Konstantin, you are delivering top notch wine content on a regular basis like no on else. Keep up the good work . I’m looking forward to what’s coming!
14:58 - Konstantin doing the best smug face I've seen for a while. I've love to see a follow-up video to this, of how to identify old vs new world wines. I guess most of us watching have picked a lot of it up by now, by I think it'd be great to see it spelled out really clearly. In fact, a whole series of "how to identify" stuff would be amazing, different grapes, old vs new world, different ages (i.e. crianza, reserva and gran reserva) and all the other things that wine has. It's all second nature for MWs but I've found myself just recently being able to start to identfy grape varieties and a few other characteristics and I find it a really interesting topic. To answer the question: I don't know if I prefer old or new world. Generally I go for reds from Italy and southern France (especially Languedoc) but also South Africa and Australia. Recently I've been getting into Cab Sav and Merlot especially though, which makes me think I should drink more Bordeaux...but the cost of everything (not just wine) makes me think I should not be drinking Bordeaux at all!
You’re right! It’s getting more and more difficult to recognize old and new world, especially after a certain price point! 😁 Fun times! A Salta Malbec- sneaky Leon 😏
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When they are at their best, I prefer old world. However, I find new world wines to be more consistent in quality, so I trust them more. I find French wine in particular quite variable in quality from bottle to bottle.
Hi Konstantin, Another great video. I loved your facial expression when you got the me when got the Argentinian and Cahors wines the 'wrong way round' :-) You're a top bloke for being humble and recognising you are always learning on the wine knowledge journey. Look foward to your next video. Tony p.s would love to see you explore the wines of the Ribera Del Duero at some point?
Niccce catch. Good to see Matthiasson get some love as well as Santa Barbara County (maybe my favorite region in the world). I personally LOVE Aussie Grenache. The last set is TOUGH as younger producers in Cahors are trying to make cleaner wines.
Very impressive blind tasting Konstantin, never mind the mixup in the last pairing! I’m learning too, usually I knew the grape varieties before you said it by your deductions
Very cool video, you have an exceptionally well trained sensory system along with some excellent deduction skills! Interesting to see how you got Cahors and Argentina mixed up, I was completely with you based on how you described the wines. When you do Australia, I hope you include a Pinot from Yarra Valley or somewhere else in Victoria! Looking forward to that video.
Well done! Depends on what I want, if it's sparkling then definitely old world ,Champagne, Bourgogne, Jura, Cava Brut Nature and of course England. Reds are sort of 50/50 between Italy and Spain or Argentina, rarely from France. And whites are all over the place, dry PX whites from Chile, Chardonnays mainly from New Zealand and north Italy and Rieslings primarily from Germany.
Matthiasson is one of my favorite wineries in Napa Valley. I wish you lived in the US as the wine club is worth the money. They are minimal intervention wineries that makes unique wines for their members. They make an awesome Pinot Meunier that reminds me of a fruiter Gamay. The interesting thing about the wine making is that they mainly use used oak barrels and keep the wines lower in alcohol than most of Napa Valley.
I think whether you drink mainly Old World or New World wines has a lot to do with your budget, availability, market preferences and what most consumers in your part of the world purchase & drink. For me wines should have elegance, balance, typicity, intensity, complexity and length. I find that most of my wines are Old World wines because they can be found at more reasonable price points. If I want to find New World wines with the above attributes I have to look much harder and pay more per bottle. I also agree the differentiation between Old vs. New World is becoming more blurred now, as winemakers are trying to respect their terroir or keep up with changing consumer preferences. Another great video Konstantin, very fun and educational. Looking forward to the Aussie video, it would be cool if you were to include Aussie wines made from Italian/Spanish/Portuguese varietals, in addition to the "international French" ones.
True, preferences are one thing but they have to meet the budget to make it to the table. Personally I would love for wine to face zero tariffs everywhere to create optionality for the consumers, and compete on quality rather than price barriers and misplaced patriotism. The more there is to try, the better chance to discover something new that feels right.
