I first tasted Springfield’ Life from Stone at a beach restaurant on the Indian Ocean in Plettenburg bay SA, along with grilled calamari and local oysters. It was a breakthrough wine for me and I could taste the Quartz. We can’t get it any longer in the US. Much better than your score !!!

Austrian SB from Steiermark impress me more and more. They are firmly rooted in Old World terroir, but add a lovey surface layer of New World fruitiness that is hard to match. I've recently discovered their Gelber Muskatellers, too ... Wow, beautiful liquid indeed! Great episode, as usual, Konstantin!!

You actually picked two of my favourites in this video: Tement and Von Winning. Absolutely love this kind of content, keep it up!

I’ve tasted most of your Sauvignon Blanc selection but as a South African Sauvignon Blanc producer and lover of this great variety I think your selection didn’t bring justice to this marvelous product. Your description of SA Sauvignons is perhaps what we produced 15 years ago. I would love to invite you for a great SA lineup, or speak to your MW colleague, Tim Atkin, who taste most of South Africa’s top wines every year - Bartho Eksteen

Love Sauvignon blancs, henri bourgeois sancerre jadis is what got me into them. But a good SB with seafood and asparagus is a perfect pairing. The food recommendations are great too, definitely would like to see more of that.

I think this is one of your best videos to date. I like the variety of wines. Your honesty is important and helpful - nice hoodlie!

Your knowledge and presentation is remarkable. So glad I found this channel

Keep doing what you do sir, living vicariously here.

I don't drink white wines much, but I do enjoy a Sauvigion Blanc on occasion.

Fantastic selection master Konstantin!!

Dude. Love that the videos keep coming despite the family expansion. All the best SB to you and your family. And if you ever come to Colorado, you will have a warm welcome here.

@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Will do!

Thanks for the video. I need to try a few of these wines!

I adore the Sauvignon Blanc from Lindenhof Schaffhausen, a pretty local winery that produces pronounced affordable wines. Also discovered the Aconcagua Costa SB by Errazuriz with very pronounced gooseberry and kiwi flavours, a distinct and beautiful SB!

Well done Konstantin - good information on SB in general and on the selected wines in particular. Very helpful🙏 I share your assessment on white Bordeaux. Having a evaluated more than 180 SB on Vivino myself, I’m thinking of Pfaffmann, Zeter, Pflüger and Jülg from Germany and I’m certainly missing South Tyrol / Alto Adige in your tasting 🇮🇹 There are some outstanding SB not just from the famous winegrower cooperatives such as Girlan, St. Michael-Eppan (Sanct Valentin), Schreckbichl (Lafoa) and Terlan (Winkl), but also from the smaller wineries such as Markus Prackwieser, Tiefenbrunner, Manincor and Niedrist. All of them retailing around your €20 price range. My all-time favorite is Terlan’s Quarz 🤩

I like the food/snack pairings you do in the recent videos!

Loved the cheese recommendation

I just had SB tasting of my own this week. We found Von Winning SB II, Pascal Cotat Les Monts Damnes, Terlan Quarz and Alexandre Bain to be really good.

Yay - Finally Sauvignon Blanc!!! Thank you...

I need to try that Ritual then, it sounds very interesting. My favorite is probably Cenizas de Laberinto, a very dry sauvignon blanc that comes from the coastal Maule region and is made more like a chardonnay, with clear malolactic conversion and lees work. It's very unique!

I like Sauvignon Blanc from New Zealand, but I'd like to try the one from Chile. Sauvignon Blanc is my favorite white wine, thanks for this video !

love this bro. cheers!!!! from lil NZ

Great video again! Would love to see some content about lesser known (to most wine consumers) regions from the old world like Tokaij, Umbria, Marche, Ribereira Sacra, Savoie ect.. Big fan of the educational/explanatory videos as well!

IS THERE ANY MAGICIAN AROUND HERE, WHO CAN CHANGE MY LIFE AND KNOWLIDGE WITH HIS?! Plz DO IT! Lots of wine love from Belgium. You make me want to study for Somelier!

Thank you for another great video! Ordered the Ritual from Casablanca Valley. Looking forward to try that :) Can you look as well into grapes like Semillon or even… Pinot BLANC 😏 Trimbach‘s 2019 is my favourite at the moment

I recommend leaving the crottin outside for a while, it looked a cheeses like that underperform straight from the shelf (especially straight out of the fridge).

Our home is never without a bottle of Dog Point at the ready, especially in the summer.

This is definitely one to save.. Big Sauvignon Blanc lover, me.. But I DO lack knowledge. This will help! 🌟👍

Would love to see a Portuguese wine tasting!

Thank you 😊

Love the dog point , what a value wine

in colder parts of europe a low temperature during grape/ juice processing of veltliner gruener can lead to similar taste as sauvignon from new zeland. also earlier harvest of sauvignon blank helps to reach the new zeland taste (at least there are such rumours and results of tasting by professionals 😀).

