Just want to say that this is the best new wine channel out there. I hope the channel grows exponentially, keep up the great work! Also thanks to pops for opening up his cellar for our amusement lol
Agree There’s high quality to low quality Mystery Components No fast talking and audio difficulties Single individual channels creates Boredom One Man Two Women older with wisdom younger gives it a youthful experience
Very good video! A suggestion, If you’re going to blind him to try to “trick” him- give him a lower $$$ Napa cab and see what he prefers. Something like Chateau Montelena or Heitz. That would be a fun comparison. $70-$80 Napa cabs vs $500-600 Napa cabs. Cheers!
You are the only TH-cam channel that offers this wide range of high-end, top-of-the-top cult wine-tasting experiences. Thank you for sharing the experience.
I fell of the chair when he said “ I think these wines are well balanced” and then I see the label 15,5% alcohol and 100% new oak😂 Americans are quite funny
I'd like to point out that the '19 Haut Brion is 15% alcohol. Nearly every region of the world now produces wines that are 1-2% higher alcohol than they did a decade or two ago. My expectations were that these wines were "hot" with that alcohol level but they were not. I just had a Napa Valley wine (will not mention the name) with the same alcohol level and I thought it was undrinkable. It really depends on the wine.
@@OurPourDecisionsNo worries. We Europeans love to joke about fruity, heavy red wines and Americans. Whenever I have American guests, I mostly recommend them that, instead of for example a elegant burgundy, red Loire or even a german spaetburgunder.
Thank you for sharing. Love that you threw a different wine into the mix. But would love to see a higher value wine like what one subscriber mentioned, Ch Montelena, Heinz or Joseph Phelps, or something in the $100 bracket.
Just had the pleasure of trying a 2006 HA Cab at a friend’s. Once the wine opened up, it was really good. Agree with OPD hosts, decant for a least 30-45 minutes. Excellent video and content.
I've avoided Hundred Acre because I thought it would be similar to Harlan, a wine I've tried and wasn't impressed by especially at that price point. Your tasting and review has made me want to go out and seek Hundred Acre and if I ever meet Jayson, I'll tell him it was all thanks to your channel.
Been following you guys since your first video. Question, for someone drinking chateaneuf du pape for the first time would you recommend 2020 beaucastel or 2020 clos de pape?
I am fortunate to have a couple cases of Hundred Acre in my cellar. I drank a 2012 Ark a few weeks ago. I recommend from this and other Hundred Acre I’ve had that 2-3 hours in the decanter transform a good wine into an amazing wine. Six years to get on the waiting list? Damn. When I retired a couple years ago I stopped buying most wines. I haven’t seen an email from Jayson in a while so I guess I’m no longer on the approved list.
I'm a fan of this wine channel. I'm not a fan of Cult wines because much of the hype and exclusivity is a part of the sales and marketing and the prices are obscene. There are plenty of great wines produced in small lots by dedicated families in Napa Valley that would rival these wines but at a fraction of the cost and the scores these wines get from the so-called experts are as arbitrary as personal opinions.
Woulda prob been better to throw in a fortunate son. And hundred acre was hot like a decade ago no? The wines are great don’t get me wrong, but if you’re talking about “hot” Napa producers, the top two would be MD and KE. Iykyk
You taste interesting wines. But your set up is awful. Like some cheap commercial. Why not just taste the wine. Evaluate them. Talk about them. Score them. And that's it. That's how other wine channels do it. Mathew Horkey. Konstantin Baum.Antoney Storm and others do it. Watch and learn.
Yes, all the ones you're mentioning are great and that's part of we don't do it that way. We'll try to give some background, video, pictures, and give our input. We're not experts and don't pretend to be. We also just love wine and enjoy sharing. Really appreciate the feedback. Cheers!
I was checking out your cellar and was wondering why you have a lot of bottles with the cork facing up rather than down. Can you please explain why you chose this way? One last question please. Who is Stacey in all of this? On a separate note, I find your videos very well done and it is sort of... relaxing to watch them.
Some of the large format wines are rotated into vertical positions as part of the look. The vast majority of wines are positioned so that the liquid covers the cork.
