Cheap vs. Expensive Wine – Bargain Alert!

Cheap vs. Expensive Wine – Which one is better?!

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I use this wine key: Forge de Laguiole Ebony
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I have tasted the following wines in this Video:

2022 Casa Marin Cipreses Vineyard Sauvignon Blanc, San Antonio Valley, Chile
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/casa+marin+cipreses+sauv+blanc+st+antonio+valley+chile/2022/germany?referring_site=KSB

2023 Alexander Laible Sauvignon Blanc trocken ***, Baden, Germany
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/alex+laible+sauv+blanc+chiara+trocken+three+star+baden+germany?referring_site=KSB

2020 Louis-Benjamin – Didier Dagueneau Silex, Loire, Vin de France
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/louis+benjamin+didier+dagueneau+silex+loire+de+france+table/2020?referring_site=KSB

2021 Greywacke Wild Sauvignon Blanc, Marlborough, New Zealand
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/grey+wacke+wild+sauv+blanc+marlborough+new+zealand/2021?referring_site=KSB

2021 Bodega Colome Lote Especial Sauvignon Blanc, Calchaqui Valley, Argentina
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/colome+spc+sauv+blanc+calchaqui+valley+salta+argentina/2021?referring_site=KSB

2020 Vino Gross Colles Sauvignon Blanc, Stajerska Slovenia
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/gross+colle+sauv+blanc+steiermark+slovenia+podravje/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.

It is time again for an epic battle – 6 wines enter the blind tasting and only one makes it out alive. Well… actually, they all don’t make it out alive in the end. The point of this tasting is to NOT judge a wine by its label but by its quality in the glass to see whether a bargain wine can outcompete a super-premium one.
All of the wines in front of me were selected by my team. They were made from the same grape variety or varieties and they are from different parts of the world.
I don’t know what is inside those black bags, but I know that one bottle is much more expensive than the other ones. I am going to see whether I can identify the expensive bottle or maybe, just maybe the cheaper wine wins the battle. So let’s taste!

