Can these cheaper wines beat the expensive Goliath?

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I use this wine key: Forge de Laguiole Ebony
I have used this glass in this Video: Stem Zero Powerful Red Wine Glass
I have tasted the following wines in this Video:

2021 Dog Point Chardonnay, Marlborough, New Zealand
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/dog+point+chard+marlborough+new+zealand/2021?referring_site=KSB

2020 Weingut Sattlerhof Ried Kapellenweingarten Morillon, Sudsteiermark DAC, Austria
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/sattlerhof+kappele+weingart+morillon+dac+sud+steiermark+austria/2020?referring_site=KSB

2021 Domaine Hubert Lamy Les Frionnes, Saint-Aubin Premier Cru, France
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/dom+hubert+lamy+les+frionnes+st+aubin+premier+cru+cote+de+beaune+burgundy+france/2021?referring_site=KSB

2020 Weingut Ziereisen Hard, Baden, Germany
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/ziereisen+hard+baden+germany/2020?referring_site=KSB

2021 Domaine Maurice Protheau & Fils Chateau d’Etroyes Rully Blanc Les Fromanges, Cote Chalonnaise, France
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/dom+maurice+protheau+d+etroyes+blanc+les+fromanges+rully+cote+chalonnaise+burgundy+france/2021?referring_site=KSB

2020 McHenry Hohnen Burnside Vineyard Chardonnay, Margaret River, Australia
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/mc+henri+hohnen+burnside+chard+margaret+river+western+australia/2020?referring_site=KSB

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 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.

The wine world is constantly changing and evolving but there are certain Brands that have proven themselves over the years.
They are the wines from famous producers, classified wineries, and / or cru vineyards that inspired winemakers to one day make something as good as the stuff from the it – wineries.
But here is the thing – and I repeat myself – the wine world is constantly changing and evolving and what once was may no longer be.
That means for us – you and me – that we should look for interesting alternatives to the great wines of the world to save a buck or two.
That is – if these Davids can beat Goliath in a fair fight – or rather in a fair blind tasting.
Leon has selected 6 wines that are made from the same grape variety: One of them is the Goliath from a famous estate and region and the other ones are the Davids – cheaper, less famous wines.
It is my job to guess which one is the Goliath AND whether the expensive wine wins the tasting … or not. Let’s dive in.

The wine world is constantly changing and evolving but there are certain brands that have proven themselves over the years there are the wines from famous producers classified growth and crew Vineyards that have inspired wine makers to one day make something as good as the stuff from the it wineries but

Here’s the thing and I repeat myself the wine world is constantly changing and evolving and what once was May no longer be that means for us you and me that we should look for alternatives to the great wines of Of The World To Save A Buck or two while tasting exciting wines

That is if these Davids can beat Goliath in a fair fight or rather Fair blind tasting Leon has selected six wines from the same great variety for me to taste blind one of them is the Goliath an expensive wine from a famous estate and region and the other ones are The Davids

Far less expensive and less famous wines it is my job to rate the wines and identify the Goliath so let’s see whether the most expensive wine actually is the Best so let’s start with wine number one like I said I don’t know which grape red here these wines are made from they could be made from a whole lot of different grape varieties there must be something classic in there something that justifies wine to be called a

Goliath but that could be wling shardon Pino caban Merlo what lots of different great varieties in that mix so well clearly not Cy I guess we’re starting on a very high level so the one is slightly golden in color nothing that really gives away a lot but the nose is pretty

Expressive there’s lots of lemon sess flavor here creamy notes something slightly buttery popcorn flavor oky notes quite clearly and it’s not but it’s not overpowering so there’s a good balance between the fruit flavor and the oak on the pal there’s actually quite a lot of body and structure fresh acidity great

Balance this wine has everything it needs so based on this wine alone and mind you we’re tasting five more wines after this one but I think this is a shadon I think this is a pretty classic shadon I don’t think it is actually from a classic region or from the classic

Region burgundy I think it feels a little bit more vibrant there’s more fruit flavor there there’s good intensity good richness but also this Lively acidity there and actually reminds me of a place where I lived and where I’ve tasted lots of Chardon made in this style so for me this tastes like New

Zealand but yeah it’s a bold guess I mean that could it could be from other places as well but but for me this this complexity the great quality New Zealand Chardon is still so underrated I think some of the best choners in the world come from New Zealand and this is really

Really good I’m going to rate this 93 points a delicious wine to kick off this tasting another white wine hopefully another wine that tastes like shardon let’s find out okay this is quite different in style and I might not even have guessed shony based on this wine

Alone it could be a shadow name but it could also be lots of different other great varieties so I would say there’s almost no oak or no oak on this wine especially compared to the previous wine that felt much more like it was fermented in BS and aged in BS as well

