Pour Decisions: 7 WINES I'm BUYING in 2024!

[@margauxml]

Thank you for giving me another shopping list, John!😂 You’re always helping me fill up my wine fridges, and I’m actually out of space now for future acquisitions - and that’s partly thanks to you!😂 Love the title of this video, by the way. “Pour Decisions” is so witty! And what a great selection this one is! Ch. Smith Haut Lafitte has a cellar that looks straight out of a James Bond movie? I’m on my way!🤣 I seriously love this producer. Enjoyed only their Second Wine but twice already, and I look forward to tasting their Grand Vin when I get the chance to return to Bordeaux. And, wow, Clos des Papes 2020 - why didn’t I look for that specific bottle when I was in CdP? I’ll definitely get it when I get another chance to revisit! Thank you for this amazing list! The best, as always - I wouldn’t trust anybody else! Santé, John!

[@AttorneySomm]

Thanks so much, Margaux! Truly appreciate the eloquent and kind feedback! Highly recommend a visit! You will enjoy it for sure! Think you will enjoy the CdP too! Hope you had a wonderful weekend! Santé!

[@margauxml]

@@AttorneySomm I’m sure I will enjoy them both, John! Thanks again! And you’re very welcome, of course! Always a pleasure to watch your highly informative, helpful, reliable, and relevant videos. Cheers and happy weekend to you as well!

[@matteoingrao6080]

Great informative video has usual!

[@AttorneySomm]

Thank you kindly! Cheers!

[@peterzachar7597]

Terrific choices, John! I regularly buy a few of your mentioned selections. I'll explore the other wines mentioned in this video which I haven't tried yet. Thank you for the recommendations!

[@AttorneySomm]

Thank you, Peter! Very glad you enjoyed it! Hope you enjoy the wines as much as I do! 👍🍷

[@robertgagnon6621]

Nice choices for 2024! 🍷✅ ChezzzBob

[@AttorneySomm]

Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed them.

[@gustavomgomes]

Outstanding list ! I tasted some of that wines in the past and I think will seek them again thanks to you ! Cheers!

[@AttorneySomm]

Thanks very much! Hope you enjoy them! Have a terrific weekend!

[@GCOUNDOU]

just the best. appreciate you.

[@AttorneySomm]

Thanks very much! Appreciate the kind feedback!

[@margauxml]

Thank you so much for the pin, John! Greatly appreciate it!

[@AttorneySomm]

You’re very welcome Margaux! Well deserved!

[@josefskopal2562]

Smith Haut Laffite is 95 RP btw, the 98-100 potential score was based on ep sample.

[@AttorneySomm]

Thanks for the update!

[@sunnybreeze3391]

I m buying Alchimia red grand reserve, i tasted it and it was superb!!! 🍷

[@AttorneySomm]

Very glad to hear it! Thanks for letting me know!

[@rickkan4870]

thank you for the recommendation

[@AttorneySomm]

My pleasure. Thank you! 👍🍷

[@hxl6162]

Thank you so much for your time and expertise 😊

[@AttorneySomm]

My pleasure! Thanks for watching and the kind comment. 👍🍷

[@numanuma20]

You do an excellent job with these videos. Laurent Perrier is a fantastic choice. I plan to buy more Champagne from a house I visited back in March 2023.

[@AttorneySomm]

Thanks very much! Glad you enjoyed the video!

[@ivansanchez6202]

Great video i hope to find that torbreck here sound fantastic and i love concentrate syrah

[@AttorneySomm]

Thanks very much! Definitely sounds like one that is in your wheelhouse!

[@ivansanchez6202]

@@AttorneySomm I'm waiting for the delivery :D. If you want some of my opinion when comes to spain wine rioja it's ok but if you want some recomendations i would try jumilla next big thing after toro (toro wines 15 years ago well the best value per euro) or some new winerys (Dominio de Calogia nice bodega boutique premium quality his Cuvee S 2019 (165€) win our best wine 2023) or some centenary old vines (Some of my favourites El Cenit, El Linze) From Jumilla Casa Castillo are pretty good but for me El Nido from Juan Gil Family are the best and their second wine Clio also excelent this wine win our 40€-50€ competition. (One of my favourties syrah are from Jumilla call Valtosca from Casa Castillo super concentrate complex need decanter sound similar to the torbreck)

[@AttorneySomm]

@@ivansanchez6202 Thanks very much! Not sure if you have seen them yet, but I did videos about Rioja and Priorat following my visits to those regions in the summer of 2022. Certainly appreciate your thoughts re: Jumilla! Sounds like an exciting region. Maybe I will have to visit! In the meantime, thanks very much for the suggestions! I'll keep an eye out and see if some of them are available here in Texas. Salud!

[@ivansanchez6202]

@@AttorneySomm For what i saw maybe a little difficult be available there on vivino the only 2 you can buy are Clio and El Nido...... 2021 was a pretty espectacular year here maybe best year since 2010

[@AttorneySomm]

@@ivansanchez6202 Got it. Thanks!

