was okay No more for you I'm not coming to the next tasting You're not coming to the next tasting? No, because if you're going to do the same kind of tasting You're not going to do $2000 worth of wine You're gonna do $250 worth of wine And fxxk you! How did you get to know that? (Tasting) Peter, you don't mind my talking while you're tasting, do you? I'm fxxking deaf, for a start Yeah, just wipe the wine off your face How do you know it's wine? It could be blood I haven't seen Jay- Jay hasn't backhand you once today, but... I tasted these wines in a different order than either one of you did Why did you do that? Did you check the colors first? I checked the colors So I went from the lightest colored wine to the darker wines And why did you do that? Generally, as a rule of thumb, lighter-colored wines tend to be lighter-bodied or can be With some varieties that doesn't really matter, but generally, yeah Okay, I'm not going to get any better, but I might get drunker So the first wine for me was a little bit problematic in this line-up In that, it's mildly reduced and slightly medicinal I think it's a European wine Potentially some Bordeaux varieties. In the end, for what it's worth, Of all the dance, I stayed with Europe, I went to Bordeaux But to be quite honest, it's not my favorite These wines had both high amounts of tannin And yet they lingered long on the palate Which to me is a sign of quality Could you stop rubbing your microphone? What, do you want to rub my xxxx instead? What do you want? Because you continue to rub your microphone! It's itchy! Well, he can't differentiate the microphone from the xxxx. That's it The price just went up. What can I tell you? I get some anise on here When I get anise, I'm frequently in Italy Though you can have some anise with Bordeaux blends Earthiness, I had some cherry And initially, I thought, 'Is this Super Tuscan Bordeaux varieties with Sangiovese?' That was my dance You're Super Tuscan? Oh, though could be Bordeaux as well I can't get to Tuscany at all Doesn't mean I'm right Probably means you're wrong How many fingers am I holding up? This is the 10th of 15 wines How would I know how many fingers you're holding? Let's see what it is Alright, number 6 Tignanello Vaffanculo! (Italian) Well done, Patrick. Well done 2016 How much did this cost? $125 I got to Bordeaux with this Well, that's their purpose So wine number 7 A bit lighter in color You can see through it, with clearing at the rim I can see through it. I can read my notes Earlier when I smelled it, I had this very potent aroma of dill Which, to me, is an American oak There's some earthiness, there's a bit of cherry berry I get a lemony characteristic Very strong degree of oak And firmer than you'd expect by the color And a very nice wine I'm in the same place And in terms of quality? In the middle Wine number 7... Silver Oak Now, Silver Oak is one of the few Cabernet Sauvignons in California That's 100% Amrican oak What's the vintage? 2015 And the price is $115 That's the COVID price There is no under $100 Okay, the next one would be number 8 Yes Looking at the color, it's lighter like some of the others The nose was not that different from the Silver Oak I wondered whether there were some Rhone varieties here And quickly ruled them out It's a warmer wine, sort of in the bready character It's got lots of tannins, a hint of herbaceousness to it Lovely minerally character I do think there's some Bordeaux varieties in here So I probably have to go for the new world I thought it was a bit more green than you did I got quincy here So when I put my nose in this wine, I thought it was Chile Could you explain a little bit more about 'quincy'? A green character, there's a fruit called quince that has a green characteristic, but also a sweet fruity characteristic as well It's like a sour apple I love quincy, too You love quincy? Yeah, but when you mentioned about quincy, what do you mean by it? Pleasantly green Spicy characteristic And for me, that's usually, though not always, Chile Thought this was Cabernet Sauvignon based wine There could be some Carmenere in here as well Alright, number 8 Almaviva! Well done, Patrick And 2017 And the price, $145 We were getting there! At least you got Chile I, at least, got Bordeaux varieties Number 9 The lightest in color of the group, this is where I started And it's also got a lot of clearing at the rim And some trace brick changes And I vacillated on this when I first tasted it... Vacillated! That's a big word Yeah, I didn't get the meaning of it Means you fxxked the cat So vacillated means altering, changing, going back and forth So I went between this being Sangiovese and this being Pinot Noir It's a little bit leafy A bit fuller body than I anticipated by the color Pour some more Thanks, Pat... What's your name again? Valeria Oh, thanks, Valerie Ah, Valeria It's minerally, it's classy I'm with Bordeaux varieties here It could be Europe I love this wine by the way I love this wine! Is this your favorite one? No, I think the next one which is a hit against myself Because it's so big I think the next wine's my favorite, but I love this If I think about Peter Koff, my quest for power... You're sounding like Donald Trump A quest for power? No, I'm talking in the context of wine I'm looking for the iron fist in the velvet glove Which is a very European Number 9 I'm hoping this is famous Because it feels to me like it should be It's very famous Another Italian wine Sassicaia 2017 Now, this is way better than the Tignanello Not that the Tignanello is shit But this is way better Vintage? 