One world !! Lol 😂 ! Very impressive tasting . In the last round , I saw the shape of the bottle and being from South America I know that very few Argentinian malbecs are bottled in Burgundy shape bottles. But the Salta wines are very fresh and for sure Leon messed with you !!!
true that! Reds from the Salta region are more tannic, potent and structured, not the typical Argentine malbec from Mendoza. The last round was rigged! :)
Dear Konstantin, Thanks for the great videos. One thing which puzzles me about tasting in general, and especially when consideriing difficult blind tastings- i often have the impression that wine needs "to open up" (breath) after opening etc. You seem to just open, pour and drink. Do you compensate for the fact that the wine has been opened just before? Or is the subtle change of taste etc irrelevant for this purpose of tastings (or even irrelevant at all)?
Another excellent video! I had thought that you would have been at 100K by next year sometime, I think you may be hitting that a bit sooner - and well deserved it is as your channel is easily the most informative and enjoyable one out there! I have been more and more impressed by the new world Bordeaux style blends coming out of Washington State. Although the old world styles are quite compelling, the cost of enjoying them is really becoming off putting as compared with other regions. So if you have not yet done a comparison of old world and new world Bordeaux blends, that may be interesting.
Since I live in Italy, north eastern Italy, I can afford the luxury of choosing from a vast range of wines from Italy and bordering countries, and that's probably for the best, the less wine travels the better for the wine and the environment. But if/when I venture to the new world I'll be happy to bear your distinctions in mind. Thanks for another great video.
I love Australian Syrah. I found them very intense, expecially the one from Maclaren Valley. like give a bite to a medium rare rob eye steak...the feeling of blood and rustiness amaze me. very unique
That was a great video, loved the LotR reference! For me it's more about the country than Old or New, I love Italian & Spanish wines, French less so, from the old and NZ, Aus & Argentina from the New, US less so. It's probably more the styles that I was first introduced to that determine my preferences. On cocktails, if you don't already have it I highly recommend the Death & Co. Cocktail book (first one not the Codex), it's the best I have though the ingredients can get complex. The best part about it is the layout, it's broken down by spirit then shaken or stirred so finding what you're feeling is easy compared to any other book, + the drinks are delicious.
Geat video. I love trying to guess the wine before you say it based on the description - I got Chardonnay, Australia and Spain this time. Eucalyptus really stands out for me too. Contrats on the 100/100 wine video going viral! Can you please do a video recommending some outstanding but affordable wines for Christmas (when the time is right. Sorry for using the C word so early)?!
Very nice blind tasting. I'm also going for the Loire Chenin Blanc. Ultimately the old world. But I haven't explored the new world that much yet. At least with more quality red wines.
Love the tasting! I am a bit sad that the worlds are colliding though. I don't go to France or Germany to eat McDonalds and I think each region should have its own flair and character. Personally, I miss the old oaky/buttery California Chardonnays (but then I don't miss the old high alcohol, tannic California monstrosities). I live relatively near the NY Finger Lakes so I am mostly drinking new world Riesling and Gewurztraminers these days but a good old world wine is always worth a taste.
Colome makes very good wines in an absolutely unique place, you can feel the altitude in their wines, they start at 1700 meters and reach 3111 metres of altitude! No wonder you took it for European wine!
Australia episode please! We are more than just Barossa Shiraz!!! Clare valley Riesling (Grosset polish hill), Margaret River Chardonnay (Leeuwin Estate art series) and Cabernet (Cullen dianna madeline), Mclaren Vale Grenache (Yangarra) and Yarra Valley Pinot ( Mount Mary) all amazing
I thoroughly enjoyed this blind tasting, you were spot on, picking the regions and grapes, also new & old world. The last tasting seemed like a curveball, but you didn't get it wrong, just reversed, brilliant! Cheers Konstantin, raising my glass of Abeja 2018 Heather Hill Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon from Walla Walla Washington for a job well done.
Very entertaining, interesting to see the two worlds moving in different directions and sometimes swopping styles. I’m glad that Australia has finally stopped the over the top showy wines and gone back to a more table wine style.
