Tasting & Roasting my SUBSCRIBERS' Favorite Wines

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I have used this glass in this Video: RIEDEL Performance Riesling.
I have tasted the following wine in this Video:
NV André Clouet Un Jour de 1911 Brut Champagne France - 78 US $
2020 Trimbach Riesling Alsace France - 22 US $
2020 Chona's Marani Mtsvane Rkatsiteli Tsinandali Georgian Republic - 22 US $
2019 Domaine Jean Foillard Morgon Cote du Py Beaujolais France - 36 US $
2016 The Ojai Vineyard Puerta del Mar Pinot Noir Santa Barbara USA - 45 US $
2017 Le Chiuse Brunello di Montalcino DOCG Tuscany Italy - 93 US $
2018 Montes Purple Angel Colchagua Valley Chile - 82 US $
The 100 Point Scoring System (from www.robertparker.com):
96-100: An extraordinary wine of profound and complex character displaying all the attributes expected of a classic wine of its variety. Wines of this caliber are worth a special effort to find, purchase and consume.
90 - 95: An outstanding wine of exceptional complexity and character. In short, these are terrific wines.
80 - 89: A barely above average to very good wine displaying various degrees of finesse and flavor as well as character with no noticeable flaws.
70 - 79: An average wine with little distinction except that it is a soundly made. In essence, a straightforward, innocuous wine.
60 - 69: A below average wine containing noticeable deficiencies, such as excessive acidity and/or tannin, an absence of flavor or possibly dirty aromas or flavors.
50 - 59: A wine deemed to be unacceptable.
I asked you, my subscribers, on the Community tab what your favorite wines are and you gave me lots of options. Over 270 to be specific and I will taste, rate, and maybe roast some of them …
I don’t know most of the wines and to be honest, I am pretty excited to follow your recommendations for a change to find some new and interesting wines - hopefully.
Let’s pop some corks!
First and foremost - thanks to all of you who have commented and even though I would have loved to include all your 270 suggestions I just can't. One of the greatest things about the channel is your engagement and your input and I am very grateful for that.
That said - if you are not subscribed, please do, to make sure you are not missing any of my upcoming videos or community posts.
Leon picked 7 wines out of the hundreds of suggestions. He chose replies that were upvoted, are widely available, and come from different countries.
I noticed you guys have expensive taste, but he tried to make sure that we have a mix of premium wines and more affordable options.
Without much further ado … let's dig in!

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

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[@mrgms3892]

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[@JoseAlvarez-dp8fz]

Arent there no great spanish wines in the highest qualities?

[@schferleon]

Great suggestions guys. Was pretty hard picking just 7 wines, hope you're all happy with the results!

[@random8539]

Maybe an idea to make this a (monthly or bi-monthly) series. You are getting plenty of suggestions and hopefully good interaction on this video

[@Alexander_Tronstad]

@@random8539 Agreed, do this more!!!

[@numanuma20]

@@Alexander_Tronstad Agree +1

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@matthiaspucklitzsch449]

Try to make a selection of more affordable wines next time. Thank you.

[@eric1richards]

Definitely more of this interactive tasting. That was really fun.

[@craigbryant9925]

"Sorry Shaun." 🤣 Shaun of the Dead fans will understand why I'm crying. I'm so glad that Georgian wines are starting to get more recognition and hopefully that means they will become more readily available because the only time I've gotten to try an orange Georgian wine I was in awe.

[@m.c.fromnyc2187]

I agree, you should try some Chilean wines. At least Don Melchor (by Viña Concha Y Toro), and Don Maximiano (by Viña Errázuriz). Also, as you know, Carmenère is a grape that was "re-discovered" by a French oenologist who was examining a Chilean vineyard supposed to be planted with Merlot. The Chilean "Merlot" was in reality Carmenère, a species which no one had knowingly vinified for more than 100 years. Chile took advantage of this re-discovery, and decided to strongly market it as some kind of an exclusive Chilean varietal.

