Thanks for sharing, doc! Love the collection and totally agree that these grapes can stand up to some of the most prestigious of widely planted grapes. Of the lot, I have only had the Areni, Xinomavro, Tokaj, Saperavi and Touriga Nacional. I would have to say that the Zorah from Armenia is by far my favorite of the bunch. Amazing tannin structure and long, layered finish. M.O.B also makes some amazing Touriga Nacional for the price. Both are definitely must buys for me whenever I see them in stock.

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Goooood call on MOB… I know all the winemakers in that project, brilliant wines. It sounds like you drink adventurously.

One of your best posts so far in my opinion, compliments.

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Thank you sir, or rather… hvala

Amazing tasting .. thanks for sharing these wines with us and showcasing these grapes variaties that i never heard off. Really entretening whatching you 😁🤗

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Wow thanks so much. The world of wine is diverse indeed

@guglielmo_arte_naturale

Жыл бұрын

@@drmatthewhorkey Indeed ... I'am falling in love with wine thanks to you. Unfortunately i'm vegan so i can only drink natural or vegan wines but i stilo enjoy them a lot 😁🙏

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Wowwww thanks!!!

Great video! I love seeing you tasting wines on spot. Excited that we share similar passions in the wine world. We should all pay more attention to these lesser known, yet still great grape varieties. P.S. I really love Touriga Nacional. Cheers 🥂

@numanuma20

Жыл бұрын

It’s one of the few grapes that has red juice inside it.

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot. Yes, the unique grape varieties really are where it’s at for me… Unfortunately, that doesn’t drive the views on KZread 😂🤣

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Touriga Nacional has clear juice, however Saperavi is a teinturier and has red juice 😃

Awesome vid, cant wait to try these, ive only had the xinomavro at your recommendation, amazing grape

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Glad you’re a new fan of the variety. Incredible value for money.

We were at the Regionala wine fair in Belgrade a couple of days ago which gathers producers from all of ex-Yugoslavia focusing on domestic grapes. Teran, prokupac, vranac, furmint, plavac mali, kadarka, lipolist, krokan, blatina, žilavka, žlahtina, malvazija, smederevka etc. I think it's the best opportunity to sample grape varieties from this region. In addition, local specialities were served as samples so there was a possibility to let the taste receptors get back on track between the wines. Highly recommend to visit it next year!

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Ohhhhhh that sounds amazing and I do miss the wine fairs in Belgrade. I hope to be back next year

Nice Video! I like to learn about the less known varieties!

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

There are HUNDREDS of older videos on unique wine grapes on this channel if you go back in the archives

@Grodan1904

Жыл бұрын

@@drmatthewhorkey Awesome! Will do!

I have tried 5 of 8, BUT I have a Saperavi in my cellar waiting to try still,so soon it will be 6! Armenia has been on my list for a long time as a wine country to try wines from, but it is very hard to find Armenian wine in central Ohio currently. The Nero Uva is on my list now, thank you for teaching me about it! I’ve only had Touriga Franca as part of the blend in Port, so I’ll look out for that one as a dry wine now. I took up learning about wine as a pandemic lock-down hobby, and it has been my goal to try as many different things as I can (the wine world is so vast!) I’m currently at 37 different countries and about 208 different grapes, so I LOVE videos like this to give me more ideas. So much fun!

@drmatthewhorkey

Ай бұрын

Ahhh thanks and keep exploring

Thanks a lot for featuring my wine!

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

It was my pleasure, good stuff and I was very impressed

Very nice, toke notes. I had only Rară/Băbească Neagră, Saperavi and Blaufränkisch. Will be searching for the others. I've seen you referencing Babici as well at some point, so that one is already on my list :D

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Niceee enjoy your wine hunting journey!

Thank you so much for your work. I know the most of the grapes from many visits on east European halls in the last 20 years at the pro wine. But Pro Wein ist nothing against a real visit in the regions. Thank you for sharing your experiences in the last years. By every videos I feel your love for wine.

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Ohhh wow thanks so much!! It’s really impressive that you know all of these grapes.

Domestic Saperavi can be found at Konstantin Frank Wine Cellars on Keuka Lake (Finger Lakes). Quite good! You can also find Blaufrankish (Lemberger) at Konstantin Frank's and at other Finger Lakes wineries, and at Kiona Vineyard in Washington State. It's one to keep an eye out for.

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Nicccce I didn’t know about Kiona’s

@comesahorseman

Жыл бұрын

@@drmatthewhorkey Pinot Noir like, from that vineyard. Very good!

