Loved this perspective on a too often maligned varietal. Also found myself hoping just a little it wasn’t Petrus! Great video…as always. And love the “next wine, next time” 🍷
I really like what you said about critic's scores, the chemicals potentially used in the vineyards, the QPR factor, other elements that are important to your evaluation. Keep up the good work. I've read a lot about a Merlot in Friuli made by Miani which is also meant to be incredible. I haven't tried it yet but plan to soon.
I prefer St. Emilion over Pomerol but some of them have a high percentage of Cabernet Franc. At the same time, most would still qualify as Merlot according to California wine label rules.
I agree. Blends with a high percentage of Cab Franc from Washington State, California, France, Italy, and South America, South Africa and Australia are simply the best!
interesting to note that Merlot wines were less appreciated and to some extent even disparaged a century ago, long before our modern age of wine media and critics… nice video!
What an amazing experience, thank you for sharing…..always learning from you….also won’t tell a soul if one of those bottles slips into my next Wine Folly shipment 😂
Rating should be for lesser wines? "Great" wines teach us about our own senses + what people can do with what nature gives! They also improve our perceptive vocabulary, right? Please elaborate 4 each!? Your opinion counts big time! Btw--you are great! Very clear, precise. Thank you much!
Damn, Forget to Mention Robert Foley. So instrumental to creating some incredible Merlots in Napa….Pride, Paloma and his Own Robert Foley Howell Mt. Merlot 💕
I'm curious if you got any Petrus indicators from the Saute Loup, or is the wine making so different you don't get any. I have a bottle of a vineyard that was taken by Petrus the vintage after mine.. Just wonder if I can expect some of the experience without the 4 digit price tag.
Pinto and Merlot are metaphors in that movie. Paul G is Pinot, thin skinned. His buddy is Merlot, grows everywhere and is easy. He wants a woman who can appreciate Pinot (like him).
What are 100 point wines actually like? They're exactly like tasting a wine that someone gave 100 points to whose palate may or may not align with your palate. The absurd inflation of wine scores (98-100 point wines) over the past 15 years (and the ridiculous, often redundant descriptors that go with them) has made them critic scores mostly irrelevant to me. Wine quality in general has only gotten more consistent, and the bar of the 100 point scale needs to be reset for these critics to have any credibility in my book. Note that most of them simply taste a lot of wine and have had no formal training.
See, I'm fine with people giving wines 98 or 100. It's easy to be picky. It's hard to fall in love. Like all those stingy reviewers on Vivino - I would hate to be their significant other, I would be like "ARE YOU NOT SATISFIED?" sheesh.
I think the problem is, at least for me, that if you have cheaper bottles (up to 10, maybe 20€or $), other grape varieties like Cabernet tend to disappoint me quite less frequently compared to Merlot.
Castello di Ama, Duckhorn, and San Giusto a Rentennano were my personal faves, but that answer varied wildly amongst the pros. They were all great wines. All of my picks deserved at least 7 more years of bottle aging to start hitting their "sweet spot"
This was impossible under the circumstances. Funnily enough, in my conclusion I talked about how bias is everywhere in wine tasting and it's one of the reasons that ratings and opinion (after a certain level) are really hard to equate.
@@Winefolly very true about the ratings and the wine tasting....i rarely do the latest and never the first.. Im and old fashioned person you prefers wine ONLY with meals and prefer to give full attention to 1 or 2 bottles. Never umderstood the need to put Numbers on such a subjective reality besides de evident comercial angle
That look on your face with 13 K worth of wine and glass ware! LOL 🙂 th-cam.com/video/zW4RmHLgwf0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=_oLQuoqyA5kQSLY-&t=64 So the question I have though is what was the anti Veblen? What was the lowest price best bang for buck? The Wolf in sheep clothing?
Amazing opportunity! Excellent analysis! I always wondered the same questions, and you gave great answers.
Loved this perspective on a too often maligned varietal. Also found myself hoping just a little it wasn’t Petrus! Great video…as always. And love the “next wine, next time” 🍷
did anyone else notice she was rolling in a porsche? nice!