I think putting them in all the same bottles would make all your blind tests a lot more fair. seeing screw top or bottle shape and weight have big influences
Have lived in Australia for years now and always stayed away from Peter Lehmann (Klingt auch ein bisschen zu deutsch der Name). It had that mass producer image to it for some reason. Super excited to get a bottle and give it a try, it's super affordable, too. Keen for that episode on Aussie wines.
Great video! I am currently loving anything from the Willamette Valley in Oregon both white and reds. I would love to see you do a video on that region.
At least as far as old world reds goes, old world wines seem to be more in your face and busy in the sense of being structured and presenting a wine that screams where it's grapes were grown. You can almost taste the wine lineage. Konstantin, if you can, please try the 2019 Details By Sinegal, Cabernet Sauvignon. I just got done reviewing it and thought it was amazing. I paid $25 for the wine but it sells on the internet for $50, I think you will love it.
I drink much more New World than Old World, but I’m value-driven, so I prefer wines from both - like Beaujolais, Chianti, and Australia. There are so many high-quality wines from all regions in 2022 - the best values come from all over.
Literally there are tons of great values from the old world…. When you want super high quality at good value you have to look outside France and California. But you can absolutely find some amazing wines at affordable prices from literally everywhere! Just realize you’ll have to sift through a bunch of mediocre stuff, but that’s the burden we must bare.
If you like French wines, the Rhone valley has a lot of value, especially if you look outside the most famous appellation of Chateauneuf du Pape. There are a lot of producers who make exceptional Cotes du Rhone in the $18-25 range.
Fun indeed. Lots of challenging change, try some of the new early picked Australian Grenache with can be mistaken for Pinot, the modern looking labels usually indicate that style.
Interesting choice of wines! Australia is not overly known for its grenache, at least compared with other red varietals like shiraz, cabernet, or pinot, and when grenache is used it is mostly in southern Rhone style GSM blends. Peter Lehmann is a producer famed for his shiraz, with that grenache coming in at a very reasonable price here of about $20AUD or €14. If you can find it, some of the very best Australian grenache is made by Cirillo, the grapes for which are grown from possibly the oldest surviving grenache vines in the world, dating back to 1848.
It’s interesting that you mentioned screwtop vs cork for one of the comparisons. It looks like another pair could be distinguished by the same feature. So to blind, might want to use the same bottle type for both
Fantastic tasting! Outstanding at picking the grapes. To me, old vs new is increasingly more about wine making philosophy than geographical areas. California remains firmly new world but many producers trying to be more old world. New York (Long Island) is very old world in my opinion (very small producers, very focused on terroir, fairly high acidity, not excessive oak). South West of France generally very old world (apparently except this Cahors), while the Languedoc Roussillon is quite new world in style. I find that a lot of Spanish reds are pretty new world in fact. Same for Chile and Australia, while I find Argentina mostly old world (probably best value for money at the moment). Italy is very firmly in the old world in almost every area.
I once attended a tasting of rieslings, gewurz and pinot gris from the US, Italy and Nelson, New Zealand. Absolutely epic. If I recall correctly, some of the US rieslings were from the Finger Lakes.
Quite an interesting tasting. I had a Malbec while visiting Cahors a number of years ago, and found it a bit too tannic for my taste. I obviously need to revisit - at least the wine if not the place.
