There is a $100-dollar bottle of wine mixed in with others that are mostly in the $25-30 range. Can I spot the expensive wine in a blind tasting? Find out in this video.
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29 Comments
Hey Matt can you please do a Trump red wine review?
I always feel like there's a dip in quality above $30 until about $80 where the prices are completely not reflective of quality. $15-30? Great. $80+? Amazing. For some reason in between? Unbalanced, hot, flat, one-note…
Lol. Not that one. Cannot understand it's appeal.
I find that wine enthusiasts will have more disappointments with "expensive" wines not living up to expectations compared to "inexpensive" wines overperforming their price level. When you come across those wines, you feel like Indiana Jones finding some treasure.
I just had two expensive for me (150 & 200)bottles for New Year’s Eve and thought both of them were fine but not even close to worth the money. The bummer was waiting to share something with family that you thought would be special.
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I love those videos. You could make a thousand of them! Almost bought this wine from Bibi Graetz a while ago but I thought it was too expensive, it also has a high score from Suckling if I remember well. Just Wow!
Nice job keeping it simple and real. 👍
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Great video and blind tasting. Question for you. What time are the live “hangouts” at and typically what days? I have a pretty wonky schedule for work. Thanks.
Never done a tasting like that – and I think I never will – but I see the value in that. You clearly love Sangiovese, and you are showing that we, as consumers, shouldn't be afraid of going outside of Chianti Classico and Montalcino to get good Sangiovese. Thanks a lot.
100% agree about the Podere Forte wine. They have a more modern / riper style but I’ve found their wines to be excellent.
The framing of these videos with the bottles in paper bags taking 70% of the screen can make people uncomfortable.
Love your content, btw! So definitely saying it as a fan.
great video. love the rapid pace
really delectable tasting. I always buy the wines you rate 93 plus so im looking forward to the ones in this video. I just hope they are available in the usa.Maybe in the future you will do the same thing with the nebbiolo grape.(my favorite)
Great video Matt. I love Sangiovese and this past couple of years I have found some great value as you prove here. I completely agree that when you have the confidence to know what you like, regardless of what others think, then your wine journey will be a far happier one. By the way, please don't change your style of reviews because of folk that have short attention spans. Social media is becoming more and more about tiny sound bites and dumbing down in the process.
Must do Fredericksburg, Texas …its so good wine
Awesome test. Plus I’d love to be invited to the party of getting to drink the rest of the bottles. Cheers! – Cam
Suggestion – don't talk about things you're doing in the video so that you keep viewers. Nothing more annoying than youtubers talking about youtube. I'm here to watch you talk about wine, not talk about how many views you want to get or things like that.
thank you, just getting further into Sangiovese recently after an extended Aus grenache rabbit hole, so this is perfect timing. Notice you're a watch guy
Sangiovese can be pretty stunning, for little money, kind of like tempranillo in Spain, or Cotes Du Rhone in France. Do a similar tasting for Spanish wines of a region, so many great ones there.
Its tough to rate a wine that is made to age, vs some really good Chianti that drinks soo well young. 😁
Gotta taste, taste, taste and trust your own palate – solid rant.
I find that over $100 there is not a lot more bang for the buck. In general, u get what you pay for , but its fun to find hidden gem value wines .
I’ve had the Testamatta once before and completely agree. Solid bottle, but I’d like a bit more for the price.
Nice tasting. Very instructional that price often times does not really matter. I wish you had slipped in a couple wines from the same producer with wide price points. The one that comes to mind that I have not seen in my local shops for a long while is Bibi Graetz’ Casamatta. For the pice it is incredible.
❤ Grazie. Wonderful. Any thoughts on how I can acquire the top five so I can try these with my wine buddies. I live in Central Florida and can’t find them online either.
I love that bellamarsilia, I buy it often. Great value
Just did a tasting of Cabs over on @tastewithellec ! Not quite as many as you though. Nice roundup!
I live in Bordeaux and my heart beat for Bordeaux wine, but i have also for many years been kind of critical against a lot of "famous" wine critics, more against the ones that don't taste the wine blind and then score them what i call "happy points" We have done a lot of tasting both small and big where we put in wines in different price category and score them blind. Just one time have the most expensive wine come out on top. A lot of big names have been beaten down usch as Mouton, Lafite, Latour, Haut Brion, Margaux, Palmar, Cheval Blanc, Ausone, Petrus and so on.
I agree with you that you should be comfortable with your own pallet, because doesn't matter what other scores the wine, it comes down to your pallet and style of wine. During 2024 i tasted 2800 different Bordeaux Wines. And after a while it becomes more and more clear with you like and not and how to see the differents in quality and not.