I always felt that sauvignon blanc’s was one big grass-fest and never much more than that so this was enlightening. I love white Bordeaux blends so I’m definitely going to look out for Denis Dubourdieu. Thanks 🙏

Sancerre is my favorite SB, Jolivet makes a great one. In California, the Rochioli is outstanding. Cheers 🥂

Great video Konstantin. For me it would be Lucien Crochet's La Croix du Roy or Domaine de Chevalier but there are more than a few others.

Love the comparison 😅

I've never tasted an ashtray before. If it tastes like wine? Well, then I give up. 😆

Should check out some of the more premium sauvignon blanc out of NZ if you ever get a chance particularly with age on them like Hans Herzog, Dogpoint Section 94 or Greywacke's Wild one for instance. Further reinforce that they can make some great variants down there

Loire: Menetou-Salon; Sancerre and, especially Pouilly Fume, are my favourites. I do enjoy NZ fruit bombs occasionally.

Ich habe Sauvignon Blanc erst 2018 für mich entdeckt. Es war ein SB von Winter aus der Pfalz, der extra für einen großen Weinhändler von dem Weingut hergestellt wird. Für meinen Geschmack war es damals ein super Sommerwein. Ein geringer Alkoholgehalt, viel Frucht und viel Aroma und vor allem viel Leichtigkeit im Mund und durch die Fülle an Aromen, Spaß am Gaumen. Ich fände ein Video, was sich thematisch mit Weinen, die aus zugekauften Trauben hergestellt werden, auseinandersetzt, mal spannend.

I bought the 2014 Ritual - Sauvignon Blanc for $5.99 at my local wine shop as it was being clearanced out and I had to go back and by the rest (6 in total). I still have a bottle left as I drank one about a month ago and it is still going strong.

Ha! The Pascal Jolivet 2013 Sancerre I had and reviewed was $15.19 and I, nine years ago, rated it 91 points. Maybe that's why I tell people you are the BEST reviewer. ;)

Love this video, can you do a Barbaresco as a compliment to the Barolo vid or even a Barbera de Alba vs Barbera d'Asti

If you want to try some South African SBs with more body, check out the Seasalter from Groote Post (this one is 10% Semillon) and the Ghost Corner Wild Ferment from Dawid Nieuwoudt! Both of these are absolute stunners.

Nice video. I'd like to see you try Moldovan wines - if they are available in your area.

How about an Albariño tasting? A pretty under-rated or unknown grape with some really great wines imo.

Hallo Konstantin! Super Video wieder mal! Hast du schon mal den roten Chateau Musar verkostet? Mich würde deine Meinung dazu interessieren, da ich den letztens getrunken hab und mir jetzt noch 2 Flaschen für den Keller besorgt hab ;) Und ich hätte noch zwei Wünsche bzw. Ideen für zukünftige Videos: Österreichische Weine, oder einfach z.B. Blaufränkisch oder Zweigelt. Weine aus dem Osten, also Georgien, Ukraine, etc. Liebe Grüße aus Wien

I'm having a lot of trouble finding it on the web, but I had a Chilean Sauvignon Blanc Eiswein kind of wine which was the best wine in this grape variety that I ever had.

You should try brazilian SB, either from Serra Catarinense or Serra da Mantiqueira.

Sauvignon Blanc is literally the best, but so many wine makers mess it up trying to do to much.

Hi Konstantin, I really enjoy your videos. Can I ask the Riedl name of the glass you are using?. Regards from Italy!

New Zealand SB is, in my opinion, not only the best SB's in the world, but some of the best white wines in the world. Rarely do you get a stinker from NZ. In terms of a favorite I really do like the wines for Greywacke.

Hi Master Baum, I guess you focus on German wines only to the extent that u taste more german wines than other wine you tubers of which I am aware. It is all good, to learn of new wines. And your tasting notes are excellent, descriptive, short but full of meaning. I really admire that aspect of your show.

Dog Point is one of the best SB ...... Good price with good taste , good job..

Hahahahha another video that I have coming up too. Nice selection

when talking about sauvignon blanc, people tend to forget Spain! (most notably DO Uclés) especially when blended with verdejo from the same region, it is so good :)

As Texas has started to emerge as a wine player, I’d love to see you taste the best from that state and let us know what you think is their best.

Always wary of Vivino scoring. Often completely different wines are apportioned to a wine in question and hence the tally is compromised. As ever your vids are the most enjoyable wine viewing on the tube. Thanks Konstantin.