2017 And price, $185 That is beautiful Wow, that's good That is really... I'm gonna drink this~! That is good Are you going to join the next tasting? What's the 'next tasting'? A little bit lesser wines, but good wines No, you made a terrible mistake from a marketing perspective You showed us the best wines first Now, the next time we come here you have to double the price And then the next time you have to triple the price! You're greedy! You're fxxked! He's being cute I was always cute, go ask Valerie Number 10 So it's very deep garnet color Deepest color of the wines we've had It was quite tight on the nose Some slight green notes Lots of new French oak Some red fruit, I had a little bit of anise there That was taking me, initially, to Italy And then tight, firm tannins And then when I go back to this, to me, it's Very overtly oaked, ripe, New World wine So I think this is a Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon It's, to me, quincy And then all the other things that you said New World, Cabernet based wine Very, very good Number 10 Insignia 2016 And the price, $220 It was my best wine of the flight And it wasn't mine Just because the oak, to me, dominated the wine There are other styles that I prefer Though for that style of wine, of somebody who likes a really big, very lusciously oaked New World Cabernet Sauvignon They've done a very good job And what was your favorite one from this flight? Tignanello Tignanello? Give me a little bit more of that Peter, you're having a... Got paper or something on your lip What the fxxk are you doing? Good fxxks! It's my mouth, isn't it? You can glue whatever you want onto your lips It got to the lower lip You guys are so fxxking picky Still there! It's in the right lower corner Where is it? Right- Lower lip, right side Yeah, now it's right in the corner We're good now? Yeah Okay, fxxk it. Pour already! I'm very impressed with Patrick and this Tignanello, Sassicaia Well done Even the blind pig can sometimes find the truffle Cheers! Jay, thank you. Wonderful wines Sure Phew! What are you doing to that napkin? You, stop talking Tignanello, please He's very bossy, isn't he? He's an actual boss Oh, yeah Pour some Sassicaia here And then I have to go When you gotta go, you gotta go Before you go, could you pick 3 best wines among these 10? So, my three best wines Insignia, Stag’s Leap SLV, and Sassicaia Those are my three best And how about you, Patrick? I agree with Peter on the SLV And then I would pick Tignanello, Mondavi Reserve And I'm going to give an extra bonus one, the Opus One I love the Mondavi Reserve. No doubt about it No, I did not like the Opus One Opus One's price is almost triple of almost all the others Just goes to show you, it's more important to build a brand than a wine And also, that's my opinion Now, I've got to go somewhere. I've got to meet my wife there If I get there, and then I gotta meet my wife there and then she's gonna say, "You're drunk!" And then I'm gonna fight with her and tomorrow I'll be divorced And it's your fault And you'll come back to Valerie, right? That's right, that's right Could you do just one more thing? Like what? One bottle of wine if somebody wants to buy that wine for their newborn baby No, I'm not gonna pick a wine like that You should not be making newborn babies drink Jes, Jay No, to keep that bottle- For 21 years? Yeah, 21 years Sassicaia Sassicaia, and now why is it so? Because I said so! What's your problem?
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There's a balance in the Sassicaia It's not over exuberant Fruit is well contained There's an inherent balance to the wine right now, even though it's not my favorite Gives it the potential to age for 21 years as well or better than any of these Which would you pick for the 21-year run? That's my comment! I have to ask Patrick Bye, Peter~ You're in such a hurry- Well, okay No, just kidding! I want to take this off and smash it to bits! Where do I do that? He's really a nasty... So the Sassicaia, the Stag’s Leap, and the Opus One If you have to select just one bottle to recommend for the newborn baby? Stag’s Leap Stag’s Leap SLV You should stop rubbing the microphone! What is he doing? Terrible So was it good? Good for you too? Yeah, it was good for me Our subscribers really insisted to treat you with good wines Outstanding wines Thank you very much. It was a beautiful tasting Don't send me the bill This bill's ridiculous, I wouldn't pay it if I were you I shall depart! Au revoir~ Adieu! Adieu, you Jew~ You're crying! Laughing Great wine makes you laugh so hard you tear up That is ture Thanks, Pat Thanks, Peter Cheers, Jay. Lovely tasting, thank you Now you've got my appetite completely stimulated for an environment in which I'm not allowed to fxxking eat Thank you My wife is going to on your ass tonight, I'm telling you ‘What did you do to the guy? He's so fxxking grumpy!' And please, let's talk tomorrow I want to get the result Fxxk you, too It's first time to be clean Would you like a little glue? We could glue some of that napkin on you for the party Or wherever you're going It's almost Halloween time Look at the bright side! It's that by gluing some napkin on you, it'll detract from the view of people of those orange and yellow trousers of you You don't know what you're doing Where are you going? To friends! I need to make sure there are six glasses It needs a beautiful hat as well
