Want to drink like a wine pro without breaking the bank? These 10 underrated wines deliver incredible quality for $20-35, often outperforming more expensive bottles. Learn wine at https://winefolly.com/
Whether you love bold reds or crisp whites, I’ll show you what wine professionals already know: the most exciting wines often fly under the radar. Join me as we explore exceptional varieties from Sicily, Portugal, South Africa, and beyond!
Video Chapters:
00:30 – Why 10 Wines?
01:04 – Nero d’Avola
02:02 – Touriga Nacional
03:11 – Carignan
04:16 – Montepulciano
05:24 – Cinsault
06:31 – Pinotage
07:45 – Chenin Blanc
08:56 – Vermentino
10:12 – Albariño
11:20 – Marsanne-Roussanne
12:33 – Outro
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40 Comments
Great video. I'm currently drinking a cannonau (grenache) from Sardegna. Also a very much undervalued wine (although to be honest, not entirely my style.
Michael David has some very unusual (for California) Varietals. The have very good Camenere, Cinsalt and Teroldego. Give them a try!
Unfortunately mislabelled. Maddy names and superficially describes ten examples of grape varieties from specific regions, but unfortunately no specific wines. I would have loved to see the labels.
I also knew all of them and tried them all. They're all winners
Some nice info in here! Would love to know more about the specific examples you discuss (i.e. which producers etc.). One under the radar grape I tried for the first time recently was Assyrtiko from Greece which impressed me.
Dear Madeline, i am from Italy and i Wish 2 thank U fine introducinng 2 y audience out out standing Montepulciano and Vermentino. I ❤ them very much and they deserve higher fortune forca world Wide audience of consumers. Thank U again lots of ❤. Bye
Chenin Blanc is one of my favorite wines – YOU DON'T KNOW ME!
If you are in to Nebbiolo, Greek wine made of Xinomavro is a must try.
These wines are not obscure at all… obscure grape varieties(which apparently is what you mean with wines we havent heard of) are like Timorasso, Godello, Savagnin, Mavrotragano, Nerello Mascalese, Harsevelu, Poulsard etc. Most winegeeks know all the grapes you mentioned… I mean Chenin? Or do you mean we haven't heard of the specific wines that you have blurred out in the video?
Luckily, being based in Europe (AOC Cabardes) I knew all of these 🙂 I'd add Marselan, Gruner Veltliner, Godello and Bobal to your list.
Ms. Puckette, if you want to be taken seriously as a wine expert, and I can say with confidence this is something you're struggling with, you first need to step up your pronunciation and grammar. Have someone familiar with the rules of grammar proofread your copy, then have someone more familiar with wine check your pronunciation. Some of the more egregious examples:
5:35: Mispronouncing 'Cinsault'… it's not "sin soh"…the closest (anglicized) pronunciation is 'san soh.'
8:54: "…if it was Chardonnay…"
9:23: "…same refreshing qualities that has made…"
Aglianico is what is missing 🙂
Great video and topic. Great to see content on obscure varieties and less talked about locations. Have not had; Carigan, Cinsault, or Pinotage. Nor most of the whites, seeing whites are off my radar. For good or bad. Thanks for the info, and as always: Enjoy the sunlight held together by water🍷
1: Cote du Rhone white
2: Pinot Gris
3: Northern Rhone white from Saint Joseph
This video is fantastic!!! I love all the varietals and regions mentioned. BUT, I’m a bit of an evangelist for Mourvèdre (especially as a single varietal) and it wasn’t featured here! Mourvèdre is my favorite red grape and totally undervalued especially as a single varietal wine. Spain does single varietal monastrell but my favorites have actually been new world style wines from California. Wild Diamond vineyards in particular, Lake County CA, produced my favorite wine I EVER tasted in my life of wine drinking, hands down, from any grape from any region in the world. Their 2014 Mourvèdre was an insane value and everything I want in a red wine ❤️🔥❤️🔥❤️🔥
shhhh don't tell everyone about albariños!!!
