In episode #842 Gary Vaynerchuk takes a look at 3 South African Chenin blanc wines.

Gary Vaynerchuk

Wine educator and wine critic, Gary Vaynerchuk is also referred to as “the first wine guru of the YouTube era” and “aside from Robert Parker, the most influential wine critic in the United States.” He started Wine Library TV (WLTV or The Thunder Show) in 2006 and produces his daily podcasts from Monday to Friday each week. The show is watched by an estimated 90,000 people.

The wines tasted on this show are Sizanani 2008, from Bellvue Estate, Stellenbosch;  Savanah Steen 2008 which is part of Spier and Teddy Hall Chenin blanc 2009 which is  presumeably part of the Moments collection.

With his inimitable passion and conviction Gary tastes and rates the wines using the 100 point scale.

Sizanani 2008 initially scored 59/100 but was down-graded to 55/100. Gary declared the wine to be “Awful. Really bad. Thin, disjointed like bad water with topsoil”.

Savanah Steen 2008 scored the best getting 89/100 with it’s aromatic flavours and similarity to Pinot Grigot.

Teddy Hall 2009 was Gary’s favourite in the lineup because of it’s green vegetable character. He scored it 82/100 thinking that not everyone would be attracted to the almost New Zealand Sauvignon blanc style.

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