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I use this wine key: Laguiole en Aubrac Wine Key Ebony
I have used this glass in this Video: RIEDEL Veritas Champagne
I have tasted the following wines in this Video:
Bouvet-Ladubay Cremant de Loire Excellence Brut France – 19 US $
2021 Weingut Wittmann Riesling Trocken:
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/wittmann+riesling+trocken+rheinessen+germany/2021?referring_site=KSB
2021 Domaine de la Janasse Cotes du Rhone Blanc, Rhone, France:
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/dom+de+la+janasse+blanc+cote+du+rhone+france/2021?referring_site=KSB
2020 Fratelli Revello Barbera d’Alba Piedmont, Italy:
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/fratelli+revello+barbera+d+alba+piemonte+italy/2020?referring_site=KSB
2021 Kaiken Estate Malbec Lujan de Cuyo, Argentina:
https://www.wine-searcher.com/find/kaiken+estate+malbec+lujan+de+cuyo+mendoza+argentina/2021?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 takes skill to find value wines, wines that are not expensive but deliver bulk loads of quality and I therefore want show you how to find great bottles that most of you will be able to buy without breaking the bank
All these value wines together cost less than 100 US$ and I am going to taste them in order to verify whether they over deliver in quality.
These wines were selected by Leon and while he normally has unlimited budget – within reason – for my videos I told him this time to spend less than 100$ on 5 bottles of wines. I realize that 100$ for 5 bottles is still a lot of money but these wines should offer great value for money.
Of course – value has to be looked at in relation to where the wine is from. A 10 Dollar bottle of Burgundy is rarely as good as a 10 Dollar bottle of Portuguese wine but in the context of its origin it might offer great value.
In most cases you find great values off the beaten tracks though. Wines from regions that are less well known, made by overlooked producers using hard to pronounce grape varieties are often much better value compared to the next Bordeaux Chateau.
32 Comments
Great video, Konstantin I love Mlabec as value wine as well as Spanish wines ,Riojas. Portugal al has amazing values.
I really like these videos where you taste/score value for money wines. I cannot affort wines that costs >100 per bottle, so videos like this are very usefull for me. I hope you make more similar ones.
coelus rioja tempranillo – top
Hello! Try J. Lohr Cabernet Sauvignon only 14 bucks and it's a great with dinner
For me Spain has the best value in the old world. Loire Valley wines and Beaujolais have some good value buys too.
Hi Konstantin,
How come you dont let the wines breath a bit, especially the Barbera? I can imagine some of them are a little rough on the edges right out of the bottle, and that affects your valuation
Love the videos! Would love to see some Greek wines in the mix on the videos! Xinamovro in particular! Thanks again
Great content. Plz do more for entry level 🙏 much appreciated. Fans from Thailand.
Thanks!
Always happy to pick a bottle of Catena from the shelf. Not too adventurous wines but always great value, event the top ones!
Another great video! My value wine is the Goru Gold from Ego Bodegas in Jumilla Spain; 12.50€ in Belgium. Love that wine!
The best thing about your videos are what I learn from you! Thanx!
A good alternative to champagne are Crémant d'Alsaçe and Spanish Cava. In my book Cahors/France produces the best Malbec in the world with Argentina as a second best.
i would agree with your thoughts on large vinyards being able to produce good wines at value due to size/ resources. I would have to say Penfolds has a couple vintages that are well under $20 USD and deliver like much more expensive reds because they are such an established producer
montagny premier cru chablis is great!! Only 22 EUR
St. Cosme Côtes du Rhône can often be had for $13 and with two years of bottle age often scores 90 points (not James Suckling). 100% Syrah, it is dark, herbal, smokey, chalky and a little sweet. So much more flavor than you'll find in most other bottles of the same price.
wine from romania that hasnt been bought yet by rothschild is still good value for your money
i taste a lot of wines and sometimes you find a hidden jem when you go to the winery directly it is always fun to talk over the produced wine and the style you want. thanks for the tasting. it shows how to find that daily drinker wine. Riesling has changed a lot in the last years and some producers have daily drinkers as well. Rheinhessen and Pfalz as well has some small great producers for low price. sometimes you will find that in the books besides the great winerys but they not bad…..
Korbel my favorite value sparkling wine
Bouvet Ladubay is a very good alternative to champagne and is cheap over here in France, around 16€
I just bought three bottles of Wittmann Riesling (estate, Westhofener 1G, and Kirchspiel GG) for a comparative tasting and thought it was a fun coincidence to recognize the wine in the thumbnail 😀
Hi, one of my favorite value wine is definitely Salentein Barrel Selection Malbec (12-14€) from Argentina, Mendoza.
Janasse has gone downhill in the last 10 years so agree totally there.Chianti from Rufina offers great value from the right producer and also Sicilian whites from the southwest of the island also.❤
I was enjoying your commentary until you said, " I enjoy giving my gums a good pounding "
Seriously though most of your wines that you critique are not available here in Australia.
Would like you to do some testing on our wines in the different categories.
My go-to reliable value red, is Bogle Phantom. Around $18 USD, it's a Zinfandel based blend.
Als Hesse bin ich ein bisschen vor den Kopf gestoßen, dass du den Bembel als Spucknapf missbrauchst 😉
My go-to value red wine is Chateau de Saint Cosme, Cote du Rhone, at about 10 -11 Euro. I buy a case most years and have never been disapointed – we call it our House Wine! Also good value but not as cheap is the CdR Les Peyrouses, from Alain Voge, a Northern Rhone CdR, at about 18 Euro. I also like the Lindes de Remelluri from Thelmo Rodriguez at about 15 Euro. Still in Spain, from Casa Castillo, at about 9-10 Euro – some labeling changes but used to be Monastreil. Keep up the good work. Would like to see your selection for under 100$ or Euro.
Hi Konstantin portuguese top wines are at the same level of any top burgundy, bordeux, stellenbosh,or Napa Valley….Well…any region…the portuguese wines still very underrated in comparison with the most famous New or old World wines.
"I like it when my gums get a good pounding"
😳 oh my!
There are two excellent wine brands from Argentina that I love. The first is Catena Zapata, the prices are around 60,00 € to 90,00 €, and the Salentein brand is a great value, they go from 9,00 € to 60,00 €. They also make "champagne" (champenoise method) they call it Cuvee or Brut from Salentein, they are actually pretty good. Both are from Valle de Uco.
Better, one $50 wine and one $20 wine for drinking, and three $10 wines for cooking…
Good value wines: Italian and Greek whites, SA Chenin! Langhe Nebbiolo; Chilean Pinot Noir …