Now this was an amazing wine blind tasting! In blind tasted 6 Bordeaux blends from all around the world, including Bordeaux region itself, to determine where the best blend can be found. I tried to assess which one is which and see how different terroir and winemaking can influence the final wine. Check out how I managed this task.
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Wines in my video:
1) Craggy Range Sophia 2019: https://8wines.com/wines/craggy-range-sophia-2016
2) Clos Apalta Le Petit Clos 2018: https://8wines.com/wines/clos-apalta-le-petit-clos-2018
3) Chateau Malartic Lagraviere 2017: https://8wines.com/wines/chateau-malartic-lagraviere-2017
4) Robert Mondavi Maestro 2018: https://8wines.com/wines/robert-mondavi-maestro-2018
5) El Enemigo Gran Enemigo 2018: https://8wines.com/wines/el-enemigo-gran-enemigo-2018
6) Ernie Els Signature 2015: https://8wines.com/wines/ernie-els-signature-2015
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*CONTENTS OF THIS VIDEO
0:00 Introduction
0:27 What is a Bordeaux Blend?
2:09 The Tasting
10:29 The Reveal
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27 Comments
Vamos Argentina! 🏆🇦🇷
So happy i got Clos recently 😊
A fun & interesting video, thank you Agnes. I did guess most of them correctly, though I couldn't figure out the South African one. Bordeaux blends are enjoyable whenever you are in the wine world. I think it could be interesting to do a Bordeaux blend tasting with wines from Eastern Europe and the Near/Middle East. As they wines show their terroir quite well and the indigenous cultivars add a fun twist to the blends.
I like how every time you say “Bordeaux blend” first you want to say Cabernet but you have to pause and translate it to Bordeaux blend 😅
I would like to get your opinion on Okanagan Bordeaux blends(Meritage) also?
Really enjoyed this video! I like your other videos as well, but I'd love to see more videos like this one! Keep up the great work!
Hi, do you mind mentioning why you rated the South African one lowest? Was it because of the tannins?
Really nice! Thank you. Great nose!
The best Bordeaux blend is from Bordeaux.From everywhere else is a copy.California,South America and so on.
Oh Australia got left off the list 😢.
Do yourself a favour and track down a Mount Mary Quintet is outstanding, and Yarra Yering Dry Red No.1 is very good too.
What are we comparing? The potatoes with the walking excavator? At least the vintage should match… 🤠
Anyway, the channel is good!
Really interesting tasting blends you are brave
Italy and Spain for sure make the best BB around!
Thank you for this useful video. I appreciate your videos because they are : concise, well explained for non specialists. Very rare.
Great job tasting and identifying. Bordeaux blends have become my favorite and always anxious to try new ones. I guess the French forced everyone else to do something other than bottle single grape varieties. Really enjoy your videos. Just returned from Italy and met up with some really good local grapes in Modena and Parma…more than just Lambrusco.
When you mentioned Eucalyptus, I immediately thought of Napa. I remember all the Eucalyptus tree row windbreaks there, placed perpendicular to the wind direction (just as I had in my backyard when growing up in So Cal). Why do I mention the Eucalypus trees? Look where they put the large bins/hoppers during "crush". Right under the trees! (A secret revealed to me by a wine insider.) That is why young Napa reds taste like you've been hit by baseball bat, and why they need to lie down for a bit. I don't know if the windbreaks are still there (they did serve a purpose), but the "bat to the face" is what I remember of Napa reds.
No supertuscans?
I missed a super tuscan in the lineup 😢🤪
I've had El Enemigo Malbec, Cabernet Franc, and Bonarda. I guess now I'll have to try their Bordeaux blend!
I truly enjoy your channel because you are informative, approachable and entertaining. I have just one quibble with this video: I wish one of your blind tasting options would have been a Super Tuscan to compare and contrast with the wine from Bordeaux.
Keep up the great work.
Love Gran Enemigo
Ha…. My birthday is early December and same vintage El Enemigo is on the rack ready for it
Amazing how well the Chilean and Argentinian wines have progressed with regards to quality. Pity we can’t get more of them in Australia.
Thanks for a great video Agnese.
Took me 11 months to discover this piece of work. Good job
Nice ! you missed tuscany .. with a dash of sangio ; )
Isn’t the El Enemigo that got 100p (from both Robert P and James S) the ”GRAN ENEMIGO "GUALTALLARY" 2019”, which is a vineyard specific 85% Cab Franc, 15% Malbec. While the ”GRAN ENEMIGO 2018” is 50% malbec, 20% cabernet sauvignon, 15% cabernet franc, 10% merlot and 5% petit verdot.
I have the 2018 Gran Enemigo at home however so glad you liked it! Thank you for the videos, much appriciated!
Enjoyed your presentation very much. Huge fan of Le Petit Clos ( 2018 in my cellar ) which I prefer to the Gran Enimigo. I am always disappointed in the South African wines selected for tastings – there are so many much better examples of Bordeaux blends from SA – Glenelley Lady May, Keermont Amphitheatre, Taaibosch Crescendo, Paul Sauer from Kanonkop, Constantia Glen V, De Toren Fusion V, Mvemve Raats de Compestella and many others far more interesting blends and worthy of comparison in a line up like this presentation. I have all of these in my cellar together with many Bordeaux blends and enjoy them all. Thanks again and I shall give the Craggy Range a try. Cheers.