First in answer to your question - no it isn’t. MacDonald Vineyards has a 10 plus year waiting list to get the wines. Hundred Acres does not. Also, Abreu has the most 100 point scores over the last 5, 10, 15, 20 years and it ain’t particularly close.
Love Abreu - one of my favorites. The '02 Madrona Ranch is memorable. Would love to get my hands on some MacDonalds. As for 100-point wines, we used Wine Advocate as the benchmark. There could be other publications that have Abreu ahead but WA has 12 perfect scores for Abreu (not counting barrel samples with ranges) and 23 for Hundred Acre (plus another 2 for their Port-style wine). Now, if we were to look at ratios (perfect scores vs. bottles reviewed), I'm not sure Abreu wouldn't be ahead but I haven't done the math. I would not in any way interpret this as one wine being better than the other. We're just reporting the stats.
Another great episode featuring a banger 🔥 vineyard! Could you guys consider doing a future show on Pop’s favorite QPR wines? I LOVE all of the high end wines, but don’t have the budget to drink them frequently. What are his recommendations for best “daily drinkers” or “cellar defenders?”
I recall that in one of your videos, you mentioned a website where you purchase hard to find wines. Can't seem to find that again. Could you list that?
Lots of places. Try to start with wine-searcher and go from there. I like flickingerwines.com for French and Italian wines. I think they do a good job. Acker is the biggest when it comes to auctions.
Wine Text TV, Wine Library, Konstantin Baum, Wine Align, Dr. Matt Horkey, Bon Appetit, Wine King, Wine Folly-all of these wine shows will help you improve if you watch them. Your show, which I want to like, is stilted and just not engaging. It's almost like you are reading from a teleprompter and not just riffing on such beautiful wine. Don't act be yourself. Wine descriptions should be fun, engaging, and thought-provoking. Please learn from others, hint, let the somm set up the blind, and have fun with the novice and the dad describing the wine. Dare to be different.
Next time you do a tasting in this price range it might be nice to mix in a bottle from the same region priced around $75-150 to then go into the differences, if there are still noticeable ones. I think what separates wines starts to operate on much thinner margins after a certain price, with some exceptions.
I'm sure the law of diminishing returns comes into play and at some point you may be just be paying premium for scarcity, name, or both. I mostly drink white wine from France and you can still find unreal wines for $50-125
I grew up in South Africa and have had many big, powerful reds but for me, 15.5% is just too high in alcohol to be drinkable, elegant and fresh enough to warrant a score over 95 max. Having said that, I’ve never tried any of these wines so what do I know
Yes, I think that used to be true. I was shocked to find out that the '19 Haut Brion was 15% alcohol (compared to 14% for the '05 and 13% for the '90). A lot of people predicted that riper, 15% wines would not age well. I don't think it's true and I think it all comes back to balance - and these HA wines were surprisingly balanced overall.
Love to see your videos, maybe because i love wine and I’m also a father of a princess 😊 probably when my daughter have age to drink ill do also some videos 😅 wish you all the best
I love your videos!! Waiting for your next ones I'd appreciate if you can do some SQN tastings, as well as some Bordeaux right banks top wines like Ausone, Figeac, La Fleur, Le Pin etc. Top Australian wines like the Grange would be great as well!!
I'd like to do a Ausone vs. Angelus, Petrus vs. Masseto. Would love to try a Le Pin - never had it. There are so many different SQN wines - we'll need to figure that one out.
Nice guys !!! Love the blind tasting, and cheers for finding the pirate 😊😊 !!! Have a few in my cellar of those, a little younger, so holding on to them. Definitely great wines, in the top of Napa for sure. They recently started a Pinot Noir brand: Summer Dreams. As a Pinot lover, had to buy these. Thanks again for the nice video, and cheers to you !!!
It’s been fun seeing you open so many iconic wines. Just a suggestion for next time you try to throw in a wine to test your taste buds, I think it would be more interesting to see a line up of these three against a a good but more affordable Napa Cab at around $100. It’s still a fraction of the price but if you can tell that apart it gives viewers a better sense of how much better these wines are. It would be even better if the line up of top end wines aren’t all from the same producers because that makes it easier to guess based on a wine that’s different from the rest.
