Got Somme : Master Sommelier's Wine Podcast
This starts as a structured blind tasting and slowly turns into a geography exam with wine in the middle.
The wine shows clean fruit, floral lift, and chalky minerality. No oak. Medium-plus acidity. Everyone immediately starts narrowing the field like they’re 90% confident.
Then the guesses begin:
Pinot Grigio feels right.
Grüner Veltliner is in the conversation.
Verdejo gets a mention.
Chablis gets a respectful exclusion.
Every option feels correct… until it doesn’t.
Eventually, after a few detours through Italy, Spain and Austria, the wine lands exactly where it probably should have all along: Gavi from Italy.
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Key Themes- Blind tasting confidence vs reality
- How structured tasting still turns into educated guessing
- Old World white wine confusion (in a fun way)
- The moment logic meets ego in a glass of wine
Even experienced tasters don’t “know” straight away.
They eliminate, argue, reassess, and slowly corner the wine until it gives up its identity.
Or in this case: until it quietly reveals itself as Gavi.