Expensive vs. Value Wine – Can you taste the difference?
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I use this wine key: Forge de Laguiole Ebony
I have used this glass in this Video: Nude Glass Stem Zero Delicate White Wine Glass
I have tasted the following wines in this Video:
2019 Susana Balbo Wines Brioso, Agrelo, Argentina
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/susana+balbo+brioso+agrelo+mendoza+argentina/2019?referring_site=KSB
2022 Baettig Los Compadres Vino de Vinedo Cabernet Sauvignon, Maule Valley, Chile
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/baettig+los+compadres+de+vinedo+cab+sauv+maule+valley+chile/2022?referring_site=KSB
2016 Mount Eden Vineyards Cabernet Sauvignon, Santa Cruz Mountains, USA
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/mnteden+cab+sauv+santa+cruz+mnt+st+francisco+bay+central+coast+california+usa/2016?referring_site=KSB
2016 Chateau Pichon-Longueville au Baron de Pichon-Longueville, Pauillac, France
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/pichon+longueville+au+baron+de+pauillac+medoc+bordeaux+france/2016?referring_site=KSB
2016 Chateau Tronquoy, Saint-Estephe, France
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/tronquoy+st+estephe+medoc+bordeaux+france/2016?referring_site=KSB
2020 Poggio al Tesoro ‘Il Seggio’ Bolgheri, Tuscany, Italy
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/poggio+tesoro+saggio+bolgheri+tuscany+italy/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 biggest enemy of wine might not be what you think it is.
Is expensive wine always better? is a question I am often asked. And the simple answer is “No”. There is a correlation between the price of a wine and its quality, but it gets weaker and weaker the higher the price gets. A 20-dollar bottle of wine is usually significantly better than a two-dollar bottle of wine – Yes, they exist in some markets.
Most winemakers want to make the best wine possible but if you are not able to sell your product above 2 Dollars your hands are tied. Talent can only compensate for so much and even the most talented winemaker cannot make Grand Cru quality wine from Vin de France quality grapes.
At some point, however, the most high-end viticulture and winemaking techniques stop contributing to the quality. You can only drive down yields to a certain point and the price of new Barriques is also capped. This is why a 200-dollar bottle doesn’t have to be that much better than a 20-dollar bottle – in some cases, it can even be worse.
The price of a super expensive bottle of wine is not just determined by cost but by demand or in some cases marketing strategies. That means for us, that when we close our eyes and disconnect ourselves from the brand in front of us, we might make beautiful discoveries from lesser-known regions or producers.
Leon has selected six wines that are all made from the same grape variety or varieties. They likely come from different places and one of them is much more expensive than the others. I will blind-taste the wines to find out whether it makes sense to spend much more on a bottle or not…