Not mine, but very much appreciate the modern Porsche cars, wow they are fun to drive.
YOLO....
Ill be waiting some time to pop my 18 Petrus
@@Winefolly Wdym, not yours? Weren't you driving that on your last video as well?
But of course, she's a woman of good taste.
@@WinefollyFrogmobiles
I really like what you said about critic's scores, the chemicals potentially used in the vineyards, the QPR factor, other elements that are important to your evaluation. Keep up the good work. I've read a lot about a Merlot in Friuli made by Miani which is also meant to be incredible. I haven't tried it yet but plan to soon.
Great mention of a region / producer. Good call
Miani and Le Pin are probably two Merlots that should have been part of this tasting.
Love this! And you rocking the WineFolly pin.
Nice tasting to be invited to! Another great video, thanks!
Really enjoyed the video! Would have liked to have seen the scores for all of the wines.
Love your channel, thanks for sharing the information! My personal favorite is Chianti Classico (might be influenced by my visit to the region).
Thank you Merlot is often overlooked ❤🍷🤙🏽. Wish you guys would come to Arroyo for Petite Sirah some day 🙏🏼
I definitely would love to taste these wines 🥰
Really enjoyed this one
Paloma! Spring mountain. Napa Valley.
Water saw its Creator and blushed😊😊😊
Nice post. Good editing. Keep up the good work
Appreciate it!
Always informative and relatable. The best !!
I prefer St. Emilion over Pomerol but some of them have a high percentage of Cabernet Franc. At the same time, most would still qualify as Merlot according to California wine label rules.
@@aaronka1976 try Chappellet cab franc. It’s labeled cab franc on the bottle, but it’s Bordeaux.
I agree. Blends with a high percentage of Cab Franc from Washington State, California, France, Italy, and South America, South Africa and Australia are simply the best!
New World Pahlmeyer and Leonetti did see Duckhorn 3 Palms. Extremely jealous of you for getting to try Petrus ❤
Completely Forgot about Paloma, Pride and Robert Foley Howell Mountain in Napa
The woman winemaker there made Merlot for Pride for 27 years! Nailed it!
interesting to note that Merlot wines were less appreciated and to some extent even disparaged a century ago, long before our modern age of wine media and critics… nice video!
Good point!
Saw Sally Johnson Pride/ Mullan Road/ Cakebread in video as well 🍷
Wow you are on the knowledge!
Washington State Add- Ons....Long Shadows Pedestal, North Star Reserve and Januik Merlot..
May I suggest Leonetti Cellars Walla Walla Merlot? It's the best Merlot I've yet tried.
Excellent opportunity. Washington Merlot is some of the best. A distinct style
What an amazing experience, thank you for sharing…..always learning from you….also won’t tell a soul if one of those bottles slips into my next Wine Folly shipment 😂
Walla Walla merlot is exceptional, but just an hour West has my personal favorite Merlot from Washington, on Red Mountain!
@Madeline, have you ever attended the Food and Wine Festival in Austin? I think you'd appreciate it. :)
I haven't!
Great share, thank you.
in which order the wines were tasted?
Excellent.
Thank you! Cheers!
You should try Merlot from DO Vale dos Vinhedos, in Brasil (with an s). There are too many hidden gems from that particular terroir.
Thanks for the regional recommendation!
Love your videos
Rating should be for lesser wines? "Great" wines teach us about our own senses + what people can do with what nature gives! They also improve our perceptive vocabulary, right? Please elaborate 4 each!? Your opinion counts big time! Btw--you are great! Very clear, precise. Thank you much!
oooo great thought. I will remember this.
Damn, Forget to Mention Robert Foley. So instrumental to creating some incredible Merlots in Napa….Pride, Paloma and his Own Robert Foley Howell Mt. Merlot 💕
Mine interior has black leather 😉 very nice tasting and like always very educational.
