DON'T MESS UP! Sommelier Tries to Guess a Red Wine | Vino Blind (Ep. 4)
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Blind-tasting wine is all about practice, so in "Vino Blind," let's practice together! This is a super fun exercise, especially if you're prepping for those sommelier exams, like the ones from the Court of Master Sommeliers or WSET. I'll walk you through the whole blind-tasting deal-from checking out the wine's look to taking a whiff and sipping it. Along the way, I'll spill the beans on what's running through my mind so you can join in on the guessing game too! We'll piece together our first impression of the wine, thinking about its color, flavors (maybe some cherry, roses, or a dash of smokiness), and structure, like the acidity, tannins, alcohol, body, and sweetness. Then comes the exciting part: figuring out what grapes might be in there, where it might be from, what it's worth, and maybe even its birth year. And finally, the grand reveal! We'll find out if we were right or totally off the mark, so we can learn from our tasting adventures. Let's uncork some wine wisdom!
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Some helpful links:
Wine/Answer (DON'T CLICK unless you want to know the answer): tinyurl.com/nhhw9z9d
Our How to Blind Taste Video: • Learn How to Blind Tas...
The CMS Tasting Grid: www.mastersommeliers.org/site...
List of CMS Advanced Level Wines: www.mastersommeliers.org/site...
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00:00 Introduction
00:38 Sight
01:21 Nose
02:12 Palate
03:57 Initial Conclusion
09:19 Conclusion
09:48 Reveal
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Possible grapes and places:
Cabernet Sauvignon
Bordeaux - Graves / Haut-Médoc
Australia - Barossa / Coonawarra / Margaret River / McLaren Vale
Chile - Curicó / Maipo / Maule / Rapel
USA - Napa / Sonoma / Central Coast
Cabernet Franc
Loire Valley - Bourgueil / Chinon / Samur-Champigny
Carménère
Chile - Curicó / Maipo / Maule / Rapel
Corvina
Italy - Amazon della Valpolicella
Gamay
Loire Valley, FR - Cru Beaujolais, Beaujolais-Villages
GSM (CDP, Giogondas, Vaq)
Rhône Valley, FR - Châteauneuf-du-Pape / Gigondas / Vacqueyras
Malbec
Mendoza, Argentina
Merlot (BDX or CA or WA)
Bordeaux - Pomerol / St-Émilion
Nebbiolo
Piedmont, IT - Barolo / Barbaresco
Pinot Noir (Burg, CA, NZ)
Burgundy, FR - Côte d’Or - Village / Premier Cru Grand Cru
USA - Anderson Valley / Carneros / Central Coast / Sonoma Coast / Sonoma Valley / Willamette Valley
New Zealand - Central Otago / Martinborough
Sangiovese (Brun or Chianti)
Brunello di Montalcino, IT
Chianti, IT - Classico / Gran Selezione / Riserva / Ruffina
Syrah (Rhone, Aus, CA or WA)
France - Northern Rhône Valley
Australia - South Australia / Victoria / Western Australia
USA - Central Coast / Sonoma County / Columbia Valley
Tempranillo (Ribera or Rioja)
Spain -Ribera del Duero / Rioja (Crianza, Reserva, or Gran Reserva)
Zinfandel
USA - Napa Valley / Paso Robles / Sonoma Count
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This was a fun one! I hope you're not disappointed in your call; I'm straight up impressed you nailed the grape, especially with the wine's muddied flavors. Extra props for your adorable, snoring feline friend.
Haha 😂 🐈⬛
These are so good, Vince! So damn exciting lol 💀😂🍷 Keep it up!
I have learned recently that Aussie winemakers are allowed to add sugars after a wine has fermented to dry and your tasting confirms that! Thanks Vince!
For sure. Also, other people have noted that we definitely could have picked a better wine! I think this one was a big on the cheaper side.
This was so fun to watch and try to guess along with you!
And you got it was new world!
Yeah, I got new world Cabernet, I’ll call that a win!
I love these blind tasting videos.
These are fun and educational videos to watch. Many thanks!
Please keep doing these! I had a lot of fun trying to guess. I also landed on Cabernet Sauvignon but also incorrectly guess the location, this time with Napa.
Australia never crossed my mind, but other than the States, I didn't even consider it! I've never had an Australian Cabernet which means I'm running out to get one within the next few days!
haha fooled me for sure!
Did a wine taste challenge with 4 spanish wines.
2 bottles were 100% 1 grape..
2 bottles were blends and we were given the grapes for the blends.
Have learned so much from your great programs...watched you all thru post pandemic... you're really gifted & make wine exciting!🍷👍Thank you!
Thank you, so glad to hear that!!
This was so great to watch. Please do more of blind wine tasting. Love wine and I’m going to take WSET level 2 course in November so learning a lot already from your videos.
Thank you 😊
So happy it’s helping. Another one coming next week!
