I drank all of these wines that you presented here, just one bottle of which one. And for my personal taste/pleasure, Château Grand-Puy-Lacoste was my champion…mainly because of a glorious vanilla note that it showed to me. Really delicious red wine! And then, right in the second place, I would put Château Pontet-Canet.

@TrophyWineHunter

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your thoughts. Always nice to hear others opinions even if they differ from my assessment and personal preferences

Great video!

@TrophyWineHunter

2 жыл бұрын

thanks, please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!

Enjoying seeing these, some of these in good vintages are almost matching first growth prices in bad vintages in Norway. Pontet Canet 2010 fetching approx. 370 $ while Haut-Brion 2011 going for approx. 399$ I hope you could do a similar ranking of the second-wines, it would be interesting to see if they stack up pretty much like the first-wines between eachother, or if they distribute themselves differently.

@TrophyWineHunter

2 жыл бұрын

Alexander: wow....I would always take a first growth ahead of any other classified wine. I probably won't do a full video on all 2nd wines but I do have some thoughts (again, may be controversial) on 2nd wines in general so perhaps I will do a video on this in the near future. Cheers!

@littlesweetbeanbun

2 жыл бұрын

@@TrophyWineHunter yes, please do share on the second wines. Will be interested in your thoughts

@grigorhaig

2 жыл бұрын

I liked the idea: second wines classes/videos!

Great videos as always! Definitely have a much better understanding of the 1855 Classificationp! Just want to clarify; did you put Pontet Canet ahead of Lynch Bages or was it the other way around?

@TrophyWineHunter

2 жыл бұрын

Jay: thank you for viewing my video and your question. I would say Pontet Canet is still the top dog among 5th growths but with recent renovations, Lynch Bages is closing the gap. Please see my video on my 2022 reclassification of the growth wines. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!

Thanks good video, the issue is that the market is so efficient now… the best of these 6 which is clearly Pontent Canet and Lynch Bages are essentially priced as second growths, which if they redid the classification today they would be…

@TrophyWineHunter

2 жыл бұрын

Daniel: you will do have to react quickly so that is why you need to create your own hypothesis and not follow the critics or else you will always be chasing. Cheers!

Hi there, great video I enjoyed all of your information and review. I have acquired a 2017 gran puy Lacoste and with no knowledge of wines like this, my question is what should I do with it? How long do I leave it sat at home?

@TrophyWineHunter

Жыл бұрын

Joe: thanks for viewing my video and your question. Grand Puy Lacoste is a great wine but I am a little down on the 2017 vintage. I think wait a few years and then open it up. Or you could just open it up right now with 3-4 hours decant. My current belief is 2017 won't be a vintage that lasts too long so you should be able to drink now and for the 8-10 year. Hope this helps. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!

I drank one bottle of Château Dauzac, 2006 vintage. It was a good wine in my opinion. I gave it four stars in Vivino app. But I must recognize that it was a “serious” wine, with tight tannins.

@TrophyWineHunter

2 жыл бұрын

I do recall the bottle I drank was tannic, which I thought was unusual for Margaux. Cheers!

Managed to find a Grand-Puy-Lacoste '05. Drinking it as we speak. In general I have been very disappointed by the "legendary" vintage but this one seems to perform very well. High in concentration as I expect from Pauillac. Cheers.

@TrophyWineHunter

Жыл бұрын

fvrs3411: I still think 2005 vintage is tight and needs a bit more time. That is probably why you are having hit/miss experiences with it. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!

So if I understand correctly, the 5th growths are the lowest level of Bordeaux grand cru wines? Are there any other classes below grand cru in Bordeaux? Like in Burgundy you have premier cru below grand cru and they are still often extremely good wines, is there something similar in Bordeaux?

@TrophyWineHunter

Жыл бұрын

MsJavaWolf: no according to the 1855 Classification System but there were other (later) classification systems. The one that might interest you is the Cru Bourgeois in the Medoc region but there were almost 200 wines ranked so from my perspective, too many to have any significant meaning. Also St. Emilion (Right Bank) has their own classification system which I will hopefully make a video on in the future. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!

@MsJavaWolf

Жыл бұрын

@@TrophyWineHunter Thanks

Great video!!! Which vintages of the Pontet would you recommend to buy 1) drink beautifully now 2) hold for the next 5-10 years to age (looking for two separate recommendations)? Thank you so much!!

@TrophyWineHunter

Ай бұрын

Andy: thanks for viewing my video. For your questions: 1/ There are a lot but I really like 2009. I just had 2016 and although you, still beautiful. You can drink off vintages like 2011-2014 and 2017 now also...maybe doesn't have the intensity of some of the warmer vintages but depending on the price, I would mind drinking them. ; 2/ 2010, 2016 & 2018. 2023 futures are priced very nice also. Please like, subscribe and keep watching.

@andywu1161

Ай бұрын

Super! I am working my way through your other videos and found them very informative. I bought a 2023 future from my local wine store for $89 USD. Not bad at all for a highly rated vintage!

@TrophyWineHunter

Ай бұрын

@@andywu1161 😀😀

Just purchased an 03 and 08 pontet canet, have you drunk either of these vintages? And are they ready to drink or hold?