Please taste some Unico Zelo from Australia! Leon will love that its natty but honestly they make some great wines, Esoterico and Truffle Hound are my favs
Great reviews as always! I really enjoy your wine channel! Quick question: after open 8 bottles at once, what you do? You drink them all afterwords, give it away, throw all away? What you do? I’m dying to know!!!!! 😊 Thanks
I will be totally honest here, our two most favorite regions are Bordeaux and Tuscany. Cannot be more classic than that they say but that the truth. The two sub-regions where we have never ever been disappointed are St-Émilion and Montalcino. Very different grape varieties (mostly Merlot + Cab S & Cab F vs Sangiovese 100%) but the stability of the quality from these appellations is so amazing it's just unbelievably record breaking. They really know what they are doing in these regions... Well, all that said of course we are extremely opened to discoveries and we keep our wine tastings around 15-20% oriented towards Bordeaux and Tuscany, however our olfaction/palate has been admittedly more satisfied by old world over the last 15-20 years. 25 years ago we drank almost exclusively new world wines mostly from the US because we were lacking experience and we were having this sweet tooth syndrome with red wines. My parents, who were already very experienced and passionate people with wine, were (not condescendingly) laughing at us and were always telling us that we would laugh at ourselves a couple of decades in the future. And just as clockwork, here we are. We now understand, but at the same time we kind of feel bad about how we now look at the new world wines, we know it's not fair and we try really hard to forget the fact it's almost stronger than us to feel this way. It's almost like a pre-loaded judgment that we can't escape... I know it's definitely not okay but as a salvation motive I should point out that we still feel humble and very little in the wine world despite having tasted probably hundreds of thousands of wines, but we almost feel like humble teenagers who played piano for only a decade, and we were able to laugh at ourselves and evolve a lot, so much so that my parents recently decided to give us their 97K$ cellar composed of 60% Burgundy wines that we are definitely not connoisseur enough to even hope understanding what's going on with something like a RC La Tâche at 4K$ a bottle (there are three good to great vintages in there). This is a gift that will keep on giving I'm sure. And this was probably a way for my parents to let us know that we should stay humble, even after having many Mouton, Haut-Brion, Yquem, etc. verticals, that we were so proud to say we had this experience. Before they died, they told me they could open a Sassicaia 1985 and taste the whole thing in silence, with just visual cues to be at the same place. That's exactly where I want to be before I die.
Konstantin, you are delivering top notch wine content on a regular basis like no on else. Keep up the good work . I’m looking forward to what’s coming!
Love how you include when you don't get it right - gives the rest of us hope. Another super video!
Leon seriously has the World's greatest job, and thankfully he does DO a great job as well.
Hehe thanks so much!
I try both, constantly exploring. Utterly amazed at your ability to recognize wines.
14:58 - Konstantin doing the best smug face I've seen for a while.
I've love to see a follow-up video to this, of how to identify old vs new world wines. I guess most of us watching have picked a lot of it up by now, by I think it'd be great to see it spelled out really clearly. In fact, a whole series of "how to identify" stuff would be amazing, different grapes, old vs new world, different ages (i.e. crianza, reserva and gran reserva) and all the other things that wine has. It's all second nature for MWs but I've found myself just recently being able to start to identfy grape varieties and a few other characteristics and I find it a really interesting topic.
To answer the question: I don't know if I prefer old or new world. Generally I go for reds from Italy and southern France (especially Languedoc) but also South Africa and Australia. Recently I've been getting into Cab Sav and Merlot especially though, which makes me think I should drink more Bordeaux...but the cost of everything (not just wine) makes me think I should not be drinking Bordeaux at all!
Thank you Konstantin. Your videos are enjoyable for those of us that are casual wine drinkers. I really appreciate your down to earth style.
You’re right! It’s getting more and more difficult to recognize old and new world, especially after a certain price point! 😁
Fun times! A Salta Malbec- sneaky Leon 😏
I am becoming a fan of your channel. I am into wine since 1988 and wine is in my blood. Thank you of making my days happieer.
Amazing video, the last wine was quite a surprise!!
I love both. Being from South Africa and spoiled for local choice it is however refreshing to taste wines from other parts of the world.
Do you post videos or bits of them to the other social media platforms? You deserve so much more attention. Without a doubt my favorite wine channel and I just freaking love your palate. If you don’t get famous soon, fire your media person :) unless that’s you, don’t fire you, hire somebody
Very impressive tasting! I am equally impressed with your double bottle pouring.
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Had to give you a like just for the Lord of The Rings reference!
Another great video, quality as always.
Great! I have at times been pleasantly surprised by Argentinan Malbec. Nice video, thanks Konstantin! Cheers. 🍷👍
Love this and all your videos!! I definitely learn a lot being an amateur wine lover! Please keep the video coming!!
When they are at their best, I prefer old world. However, I find new world wines to be more consistent in quality, so I trust them more. I find French wine in particular quite variable in quality from bottle to bottle.
