Wine Cellar Tour 2.0 || What’s new in my 1200 bottle cellar || Decants With D
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- Опубліковано 7 лют 2025
- This is an updated tour of my 1200 bottle cellar.
What's new? Couple of things:
1. I got a new glass door, allowing us to view the cellar from the dining room.
2. A new hatch from refurbished old barn doors.
3. Lot's of new wine, for instance the Arkenstone 2013 Cabernet Sauvignon, or the Barnett 2013 and 2016 Cabernets. Also the 3 Chilean Cabernet joint ventures with Mondavi and Rothchild, called Sena (Mondavi), Almavira (Rothchild) and Clos Apalta. All 2015 and scored 100 points by James Suckling.
4. Did you see that we converted the bird cage at the entrance to the wine cellar to a Whisky bar?
5. And I upgraded the Tequila bar on the dining room credenza.
Very nice! Wish you happy drinking!
Always
The wine room tours are my favorite videos. It's always interesting to see what other wine enthusiasts are drinking/aging.
Thanks SC, cheers
Impressive Cellar! Thank you for sharing with us. My favorite Tequilas as well! You Sir have great taste.
Thanks ToF
Clos Apalta is a fine wine. I went to their winery a little over a year ago. Really cool place.
Wow Deitmar! Impressive wine room👍👍👍
Thanks David
Fantastic, thanks for sharing!!
My pleasure!
Great video, D. Awesome cellar and collection. I would love to see the view from your home office. Sounds like a cool idea for an office view.
Thanks Eric. Send me your email via my website and I sent you the office view.
You cellar is amazing but your home is beautiful!
Double Thanks!
Great video! I’m coming from the whisky world, but I’ve got to say that your channel is highly entertaining. Stay thirsty!
Thanks Malty
I dream to have a similar collection, thanks for sharing!
Dreams eventually become reality. Keep on working on it!
Awesome video!
Thanks Ale!
Love these videos! Now I need to go buy more 😂
Thanks Michael, that’s unfortunately how I feel every day.
Love the reviews! I'm a big fan of recent BV cabs, esp. George de la Tour, as well as O'Shaugnessey Cabs; would love it if you would review those sometime.
Just visited O’Shawnessee vineyards.
Great place. Episode on that pending.
O’Shaugnessey
That's a lot of sunlight to be shining into a wine cellar...
My exact thinking, no temp control, sunlight, no wonder he likes his wine young because it coudnt age well in there
One has to wonder about the wines that are closer to the roof aswell. Could be alot of heat
Nice!! 👍🍷
You’ve inspired me to rewatch a couple of wine documentaries. Watched Decanted. Last night and I’d be interested to know your thoughts of Melka Cabernet.
I want that 2015 Mayacamas. I have the 2014. I heard the 2016 is supposed to be the best one so far.
You dint worry the sunlight would degrade the wine?
Thanks for the tour, Dietmar. Please throw in a "get down", "get to the chopper!" or an "I'm a cop you idiot" in the next video. :D
Thank you for your videos, they are so interesting. I'm in the UK and learning about wine. What is your favourite Merlot please?
In California my favorite Merlots are Barnett, Nickel&Nickel and Duckhorn.
In Bordeaux, Chateau Frombrage.
@@decantswithd Thank you, I am new to French wine and scared 😂 think I'll try California Merlot that's not our usual Barefoot. Then venture into French.
We like Merlot and Malbec, am aiming to try a Pinot as it's not too heavy so I'm watching your Pinot tasting video now.
Hi D,
Stunning cellar, many thanks for showing it! One question, I was always under the impression that prolonged sunlight exposure to wine isn’t good. Might it be a good idea to tint the windows some how?
The window is not out of glass, but a thick glass stone. It breaks the sunlight. We brought extra flashlights in for the video. Typically the cellar is dark enough, but allows you to see during the day without lights on. We are good, no worries.
Very nice!...did I see an Austin Hope Reserve Cabernet there as well? Have a couple of bottles of 2017 but haven't opened it yet. Have plenty of their standard cabs from every year back to 2015.
Lots of Austin Hope in my cellar, but no Reserve.
The 2015 regular is sooooo good!
A lot of light is getting in there
No worries, we had a lot of lights shining in for the video.
Typically it’s a lot darker.
@@decantswithd Thats good! Very impressive collection Dietmar!
Beautiful wine room...Have you ever paid over $100 per bottle of wine but were disappointed in it later?
Yes, way too often.
This happens a lot with French Bordeaux and Burgundy Grand Crus.
@@decantswithd I guess that is why you stick to the CA wines...Good to know..
Love the wine cellar Dietmar! You have inspired to go ahead and build one now, where did you get you wine racks from? Yours look well made!
Designed it together with Wine Enthusiast and ordered the materials through them
Lot of light 😱 and what about the temperature and humidity there? Nice cab collection 👍🏻
65% humidity by climate control. Yes, Napa Cabs are the main focus of my cellar. Cheers
@@decantswithd hey D, thank you for your wonderful video !! I am a big fan of California napa fine Cab. I am wonderful if I can store and age young Napa Cab in room temperature for a few years ? I do have a temperature control unit, which is too small to put all of my Collection.
@@tortszsan71 yes, but it will shorten the lifespan. Also, make sure the temp does not go above 70 F.
What do you use to keep track of what wines you have their ages and quantity do you use a phone app of some sort
I should and eventually will.
But right now Zi have 1300 bottles and I am in my wine cellar at least 30 minutes every day. I know where every bottle is without a system.
Great cellar, Dietmar! Currently I’m planning my new wine shelf so I would like to know the measurements of a storage place for one bottle (especially the sticks the bottle lays on).
Can you help me out? Thank you and best regards from Germany:)
Thanks Lucas. Will send you the info
FYI Clos Apalta is mostly Carmenere. Probably the most expensive and highly rated Carmenere in the world.
Thanks, I just bought it and never had it before.
Suckling gave the 2015 a 100 rating. I will taste it in one of my future videos.
@@decantswithd Well in this case, it won't matter too much because it's still made in a blockbuster Bordeaux blend style-Carmenere at its most luxurious-and this vintage they used less Carmenere than normal. You'll probably get less/none of the typical herbal/bell pepper notes average Chilean Carmenere can have, which can be positive or negative depending on your palate. At the same time, Chilean wines are sort of in between Napa and Bordeaux stylistically, so I'm curious to see how you like it and the others. winediplomats.com
@@decantswithd The same with the 2017 vintage. Suckling gave it 100 pts and the bottle is a special commemorative one. You can find for about $119 now. Plan on buying a couple to try one now, and wait 5-10 years later.
Chadwick 2017. 100pts JS
Don Melchor 2018. 100 pts JS.
Is this guy Dutch?
No Sir