@@visforvino That is superb! Thank you 😊
Cut this down for tik tok! This was super fun to watch and would get more exposure on that platform - great stuff and super engaging :)
Interesting deductive process but could you please add more content about the differences between new and old world styles in this series. Thank you.
We actually covered this a bit in this video: th-cam.com/video/XglPTBk9VQw/w-d-xo.htmlsi=jxi5NggAcTrZ68EX
Did better than I of done. Wanted to be a sommelier but realized I just can't detect nothing unless I got a starting point
The oak with next to no fruit on the nose had me thinking cheaper cali cab but when u said medium tannin & acidity, I was leaning Merlot. At least they didn’t give you Yellow Tail 😁
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My first guess was Zinfandel when you mentioned the rs.
Residual sugar only would push me towards Australia.
Yeah, agreed
This was great. The oak (or probably chips) sounded American so in a toss-up between Lodi and Australia I went to Australia. That said I wasn´t sure with plum whether they might have blended some Shiraz. No pepper but cheap wines often aren´t that varietal anyway.
Lodi could have been a good call too!
Vince congrats that was great, im goin for my level two CMS want to know some tips for the tasting exam. Thanks 🙏👍
Glad we could help!
That was impressive .. still hitting on the Cab Sav even those this Australian expression is widely different from what one would find in CA or even French wines of that grape. It seems to me Australian Cabs are pretty rare, so, that was an added twist. Now, one thing to note: Amarone is not a grape but rather a wine usually made from 3 grapes from a northeastern region of Italy.
Thanks! Yes, that's my fault. CMS lists it as "Corvina based blends" but since that's wordy on screen and I'm fairly certain most people don't know Corvina, I put Amarone to simplify.
lol Vince. I’m an Aussie and I thought you were describing a Barossa Shiraz! Barossa well known for Shiraz, Cabernet not so much. I would never drink the chateau tanunda Cabernet.
Yes, I've heard this isn't the best example of Aussie wine unfortunately...
You did mention Shiraz and tobacco notes
Since you mentioned sugar + from what you said its very not-destinct I was landing on cheap syrah from Australia. Why? Because cheap syrah from Australia dosnt seem to have the original syrah characaters you find in rhone, and its usually tampered with at this range of quality.
Good job!
Thanks, got close anyway!
I just wonder why you restrict yourself to single grapes in the elimination (apart from GSM), as a lot of wines are blends. But fun to watch how you rule out the options. And bravo, because red big wines from the new world are often hard to guess.
Thanks! So we actually go off the CMS advanced wines, so people who are studying for exams can learn. That being said, I think Grenache also includes GSM and Cab and Merlot includes BDX blends.
@@visforvino Ok understand!
I guess Barossa region 2019 Syrah though
Sangiovese and Tempernillo are both grown in Sonoma and Napa Counties and wines are made from them. So, no, these varietals are not only Old World.
Of course they are. There’s all sorts of grapes grown everywhere. You can also find Nebbiolo in Mexico. But when working within the guidelines of CMS or WSET you are only tested on the typical historical grapes grown in their regions.
I though it was Cali Cab from the beginning , once you started screaming Oak lol
Haha that’s probably why that’s where I ended up!
@@visforvino I actually have a question haha
Can Sancerre be wooly like Chenin Blanc can be?
I don’t really think so personally. I associate Sancerre with its screaming acidity and minerality. Sometimes you get the “cat piss” note which maybe if what you’re referring to, but I think that’s more NZ SB typically.
@@visforvinoI actually understand your “cat piss” reference. I’ve had Sauvignon Blanc from Trentino-Alto Adige ( Elena Walch, not sure if you’re familiar )and it’s very tropical and grapefruit forward. I don’t get to drink Sancerre much and yea I agree with you, minerality and ripe lime, under ripe grapefruit, crushed river rocks. I think somehow I got that confused on my blind tasting Haha. I do prefer the Elena Walch SB to be honest though. Oh and the blind tasting wasn’t for an exam. Just for fun :)
The grape for Amarone is Corvina right?
Exactly.
How can I suggest you a wine for the next blind tasting, without you know about it? 😂😱
Haha oh man, let me think about that! Maybe I need to set up an anonymous email or something…
Why not include portuguese grapes/blends as options?
No shade on Portuguese (or any other indigenous) grapes! We just use the CMS advanced level options to limit choices from the 100s of grapes out there and help people study for those exams.
Yeah I mean unless you tasted and said the word “eucalyptus” I’m not going to go Australia for this. You described cheap new world (especially American) bold red wine. You got new world cab sauv….good enough. I dislike this genera of wine. Thank you assaulting your palate for us!
haha anything for you!
Chateau Tanunda, or as I like to call it Chateau Shithouse. Much better Cab Savs in Barossa than this.
I’m sure there are! I’d say part of the challenge is trying wines across the quality spectrum, and assessing quality.
It wasn't a dig at you and your channel. Keep up the good work.
Didn’t take it that way, no worries. 😄 Hoping to get to Australia one day and really do it justice in an episode!
We have some amazing and very diverse wine regions here. I'm sure you would love it.