Hi Konstantin,
Another great video. I loved your facial expression when you got the me when got the Argentinian and Cahors wines the 'wrong way round' :-) You're a top bloke for being humble and recognising you are always learning on the wine knowledge journey.
Look foward to your next video.
Tony
p.s would love to see you explore the wines of the Ribera Del Duero at some point?
Great video as always!! Keen for the Australian wine video!!!!
Always enjoy your videos. Keep up the great work!
Thank you so much for the fantastic content best wishes from Brazil 🇧🇷🇧🇷🇧🇷
Niccce catch. Good to see Matthiasson get some love as well as Santa Barbara County (maybe my favorite region in the world). I personally LOVE Aussie Grenache. The last set is TOUGH as younger producers in Cahors are trying to make cleaner wines.
Another banger
Very impressive blind tasting Konstantin, never mind the mixup in the last pairing! I’m learning too, usually I knew the grape varieties before you said it by your deductions
Best wine UA-camr. Period.
Very cool video, you have an exceptionally well trained sensory system along with some excellent deduction skills!
Interesting to see how you got Cahors and Argentina mixed up, I was completely with you based on how you described the wines.
When you do Australia, I hope you include a Pinot from Yarra Valley or somewhere else in Victoria! Looking forward to that video.
Yes please! Or Mornington Peninsula - and maybe some Orange Syrah :)
Gippsland is the best - Bass Phillip, William Downie, Philippa Farr, and Lightfoot!
@@comradesomo Farr is outstanding, and Oakridge is one of my budget favorites.
Riesling from the Clare valley!
Excellent video.
Another great video Konstantin, and here’s a +1 for an Australian special! Hoping you might sneak in some Yarra Valley or Tasmanian Pinot!
Well done! Depends on what I want, if it's sparkling then definitely old world ,Champagne, Bourgogne, Jura, Cava Brut Nature and of course England. Reds are sort of 50/50 between Italy and Spain or Argentina, rarely from France. And whites are all over the place, dry PX whites from Chile, Chardonnays mainly from New Zealand and north Italy and Rieslings primarily from Germany.
Hey Konstantin - Wholehearted thanks for your content. It lifts me up when I’m feeling blue.
Glad to hear it!
Matthiasson is one of my favorite wineries in Napa Valley. I wish you lived in the US as the wine club is worth the money. They are minimal intervention wineries that makes unique wines for their members. They make an awesome Pinot Meunier that reminds me of a fruiter Gamay. The interesting thing about the wine making is that they mainly use used oak barrels and keep the wines lower in alcohol than most of Napa Valley.
Excited for the Aussie video
I think whether you drink mainly Old World or New World wines has a lot to do with your budget, availability, market preferences and what most consumers in your part of the world purchase & drink. For me wines should have elegance, balance, typicity, intensity, complexity and length. I find that most of my wines are Old World wines because they can be found at more reasonable price points. If I want to find New World wines with the above attributes I have to look much harder and pay more per bottle. I also agree the differentiation between Old vs. New World is becoming more blurred now, as winemakers are trying to respect their terroir or keep up with changing consumer preferences. Another great video Konstantin, very fun and educational. Looking forward to the Aussie video, it would be cool if you were to include Aussie wines made from Italian/Spanish/Portuguese varietals, in addition to the "international French" ones.
True, preferences are one thing but they have to meet the budget to make it to the table. Personally I would love for wine to face zero tariffs everywhere to create optionality for the consumers, and compete on quality rather than price barriers and misplaced patriotism. The more there is to try, the better chance to discover something new that feels right.
One world !! Lol 😂 ! Very impressive tasting . In the last round , I saw the shape of the bottle and being from South America I know that very few Argentinian malbecs are bottled in Burgundy shape bottles. But the Salta wines are very fresh and for sure Leon messed with you !!!
true that! Reds from the Salta region are more tannic, potent and structured, not the typical Argentine malbec from Mendoza. The last round was rigged! :)
Ahaha great quote of LOTR!!
I guess the first one! Sidenote - I too love The LOTR!
