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Tavs mīļais smaids ir tik starojošs un dzīvi apliecinošs, Agnese. 😊

Excellent video!! I enjoy the Stag's Leap S.L.V. and Fay wines.

Love your videos. Very informative. Can you do videos on the effect of wildfire smoke in different regions and how it affects wine making and the wine.? Unfortunately, this has become the new reality.

Great video as always. Very curious about the SLV now. I have a couple of cask 23 in the cellar (2013) but after this video SLV is definitely on the radar.

I heard the red sauce for pastadishes should have the same wine you will drink with your meal. In the past, this has been a Cab S. After watching videos about Chianti and red sauce, I just bought a bottle of Classico plus a Classico Riserva for my next batch of spaghetti and meatballs. Should I add the Chianti to the sauce or continue with the Cab?

Great video but excessive gesticulation was distracting.

Agnese, tu esi pie visa vainīga, ka esi mans mīļākais vīnzinis visā plašajā pasaulē, un tā būsi vienmēr. 🍷 🥂 ❤️

You know more about Sherry than does Dr Frasier Crane

Very nice video. I took their Estate Collection tasting in 2022, including the FAY, the SLV and the Cask 23. Really exceptional wines, the best I had on my short visit to Napa and among the best I’ve ever tasted.

Thanks, very helpful video

Not convinced that the altitude of Rioja is higher than that of Ribera del Duero. Also, it seems to me that the oak plays a bigger role in Rioja, but this could be very personal. Nevertheless, I like this kind of comparison pretty much

Now you have the make a video about Chateau Montelena Chardonnay ;)

A 92-point wine for I believe you said $250? I think I'll pass :)

A marketing phenomenon. Like totally Californian

I've bought two bottles of the same wine. One I extracted one glass with the Coravin and the other one I kept it closed. After 4 weeks I opened the two bottles and did a serie of blind tastes and all times I could tell which one was the Coravin and which one was the fresh opened bottle. But importantly both wines were good to drink.

Yes various so called experts have attempted to " Shame me " over the years because i quite happen to like sweet wines , as far as i am concerned , its my personal taste , my personal enjoyment and at the end of the day , i never seen or met any of the " Ney sayers " in any chablis cave when i was a teenager and I have been in just about every one even by the tender age of 11 years old ! , People are just pratts , good for you to point out the bloody obvious , LOLOLOLOL ......... No Sugar ..... No fucking wine ! xxxx

Tu izskaties sasodīti labi 😋 Agnese.

Tu mums visiem esi liels dārgums, Agnese. ❤️

Awesome!!!

Great video!

We celebrated paying off our house with a 2013 Stag's Leap Cask 23. It remains one of the best Napa Cabs we've ever had. Side note - the 2019 Stag's Leap Merlot is amazing! 🍷

So please, which champagne will you give it a 10 or an 11 out of 10 ? Thank you!

Try a Race- Mongin from the family , very very beautiful Chablis Agnese xxxx

The SLV is a gorgeous wine, but will show better in the 2013 & 2014 vintages. After the poor vintage of 2011, many producers chose to hang more fruit and made wines that drink better early. As a collector of Stag’s Leap Wine Cellars wine, I prefer the Cask 23 a bit over the SLV, but hold both in my cellar. For a real treat and expression of the AVA, try to find a 2013-2014 Hartwell T5 Cabernet (now owned by Realm). Side by side with the SLV, you might be surprised.

Why put a cork the other way round? 😅🫣

Expensive for washing down a race car driver , I much prefer Salon or Tattinger , personal taste xxxx

Have you read the story about "Stag's" Leap and "Stags' " (apostrophe after the s) Leap? Both established in the Stags Leap district and called "Stag's Leap". They fought over the name and it went all the way to the Supreme Court of CA and the final ruling was the placement of the apostrophes would distinguish the two, with Winiarski getting the apostrophe before the "s". Both are great wineries, but I lean towards "Stag's Leap" for same reasons you mention in the video.

Great bit of Napa history! Another California Cab at the Judgement of Paris tasting was Heitz Martha's Vineyard. Single grape variety from a single vineyard, which was quite an unusual approach to winemaking back in that day. It is my personal favourite when it comes to Napa Cabs. Hard to find and certainly not cheap, but would be well worth reviewing if you come across a bottle.