I'm curious if you got any Petrus indicators from the Saute Loup, or is the wine making so different you don't get any. I have a bottle of a vineyard that was taken by Petrus the vintage after mine.. Just wonder if I can expect some of the experience without the 4 digit price tag.
It was a very different wine, but the markers of the maker were still there. Very well made.
Someday I will be at a wine tasting where the cheap stuff is a hundred dollars a bottle. But not in this lifetime...
Pinto and Merlot are metaphors in that movie. Paul G is Pinot, thin skinned. His buddy is Merlot, grows everywhere and is easy. He wants a woman who can appreciate Pinot (like him).
If only everyone could read the metaphors like you and not take it so literally ;)
What’s the wine journal used for the tasting notes??
one that I designed! shop.winefolly.com/collections/wine-accessories/products/wine-journal-notebook
What are 100 point wines actually like? They're exactly like tasting a wine that someone gave 100 points to whose palate may or may not align with your palate. The absurd inflation of wine scores (98-100 point wines) over the past 15 years (and the ridiculous, often redundant descriptors that go with them) has made them critic scores mostly irrelevant to me. Wine quality in general has only gotten more consistent, and the bar of the 100 point scale needs to be reset for these critics to have any credibility in my book. Note that most of them simply taste a lot of wine and have had no formal training.
See, I'm fine with people giving wines 98 or 100. It's easy to be picky. It's hard to fall in love. Like all those stingy reviewers on Vivino - I would hate to be their significant other, I would be like "ARE YOU NOT SATISFIED?" sheesh.
Well written!
I very much agree with the points you made.
Miles didn’t like Merlot because it was Victorias favorite wine not because he thought Merlot was not good.
The truth!
Saw the bike then heard the "marginal gains" comment haha.
So many analogs
More than 10x more expensive? You mean 45x more expensive!!!
You could buy 45 duckhorns for that one Petrus
hahahahaha! I see you picked up on that one!
Do you think the order of tasting affects de results?
yep absolutely, it's called anchoring bias.
merlot based is not merlot, over 90% though, is merlot; an invite to this tasting is good, so there you go.
What is the deal with Merlot hating? Merlot can be delicious.
I think the problem is, at least for me, that if you have cheaper bottles (up to 10, maybe 20€or $), other grape varieties like Cabernet tend to disappoint me quite less frequently compared to Merlot.
One unanswered question. What was the best QPR of the wines you tried?
Castello di Ama, Duckhorn, and San Giusto a Rentennano were my personal faves, but that answer varied wildly amongst the pros. They were all great wines. All of my picks deserved at least 7 more years of bottle aging to start hitting their "sweet spot"
I wanna be you- rolling up to a bougie tasting in a convertible Porsche😎
❤
stop telling normies that merlot is good! I'm enjoying the discount!
All the wines from diferent vintages....not the best way to compare
This was impossible under the circumstances. Funnily enough, in my conclusion I talked about how bias is everywhere in wine tasting and it's one of the reasons that ratings and opinion (after a certain level) are really hard to equate.
@@Winefolly very true about the ratings and the wine tasting....i rarely do the latest and never the first.. Im and old fashioned person you prefers wine ONLY with meals and prefer to give full attention to 1 or 2 bottles. Never umderstood the need to put Numbers on such a subjective reality besides de evident comercial angle
That look on your face with 13 K worth of wine and glass ware! LOL 🙂
th-cam.com/video/zW4RmHLgwf0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=_oLQuoqyA5kQSLY-&t=64
So the question I have though is what was the anti Veblen? What was the lowest price best bang for buck? The Wolf in sheep clothing?
you should just buy the cheapest one of the set, you'll be happy
@@Winefolly Ok - so how / where did you rate the Duckhorn ? :-)
so you want people to join for $2.99 a month but you're filming from a Porsche convertible...ok
I take a salary, I reinvest in my company, my team gets raises before me, and also… that is not my car. But I do have permission to drive it ;)
Mind your own business mate!
Guess the owner of the company where you are texting from (Phone or PC) don
't drive a fiat 500.