Dear Konstantin, Thanks for the great videos. One thing which puzzles me about tasting in general, and especially when consideriing difficult blind tastings- i often have the impression that wine needs "to open up" (breath) after opening etc. You seem to just open, pour and drink. Do you compensate for the fact that the wine has been opened just before? Or is the subtle change of taste etc irrelevant for this purpose of tastings (or even irrelevant at all)?
Hi, when you make your Australien Wine Preview ,don’t forget Tasmania I taste a few wines there and I was Surprised of the Quality.
Great video as always! Just got to the Americas in WSET3 this week so fit my study schedule perfect! Thanks 🙏
Would you do a eastern europe wines tasting soon :) ? Especially with local grape varieties like saperavi , feteasca neagra, furmint
Another excellent video! I had thought that you would have been at 100K by next year sometime, I think you may be hitting that a bit sooner - and well deserved it is as your channel is easily the most informative and enjoyable one out there! I have been more and more impressed by the new world Bordeaux style blends coming out of Washington State. Although the old world styles are quite compelling, the cost of enjoying them is really becoming off putting as compared with other regions. So if you have not yet done a comparison of old world and new world Bordeaux blends, that may be interesting.
I found this recently and subscribed straight away,wine is not a luxury but living.drinking Quality red everyday is a beautiful thing 🍷😀
Since I live in Italy, north eastern Italy, I can afford the luxury of choosing from a vast range of wines from Italy and bordering countries, and that's probably for the best, the less wine travels the better for the wine and the environment. But if/when I venture to the new world I'll be happy to bear your distinctions in mind. Thanks for another great video.
Love Colome, they are using whole clusters when they press the wine if I'm not mistaken. Great value Malbec
I love Australian Syrah. I found them very intense, expecially the one from Maclaren Valley. like give a bite to a medium rare rob eye steak...the feeling of blood and rustiness amaze me. very unique
Thank you 😊
That was a great video, loved the LotR reference! For me it's more about the country than Old or New, I love Italian & Spanish wines, French less so, from the old and NZ, Aus & Argentina from the New, US less so. It's probably more the styles that I was first introduced to that determine my preferences.
On cocktails, if you don't already have it I highly recommend the Death & Co. Cocktail book (first one not the Codex), it's the best I have though the ingredients can get complex. The best part about it is the layout, it's broken down by spirit then shaken or stirred so finding what you're feeling is easy compared to any other book, + the drinks are delicious.
Try some Penfolds that are made in different countries (to circumvent import duty maybe?) to see if there’s any terroir and quality difference.
This is very difficult to do! You are amazing.
Geat video. I love trying to guess the wine before you say it based on the description - I got Chardonnay, Australia and Spain this time. Eucalyptus really stands out for me too. Contrats on the 100/100 wine video going viral! Can you please do a video recommending some outstanding but affordable wines for Christmas (when the time is right. Sorry for using the C word so early)?!
I love it when he's right and flexes on the wine
You are so easy to watch. Thanks guy.
Love your videos - great knowledge and very entertaining!
Both has it's charm !
Brilliant as always.
Very nice blind tasting.
I'm also going for the Loire Chenin Blanc.
Ultimately the old world. But I haven't explored the new world that much yet. At least with more quality red wines.
I never ever expected a LOTR reference!! Can you do a live event where we all sit down and watch LOTR to wine? That would be the coolest.
Love the tasting! I am a bit sad that the worlds are colliding though. I don't go to France or Germany to eat McDonalds and I think each region should have its own flair and character. Personally, I miss the old oaky/buttery California Chardonnays (but then I don't miss the old high alcohol, tannic California monstrosities). I live relatively near the NY Finger Lakes so I am mostly drinking new world Riesling and Gewurztraminers these days but a good old world wine is always worth a taste.
Colome makes very good wines in an absolutely unique place, you can feel the altitude in their wines, they start at 1700 meters and reach 3111 metres of altitude! No wonder you took it for European wine!
Australia episode please! We are more than just Barossa Shiraz!!! Clare valley Riesling (Grosset polish hill), Margaret River Chardonnay (Leeuwin Estate art series) and Cabernet (Cullen dianna madeline), Mclaren Vale Grenache (Yangarra) and Yarra Valley Pinot ( Mount Mary) all amazing
We carry the Samur Clos de Midi chenin. I'm laughing, Cahors isn't for the faint of heart.