@jovegajo

Жыл бұрын

How does the domestic one compare with a Kakhetian one? Finger Lakes is quite a different terroir compared to Kakheti.

glad to see Saperavi in the line up ❤

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Daaa!! Hahaha thought you’d like that

@Ruirspirul

Жыл бұрын

@@drmatthewhorkey you should come visit Georgia, see how wines have improved and where things are going! i might even make you try my first one thats aging in Qvevri right now :)

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Niccceee… hope to be back sooner rather than later

Love this video! Big fan of Croatian wines.

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Me too, you’ll see a whole series with all the best Croatian producers here: kzread.info/head/PLFOBi7-hwwStrcyKObg2M_71k5gH1lO4C

@arunravindran9621

Жыл бұрын

@@drmatthewhorkey saw this series last year and on your recommendation went to Clai. Awesome place.

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Nicceeeeee

Another great video and lots of fun trying to guess which cultivars you were drinking from which country/region. I don't know much about Serbian wine, so I didn't know Prokupac. The Moldovan/Romanian lesser varietal was a curveball, as most wine geeks have probably heard about Festa Neagra, but Rara Neagra was new one for me. I was kicking myself that I didn't get the Nero di Troia from Puglia; all the other ones, my guesses were spot on . As far as trying all of these grapes I have drunk a lot of Kekfrankos from nearly all of the Hungarian wine regions, pretty amazing varietal and it shows terroir and wine making skills pretty well. Touriga Nacional/Franca, have had them a few times and generally enjoyed most of them. As for the others living in Taiwan/Asia the rest are pretty rare and exotic, so either very hard to find and/or very expensive if you can find them Xinomavro is becoming somewhat more well known here, but only 1 or 2 importers bring it into the country, so it's still very much a niche wine. I think in more developed/mature wine markets, like the States and Europe it's easier to find some of these. But like you said in a lot of cases these wines are only available in their country of origin. Certainly like the idea of a video on lesser known Italian varietals, that could be a fun and educational video.

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Ahhh you are a pro if you got most of them right! My friend brings a lot of these crazy wines into Singapore but Taiwan is obviously different… You did like the format and trying to guess along??? If so, I’ll put an Italian variety one in the back pocket to do in the future. You have tasted Nero d’Troia though correct???

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

And again, thanks for your detailed comment

@solomonmengeu1003

Жыл бұрын

@@drmatthewhorkey Unfortunately, I haven't gotten a chance to try Nero di'Troia yet. I did see it at Costco a few weeks ago, but we have so much wine at home already. But hopefully I will get around to it soon. As far as Kekfrankos is concerned it's point of origin is in present day Slovenia. But before the Treaty of Trianon which dismembered Hungary, it was in old Hungary. It's parents are Heunisch Blanc (Gouais Blanc) and Zimmettraube Blau. (Caroline Gilby MW in Decanter Hungary 2021 Guide). Sorry about all the wine geekiness, hope you enjoy it and looking forward to edizione italiana!

Hey Matt. New subscriber. Love your channel. Always looking for unknown wines from unexpected locations. Can I make a request? Is it possible for you to list your wines that you discuss. I’m also a frag head and it helps me see lists so I can look them up on the internet and buy them.

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Thanks. The wines are listed in the description box

Great video thanks for the amazing content! Do you intend to make a same style video for white wines - would love to see you try some swiss chasselas as example form yvorne (-;

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

I prefer Petite Arvine… There are some videos coming up on unique white wines!

Went out of my way to obtain a Saperavi last week, will try it soon!

@drmatthewhorkey

3 ай бұрын

Nicceee!

Some awesome wine varieties! Have had Touriga's, Xinamovro, Blaufrankisch, Saperavi, Areni, Nero di Troia, Plavac, including that exact pheasants tears! Also a whole bunch of these are now planted in Australia, with some really good Touriga blends + Saperavis coming out, some ok Blaufrankisch and the first commercial release from a Nero di Troia nursery block just out to trade too!

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

I LOOOOVVE Aussie wine and their willingness to experiment. There will be more aussie wine coming up on the channel btw. Nero di Troia down under????? Have you tried it

I have tried 3 of them saperavi , tourica nacional and rara negra. Like them all. Been to Moldova and Georgia. Great wines there to taste.

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Ohhh nice, they are both lovely countries for wine

Great video again ! We're lucky to have the Rivera Il Falcone Castel del Monte Riserva 2015 available at 24,90$ CDN in Montréal right now. Just bought a bottle !