I was never really into sauvignon blanc until I tried a 2020 Weingut Umathum sauvignon blanc and it was AMAZING lol

Please do a video on how to detect wine flaws

Nelson Bay NZ then Pouilly Fumé for me But Chile + South Africa are great too

@kentpiano2600

9 ай бұрын

1 year on! I never tire of SB tastings! Am swigging an Australian SB right now - problem is, nowadays we compare everything to NZ! Loire first then Bordeaux then Chile I believe :)

I would really appreciate a "best of " Australian red wine from vivino or something like that, i do not know how they do it, but "Burgenland" kills it every time for me. Zweigelt and Blaufränkisch are much more interesting as the names pretend.

@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine

2 жыл бұрын

Australia or Austria? Both are good ideas.

@DasDhaza

2 жыл бұрын

@@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine Austria, sorry bulky fingers

I find Bordeaux Blancs to have a soil note to them as if you can taste the terroir the grapes where grown in compared to other Sauvignon Blancs I’ve had. Now I want to do a Sauvignon Blanc tasting.

Great video as usual, but as for the Vivino scores, the more I use Vivino, the less it can be taken seriously. The description of the wines is often wrong to start with (I have a wine from Baden whose label in bold letters say "Gutedel", but Vivino has failed to amend the description to Gutedel or Chasselas on the second try and still declares it is made of Riesling). And the scores really take the cake. Maybe you want to reconsider your use of Vivino Scores on the channel, throwing dice for the scores will not be much worse.

@Jonnhy99

2 жыл бұрын

Vivino scores are actually not that far off when converted, 4/5 might seem high but when converted it's actually 90-91 pts. Check Vivino conversion chart and you will see.

I like blanc from Pessac-Léognan.

Great video about such a characteristic grape variety! Lean, crisp Sancerre is delicious. However, I've seen many wines recently with 14 or even 14.5% abv, and the ones I've tasted have been quite unbalanced. Climate change is a real pain.

I love sauvignon blanc! But, I love cabernet sauvignon better! (ha!). hey, I would love to see a tasting of fortified wines (especially port wines). Would also love to know your thoughts about how to best preserve (unopened) port wines. Would you recommend a wine cooler for that and in what temperature range ?

@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine

2 жыл бұрын

Great suggestion!

Could you do a wine tasting of dutch wines? I think they are quite interesting when you get the right ones!

I like Coteaux Du Giennois, where Sancerre-like whites can be had for a bargain.

I always wondered what Kim K tasted like…well, now I know - sauvignon blanc!

What do you do with all the wine leftovers after the tastings?

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You should definitely try Southbank Estate, 2021 Marlborough Sauvignon Blanc if you can get your hands on it. It is rated 4.2 on Vivino and retails for the equivalent of 10$ in Poland. IMO it is almost perfect when chilled, slightly too citrusy and acidic when warmed up but overall terrific for the price. I am really curious what your thought on it may be.

@olivercreed

Ай бұрын

That’s crazy, I live 1.5hrs from Marlborough in NZ and couldn’t get that wine at that price here where it is made

@chedatomasz

Ай бұрын

@@olivercreed The prices here in Europe are steadily rising. My guess is Marlborough producers/importers were selling below/at cost to build a name for themselves in a wider market, and are now slowly transitioning to a more sustainable model.

Hi, would love to see you tasting a couple of wines above 3000 EUR / bottle. E.g. Petrus, Mouton Rothschild, Le Pin... it would be extremely interesting to see what you think about Preis / Leistung of this price level. Ok, then at least 1000 EUR+ bottles...

@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine

2 жыл бұрын

One day we are going to do a 1st Growth tasting!

Maybe a Pouilly Fumé would have been great among all these NZ wines 😉

Hm maybe directly tasting the 2021 vintage wasn't the best idea for the life of stone as the 2020 vintage really leans into a more green paprika style & maybe it justs need some time in the bottle to for a more cleaner characteristic.

Diemersdal Sauvignon Blanc, south africa

I like sauvignon blanc with spicy vegetable salad

Mary Edwards Russian River Valley Sauvignon Blanc is the best I’ve ever had.

My girlfriend and I have discussed what happens to the wine after the tasting?

Weird: On the one hand I have to thank you for this video (more than I usually have to do) and on the other hand it does not help me. I have no favourite Sauvignon Blanc, because I have avoided to drink wine made out of it often because I do not like this green grassy notes it often has. Anyway I decided to give the ones from New Zealand a try but I cannot decide whether to try Dog Point or Cloudy Bay which brings me back to my initial problem: On the one hand I know now, that this Dog Point wine seems to be a really good one which make me thinks that this would be a good choice but on the other hand you said, that it is not a really typical one for New Zealand and I would like to taste a typical one to get an impression of the kind of wines they produce there. Maybe you can give me an advice?

@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine

2 жыл бұрын

Cloudy Bay is a real classic... or Villa Maria Private Bin. You can try them for reference but you might not like them as they are quite grassy. Dog Point is very nice or you go to the Loire, where the grassyness is less pronounced.