it’s time again for an epic battle six
wines will enter the blind tasting and
only one of them will make it out
alive well actually none of them will
make it out alive in the end the point
of this tasting is to not judge a wine
by its label but by its quality in the
glass to see whether a bargain wine can
out compete a super Premium One all of
the wines in front of me were selected
by my team they are made from the same
great variety or variees and they are
probably from different parts of the
world I don’t know what is inside those
black bags but I know that one bottle is
much more expensive than all of the
other ones so let’s see whether I can
find the expensive wine or maybe just
maybe the cheap wine will win the battle
let’s
[Music]
taste so let’s start off with wine
number one and it’s always good to rinse
out the glass before you pour the first
wine you wash out all of the soap and
the dust and well you lose some wine in
the process so this is a pretty pale
white wine there are some golden
reflexes there but it is pale yellow I
would say putting my nose into it I I at
least have the feeling that I already
know what it might be so this smells of
passion fruit of mango a little bit of
banana as well and there’s a touch of
greenness so
grassy slightly herbaceous notes on the
palette it has a Super Fresh and Lively
acidity grippy
texture yeah so it’s a real good quality
wine with good concentration and a lot
of
freshness so do you know what I’m
tasting I think I know what I’m tasting
so the combo of intense fruit flavor
with some exotic fruit character and the
green herbaceousness kind of points to S
BL for me so this is a really well-made
wine it feels like it’s from a warmer
climate but it still maintains its
freshness and liveliness so I think this
is pretty delicious so I’m going to rate
this 93 points
I think it’s a really strong start what
I don’t really know though is where it
is from for me it doesn’t feel like uh
Lu Sor even though there are some they
are also quite concentrated but for me
this feels like it’s from a warmer
climate I I’m not sure yet I’ll I’ll
I’ll get back to it so let’s move on to
Wine number
two which is quite a bit paler even in
color this is fair typical for S BL s
tends to be pale in color unless it is
fermented or matured in Oak then it gets
a little bit more gold but this doesn’t
look like it was okay this is again very
Sor esque but more towards the green
side of things I get flavors of lemon
and lime there’s again this green
herbaceousness which is quite well
integrated into the fruit but this
definitely feels a little bit less Prof
found the green herbaceous nodes are
associated with a flavor compound called
methoxy parisin they actually build up
in the berries of s BL but also of other
grape varieties and if they don’t get a
lot of sunlight and heat the berries
they tend to keep that so if you have a
green herbaceous wine it probably is
from a cooler climate whereas if that
flavor turns towards the more exotic
fruit character that sovon can also
bring it’s probably from a warmer region
as a wine maker you can however mix
unrip berries with really ripe berries
and then you get this mix of green
herbaceousness and really exotic fruit
flavor that for example New Zealand is
well known for so this wine actually
feels a little bit softer on the palette
the acidity is not as strong it also
feels like there’s a little bit of
resero sugar there it’s quite
round a little bit well definitely not
at the same quality level as the
previous one so I think this is a solid
entry-level sovon blond but I don’t
think it’s really great I would say that
it’s probably from a cooler climate it
could be from the laa it could be from
Northern Italy or Austria it could also
be from Germany new world s tend to be a
little bit more on the nose so they
either have really intense grassy notes
or really intense exotic fruit flavor
and this one doesn’t have either due to
the slight residual sugar and the
softness on the palette I would actually
say this is maybe from Germany could be
from the fals for example where there’s
quite a lot of s production
so good stuff but not really great I’m
going to rate this 86 points I think
lots of people will enjoy this but it
definitely doesn’t have a lot of depth
and length so let’s move on to Wine
number three which comes in a heavy ble
it’s a bit more golden in color so you
can see that it’s a little bit more dark
and it definitely shows some oak on the
nose which is not uncommon for S BL
however most s are unok but there’s a
small share of Fairly high quality Sor
that are oaked in bordo this is common
practice for a long time in California
they started it with Robert mandavi who
introduced the style of fum blond in New
Zealand they also now making o s BL and
even in Germany there are some producers
who do it this feels a little bit more
refined I mean the fruit flavor is
dialed down there’s a little bit of
grapefruit character coming through but
not super intense the greenness doesn’t
really feature here but you have those
caramel and roasted notes that you get
from fermentation and or maturation in
oak on the palette it has a lot of
structure and grip slight bitterness the
alcohol is moderate to high and and the
acidity is not as pronounced as in some
of the previous ones so this feels
definitely like a more Rich more Bugan
style of Sor I’m not really sure that if
I would have just tasted this wine blind
I would have gone for Sor because it
doesn’t really shout s at you so where
could this be from I don’t think it’s
from bordo because well of the bottle
shape first of all but also those ones
tend to be a little riper a little bit
more exotic in Fruit it could be from
California Napa would be an option there
but it could also be a really high-end s
BL from the LA from s or pu where some
producers double in that style as well
It’s Tricky I’m going to say Napa or the
like s or pu it’s it’s a bit weird but
nowadays those regions s and pu also
produce ones with 14 1 12% alcohol that
tend to be quite rich and concentrated
so it’s not as easy as it used to be to
distinguish between Napa BL
and bl so I’m just going to say here but
I’m I’m definitely not sure about it so
no matter where this one is from it’s
really high quality and I’m going to
rate it 92 points wine number four so
again more of a light colored Sor with a
more familiar aroma as well so here we
have black currant flavors a little bit
of red currant there is some
Apple character a little bit of that
green herbaceousness coming through so
more typical for Soo so on the palette
this is Juicy and
Rich and quite delicious I mean this is
more concentrated and Powerful but it
shows quite a lot of Sor identity and I
like it so this feels like an old World
style from a warmer part of Europe it
has this intense clear bright Sor
character on the nose but it also shows
quite a body on the pette a little less
acidity so it feels a little bit more
round and Rich so this points for me to
Northern Italy or Austria where the Sor
Styles tend to be a little bit Bolder a
little
richer H yeah so this could be Z Mark s
and I think it’s it’s really well made
I’m going to rate this 90 points I think
it’s delicious but it doesn’t have the
same tension as some of the previous
wines so here we go wine number
five hm
very pale in color so this is really
complex in flavor this has lots of
intensity but it’s more her bious
there’s a little bit of minty character
coming through as well it’s quite
fascinating lots of acidity very intense
precise acidity good concentration and
body it’s a little harsh but actually
