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 🍷🍷🙏🙏😊😊
Great review, thanks for sharing it. I’d love to see you review more easily available wine (Kirkland/Costco, Aldi, Trader Joes). Thank you for sharing and great camera work on capturing that wine swirl. Thanks.
Is Château Haut-Bages Libéral not of Grand Cru quality? I just had a friend bring me back a 2011 Pauillac from that chateau and the bottle claims Grand Cru Classe 2011. Looking forward to my foray into the Bordeaux region!
Hi there, yes Haut Bages Liberal is a Grand Cru Classé, classified 5th growth in 1855 and I believe the quality is pretty good. 2011 should be pretty mellowed and ready to drink by now, I see that it generally scores around 90/100 points among various wine critics, so it is a fairly good Pauillac wine. Cheers, enjoy!
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).
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 ruclips.net/video/36dcmiNiVZc/видео.htmlsi=MsSMOxpjUEHDuOQ1 Hope this helps 🥂
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!
@@RUclipsJulien 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.
Love this new series, this is fantastic!! Thank you so so much and looking forward to the next appellations! :))
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 🍷🍷🙏🙏😊😊
Wonderful! Start collecting!
Great review, thanks for sharing it. I’d love to see you review more easily available wine (Kirkland/Costco, Aldi, Trader Joes). Thank you for sharing and great camera work on capturing that wine swirl. Thanks.
This is a great suggestion, thank you!
Is Château Haut-Bages Libéral not of Grand Cru quality? I just had a friend bring me back a 2011 Pauillac from that chateau and the bottle claims Grand Cru Classe 2011. Looking forward to my foray into the Bordeaux region!
Hi there, yes Haut Bages Liberal is a Grand Cru Classé, classified 5th growth in 1855 and I believe the quality is pretty good. 2011 should be pretty mellowed and ready to drink by now, I see that it generally scores around 90/100 points among various wine critics, so it is a fairly good Pauillac wine. Cheers, enjoy!
Thanks Julien!
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).
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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 ruclips.net/video/36dcmiNiVZc/видео.htmlsi=MsSMOxpjUEHDuOQ1
Hope this helps 🥂
Who cares about US wines?
Wannabees ... with crazy prices.
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!
@@RUclipsJulien 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.