Hi everyone,
I know there are a lot of Pepe fans out there. I haven’t had it before, though I do have a Trebbiano that I’m sitting on. Anyway, I’ve read Tasting Notes with accompanying photos of this wine here on WineBerserkers, and so I was a bit surprised to see the color of the wine poured on Konstantin Baum’s recent video (skip to 14:40 to see the pour): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NJzla2pQTUc
He doesn’t mention the fact that it’s oxidized, but, is this representative?
Thanks,
Noah
That is ridiculously spoilt/oxidised. Not even the worst/poorly aged bottles of Pepe’s TdA (and I’ve had my fill of those) that I’ve had looked anywhere even close to that.
Shocking that Konstantin Baum doesn’t pick up on it…
agreed. Seems incomprehensible that he didn’t pick up this was an oxidized bottle, which is why I posted here. Anyone with Pepe experience have an explanation?
My 2018 (Italian cuvée) was oxidized and the color didn’t look slightly as bad as the one on the video
Pepe puts out so much oxidized wine that it would not surprise me if many folks out there do not know what it’s actually supposed to taste like.
Yikes. I’ve heard there’s lots of bottle variation, but still, you’d think an MW would know the difference.
More likely he did notice (given his training), but didn’t want to have to refilm the whole thing from scratch (and may not have had a replacement bottle) so he just kept it rolling.
He definitely called it out as oxidized, but I think he mentioned it was the first time trying, so I can’t fault him too much for his reaction. Especially right after he tried Selosse, oxidized winemaking probably felt pretty normal!
Very much agree. Given the wheels hadn’t fallen off (he gave it 91 points), I imagine it’s hard to know if, having not tried it before and in the context of already oxidative winemaking, that degree of oxidation was intended.
No relation
Good points. And maybe it looks worse than it actually tastes. I’ve certainly had wines like that.
I was waiting for him to knock the bottle over and spill his glass
It was not intended. I drink and enjoy correct bottles of Pepe Trebbiano. The bottle in the video is not correct.
An MW should know better. Or better enough to ask for a correct bottle.
That MW is definitely on my ignore list.
Pepe 16 Trebbiano is especially problematic. Multiple bad bottles on my end. I’ve not encountered in other vintages, but 16 is a bit of minefield.
I’ve had some oxidized bottles of older vintages that were oxidized, but never that dark.
You’re missing out. He’s seems like a great guy and he produces some nice wine content.
Agreed. He’s excellent and imo he puts some of the best wine reviewing content out there. He also wasn’t familiar with the wine at all and clearly it still had some level of fruit+freshness on the nose and palate