This is quite a bit more on the fruit there’s fresh Apple character a little bit of lemon flavor two it’s not too deep and complex on the P it actually has good grip Lively freshness but it is less Lively I’d say than one number one

And it could be an uned Shadow name but it could also be a Peno Blan oor whatever I also struggle with placing this wine into a region I mean shadon is planted all over the world and this could be from many places I’m just going to

Say it’s from Europe that’s not a very bold move I realized but but yeah it could be from from many places I rated 89 points and I don’t think this is Goliath I don’t next up we have wine number three let’s see wi number three one number three is very interesting it kind

Of points me back to shadon I think stylistically this feels very much like shadon it has less pronounced fruit flavors than Wine number one there’s less Oak here but there is Oak the oak feels a little older so there might be some new Oak and some old oak combined in this

Wine and it’s quite spicy a little bit more dirty interesting for sure on the pad it’s super grippy quite fresh very Lively super high quality definitely but it doesn’t quite feel bandian to me first of all this has a touch of naturalness so it feels like it is made

In a very low intervention way using very low levels of sulfites which doesn’t mean that it couldn’t be from burgundy because there are quite a few of those wines there as well but stylistically I think this is a little bit more edgy a little Wilder a little rougher than what I would expect

From burgundy but it feels very much like the old world to me where else could it be from I’m not really sure this could be from other places in France it could be from Germany it could be from Austria maybe completely out of the box wine growing region but like I said it

Feels very old world to me because it’s quite rough and rugged and a little bit more um edgy and structured less fruit flavorful so yeah I think what is very clear here is that it is very high end for me this is a 92. wine Shon for

People who might not even like shardon the shardon there’s more on the structure Less on the oak quite complex and but yet really complete let’s move on to Wine number four okay this is very interesting I think there’s a certain exoticness to this wine which points to

Warmer region but it feels still kind of old world to me um the oak is very pronounced here quite a lot of smoky Oak flavors but it is really well integrated on the palette it is Rich and concentrated lots of body there’s even like what do you call it truka I think

It’s called dextrose in English it is this slightly fruy slightly sweet and artificial flavor and I I think that’s a combination of ripe fruit and this intense Oak flavor I think this is burgundy but I don’t think it’s the Goliath which should be from burgundy as we are talking about shardon

And well this feels a little more sunny and rich and round more like something from the south of burgundy rather than from the codor where most of the topnotch Chardon are from so I’m guessing this might be a slightly cheaper alternative but it’s really interesting I don’t think it’s the most interesting

Wine of the tasting so far but it is really well made it’s a little bit a little bit blousy a little too rich in my opinion but it’s still really interesting all right again I don’t think this is the go live we still have two to go

So let’s hope that one of them actually is it but I’m going to rate this 91 points I think it’s really good delicious Shon so here we go wine number five are you goli let’s find out this is a very interesting wine it has like spicy notes there’s something slightly green going

On here as well it is there’s Oak there but not a lot of Oak not very pronounced Oak flavors and it’s quite complex really complex on the pette it shows this beautiful balance between body Rippin acidity and a certain wildness as well let me go back to Wine number

Three cuz three had a similar style but now tasting them right after each other actually this feels like something from burgundy feels like something from the cordor a little bit more high-end not super topnotch because otherwise there would be more Oak involved here there might even be a little bit more concentration

There but a more hands of wine maker working in the codor maybe a premier crew level quality um with reduced amount of new Oak usage yeah I think this is go live even though it doesn’t feel like your typical super high and white burgundy it feels more like U yeah different kind of

Style a little bit more edgy really interesting stuff quality-wise on a very high level but I’m not going to go above the 93 points that I gave to Wine number one so I’m going to rate this 93 points so last but not least wine number six by

The way I often rinse out my glass before I taste the next wine it’s just my way of making sure that the previous wine doesn’t taint or improve the quality of the next all right wine number six is quite beautiful the flavor is very complex there’s some smokiness

There there’s also like the core of the green apple flavor flavors of hazelnuts lemon zest so there’s quite a lot of stuff going on here on the pette it has good body grip the acidity is on on the right level and there’s quite a lot of complexity there the texture is

Really yeah a little bit more rough and rugged something that I quite enjoy the wine has a long finish and this is difficult again very difficult to place for me Shon is tricky because quite a lot of it is wine making as well so the

Use of Oak the way it was handled in the winery influences the taste of the wine quite significantly this feels like a cooler climate it could be from the old world but it could also be from a cool climate in the new world I’d guess it could be Germany it could be

Somewhere in Austria it could be from the north of Italy even though those wines usually taste different than this it could be from a cool part of California from South Africa New Zealand again I don’t really know if I’d had to guess and I guess I have to I’d say

Santa Barbara a cool part of California very much influenced by the coast and the wines can feel like this sometimes I’m going to rate this wine 92 points very good wine very good selection overall all right it’s time for the big reveal I have had a pretty

