A nice assortment of wines in this episode. There are certainly many expressions of Grenache that I enjoy, with Southern Rhone being my favorite. Cheers!
Comando G Viticultores is also an amazing producer in Gredos, Madrid. They have been producing high quality (and highly rewarded) 100% garnacha wines over the past years. Rumbo al Norte 2016 received perfect score form Parker for example. I’m pretty sure you guys tried them but I wanted to make sure this producer does not go unnoticed 😅
Love Tres Picos especially when I let it breath for about 20 min or so and agree great value for sure! Floral, with dark chocolate, prune fruit, smoke and vanilla. Love it with steak or smoky ribs.
Haha, just watched Konstantins blind tasting. The David & Nadia was in it. ) I saw you responded as well. ) Great you highlight the grenache/garnacha. I love that grape, as I adore wines from the southern Rhône. But I see there a lot of area's where affordable grenache can be found. The Yalumba and Cannonau di Sardegna are real steals. I spend some holidays at the Trasimeno lake. Never had the wine in the tasting though. It was too hot for reds anyway. )
I haven’t got to try a ton of single varietal Garnacha, but I had a couple of Priorats that were good, and some pretty good GSM blends. I was super impressed with Télégramme from Chateauneuf du Pape. The best Garnacha I ever had was Alto Moncayo Veraton from Spain, but it’s been 4 years and I need to try it again! Both times I tried Gigondas I really enjoyed them with food. And it makes some great Rosés, I especially love Tavel. It makes some great dessert wine too, I’ve enjoyed it in Banyuls and Rivesaltes!
@@drmatthewhorkey I’ve been to a pretty awesome Rhone Class, and our local French Restaurant, the Refectory, has a pretty awesome selection of Rhone wines. I also went to an amazing Kermit Lynch wine dinner there and got to try stuff I never would have thought to buy!
I really enjoyed this video. As a long time Grenache fan, and having had them from just about every country that grows it, I still learned a lot and am tempted to buy several of these wines.I started with CDP (Gardine), then mcLaren Vale (D’Arenberg). I like the way it presents in every region, more recently for me Priorat and Montsant. And I cheered when it was Alan’s Croatian Grenache that took top honor. Of course, it was your palate only but mine is aligned.
Great tasting, indeed. It doesn't feature many wines I can find here, but I'm making eyes at the Tres Picos for a long time. I had the basic Garnacha from Borsao, a REALLY cheap wine, and thought it was legitimately good. Very useful to get information on Grenache, though. I'm proud of myself for calling out the Borsao as a spanish wine based on your description - but I thought it would be Priorat or Monsant. I started to like this grape last year, and I'm deep diving on it ever since. I'll be drinking my first chilean GSM - from Errazuriz - this year, and I'll buy one from Valencia as well. And I have a Cotes de Tablas aging in my cellar.
While my taste runs more in favour of Bordeaux blends, I recently enjoyed a bottle of Eben Sadie's Columella 2014 vintage, a Grenache blended wine from the Swartlands region in the Western Cape, South Africa. I was blown away by this wine and fortunately was able to find a few more bottles here in the U.S. to cellar. Worth a try if you get a chance. A great assortment presented in video - thanks.
Great video, thank you. Along with Pinot Noir Grenache is my favourite red wine grape. To me it sometimes tastes like a heavier, fuller bodied P N. I have a few bottles of Clarendon Hills Grenache 2005 which I think is a fantastic wine. I didn't know that Cononeau was Grenache so thanks for educating me!
Australia has some of the oldest Grenache. They are typically old-vine, un-trellised and dry grown (no irrigation). When made with care, some whole bunch usage, the wines are closer to Pinot Noir with marked red berry character and elegance.
This was a fun & entertaining blind tasting video with lots of surprises. As you were revealing the wines I tried to guess their origins, but after 3 or 4 tries, I just decided to enjoy it without any analyzing, ha! 🙂 I do enjoy Garnacha, Grenache and tend to enjoy the more savory, herb-y styles higher acidity ones from the Mediterranean. Though some cool climate ones from Australia and South Africa have also impressed me. Wow, an Umbrian Garnacha/Grenache coming out as the winner. I thought Umbria was just Sangiovese and Sagrantino; who knew?!