Love Nero d’avola, a go to for us. Love touriga, gosh, had them all. Love exploring wines. Yuck, not a fan of pinotage, yeah nail polish. Also try Vranec and aglianico if you like assertive wines.
I’ve had all except the Carignan. I really like Nero D’avola, Vermentino , Albariño and Montepulciano.
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I am excited to try some of these whites. I generally prefer reds and will venture into whatever I can find especially if I am not familiar with it. For whatever reason I have not really done the same with the whites. I will definitely try some of these.
I'm way way way over Cab Sav and Chards. I approve of all your suggestions and I'll add Barbera, Cairanne, Muscadet and Piquepoul to your list.
There's a winery in Santa Barbara called Tercero that makes a 100% cinsault and a cinsault rose and I get some bottles every time I go. Great with BBQ foods and a great, refreshing summer drinking wine.
A few weeks ago I purchased a bottle of Montepulciano for the first time. Very enjoyable and going outside the box for me.
Albariño! A greatly under-appreciated wine! One wine I wish you had included is Assyrtiko from Greece. I was familiar with all of these except the Portuguese wine.
albarinho! and the chilean indigenious grapes.
Vermentino di Sardegna is one of my all time favorites (salty crushed rock forward for sure) – also Cannonau di Sardegna is severely under valued
Why blur the names of the wines you are talking about? Super annoying. My wife and I were puzzled by this. It felt like the video was “lacking”.
1:15 – Nero d'Avola (Sicilian red)
2:02 – Touriga Nacional (Northern Portuguese Red – Douro Valley)
3:10– Carignan (French Languedoc red)
4:15 – Montepulciano (East Coast Italian red – Abruzzo)
5:23 – Cinsault (Southern France red – between Languedoc/Provence)
6:30 – Pinotage (South African red – Paarl)
7:45 – Chenin Blanc (French white – Loire Valley)
8:55 – Vermentino (Italian white – Sardinia)
10:11 – Albarino (Northern Spanish white – Galicia)
11:20 – Marsanne-Rousanne (French white – Northern Rhone)
We've explored all the varietals that you mention (Fratelli Perata Montepulciano from Paso Robles can't be beat!). Our newest find is Lagrein, a varietal that some of our friends liken to a great Cab. Runquist has a limited production, but sources it from Paso vineyards… Although the prices from those vineyard are 2-3 times higher!
Exploring new wines (regions, grapes, vintages etc.) is one of my favourite things about drinking wine. I almost never buy the same wine again, I prefer a worse but new experience over the same but better one, if that makes sense.
Another lesser grape I'd recommend is Godello. Beautiful wines and less known than Albariño, its Galician buddy.
Was waiting for Marsanne/Rousanne. Wish you would have been specific so I could try and find the actual wines. I think
I'd take Etna Nerello over d'Avola if you're over $20. Still great video for the unfamiliar.
Oh, forgot to mention to Mencia.
Touriga is my favorite!! I’m so glad I have tried each varietal but I’m excited to continue to try more!
Can you do a video on Austrian wine please?
Hi, good list. One of my faves is Carmenere. This Chilean red has a great history. It’s inexpensive and tastes wonderful. Montes winery, south of Santiago, produces some great wines. A side by side tasting of their Merlot and Carmenere is very interesting. Cheers
Hi, I tried the Santa Tresa insieme Bio organic red wine no sulphur added and it made me sick, would you know why it would be ? I had litteraly 2 swigs in moderate amount of time and it felt like i was half was of a vodka bottle (not drunk but truck like feeling telling you to stop in your brain) That the best as i can describe it
Primitivo not Zinfandel (people try to explain how they're identical, not buying it) can be to die for. Chelan and Sonoma have them in addition to Italy.
Great video , I would add Sylvaner (especially Grosse Gewachs ), Blaufrankisch ,Aglianico and Welschriesling . There are a lot of hidden gems !
Why didn't you tell us the wine maker and vintage of each of these wines? I am confused, you want to share the experience but leave out critical information???
Tried all those and love most! Other gems: Etna Rosso (Nerello Mascalese) & Bianco (Carricante), Aglianico, Soave (Garganega), Viognier …. so many relatively unknown gems out there!