@spiritalex9397

2 жыл бұрын

@@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine Thanks for your reply and advice, maybe I just try Cloudy Bay and Dog Point. Apart from that I wanted to say thank you again for everything you told me about the "Graue Freyheit". I seem to be right that most orange/raw wines made of white grapes all taste a bit like hessian Apfelwein while in Fermentation (because two people who drank it with me said this too, without having been influenced by me), but at least this one was on the good side of the power and I really liked it and bought a second bottle to present it on a small tasting with friends.

all the chilean wines are delicious.

Konstantin, my wife does not have a complex palate and stays away from those kinds of Sauvignon blanc...she's totally committed to Marlbourough region. Babich is her favorite. Your opinion of Babich?

@RiotNoobs

2 ай бұрын

Old comment, but Wineking (2 MWs and 1 student) reviewed Babich in one of their Sauvignon Blanc tasting vids. They enjoyed it.

Stefan Bietighöfer Sauvignon blanc grande reserve. 21€

Is that an Opinel?

One secret: if you go to a place called "Serra Caterinense" in Brazil, you will taste amanzingly Sauvignon Blancs. Try this ones: Thera, Bassetti, Agudo, Vivalti and many others. Try and you will no repent.

Am I wrong or you rated the same Austrian sauvignon blanc 87 in a video and 90 in another? 🤣 nice channel btw!

@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine

2 жыл бұрын

Different vintage I think!

De lekkerste sauvignon blanc komt uit new zealand

Grassnitzberg is Tement's most famous, really? Hold my Zieregg. :-D (Sernau may actually fly under the radar.) I do like Grassnitzberg however, and Ehrenhausen feels like a good value, more so than Kalk&Kreide. Can you elaborate on why you think glass stoppers "don't necessarily perform as well as cork or screw cap"? Apart from that I'm a big fan of Boulay's Clos de Beaujeu, but I really do hope he's got his TCA issues sorted out at last.

@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine

2 жыл бұрын

True - Zieregg is certainly more expensive. Glas stoppers are really plastic stoppers as the sealing ring is made of EVA - Ethylene Vinyl Acetate Copolymer. Studies have shown (for example by Geisenheim) that they do not maintain the same level of free SO2 as other closures such as screw caps. This is a problem for ageability - especially as the test was only for a 60 months period.

@zaphod333

2 жыл бұрын

@@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine @Konstantin Baum - Master of Wine Thx for getting back to me. Would you mind to link those studies? I'm very much interested in having a read. Would I be free to share them in a forum of wine geeks I'm in? I'm surprised there should be a substantial difference to screw caps as those essentially do "plastic sealing" as well, albeit rather PE or PVDC or even tin foil to my knowledge. And nowadays screw cap sealing's permeability can be controlled to be way less or more than cork. Is the glass stopper different in that regard due to material or sealing thickness? I am aware that silicon cork stoppers are way worse in terms of permeability, but they are a whole different story due to material and sealing area, aren't they? Further I'm surprised that SO₂ loss should be more of an issue than O₂ intake, even for the simple fact of molecule size. Sorry for the slight OT; I'd have chosen a different channel if available...

1:11 Mercaptans (thiols) are complexed sulfides, they develop over time in barrel or bottle, the result of hydrogen sulfide not being removed by the winemaker from a young wine in the winery. This is a wine fault and smells like rotten eggs, burnt rubber. Any badly made wine may develop mercaptans. Mercaptan is not a element of a well made sauvignon Blanc. This would be like saying Chardonnay is typically corked.

interesting that you classified Sauv Blanc as "crowd pleaser" / "safe white wine bet" - I find it 50-50 with my friends (and I'm talking about the good stuff) - some of my friends don't like the smell (cat's pee) or its unique flavors. perhaps it's time to look for new friends? :)

Not sure what sound i was hearing, like a child screaming or piano playing but i was unable to watch it unfortunately because of this.

Dog Point has to be my favourite NZ sauv blanc, none of that cat piss flavour you expect from Marlborough

As a lover of pretty much every type of wine going, SB is actually the one grape variety I actively avoid. Give me a great chenin Blanc (hugely overrated varietal), riesling, chardonnay or rhone variety any day of the week over SB.

Pur Sang of Didier Dagueneau......

WOW nice video kabayan hello FROM Philippines Walker 👣🏃🏃🚶📷📸.

why did you have to mention cats pee, that all i can smell now when i try a sav blanc!

@KonstantinBaumMasterofWine

Жыл бұрын

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Drink sensibly don't spill it

South African prejudice 😨 😉

Can't stand NZ SB. No comparison to Sancerre or Poulliy Fume. Give me a glass of grapefruit juice. Bordeaux tempered by Semillon or anything else.

I would rather compare Kim Kardashian to a full bodied Chardonnay. :-)