Thanks Mattheu, great videos and seems like you want to make your niche those blind tasting videos. It's fine. I would like to offer you, with good intentions, my feedback. I like your energy and range of wines. However, your content is often too fast and lacking background, not because lack of knowledge, your blind tastings have way too many wines for the time allotted and the editing is way too fast. Many times it does not allow us to even understand and process the wine name, vintage and its characteristics. Would be more helpful if there would be more information about the wines tasted, your notes without rushing to the next wine. Just slow down and get a new person to edit your contend. Keep up the good work.
A nice assortment of wines in this episode. There are certainly many expressions of Grenache that I enjoy, with Southern Rhone being my favorite. Cheers!
Comando G Viticultores is also an amazing producer in Gredos, Madrid. They have been producing high quality (and highly rewarded) 100% garnacha wines over the past years. Rumbo al Norte 2016 received perfect score form Parker for example.
I’m pretty sure you guys tried them but I wanted to make sure this producer does not go unnoticed 😅
They do wonders with the grape for sure
Ahhh good ole Commando G!
@@drmatthewhorkey btw forgot to say, great video as always!! :)
I agree. I enjoyed.
Love Tres Picos especially when I let it breath for about 20 min or so and agree great value for sure! Floral, with dark chocolate, prune fruit, smoke and vanilla. Love it with steak or smoky ribs.
It is a ribs wine for sure!
Could not agree with you more.. An very under appreciated grape indeed.... CDP's are awesome !
And other Grenache too from around the 🌎
Fantastic presentation! I'm learning so much about wine from you, Thank You!
Thank you for watching
Love the Tres Picos! Great QPR.
It is affordable for sure
I love Grenache. To me, it’s like a supercharged Pinot Noir. Light body but different flavors depending on where it grew.
Good description of the 🍇
I just finished a wonderful massena Grenache this evening. It lasted the weekend without issue so oxidised slowly and tasted wonderful.
Nicceee
Haha, just watched Konstantins blind tasting. The David & Nadia was in it. ) I saw you responded as well. ) Great you highlight the grenache/garnacha. I love that grape, as I adore wines from the southern Rhône. But I see there a lot of area's where affordable grenache can be found. The Yalumba and Cannonau di Sardegna are real steals. I spend some holidays at the Trasimeno lake. Never had the wine in the tasting though. It was too hot for reds anyway. )
Ahhh there are only a handful of good producers in Trasimeno IMO… this one is my favorite
Ill put an aged priorat up against any wine .i love the minerality these wines give you after a few years... well done !
They can be minerally for sure!
Was in Priorat in Feb and the Garnacha was delish, it's also a beautiful wine country!
Amazing place for sure!
I haven’t got to try a ton of single varietal Garnacha, but I had a couple of Priorats that were good, and some pretty good GSM blends. I was super impressed with Télégramme from Chateauneuf du Pape. The best Garnacha I ever had was Alto Moncayo Veraton from Spain, but it’s been 4 years and I need to try it again! Both times I tried Gigondas I really enjoyed them with food. And it makes some great Rosés, I especially love Tavel. It makes some great dessert wine too, I’ve enjoyed it in Banyuls and Rivesaltes!
Ahhhh you know your Rhone!
@@drmatthewhorkey I’ve been to a pretty awesome Rhone Class, and our local French Restaurant, the Refectory, has a pretty awesome selection of Rhone wines. I also went to an amazing Kermit Lynch wine dinner there and got to try stuff I never would have thought to buy!
I really enjoyed this video. As a long time Grenache fan, and having had them from just about every country that grows it, I still learned a lot and am tempted to buy several of these wines.I started with CDP (Gardine), then mcLaren Vale (D’Arenberg). I like the way it presents in every region, more recently for me Priorat and Montsant. And I cheered when it was Alan’s Croatian Grenache that took top honor. Of course, it was your palate only but mine is aligned.