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

That is a helluva price!

Only tried Saperavi which shined in a blind tasting because no one could figure it out but really liked it- now I want to try the other 9! Especially the Armenian wine but where to find?

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Wine Searcher should be your best friend and there are more and more good Areni’s these days. To try this exact one in the video, I think someobody may have importer it in Germany.

do you have any favorite aglianicos? I'm new to the varietal and would like to try it

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

There is a whole video about it on the channel, just use YT search

I have tried wines from 5-6 of these countries. Definitely need to try wines from Georgia and Serbia.

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Next time we taste together!

Great video..have had 5 of them. But several we can’t get. Would you do a white version?

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Which five? I did a similar one about whites but unfortunately, white wine videos don’t do as well on the channel… kzread.info/dash/bejne/oYCZ066mpsmeZJM.html

@carlcadregari7768

Жыл бұрын

@@drmatthewhorkey Toriga Nacional/Franca blend, Nero (Uva) di Trioa, Saperavi, Xinomavro, Blaufrankish. I may have had the Areni - but cant find any tasting notes....:-(

Touriga Nacional is amazing. Here in BC, Canada we have a small producer growing it and it is my favourite. Canadian TN - that is something rare!

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Wowwww from Okanagan???

@alexandrehenri-bhargava2741

Жыл бұрын

@@drmatthewhorkey Yes, Moon Curser. It is divine.

If you ever come to Ontario, a variety you should try is Baco Noir. It is a hybrid of V. riparia and Pinot Noir. The Henry of Pelham 2020 is the best I've ever tasted. It can even age for over 10 years. Actually 2020 was one of the best Ontario vintages ever and wines of this year deserve investigation.

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Wowzzasss, thanks for the hot tip

I can't remember hearing of most of these grapes, only Saperavi and the ones in the WSET3 curriculum 😅. I'll definitely give Areni from Armenia a try though. Zorah is very easily available in Norway, so if you're ever here some day let me know, and I'll get some bottles for you!

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

The world of wine is hugggge and there are a lot of interesting grapes found all over the world… wowww that is sooo nice.

Totally agree about Eastern European wines. On vacation in Bulgaria I got to try their native grape Mavrud. The specific one I tried was like a smoky Pinot Noir with slightly higher tannin, which doesn’t sound great if you described it to me that way but it was a real winner. Bottle only cost about 21 leva or ~$11 which was a steal. Sad I can’t find any in the US.

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Do you remember what producer it was? I’m a big fan of Mavrud I feel like it tastes like a less tannic Mourvedre. I love visiting Bulgaria too

@ryanicpon

Жыл бұрын

@@drmatthewhorkey I can understand that as well! Producer was Face Off Mavrud, 2020 vintage

Great vid. But why are the bottles closed?

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

I use Coravin to extract a small tasting pour of each wine

Where can I buy those kind of wines ? I´ve been to Specs in downtown Houston ( one of the biggest retailer stores) and I can´t find them. Total Wine and several other big stores do not carry those wines. Where can I find Balcan wines in the internet ?

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Yes, these are very niche wines and not always the easiest to find. I put links to a few specialty retailers in the description box. When looking for bottles, www.wine-searcher.com is always your best friend

I've tried Only Touriga Nacional from Portugal, a lot to taste yet. And that's exciting

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

That’s what is fun about the world of wine!!!

Thank you for this educational video. Let me know when you are ready to go to Greek wine country. I'll happily share some info

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yamas… I’m a huge fan of Greek wines and taste a lot of them each year but just haven’t made it there. Hopefully that changes soon.

I am always interested in wine made using grape varieties that i haven't yet tried. A quick count of my list shows 166, but I never travel and am on a fixed income. Still, always looking! :) Right now I have unopened bottles of Romorantin and unopened bottles incorporating Manzoni Bianco.

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

166 varieties, that is quite the accomplishment! I like well-made examples of Manzoni Bianco

Cool stuff, I love these variations from smaller european countries. I always hope to find Switzerland in any of the videos from big wine youtubers, but unfortunately that never happens. Do you know why? Anyways, keep it up mate.

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Do you mean KZreadrs covering Swiss wine? I do enjoy a lot of Swiss wines but so few are exported and the high quality ones are not cheap

@deanheizmann2881

Жыл бұрын

@@drmatthewhorkey Yes, I mean that many small countries are mentioned here and there, but Switzerland seemes to never make the list :D Anyways I am aware of those issues though. The production cost are so high that its not possible to export the wines at a competitive price. I was all the more surprised when a Swiss Pinot was in the weekly selection at the Cité du Vin in Bordaux this summer.