[@seanmcshane6309]

You picked my wine! (Sort of!) Another great video, and honored you would take my suggestion. I haven’t tried the Mtsvane Rkatsitelli blend yet myself, but glad to hear it is good quality and that you enjoy it

[@d_dave7200]

I do quite like stuff like this because if a wine is popular AND you rate it highly as an expert, that's probably a very good sign.

[@MsJavaWolf]

Definitely like those interactive concepts. A community live tasting would also be great (although I understand the logistics might not be so simple).

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@tonydeltablues]

It's good that you are tasting wines suggested by subscribers; another string to your bow...bravo. Tony

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@Max-ep4hd]

We need a sweet wine comparison Tokaji, Port, Sherry, Sauternes, Ice Wine, Etc.

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@johnyelenosky4242]

Le Chiuse and Biondi-Santi. I love Le Chiuse for price point and style! Le Chiuse played a key role in the vineyard holdings of the legendary Biondi-Santi family since the late 18th century. Handed down, generation-to-generation the current owner, Simonetta Valiani is the great granddaughter of Ferruccio Biondi-Santi. Simonetta inherited the estate and decided to start producing wine under the Le Chiuse name in 1993 with the help of her husband, Nicolò Magnelli and their son, Lorenzo. Until then, the vineyards were rented to her uncle, Franco Biondi-Santi, which were at the time used for Biondi-Santi’s Riserva bottling. The vineyards are planted with a form of Massal selection in order to maintain the genetic heritage of the estate. Budwood from 60-70 year old vines of the BS 11 Sangiovese clone, personally selected by Tancredi Biondi-Santi for these vineyards, is grafted onto American rootstock. To maintain the highest quality, yields are carefully controlled. The yields here are half that demanded by consorzio rules. The winery’s gravity-fed cellars are state-of-the-art.

[@renderkid]

Love Andre Clouet!!! Amazing bang for the buck Champagne!!

[@clementlee4915]

I went to Croatia a few years back and visited some wineries on the island of Hvar. Not sure if it’s the holiday mood or the wines were genuinely good, I really liked them. I don’t see a lot of wine critics writing about Croatian wines. I suspect the fruit is too ripe for a professional eye (tongue), so wonder if you can review some/one of them (if you can get hold of them) so I can tell if my taste nose/taste buds were working then lol. The main ones I’ve had: Dubokovic - Medvid/ medvjedica Zlatan Otok - Grand Select Bastiljana - Tomic plavac mali barrique (Not Hvar but still Croatian) Matusko - Dingac Reserva Barrique

[@panaceiasuberes6464]

Now I need to buy a box of Chona's Marani Mtsvane Rkatsiteli Tsinandali just for the pure joy of knowing no one will dare to speak lowly of such a grammatically challenging beverage.

[@Ruirspirul]

and those grape names arent even the hardest ones to pronounce in Georgia 😄

[@panaceiasuberes6464]

@@Ruirspirul ... and people coming from adjacent states also must be confused with them not using English. 🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪🤪

[@Ruirspirul]

@@panaceiasuberes6464 tell them to say Usakhelouri five times in a row 😁

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@heroldboertjens4227]

My problem with direct out of the bottle tastings is that you cannot really judge the wine. Maybe come back to the same wines after some hours and do a re-tasting. I love Purple Angel, but it needs time in the glass to develop.

[@justushofmann5665]

The Trimbach Riesling gets the bitter note on the end because of the traditional way of winemaking in Alsace. The alsaciens tend to make a longer maceration. This taste is quite common because of this.

[@anothercitizen4867]

Konstantin, when you go to Chile let them down gently when you let them know that you visited Argentina before getting to Chile.

[@Crevtar]

Great video (as always). More interactive video’s would be nice. Gives a feeling of friends sitting around a table, discussing fine wines.

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@cc-wi4et]

Totally agree.