Thanks for the great input. Similar comments from a couple of other subscribers. We plan to do a lot of X vs. Y tastings in the future. Always fun to compare - especially across price points. Did you watch the Margaux video?
Just want to say that this is the best new wine channel out there. I hope the channel grows exponentially, keep up the great work! Also thanks to pops for opening up his cellar for our amusement lol
You mean the worst
Agree
There’s high quality to low quality
Mystery Components
No fast talking and audio difficulties
Single individual channels creates Boredom
One Man
Two Women older with wisdom younger gives it a youthful experience
Very good video! A suggestion, If you’re going to blind him to try to “trick” him- give him a lower $$$ Napa cab and see what he prefers. Something like Chateau Montelena or Heitz. That would be a fun comparison. $70-$80 Napa cabs vs $500-600 Napa cabs.
Cheers!
Agree. They only gave me Layer Cake because it was a value brand created (and later sold) by Jayson Woodbridge.
Yes, the best popular wine channel I have seen in 20 years!
You are the only TH-cam channel that offers this wide range of high-end, top-of-the-top cult wine-tasting experiences. Thank you for sharing the experience.
I wake up on Saturday mornings here in South Africa with a nee video of your channel each week. This is a highlight of my day - love the content 🎉
Thank you for such a nice comment!
I fell of the chair when he said “ I think these wines are well balanced” and then I see the label 15,5% alcohol and 100% new oak😂
Americans are quite funny
Also they said it's sweet... omg. Americans like "off dry" wines which is disgusting. I don't understand how they can drink a sweet wine with a steak.
I'd like to point out that the '19 Haut Brion is 15% alcohol. Nearly every region of the world now produces wines that are 1-2% higher alcohol than they did a decade or two ago. My expectations were that these wines were "hot" with that alcohol level but they were not. I just had a Napa Valley wine (will not mention the name) with the same alcohol level and I thought it was undrinkable. It really depends on the wine.
@@OurPourDecisionsNo worries. We Europeans love to joke about fruity, heavy red wines and Americans. Whenever I have American guests, I mostly recommend them that, instead of for example a elegant burgundy, red Loire or even a german spaetburgunder.
My fav wine channel 🤩
Thank you for sharing. Love that you threw a different wine into the mix. But would love to see a higher value wine like what one subscriber mentioned, Ch Montelena, Heinz or Joseph Phelps, or something in the $100 bracket.
Could you do a comparison between the flagship and second wines of different estates? Would love to see how the second wines hold up
Just had the pleasure of trying a 2006 HA Cab at a friend’s. Once the wine opened up, it was really good. Agree with OPD hosts, decant for a least 30-45 minutes. Excellent video and content.
Love blind tastings!!! Great channel. And beautiful wines.
I like your dad’s confidence. He was willing to put y’alls channel on the line if he guessed it wrong lol.
I've avoided Hundred Acre because I thought it would be similar to Harlan, a wine I've tried and wasn't impressed by especially at that price point. Your tasting and review has made me want to go out and seek Hundred Acre and if I ever meet Jayson, I'll tell him it was all thanks to your channel.
Love it!
Been following you guys since your first video. Question, for someone drinking chateaneuf du pape for the first time would you recommend 2020 beaucastel or 2020 clos de pape?
Depends on your preferred style. I'd take Clos des Papes all day over Beaucastel. That being said, Beaucastel has a lot of fans.
I am fortunate to have a couple cases of Hundred Acre in my cellar. I drank a 2012 Ark a few weeks ago. I recommend from this and other Hundred Acre I’ve had that 2-3 hours in the decanter transform a good wine into an amazing wine. Six years to get on the waiting list? Damn. When I retired a couple years ago I stopped buying most wines. I haven’t seen an email from Jayson in a while so I guess I’m no longer on the approved list.
They really benefitted from decanting.
I Have several hundred acres so ,I was glad to see this video, I wonder where the Few and Far Between stacks up next to the others they tasted
They're all great. Few and Far Between is the smallest production.
love it! keep it going!
Can u make a wine review from tusk estate please?