Good tasting I’m hoping that these ones are all shades I’m pretty sure though I mean shardon especially if you have six of them is fairly easy to spot and identify my favorites were wine number one and wine number five both with 93 points but I think the quality was very

Consistent I mean the only one that got less than 90 points here was wine number two which was still a very good wine but not quite on the same level as the others so let’s start with wine number one which was one of the Davids for me I

Thought it was from New Zealand I thought it was absolutely delicious I have a preference for shes from New Zealand and I think they are still underrated so go out and try more of those wines but maybe just maybe I’m completely wrong let’s see okay I’m on fire right from the

Start this is the 2021 dog point Shon from marro and I was spot on there well done Constantine good job I know this producer they’re making great wines and this is no exception I highly recommend it so let’s move on to Wine number two I I think I didn’t really know where it

Was from I just sat somewhere in Europe so let’s see it actually has a bordo shaped bottle which is kind of odd for sh I mean there’s nothing wrong with it it’s not illegal for sure but but yeah for me Shon belongs in one of those anyways all right

Austrian zla haven’t we had one of their wines on this channel before I don’t really remember so it’s the Reed Capel Vine Garden morong from Austria Zak is the Austrian name for Shon so it’s the same gra variety I thought it was really good but

Just not on the same level as the other guys all right wine number three felt more natural to me I rated this 92 points I think and I thought it was really really interesting very well made but but a little Wilder a little funkier and I thought it wasn’t from burgundy

But from from Central Europe somewhere all right I was wrong and so wrong this is actually the uberi Santo Premier cre from burgundy I was a bit confused between this one and one number five cuz I thought they had some similarities there but yeah I just didn’t didn’t put

This into burgundy very interesting wine and this could actually be the Goliath in the tasting I’ll I’ll I’ll be able to look at the prices after the reveal but this as a premier crew burgundy probably was the Goliath so Goliath didn’t win kind of the same same story as as

The Bible version so let’s move on to Wi number four which I thought was from burgundy but from the warmer part of burgundy the coach chalones I thought it was really well made but it didn’t have quite the same level of complexity as this one that one this one and that one

So I rated it the second worst or well the fifth in in the tasting so let’s well let’s find out maybe I’m I’m wrong again let’s let’s see no way so I’m actually wrong again this is the 2020 tiia Eisen art shadon from Germany from baren

And it is the warmest part of Germany that’s for sure so it’s it’s a warmer region and they are to the South so right on the Swiss border they are quite natural actually they’re they’re making Wines in a more hands-off uh way I thought this this was quite delicious I

Don’t remember them using as much Oak as I detected in this wine but but it is it is a really good wine for sure so only 5% new orc here but it it came through quite in in quite a pronounced way fascinating so let’s move on to Wine number five

Which I actually thought was the best wine tasting I placed it in burgundy I thought it was kind of a little bit funky but really Interesting it is from burgundy it is it’s the ru Detroit Detroit Le 2021 so I rated this 93 points so on the same level as this one and I actually thought this was the Goliath and it clearly or likely wasn’t I I don’t think the a wine from rui

Would trade at a higher price than U Premier crew here so we found out in a second but first let’s look at wine number six um I rated this 92 points I thought it was delicious but it was very difficult to place for me I in the end

Went for Santa Barbara in California a cooler part of California but let’s let’s see MC Henry Honan Burnside Vineyard shardon from Margaret River so we’re actually in Australia here this is good stuff so let’s look at the prices Leon sent me a list that I couldn’t really look at during the

Reveal because it’s all on one page but let’s see so the U Lami wine number three was actually the most expensive wine it was the goath in this tasting € 10000 the CIA Eisen wine number four was €30 so less than a third of the price of

This the r which which which W the tasting for me is actually €25 the cheapest one in the whole tasting and it’s a quarter of the price of this and my opinion quality-wise even better than this the docko was also really cheap €30 the zutler same price

€30 and one number six the McHenry was the second most expensive with 4 €5 so here you go first of all it’s really interesting if you taste these wines blind you might humiliate yourself a little bit I had some big losses but some wins as well um but certainly you

Kind of detach yourself from the label and all the expectations and really focus on the quality of the wine in the glass and this time I mean you could drink this bottle and this bottle together which were the best wines for me in the tasting and almost pay half of what you would

Pay for this bottle something to think about that is not to say that this is bad wine and they are not ripping you off I mean it is it might be much more expensive to produce wine here in a premier crew vinia than in some other

Places but still I mean when it comes to price quality ratio there are certainly other ones on the table that give you More For Less so thank you for watching I hope you enjoyed this video if you did then please like it down here subscribe to my channel if you haven’t done so

Already my question of the day is what is the next Goliath versus David challenge that I I should look at which other great varieties would you be interested in let me know down below I hope I see you guys again very soon until then stay Thirsty He