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

I personally love Swiss wines. I had a Domaine de la Rochette from Neuchâtel a few years ago that blew my socks off.

@deanheizmann2881

Жыл бұрын

@@drmatthewhorkey Wow congrats, this particular one is kind of a rarity.

Some very interesting choices in there, You made me wanna try Hungarian red and Touriga Nacional can be a hidden gem in some cases. Won't be talking about the pugliese or the Xinomavro, troppo scontato as they say in IT..

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

I know you LOOOVEE Xinomavro

Vranac is definitely worth talking about

@drmatthewhorkey

10 ай бұрын

Agreed! There are a lot of older videos on the channel w Vranac

Well, I've had at least three (love Plavic Mali, and have enjoyed the Hungarian and Greek varieties in the past); probably had the two from Portugal, but in Port, not a table wine.

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Well that means you’ve tried at least five 😬… Well done

You need to try some varieties from Galicia (Spain) like Merenzao, Espadeiro, Caiño Tinto,etc

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

You’ll see Mencia in an upcoming video ;)

Awesome vid. I tried Kékfrankos and prokupac. Best Kékfrankos comes from the Mátra region in Hungary in my opinion. Lots of passionate new winemakers there recently making unbelievable kékfrankos and olaszrizling. 🌝

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

I’m a big fan of many of the wines there too! It’s a very interesting region for sure

@TheMV1992

Жыл бұрын

Kekfrankos is the same as Blaufränkisch, which is a pretty widely produced grape in Austria, so you could look there as well

@bencekato9186

Жыл бұрын

@@TheMV1992 yep. Infact all over Central Europe. Known by various names eg. Frankovka.

@TheMV1992

Жыл бұрын

@@bencekato9186 ah okay you knew it already :) how do you like those wines from Burgenland?

@bencekato9186

Жыл бұрын

@@TheMV1992 Pretty neat, especially fan of the more low-intervetion guys' wines. Much different from the Hungarian expression, quite a bit grainier.

I just wish regions ramping up wine production would go with varities that make sense for their climates vs trying to force bordeaux varities all the time. Even Bordeaux is adapting to climate...

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

That is definitelt the trend in recent years

@numanuma20

Жыл бұрын

I’m surprised they are permitting Albariño for the whites. Albariño is one of the grapes I think better as a varietal wine than a blend.

@MrJcalvino

Жыл бұрын

Bordeaux recently approved the planting of Touriga Nacional because of climate change. Touriga Nacional retains better the acidity

I have had several grape varieties from Portugal including the Touriga Nacional and Touriga Franca. I like Portugal because they are not caught up in the latest fads and fashions. I have had Saperavi, Areni, Xinomavro, Nero di Troia and Blaufrankish.. I have never seen anything from Moldava.

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Ohhh wow, you are quite the adventurous drinker! I love Portgual too btw

Which Greek restaurant in Singapore?

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

It was Blu Kouzina but all the guys that made that place special have moved to Bakalaki…

One word hailing from Alto Adige: Lagrein

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

I’m a big fan!

@ronaldlamascus1944

10 ай бұрын

Love, love, love Le Grein!!

Wow 40 bucks?? Here in Brazil Murças Margem is like 70 dolars!!! amazing wine!!

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Yes I feel bad for you guys in Brazil with the wine tariffs! I won’t tell you how much it is in Portugal, just to be polite.

Let's go RU next week!!

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Noooo way, go MSU!! Hahahha

There were only 9 grape varieties not 10. What happened to the one that wasn’t shown?

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Portuguese wine had two varieties

What I'm hearing is "Hey Vekta, did you know these countries can give you that red blend experience you like so much with one grape?" 😲 I need to find these at some point.

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Hahahahahha, yes I think you’d love the unique flavors that many of these grapes offer. Thanks for stopping by again

cab and merlot most produced red wine varieties? not grenache? just askin' is all ...

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

They are both the most planted red grapes in the world. Before the EU vine pul scheme I believer Carignan was the most planted

This guys glasses are always filthy. lol Highly suggest taking a polishing cloth to the crystal to give the wine an optimal showing.

@drmatthewhorkey

Жыл бұрын

Hahhaha I have one and use it, still doesn’t get them spotless like dishwashers do. However, dishwashers love to break delicate glasses