[@drmatthewhorkey]

Way to knock out the pronunciation of Mtsvane!! GREAT suggestion by Daniel, I love Morgon, even with prices rising still ridiculous value for money. Ojai is one of my favorite producers in the WORLD

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@stickshifter8]

Agree, Morgon is overlooked and hopefully it remains like that so we can continue to buy delicious wine @ reasonable prices. Cheers!

[@J-DUB-F1]

YES to more viewer picked wines 😉👍 I've got that 2019 Foillard in my wine cooler right now. Very hard not to pop and pour, but patience and time will pay off 😏. I Had the 2015 and it was gorgeous!!. I've had more recent vintages of that Ojai Pinot....beautiful wine, and impressive to make a pinot in that area which is that light, and with a low ABV. Many others do not reflect that.

[@nadimsamman3471]

Huge fan! I'm happy you've updated your website to include english, and the design is a big improvement.

[@TatoGURIELI]

Mr. Konstantin it so cool that you taste Georgian wine 🍷 Once you must travel 🧳 in Georgia 🇬🇪 and discover Georgian grapes 🍇

[@kerwin679]

Love the purple angel. Not cheap but really worth it.

[@jansjogren2270]

It sounded like you talked about Brunello as a place. It’s a grape variety, a sort of Sangiovese. The place is of course Montalcino. But of course you know this, as a master of wine. Love the channel.

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

Thanks! Well, Brunello is short for Brunello di Montalcino and that’s a DOCG so it kinda is a place and it is also a grape variety and a wine.

[@Blue28485]

Awesome stuff. This is the best thing happening in the wine youtube world. Thanks a lot!!!

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@pintag3369]

Really enjoyed this episode - so, yes, please do this theme again. Konstantin - I watch a lot of wine-related YT channels - I look forward to watching yours the most. Vielen Dank!

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@fanatiek1]

Great video. New wines for me accept for the Trimbach. And YES Konstantin, show me the wines!!!

[@CembaloMeister]

Thank you as always for your content! I would love to see you do more reviews of suggested wines. :)

[@dewaldtmaritz3372]

Great vid! Would love more of these interactive tastings.

[@VideosYesVideos]

Very happy to see you taste Ojai Vineyards pinot. I think you would also enjoy Whitcraft pinot and syrah.

[@alexeysergeev2151]

Awesome (and very informative) tasting, Konstantin! Please continue these interactive tastings. Many thanks!

[@aaronf5534]

love this format Konstantin, thanks for some new and interesting wines!

[@TheHolyTerroir]

I really enjoyed this - the interactive format is great! Looking forward to seeing more.

[@solomonmengeu1003]

This interactive tasting was fun, it could also be called 50 US$ + wines with 91 + points. There is correlation between price and quality in wines. It would also be fun do a tasting with more competitive prices e.g. wines in the 20-30 euro/US$ price range. I think that it is a greater challenge to find high quality wines at lower prices and sometimes the results can be pretty amazing.

[@ebaylegend]

Love this video! Please do again!!

[@user-ox7ob6eh8c]

Very great tips. Thank you for this review

[@MaNieL31]

Thanks for a great video Konstantin. This format is very good in my opinion and gets your audience even more engaged than it already is. A monthly or quarterly edition would be great!

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@myles1428mjc]

Yes! More interactive wine tastings. So many wines in my cellar that I havent tasted and want you to do the work for me ! ahhahaha

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@felipe_callado]

Great video as usual , but this one comes with the special touch of the interaction with your audience. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!

[@zeke11793]

I love the concept of suggested tasting! It gives a fun spin on tastings where we can see interesting and unknown wines, instead of following the ‘big’ names. Hopefully we will see more!

[@MrHandro13]

Thank you for doing this. Producing the finest wine content on youtube!!!