Guys do yall get this wine on discount? Like this is thousands of dollars
No discounts. No sponsorships.
I'm a fan of this wine channel. I'm not a fan of Cult wines because much of the hype and exclusivity is a part of the sales and marketing and the prices are obscene. There are plenty of great wines produced in small lots by dedicated families in Napa Valley that would rival these wines but at a fraction of the cost and the scores these wines get from the so-called experts are as arbitrary as personal opinions.
Agree prices are insane. Do you have any suggestions of wines we might want to feature in the future?
Too expensive …
Woulda prob been better to throw in a fortunate son. And hundred acre was hot like a decade ago no? The wines are great don’t get me wrong, but if you’re talking about “hot” Napa producers, the top two would be MD and KE. Iykyk
You taste interesting wines. But your set up is awful. Like some cheap commercial. Why not just taste the wine. Evaluate them. Talk about them. Score them. And that's it. That's how other wine channels do it. Mathew Horkey. Konstantin Baum.Antoney Storm and others do it. Watch and learn.
Yes, all the ones you're mentioning are great and that's part of we don't do it that way. We'll try to give some background, video, pictures, and give our input. We're not experts and don't pretend to be. We also just love wine and enjoy sharing. Really appreciate the feedback. Cheers!
No thanks. nothing says “I’m a basic (with cash burning in pocket )” like chasing some Napa meme wines.
“I brought the wrinkle.” - Stacey 🤣🤣🤣 Hilarious!
I was checking out your cellar and was wondering why you have a lot of bottles with the cork facing up rather than down. Can you please explain why you chose this way? One last question please. Who is Stacey in all of this? On a separate note, I find your videos very well done and it is sort of... relaxing to watch them.
Some of the large format wines are rotated into vertical positions as part of the look. The vast majority of wines are positioned so that the liquid covers the cork.
Sticking to the theme of Napa - can you guys review Mayacamas?
Thanks for the suggestion. Mayacamas would definitely fall into a different style of Napa. Could be interesting for sure.
First in answer to your question - no it isn’t. MacDonald Vineyards has a 10 plus year waiting list to get the wines. Hundred Acres does not. Also, Abreu has the most 100 point scores over the last 5, 10, 15, 20 years and it ain’t particularly close.
Love Abreu - one of my favorites. The '02 Madrona Ranch is memorable. Would love to get my hands on some MacDonalds.
As for 100-point wines, we used Wine Advocate as the benchmark. There could be other publications that have Abreu ahead but WA has 12 perfect scores for Abreu (not counting barrel samples with ranges) and 23 for Hundred Acre (plus another 2 for their Port-style wine). Now, if we were to look at ratios (perfect scores vs. bottles reviewed), I'm not sure Abreu wouldn't be ahead but I haven't done the math.
I would not in any way interpret this as one wine being better than the other. We're just reporting the stats.
Another great episode featuring a banger 🔥 vineyard! Could you guys consider doing a future show on Pop’s favorite QPR wines? I LOVE all of the high end wines, but don’t have the budget to drink them frequently. What are his recommendations for best “daily drinkers” or “cellar defenders?”
Great suggestion!
Grange, 707, vega sicilia, super tuscan (masseto ...), more right bank bordeaux.
Please do more if you can
I recall that in one of your videos, you mentioned a website where you purchase hard to find wines. Can't seem to find that again. Could you list that?
Lots of places. Try to start with wine-searcher and go from there. I like flickingerwines.com for French and Italian wines. I think they do a good job. Acker is the biggest when it comes to auctions.
@@OurPourDecisions Awesome. Thanks!
Actually, Schrader Cellars has the most 100 point scores. No one has more 100 point scores than Thomas Rivers Brown.
Wine Text TV, Wine Library, Konstantin Baum, Wine Align, Dr. Matt Horkey, Bon Appetit, Wine King, Wine Folly-all of these wine shows will help you improve if you watch them. Your show, which I want to like, is stilted and just not engaging. It's almost like you are reading from a teleprompter and not just riffing on such beautiful wine. Don't act be yourself. Wine descriptions should be fun, engaging, and thought-provoking. Please learn from others, hint, let the somm set up the blind, and have fun with the novice and the dad describing the wine. Dare to be different.