really really fascinating all right this
is definitely a very interesting wine
it’s not like standard Sor style it’s a
bit Wilder a bit different for me it
feels kind of like it’s from a cooler
climate in the new world a little
rougher just just yeah just very
different so that could be in my opinion
Chile South Africa Australia New
Zealand Australia I I don’t really see
that here in terms of sty
New Zealand Sor tends to be a little bit
more expressive more a combo of green
notes and exotic fruit flavor South
Africa might be a good guess or chili
this definitely also has this tomato
leaf character which you often get with
the S blon from cooler climates I’m just
going to go for chile it could
definitely be South Africa
but yeah let’s let’s just say Chile and
I’m going to rate this 91 points I think
it’s
it’s quite delicious there’s lots of
tension there lots of grip it’s
definitely not your standard s BL it’s
something slightly different but really
well made so last but not least got wine
number six this is really gold in color
so lots of color here and on the nose it
smells completely different again so
here I get noes of apricat a little bit
of bruised Apple there is not the
typical s blond flavor coming through
it’s it’s different and on the
palette this is very different too it
actually has quite a lot of
structure good acidity but real tanic
grip so you really feel the tannins
biting at your tongue and your cheeks so
judging from the color and the taste as
well this is probably an orange wine a
wine that was left on the skins for an
extended period of time it actually has
yeah has good grip but yeah who who does
that who makes orange wine so so what’s
the name of that country east of Italy
that has quite a history with orange
wines I always get them confused is it
Slovenia or Slovakia so yeah it’s
Slovenia and I remember them producing
quite a bit of orange wine and they also
producing s BL as it grows quite well
there so let’s just say Slovenia even
though I’m completely unsure so the
thing for me with orange wine is
actually that it’s more difficult to
taste the origin so it’s more about the
process than about the place where the
grapes have been grown but yeah let’s
just say this is Slovenia and I’m going
to rate this 90 points I think it’s a
really well-made s BL orange wine it’s
definitely for me not the wine of the
lineup but it’s an interesting addition
I’m going to retaste those wines to make
sure that I got them right sometimes
they just change after the bottle is
opened and half an hour later or so they
taste very different so I’m going to
have another sip of each of those
bottles now interesting so for wine
number one I’m going to say it’s from
South Africa it feeles like a wine from
a warmer climate really well made I
think this is absolutely delicious two
I’m going to stick with the fals in
Germany three I’m going to stick with s
it’s actually opening up a little bit so
it’s it’s um doing really well four is a
little bit tricky I said Austria but it
could also be from the new world but
it’s actually doesn’t have like the
super pungent flavor that I would get
for example in New Zealand so I’m going
to stick just stick with Austria wine
number five I’m going to say Chile
continue to say Chile and this was
Slovenia for me just because of the fact
that a that it’s an orange wine I mean
it could actually be from many other
places as well so let’s dive in and
let’s have a look what this was
fascinating this is actually from Chile
so this is the Kaza
Marin
vard and I thought it was absolutely
delicious I’m I’m looking forward to
finding out how much it was because I
think this is great quality so wine
number two I said false in Germany and
it was it is from Germany it’s a s BL
Shara and it is from B so right outside
my my doorstep basically good stuff good
stuff but not not the best wine in the
tasting wine number three I said s and
it’s probably the most expensive wine in
the lineup because the top wines from
there they tend to be amongst the most
expensive sors in the world let’s have a
look
oh so close why didn’t I why didn’t I
think of that so this is the domain D
[ __ ] 2020 selex and it’s from pu fi well
at least that’s what I would say it is
but but it actually just says van France
nowadays wasn’t that P normally I mean
this is from pu from from that region at
least and it’s one of those first s blon
that I tasted and really enjoyed and I’m
beating myself up that I didn’t didn’t
spot this one would have been a baller
move to say this is this is Select by DJ
[ __ ] one of the Pioneers when it comes
to high quality s blown wine making and
the use of Oak in the process of wine
making on the back label it actually
says exclamation mark question
mark so too much too little
or too little of too much so so so yeah
this is definitely a wine that is kind
of swinging for the fences not your
general standard s BL but quite quite a
bit different and this is I’m pretty
sure the most expensive one I don’t
really know how much this retails for
nowadays but it will be somewhere around
the $100 so let’s move on to Wine number
four I said Austria but I wasn’t really
sure at the end it kind of opened up a
little bit and changed
but oh no wild Sor from greyi in Maro
New Zealand I think this is the first
time I didn’t identify the Mal and the
blind this is this is slightly
embarrassing gry Waki or grak as we say
in Germany is the wine from the former
wine maker of Cloudy Bay Kevin Jud and
this wine is actually fermented in BS so
it’s a different kind of New Zealand s
BL I guess but still I I I should have
picked up on that it’s 14% alcohol and
it’s quite a bit more rich and round it
spends quite a lot of time on the lease
in order to give it the silky texture
and this must have thrown me off it
happens to the best of us so wine number
five uh I said this is chili it’s
probably not because this one is chili I
thought it was quite interesting very
very yeah structured very different so
let’s have a look what it might be this
is from Argentina so so at least it’s in
the neighborhood so this is a super high
altitude sovon BL if I’m reading this
correctly is from
3,111 m above sea level which is
insanely High
and from Sala so from the north of
Argentina so yeah it’s definitely a
little less concentrated and Rich
compared to what you would get in some
other parts in Argentina really
structured really interesting you can
really taste the extreme conditions that
Those Grapes grew in all right this has
been hit and miss for me but uh I went
to Slovenia here but it’s probably I
don’t know
from from Spain let’s let’s have a look
it is from from Slovenia this I think
this is the first time I ever got a
Slovenian wine in a blind tasting right
at least it doesn’t really comment on
the wine making but yeah I’m guessing
this has quite a bit of skin contact it
was actually also aged in Oak barrels
and it was bottled without any
sulfites wild all right this was a
fascinating tasting and slightly
humbling as well I just looked at the
prices and the selex is actually
€80 nowadays so roughly
$200 and this wine which I absolutely
enjoyed is one of the cheapest wines at
€20 I think this is a definite bargain
and wow s BL is difficult I think the
grape variety often has the rep that all
of the wines taste the same and they’re
quite commercial and they are like a
crowd pleaser but this lineup actually
showed that they are lots of differences
and that things aren’t always like they
seem they are so I hope you enjoyed this
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guys again very soon until then stay
thirsty