@TrophyWineHunter

2 жыл бұрын

Tomas: thank you for viewing my video and your question. I have had both are although you can hold both, both are ready to drink with 2-4 hours of aeration in a decanter. The 08 is more ready to drink than the 03 but both are really drinking very well right now. Hope this helps. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!

Great. In the Netherlands Lynch bages is the highest valued wine. I like also their second wine Echo/averous. Dauzac somewhat inderdaad the radar, but has a nice label anyway. Counts for something 🙂

@TrophyWineHunter

2 жыл бұрын

Roeland: thank you for viewing my video and you comment. Interesting as Lynch I know 10 years ago would have usurped all other 5th growths in terms of pricing. If that is case, you may be able to get a deal in the Netherlands on Pontet. Maybe I was too harsh on Dauzac but really can't see why I would drink it other than to say I had it. Please like, subscribe and keep watching! Cheers!

LCBO released some old vintages a few weeks ago, $149 for 2012 GPL, good Price?

@TrophyWineHunter

9 ай бұрын

Johnnhy: I like the price. Cheers!

Could not help my self this time. But bought a Chateau Pontet Canet 1948 from an auction. Eighter it will taste like s**t or like great fruity nuts 🙂 Great video, thank you alot!

@TrophyWineHunter

Жыл бұрын

Daniel: tell me how it goes. Not familiar with the 1948 vintage so hope you didn't pay too much for it. For these older vintages, I don't like paying too much so that in case it is not great (pretty good chance), the price was worth the experience. Good luck! Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!

@DanielGimbert

Жыл бұрын

@@TrophyWineHunter I did get it for a good price, can't complain. Will let you know how it tasted 🙂

@TrophyWineHunter

Жыл бұрын

@@DanielGimbert Cheers!

Got a 2019 GPL for €78.. good price i think.. Most 2019 Bordeaux wines in my cellar are around 13.5 alc. but i saw on the GPL2019 that it is 14.5… wow…

@TrophyWineHunter

Жыл бұрын

RB: I think that is a reasonable price for GPL. I am big on 2019 Bordeaux wines and not so hot on the 2017 vintage. Cheers!

@rb1084

Жыл бұрын

@@TrophyWineHunter 2018 and 2019 are the first vintages I really invested in. The 2018 wines are all high in alcohol, but 2019 is on average at 13.5% alc. I'm surprised that GPL has a percentage of 14.5% in 2019 with 83% cabernet sauvignon. I wonder if this wine has a nice freshness.. 14.5 is high for Pauillac…

@TrophyWineHunter

Жыл бұрын

@@rb1084 I think it will be OK. Lots of ripeness and fruit so probably hard to keep the alcohol down. I think it will be an amazing wine in about 10 years. Cheers!

Sorry I am @ a loss! It's definitely BASIC if we don't even get to see the colour or the wine????🤨

@ModularLanding

2 жыл бұрын

These are all red wines. The 1855 classification did not include white wines, I believe, except for the sweet dessert wines, eg Sauternes. The color of these wines will vary based on vintage, but since they are made to age, they will generally be quite tannic and darker than budget wines. The bottles he is showing have all been consumed, so there’s no way for him to show what their color was.

@TrophyWineHunter

2 жыл бұрын

Gerry: thank you for viewing my video. If you are looking for individual wine reviews, you can check out the other videos on my channel. This is just a basic series to explain Bordeaux wine...we start with the 1855 Classification System and I have done I think 5-6 videos in this series that are all contained in my Bordeaux Basics playlist. As Modular Landing has stated, the bottles are just here as props to let you know what the bottle looks like. I don't go through in detail each wine although in my wine reviews, I actually have a section where you see the color of the wine (which actually other people have commented no one else does!) Not sure if this answers your question but hope you continue to watch and subscribe. Cheers!

@gerryfinegan

2 жыл бұрын

No Bother. It just reminded me a "wine tasting" event I went to.....That no bottles were opened 😂

@TrophyWineHunter

2 жыл бұрын

@@gerryfinegan don't worry...if you think I am just a person that just talks about wine and doesn't consume...see my other videos on individual wine reviews. I actually normally go through the entire bottle myself or at least enough of it that I get a really good sense of the wine. I understand your feeling. I get annoyed too when people talk about wine but don't actually taste it. But these videos are really about general knowledge. Hope that makes sense. Please like, subscribe and keep watching! Cheers!

All bottles empty. Not bad!

@TrophyWineHunter

Жыл бұрын

simon: thank you for viewing my video. Bottles are really just props. I collected these bottles with the view of someday creating a wine wall with all the growth labels. Might just take off the labels instead and make and huge picture. Cheers!

@artbargestudio

Жыл бұрын

I know....I really loved your video and it was very informative. Thank you. I'm a big Medoc fan by the way.....I was only making a satirical joke. I hope you did not mind. Once again. Thank you. Have you done anything on English wines yet? Could be interesting.

@TrophyWineHunter

Жыл бұрын

@@artbargestudio no problem..hard to tell with comments whether some is joking or not so I play it pretty conservative! Hard to find English wines in BC. I was excited to try English sparkling when I was on a BA flight but they didn't have it in stock. Please like, subscribe and keep watching. Cheers!