[@CrispyGFX]

I would be very interested in watching you try a flight of all the different Trimbach varietals- Riesling, Pinot Blanc, Gewurztraminer, etc., from a similar vintage to compare their similarities and differences, as well as explain how they serve as an expression of the Alsace region in contrast to the German neighbors to the north, and the more traditional French winemakers in the south. I think it's a tremendously fascinating area of the world.

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@EMvanLoon]

hear hear! very interesting suggestion!

[@gustavomgomes]

Yes ! This kind of interaction it’s one more format that you can add to the plate ! Cheers !

[@TheWettissue]

Love this video and idea behind hit. To make it more interesting and less of a shot of hail, might be an idea to pich a variety and ask the viewers to come up with their picks.

[@Simmons0979]

Great tasting, please continue with this idea

[@antoonvercauteren1721]

Awesome this should be a regular series like once a month or once every two months, keep it up!

[@juanito2109]

The quality of your channel is amazing!!! My most awaited Sunday video. Here midnight São Paulo Brazil, having Jean Claude Lapalu La Croix des Rameaux Brouilly 2020! Have a great week guys!!

[@cc-wi4et]

I loved this episode. Keep these viewer requested wine tastings going.

[@coyboggs6538]

Enjoyed this video, it was interesting to see the wide variety of wines that was mentioned

[@teonatokhadze1255]

Great video Konstantin. More so, to see Georgian wine review on your channel. Thank you for your amazing content. Thanks to Leon as well 🙌

[@ThermaL77]

Have you ever tried the grape variety Lucie kuhlmann? I'm from Nova Scotia, Canada, and in my opinion it's really the only good red wine that is produced in the province.

[@thomasbahr2806]

More of these would be great, very interesting wines suggested by the community

[@samejia4]

Please do this more often! Fantastic

[@hope2someday691]

Loved this episode!! Especially like the broad cross section of wines. Of particular interest to me are the lesser known reasonably priced wines (expensive wines are usually good). Yes I do buy expensive wines and love them too.

[@vincentfickweiler4590]

Drinking the 2009 Rebholz Kastanienbusch GG right now. INCREDIBLE wine!

[@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine]

Niceee!

[@bluecrystalplanet4824]

Cool video, Konstantin! Regarding the Purple Angel: it needs at least a few hours of decant, to start showing the depth you didn't perceive vs regular Montes wines. Totally see your reasoning of course, unfortunately backlabels don't really give much info on how much a wine needs to breathe before consumption.

[@EBattousai]

Having tasted both the Clouet champagne and the Fouillard and loved them both, I'm glad Konstantin enjoyed them! Definitely need to check out Ojai next time I hit up the wine shop.

[@colintyrrell1707]

Loved this video Konstantin! It would be fun to do a new segment/type of video where you did suggestions from the comments but all from one country so you could go more into depth for a region you don't often drink from.

[@Kazashiz]

Would be nice to see you go through a variety 1st-5th growths, one or two of each class and share your honest scores and opinion. We both know there are many 4th and 5th grand crus which are as good if not better than some of the 1st 2nd and 3rd. Or maybe some Italian wine standoff, could be nice too! Cheers mate

[@rsyalom]

I am enjoying this video. I have made wine for my own small label and rep-ed wine for about 10 years as well, including for a number of years Adam’s Ojai Wines. I visited him a few times but have not seen or tasted his new wines in a couple of years. He makes 3-4 different pinots. The Base model is the Santa Barbara County Pinot which your email references. Very good as well if generally a dit less refined and a bit more body. The Puerto Del Mar comes from a site only a handful of miles from the Pacific ocean, so it tends to pick up a bit of the tropical air and even a touch of salinity. At 13 percent a bit more delicate than his other wines-but definitely a favorite! The biggest of his pinots is from the Bien Nacido Vineyard. There is probably another one as well. FYI, Adam was one of the founders of the “in search of balance” movement and series of tastings. I worked his booth at a couple of these. His earlier wines were higher alcohol as most were in the early part of the century.