I thoroughly enjoyed this blind tasting, you were spot on, picking the regions and grapes, also new & old world. The last tasting seemed like a curveball, but you didn't get it wrong, just reversed, brilliant! Cheers Konstantin, raising my glass of Abeja 2018 Heather Hill Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon from Walla Walla Washington for a job well done.
Colomé wines are fantastic, very interesting blind tasting, cheers from Argentina!
This is such a good video idea!!
Very entertaining, interesting to see the two worlds moving in different directions and sometimes swopping styles. I’m glad that Australia has finally stopped the over the top showy wines and gone back to a more table wine style.
would love to see an Australian wine taste test!
I think putting them in all the same bottles would make all your blind tests a lot more fair. seeing screw top or bottle shape and weight have big influences
Have lived in Australia for years now and always stayed away from Peter Lehmann (Klingt auch ein bisschen zu deutsch der Name). It had that mass producer image to it for some reason. Super excited to get a bottle and give it a try, it's super affordable, too. Keen for that episode on Aussie wines.
Great video! I am currently loving anything from the Willamette Valley in Oregon both white and reds. I would love to see you do a video on that region.
At least as far as old world reds goes, old world wines seem to be more in your face and busy in the sense of being structured and presenting a wine that screams where it's grapes were grown. You can almost taste the wine lineage. Konstantin, if you can, please try the 2019 Details By Sinegal, Cabernet Sauvignon. I just got done reviewing it and thought it was amazing. I paid $25 for the wine but it sells on the internet for $50, I think you will love it.
Really insightful! Thank you 🙏🏽
I drink much more New World than Old World, but I’m value-driven, so I prefer wines from both - like Beaujolais, Chianti, and Australia. There are so many high-quality wines from all regions in 2022 - the best values come from all over.
If you are seeking value in Old World buy from Spain and specially Portugal. Cheers!
Literally there are tons of great values from the old world…. When you want super high quality at good value you have to look outside France and California. But you can absolutely find some amazing wines at affordable prices from literally everywhere! Just realize you’ll have to sift through a bunch of mediocre stuff, but that’s the burden we must bare.
If you like French wines, the Rhone valley has a lot of value, especially if you look outside the most famous appellation of Chateauneuf du Pape. There are a lot of producers who make exceptional Cotes du Rhone in the $18-25 range.
Really interesting blind comparison on the Chenins. South Africa has these days lots of top notch Chenins with a reasonable price tag.
i was in the saumur region last weeks for vacation. pretty good wines 😀
Fun indeed. Lots of challenging change, try some of the new early picked Australian Grenache with can be mistaken for Pinot, the modern looking labels usually indicate that style.
I love wines from the Old and New World. There are so many crazy delicious wines.
Obviously you have eben shopping in my favorite onlineshop 😂 Really loved to hear your opinion on those wines!
I finally found Lambrusco, in sainsburys. The tastiest wine I’ve had for a while.
Total entertainment 💯 as wine should really be 😊
Hey Konstantin, great video! Would love to see a video about wines from Chile! I think there's pretty much beautiful wines. Cheers 🍷
Great video…. Prefer….well made from anywhere…. 😎👍👍
Interesting choice of wines! Australia is not overly known for its grenache, at least compared with other red varietals like shiraz, cabernet, or pinot, and when grenache is used it is mostly in southern Rhone style GSM blends. Peter Lehmann is a producer famed for his shiraz, with that grenache coming in at a very reasonable price here of about $20AUD or €14. If you can find it, some of the very best Australian grenache is made by Cirillo, the grapes for which are grown from possibly the oldest surviving grenache vines in the world, dating back to 1848.
Hey that was a best kept secret. Old vine Grenache is amazing, often showing like Pinot noir in elegance and red fruit spectrum.
It’s interesting that you mentioned screwtop vs cork for one of the comparisons. It looks like another pair could be distinguished by the same feature. So to blind, might want to use the same bottle type for both
Interesting, thank you! 👍
South African Chenin for me.