Lol people like to feel that they are innovative and progressive from their predecessors😂

Tried SLV, Fay and others at their tasting room last month when I visited Napa for the first time. SLV was my favorite of the tasting but wow the price! Still excellent though.

this is what happens when you harvest at 28brix😅

Didn't know Spurrier passed actually. 2021 RIP. He drank a minimum of one bottle every day if memory serves. Also the Stag's Leap guy was actually named Winiarski! That's kind of like a dentist named Rootcanalski 😄 PS: You should have had one of the Paris bottles.

Agnese my darling , your totally different style of approaching wine appreciation is so new , funky and fun to watch regardless of how many times i promise myself that will stop , please continue to continue , you have a lot of avid watchers out there and Yes I love that oyster tee shirt ! LOLOLOLOL , from an old Chablis lover since the 60's in Auxerre , sometimes age is partially worth it

Every time I watch one of your videos, I want to open a bottle of Wine!

I would love to try some of those classic Napa producers but the price always sends me elsewhere. I'm sure some of them are incredible, though.

Wow, a little out of my price range. We like a lot of wines at our Costco that rate in 90s as well. I personally like the Kirkland Malbec (has a 91 ratting) Thanks for sharing this , really like to hear people appreciate good wines. :)

You met Steven Spurrier? What was he like? What a neat touchstone to wine history! I have only had a tiny taste of Stag’s Leap Chardonnay at a wine festival, not yet been able to splurge for their cab!

have to admit, never understood cal cabs

Darn!! I saw this at the store yesterday and I didn’t buy it! Maybe one day!! When I get the overtime I have been buying some deals on sparkling or champagne 🍾!!

Un abraso para ti linda muger me gusta mucho tomar vinos❤❤❤

Well, I want people to be descriptive and I want people to use terms relevant to the world of wine and I want those people to be experienced and knowledgeable. And although I can’t afford the 1945 Romanee Conti, sometimes it’s fun to read those tasting notes, so I’m fine with not being able to obtain everything under the sun that people describe. What I dislike is how out of reality the descriptions get. When Im looking for guidance on buying a bottle of Champagne, for example, words that help me are acidity, creamy, mousse, dry, fruits, caramel, toasted bread, etc… Burnt leather, asphalt, and chalk are NOT helpful words. I say, keep the descriptions so that anyone can understand them from wine lovers like Giorgio Pinchiorri with a 100 million dollar cellar to me, someone with a love of food and wine and with means to indulge on a more modest level, and then also to someone on the street who has never touched wine before. Shouldn’t they too be able to visualize? EDIT: Btw, Agnes, you are great with your descriptions😉

I’m looking at either the 1975 or 1985 Bollinger RD amongst other choices for a special dinner coming up, and I’m unfamiliar with the brand. Any thoughts on what such an aged vintage has to offer from the brand? Any thoughts from others, especially those who have drunk those specific vintages, are welcome!

You either have a tiny head or large wine glasses.

This was a particularly good video about a challenging topic. Crowd reviews of wine are fraught with unfairly high and low ratings that, depending on the wine, do not “wash.” A 5 point scale is also hard to gauge and I expect most wines that otherwise ought to be above 4 will find themselves in the high 3’s. Your video does raise a good question, though, what makes a good wine app for managing one’s wine collection and do you have a favorite?

Gosh I don't drink and yet I still love your video.

Can you advise how I can organise a private tour for two people collectors of the best wines to tour these top chateau?

I don't care much about Champagne, I consider Krug the best of the big ones but being Italian I worry about drinking serious "bubbles" at home. In this case, considering that Chardonnay makes me run to the bathroom because it is so feminine and fashionable (I hate it), I vote for Pinot Noir so I enjoy the so-called Blanc de Noirs from Oltrepò Pavese, the only champenoise method without Chardonnay but only excellent Pinot Noir. In the other three Italian areas renowned for sparkling wines: Trento and Franciacorta (Champenoise) always mostly use that terrible grape variety and in the Veneto area (Charmat) they insist on that rubbish called Prosecco (Glera grape variety).

The Aube single-parcel pinot noir from the Largillier plot of Jerome Coessens is worth seeking out! Guillaume Selosse has an allocation from the same lieu-dit, but Coessens is at a fraction of the price.😍

For me Krug has characteristics unattainable by both and when I evaluate Champagne wines it is always my point of reference. I find Crystal excellent but very "pimp", ideally approachable by a joyful company of friends while Krug has such a demanding complexity that I would not recommend it to those who like to distract themselves with a glass in hand but only to those who want to try a unique organoleptic experience. The Dom is exactly halfway between the two because it combines freshness and fun with an aristocratic personality and great depht.

Great point about climate change affecting the classified vineyards. I now look for cooler vineyards in hot vintages, which tends to be more and more frequent unfortunately