[@pierre8755]

Very cool ! Let's try with white wines next time.

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@jamesdickson-hoyle2542]

Definitely more of this! Would love to see more of the newer wave of Australian wines - Yangarra / Vanguardiste Grenache from Mclaren Vale are some of the best wines I've had this year. Would be great to also see some Gippsland Pinot/Chardonnay, Tasmanian wines (Pooley Rieslings are top drawer) , or really exciting wines from Gentle Folk/Ochota Barrels/Travis Tausend out of the Adelaide Hills.

[@shannonholloway3348]

I like this format. More, please.

[@Mathijs1308]

Great to see the Clouet Champagne in the lineup. And of course the Purple Angel, one of Chile finest wines ( imho ).

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@itsmederek1]

More of this format Konstantin!

[@JaySJ1]

The 1911 champagne is a mix of 95, 96 and 97 vintages if im not mistaken. Its a really lovely bottle of champagne, big fan of it.

[@Birdylockso]

The color of the wine got me wonder about its disgorgement year. Must be more than a decade ago, right?

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@overjeff]

really interesting video Baum! thanks!!

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@steffanwhite6508]

I just stumbled upon this. Cool lineup. I had a 1999 of the Ojai a year or so ago. It ages magically

[@pilsplease7561]

I would love to send in a bunch of really under the radar local wines for where i am from that i really like and see what Konstantin thinks about them.

[@liamblake937]

I always enjoy your videos, glad to see you try a Beaujolais on the channel! You should do a tasting of all the Beaujolais crus

[@MaNieL31]

I second this very much

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@hblock8361]

Really liked this content Konstantin . Hope to see more of these suggestions / roastings. I’d like to recommend the San Marzano Cinquanta Collezione 2012 from Puglia. Very rich intense, rich, velvety ,red fruits bold flavoursome smoothe, hits all the right notes for me.

[@bosskoala7]

That Morgon needs decanting and definitely super young. Had a 2017 Foillard Eponyme yesterday and decanted - so so good. Give me more type of feeling

[@taffyford]

Enjoyed this. Would like to see more videos of this type, perhaps by country, style, or grape.

[@brianwettlaufer3447]

I have a few bottles of the 2017 Purple Angel and don’t plan to drink it for a couple of years in hope that it develops some complexities. Thank you as always for the variety of wines and price points in your tastings!

[@Mathijs1308]

I recently finished 09/10 … nibbling from 15 shortly … this wine is made to last 10+ years.

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@michaels.freeland6976]

Yes, please! Do these regularly

[@TheDandaDanda]

More of this pls!!

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@DaMueff]

I really love this interactive approach and would like to see more of it. Maybe with some mottos, e.g. "favourite Bordeaux", "best price-value-ratio" or "less known grape varieties", to name some examples for a motto.

[@RasmusFrej]

Hi Konstantin and team, have been following the channel for a while now and really enjoy learning from your content. In previous videos you have touched upon various 'frameworks' to blind tasting, or at least your approach(es) to identify wines blind to the best of ones abilities. I would really love to a video (or several) on these concepts, to help me and my fellow viewers to up our own blind tasting skills. Thank you!

[@edmarya]

You should try Taita from Montes. I tried the 2007 3 years ago and it was Amazing 🥰. Probably the best wine from this producer. It is a Cabernet Sauvignon. I have the 2009 in my cellar.

[@bobmarley2140]

Brilliant video idea, i saw the Morgon suggestion and was hoping you'd pick it as i purchased a couple bottles of this recently myself

[@gerrydonahue7636]

Yes Konstantin - more “viewers’ choice” tastings! Enjoyed this very much. My suggestion - 2015/2016 Gigino Anniversario 80. Just a wonderful, balanced, excellent Italian red! Enjoy!