Fantastic tasting! Outstanding at picking the grapes. To me, old vs new is increasingly more about wine making philosophy than geographical areas. California remains firmly new world but many producers trying to be more old world. New York (Long Island) is very old world in my opinion (very small producers, very focused on terroir, fairly high acidity, not excessive oak). South West of France generally very old world (apparently except this Cahors), while the Languedoc Roussillon is quite new world in style. I find that a lot of Spanish reds are pretty new world in fact. Same for Chile and Australia, while I find Argentina mostly old world (probably best value for money at the moment). Italy is very firmly in the old world in almost every area.
Awesome stuff as always!
Would love to see New York State Finger Lake Rieslings go up against some German ones!
I once attended a tasting of rieslings, gewurz and pinot gris from the US, Italy and Nelson, New Zealand. Absolutely epic. If I recall correctly, some of the US rieslings were from the Finger Lakes.
Fun video. If you want to taste some excellent Austrian chardonnay, look for Velich (Darscho, Tiglat) or Kollwentz (GLORIA, Tatschler, Katterstein).
Matthiasson is a lovely small winery to visit.
You've seen LoTR 14 times... only 14!!
Those are rookie numbers my friend, gotta pump those numbers up!! 😉
Quite an interesting tasting. I had a Malbec while visiting Cahors a number of years ago, and found it a bit too tannic for my taste. I obviously need to revisit - at least the wine if not the place.
Please taste some Unico Zelo from Australia! Leon will love that its natty but honestly they make some great wines, Esoterico and Truffle Hound are my favs
You should also try some wine from Moravia region. There are quite good Rieslings, Veltlins and Weissbungunder
Great idea to compare new versus old, maybe try old versus new
Great tasting.
Quite the curveball was thrown at you with those Malbecs.
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Pretty Amazing! wow
Great reviews as always! I really enjoy your wine channel! Quick question: after open 8 bottles at once, what you do? You drink them all afterwords, give it away, throw all away? What you do? I’m dying to know!!!!! 😊
Thanks
I will be totally honest here, our two most favorite regions are Bordeaux and Tuscany. Cannot be more classic than that they say but that the truth. The two sub-regions where we have never ever been disappointed are St-Émilion and Montalcino. Very different grape varieties (mostly Merlot + Cab S & Cab F vs Sangiovese 100%) but the stability of the quality from these appellations is so amazing it's just unbelievably record breaking. They really know what they are doing in these regions... Well, all that said of course we are extremely opened to discoveries and we keep our wine tastings around 15-20% oriented towards Bordeaux and Tuscany, however our olfaction/palate has been admittedly more satisfied by old world over the last 15-20 years. 25 years ago we drank almost exclusively new world wines mostly from the US because we were lacking experience and we were having this sweet tooth syndrome with red wines. My parents, who were already very experienced and passionate people with wine, were (not condescendingly) laughing at us and were always telling us that we would laugh at ourselves a couple of decades in the future. And just as clockwork, here we are. We now understand, but at the same time we kind of feel bad about how we now look at the new world wines, we know it's not fair and we try really hard to forget the fact it's almost stronger than us to feel this way. It's almost like a pre-loaded judgment that we can't escape... I know it's definitely not okay but as a salvation motive I should point out that we still feel humble and very little in the wine world despite having tasted probably hundreds of thousands of wines, but we almost feel like humble teenagers who played piano for only a decade, and we were able to laugh at ourselves and evolve a lot, so much so that my parents recently decided to give us their 97K$ cellar composed of 60% Burgundy wines that we are definitely not connoisseur enough to even hope understanding what's going on with something like a RC La Tâche at 4K$ a bottle (there are three good to great vintages in there). This is a gift that will keep on giving I'm sure. And this was probably a way for my parents to let us know that we should stay humble, even after having many Mouton, Haut-Brion, Yquem, etc. verticals, that we were so proud to say we had this experience. Before they died, they told me they could open a Sassicaia 1985 and taste the whole thing in silence, with just visual cues to be at the same place. That's exactly where I want to be before I die.
I appreciate your sense of humor! And double fisted pouring is super impressive!