Next time you do a tasting in this price range it might be nice to mix in a bottle from the same region priced around $75-150 to then go into the differences, if there are still noticeable ones. I think what separates wines starts to operate on much thinner margins after a certain price, with some exceptions.
I'm so excited for this video! I recently tried the Hundred Acre Kayli Morgan 2006 and it may be the best wine I've ever had.
500-700$ no thanks. I’m sure there are wines in the 80-100$ range that are just as good
I'm sure the law of diminishing returns comes into play and at some point you may be just be paying premium for scarcity, name, or both. I mostly drink white wine from France and you can still find unreal wines for $50-125
I absolutely think that's true. I think the point about diminishing returns that @fkcoolers2669 is making is spot on.
@@fkcoolers2669 exactly I don’t think the 1000$ bottle of wine are made from magic grapes
I grew up in South Africa and have had many big, powerful reds but for me, 15.5% is just too high in alcohol to be drinkable, elegant and fresh enough to warrant a score over 95 max. Having said that, I’ve never tried any of these wines so what do I know
Yes, I think that used to be true. I was shocked to find out that the '19 Haut Brion was 15% alcohol (compared to 14% for the '05 and 13% for the '90). A lot of people predicted that riper, 15% wines would not age well. I don't think it's true and I think it all comes back to balance - and these HA wines were surprisingly balanced overall.
Wow! Just the video I needed. My distributor in SG now heavily mkting this wine but with hefty $600+ price tag for the cheapest bottle.
Latest release price is above $700 now....
You guys are superlative! Wine luv from Blighty xx 🏴🏴🇬🇧
Love to see your videos, maybe because i love wine and I’m also a father of a princess 😊 probably when my daughter have age to drink ill do also some videos 😅 wish you all the best
I love your videos!! Waiting for your next ones I'd appreciate if you can do some SQN tastings, as well as some Bordeaux right banks top wines like Ausone, Figeac, La Fleur, Le Pin etc. Top Australian wines like the Grange would be great as well!!
I'd like to do a Ausone vs. Angelus, Petrus vs. Masseto. Would love to try a Le Pin - never had it. There are so many different SQN wines - we'll need to figure that one out.
Nice! Let’s do some Petrus vintages.
That would be something, wouldn't it....
Nice guys !!! Love the blind tasting, and cheers for finding the pirate 😊😊 !!! Have a few in my cellar of those, a little younger, so holding on to them. Definitely great wines, in the top of Napa for sure. They recently started a Pinot Noir brand: Summer Dreams. As a Pinot lover, had to buy these. Thanks again for the nice video, and cheers to you !!!
Fun video. I like this format. I'd love to see reviews of more of budget bottles. Cheers.
I have a wine for your next blind tasting addition.
Welcome back! Great job! Amazing wines, minus #2 😁🍷
This channel is great so cool that you guys have these wines to try!
Another great vertical. Cheers!
Can you do a video on Scarecrow wine?
Yes
Great video
Nice job
I get allocation every year. But they keep increasing the price every year. Hard to buy 3 bottles at $2500 now.
Yeah, I saw that. $2,250 plus shipping. Yikes!
It’s been fun seeing you open so many iconic wines. Just a suggestion for next time you try to throw in a wine to test your taste buds, I think it would be more interesting to see a line up of these three against a a good but more affordable Napa Cab at around $100. It’s still a fraction of the price but if you can tell that apart it gives viewers a better sense of how much better these wines are. It would be even better if the line up of top end wines aren’t all from the same producers because that makes it easier to guess based on a wine that’s different from the rest.
Thanks for the great input. Similar comments from a couple of other subscribers. We plan to do a lot of X vs. Y tastings in the future. Always fun to compare - especially across price points. Did you watch the Margaux video?
Keep up the good work guys! Haven’t tried 100 acre yet but it’s on my list. Just tried some To Kalon wine for the first time.
Which producer? My favorite Napa vineyard.
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If someone says the wine is "sweet" I won't buy it, especially with 15.5% of alcohol. It's not a wine, it's a liqueur.
Another wounderful video! Thanks!