[@lcpholman]

That Foillard was my introduction to Cru Beaujolais - it is an absolute cracker! Beaujolais remain one for my favourite top few wine regions (along with the very nearby Northern Rhone)

[@lynxloco]

Yeah please do more videos like this!

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@brianp5089]

Very interesting. Thanks again for a great video.

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@salprivitera571]

Excellent review as always and would love to see more episodes like this. Hoping you can review some higher quality Montepulciano D'abruzzo in the future. Villa Gemma from Masciarelli for example.

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@carlcadregari7768]

Great video👍👍. So many choices, so many grapes, so much to learn. Wine rocks…..

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@carlorenneraraujo]

This was awesome!

[@psschroe42]

The Purple Angel is in my collection. So excited to see it reviewed.

[@seminky5341]

May i ask of you were a fan or purple angel before that american prez made it famous or before that?

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@psschroe42]

@@seminky5341 I didn’t know that someone made it famous. During the Pandemic Lockdown I was looking for Petit Verdot examples and learned Carménère was the sixth grape of Bordeaux. This was a surprise to because back in the 90’s I was taught there were only 5 grapes (red) of Bordeaux. So I started looking for examples so I could learn about it. A local wine shop told me this would be a good exemplar.

[@tarawalker7193]

This was a fun one! Yes, more of this format is welcomed.

[@AmandainGeorgia]

Love this format! And I’m happy to see a Georgian wine here. Don’t worry too much about subbing the Mtsvane for the Chinuri. Mtsvane is my favorite Georgian grape and it commonly paired with Rkatsiteli.

[@AmandainGeorgia]

Actually, I went and looked up the Chona cellar website, and they don’t grow Chinuri. That’s mostly grown in Kartli, and they are in Kakheti near Telavi. So I think the mistake was from your recommender. 😅

[@chasecunningham5340]

Love this!

[@itsmederek1]

Love the title and thumbnail! So hyped

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@paulorasantos]

Yes, I really would like to see more tastings like this. Maybe I will buy some of these wines just to see if my evaluation is the same as yours.

[@MrDanishninja]

More interactive videos sounds like a great idea!

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@garrettjanssen7683]

I've been charmed by that Andre Clouet before. Happy to see it featured. Would love to see you compare Huet's Petillant against a champagne of your choosing

[@andythem320guy9]

I really enjoyed this type of video. I'll put up my favorite when the time comes.

[@coyboggs6538]

Also, would love to see another video like this.

[@paintshadows9232]

I’d like to see you review more wines from the east. Turkey, Georgia, Lebanon, Jordan etc are all such interesting regions

[@bradbellomo6896]

Yes, I'd like to see more videos like this

[@jasonep2]

What a fun video, would definitely love to see you do more of these. Of the wines you tasted, I've had more than a few bottles of the Jean Foillard Morgon Côte du Py. One of my go to bottles when I'm in the mood for cru Beaujolais. As far as Chilean wine goes, a wine that I've become a bit enamored with over the last couple years is a white wine, Mayu Pedro Ximénez. This is from one of the highest elevation vineyards in Chile, a little over 1900 meters, in the Elqui Valley. Made using Pedro Ximénez, a grape I knew of only from from the Sherry named after it. When I first got this I was expecting something on the sweeter side. Not at all. Dry, , austere, medium + acidity with a body and texture that makes me think of Viognier. I get aromoas of jasmine and citrus. Flavors of green apple, lemon and just a hint of salinity. Fantastic on a hot summer day, or paired with shellfish (I like it with crab or langoustines). And it's a good price too, around $13 USD.

[@thepinkgrape]

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[@benphillips8174]

FYI, I don't know if this is the case with the Mayu Pedro in particular but often if you see "Pedro Ximenez" from South America it's actually not the same variety used in Jerez. There's an old variety (almost certainly imported from Spain during the colonial era but not related to PX) called Pedro Gimenez which is often confused with PX and often even spelled the same way, but makes lighter more neutral dry whites. Very confusing.