Ahhh you are an adventurous Grenache drinker. Gardine and d’Arenberg are fabulous producers!
Great tasting, indeed. It doesn't feature many wines I can find here, but I'm making eyes at the Tres Picos for a long time. I had the basic Garnacha from Borsao, a REALLY cheap wine, and thought it was legitimately good.
Very useful to get information on Grenache, though.
I'm proud of myself for calling out the Borsao as a spanish wine based on your description - but I thought it would be Priorat or Monsant.
I started to like this grape last year, and I'm deep diving on it ever since. I'll be drinking my first chilean GSM - from Errazuriz - this year, and I'll buy one from Valencia as well. And I have a Cotes de Tablas aging in my cellar.
Ahhhhh nice that you called it out just based on description! There are so many wonderful, affordable Garnacha wines in Spain indeed
While my taste runs more in favour of Bordeaux blends, I recently enjoyed a bottle of Eben Sadie's Columella 2014 vintage, a Grenache blended wine from the Swartlands region in the Western Cape, South Africa. I was blown away by this wine and fortunately was able to find a few more bottles here in the U.S. to cellar. Worth a try if you get a chance.
A great assortment presented in video - thanks.
Niceeee find! Thanks a lot for watching. All good if you prefer Bdx blends :)
Great video, thank you. Along with Pinot Noir Grenache is my favourite red wine grape. To me it sometimes tastes like a heavier, fuller bodied P N. I have a few bottles of Clarendon Hills Grenache 2005 which I think is a fantastic wine. I didn't know that Cononeau was Grenache so thanks for educating me!
Spot on assessment!!!
Australia has some of the oldest Grenache. They are typically old-vine, un-trellised and dry grown (no irrigation). When made with care, some whole bunch usage, the wines are closer to Pinot Noir with marked red berry character and elegance.
Yeppers… I love Aussie Grenache
This was a fun & entertaining blind tasting video with lots of surprises. As you were revealing the wines I tried to guess their origins, but after 3 or 4 tries, I just decided to enjoy it without any analyzing, ha! 🙂
I do enjoy Garnacha, Grenache and tend to enjoy the more savory, herb-y styles higher acidity ones from the Mediterranean. Though some cool climate ones from Australia and South Africa have also impressed me.
Wow, an Umbrian Garnacha/Grenache coming out as the winner. I thought Umbria was just Sangiovese and Sagrantino; who knew?!
Umbria is also Cortona Syrah.
Umbria has a ton of gems to be discovered. Fantastic wines, just not always readily available outside the region
Cortona Syrah is a Tuscan DOC :)
2 Priorat wineries that are producing wines with this almost burgundy sensation mentioned by several are Ferrer Bobet and Terroir al Limit
Yes nice stuff indeed!
Love Grenacha, especially from producer Venus La Universal! Rene Barbier is the legend!
Barbier, yes one of the pioneers of Priorat’s revival!
You have a interesting way to pronounce Chateauneuf, dropping the "eau". Like chat-neuf-du-pop. :)
That was a mistake ahhaha
I understand it's not an everyday wine but i would have loved to have seen you try a Chateau Rayas.
It’s not everyday wine for sure 🤣… well at least for people like me
From blue zone Sardinia: Fratelli Puddu or Lolei. All for the extra years ;)
I do love Sardinia
Please try the wines from Paco Mulero Spain. Hugely under the radar
Gracias 🫡
@@drmatthewhorkey de nada señor 🫡
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Thanks Mattheu, great videos and seems like you want to make your niche those blind tasting videos. It's fine. I would like to offer you, with good intentions, my feedback. I like your energy and range of wines. However, your content is often too fast and lacking background, not because lack of knowledge, your blind tastings have way too many wines for the time allotted and the editing is way too fast. Many times it does not allow us to even understand and process the wine name, vintage and its characteristics. Would be more helpful if there would be more information about the wines tasted, your notes without rushing to the next wine. Just slow down and get a new person to edit your contend. Keep up the good work.
Thanks for your POV. You might like the face off playlist for slower pace