[@sanjaypatelmd4669]

2020 smith haut laffite I know owner…they have winery in California -Cathiard. Awesome wines….

[@AttorneySomm]

Thanks very much! I’ll have to try them. Heading back to Napa next month.

[@sanjaypatelmd4669]

@@AttorneySomm yes…they will be in napa in February 3 wks. Daniel and Florence Cathiard wood love to have you there…great host. Daniel is almost 80 but the way he works and plans looks like he is immortal.

[@AttorneySomm]

@@sanjaypatelmd4669 Thank you!

[@stevenholt4936]

Looking forward to trying the Il Poggione when it arrives in the country.

[@AttorneySomm]

Yes! I think you will be very happy with it.

[@stevenholt4936]

@@AttorneySomm hi John. I have noticed that the KZbinrs I follow on this subject often use similar themes at the same time. This is not a criticism, btw, as I enjoy all of each of your videos. For example, Agnese from No Sediment, has just put up her video on the subject of the five wines she will be buying in 2024. And you both had a number of clips on the various ratings and league tables before Christmas. Konstantin Baum often does likewise, although not, so far, on this occasion. Is there a natural pattern throughout the year that you all tend to follow? As I say, I enjoy all the videos and you do each have a different emphasis but I am curious as to why this happens.

[@AttorneySomm]

@@stevenholt4936 Hi Steven: The videos on top 100 lists tend to do well so I think that encourages more KZbinrs to do them. I try to do them as soon as I can once the lists come out, which is generally in mid-November. Videos on wine goals, trends and themes for the new year are also common late December and early January. Sometimes it’s just a fluke too. One time Matt Horkey and I released a video on $30 wines the same day.

[@wren460]

Excelent John and thanks as always. Personally I am going to put a hard stop on further buying. My cellar is exploding and honestly collecting has become an ego thing far surpassing logic. I am only waiting for a couple of allocations : Vine Hill Ranch and Maybach, after those I will buy no more wine for some time. Have a tasting with my best friends on Tuesday because of my bday. The wines I selected are : Chateau Pavie 2008, Herb Lamb Reserve 2016, Torbreck Runrig 2005, and a VERY weird and unique wine I bought in Athens this past summer and its the Kormelitsa Gold 2016 ( 1,086 bottles in total, mine is 546 ). I know the tasting is all ovet the place, but that is the idea. Have a great Sunday.

[@AttorneySomm]

Thank you! Yes I understand. Sounds like a terrific tasting! Hope you enjoy it!

[@AttorneySomm]

And happy birthday!

[@wren460]

@@AttorneySomm Gracias !!!!!

[@Verdadverdadera737]

Do you remember a 95 point wine Spector fo Muga Reserve ?

[@AttorneySomm]

I ran a search in my transcript notes. There is a 2018 Bodegas Muga Seleccion Especial that has all the declassified fruit from the top wines and has WE 96, 95 WA and 94 JS. Not sure about a WS 95 for a Muga Reserve bottling off the top.

[@matthewanstey5185]

Dude you have too check out some great mixes from Margret river Australia Lots of Pinot noir , Chardonnay, Orange region Australia as well making similar but totally different Pinot noir , that are also ( some wineries making some cab franc , ) we years though ..

[@AttorneySomm]

Thanks! Had some Australian wines at TexSom. Mentioned them in earlier videos. Vasse Felix, for example. Hope to visit Australia later this year.

[@MYWINEEXPERIENCE]

👍great video. Do you mind if I ask what kind of camera do you have? I like the quality and I’d like to start making good quality videos.

[@AttorneySomm]

Thanks! I use my iPhone 15 Promax.

[@Ruirspirul]

havent tasted any 2018 and 2019 Brunellos yet but I wonder how they compare to 2016? if I had to guess, not as amazing as 2016 but much better than 2017😅

[@AttorneySomm]

2019 is a 5-star vintage like 2016! It’s going to be amazing. 2018 is four star and that was a cooler vintage.

[@Ruirspirul]

@@AttorneySomm interesting, didnt know 2019 was a better year than 2018. going to taste 2018 Biondi Santi Brunello in couple of weeks, I might have to adjust my expectations…

[@Ruirspirul]

@@AttorneySomm tasted 2018 Brunello from Biondi Santi, to put it mildly, it was disappointing…

[@AttorneySomm]

@@Ruirspirul Sorry to hear that, but not entirely surprising. 2018 is definitely not at the same level as vintages like 15, 16 or 19.

[@Verdadverdadera737]

I bought the second wine of the first wine I hope would be a good one. I already sent you my email ..I will send a red wine from baja

[@AttorneySomm]

Sounds great! Looking forward to trying it. Thank you!

[@dr7246]

I love that video lists like this continue to leave off German Rieslings. Keeps them affordable. Not so great for the producers, in fairness. Still,….

[@AttorneySomm]

I am a fan and mention them in a number of videos.