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I created this page to regroup all my videos made for "LeDomduVin". As it is a static page (i.e. not a page where I can post them individually), I will update this page regularly with new videos, soon after I post them on YouTube. 

I conveniently put them in descending order with the newest videos at the top and the oldest at the bottom, so you do not have to scroll down every time to see the newest ones. The videos are below the title (and description if any), not above, so you can first read the title and description to know what you are about to watch. 😁👌

Please note that all these videos were originally featured in one of my regular posts on this blog, and therefore are taken out of their context, and they might not make much sense to you, without the full explanation. However, I will also put the links to the original post if you're interested to read the full post (if/when applicable). 

Anyhow, I wanted to have one page on my blog solely dedicated to these videos I occasionally make. So, here they are... Hope you'll enjoy some of them. 😁👍🍷🍷🍷

If easier, you can also go directly to my YouTube Chanel by clicking here  

LeDomduVin: Decanting Château Léoville Barton 2010 (by @ledomduvin 2022)

LeDomduVin: A man in black decanting Château Pontet Canet 2010 

(by @ledomduvin 2022)

LeDomduVin: Decanting Château L'Evangile 2000 (by @ledomduvin 2022)

I opened, decanted, and served a bottle of Château L'Evangile 2000 at a private lunch. A video was made while I was decanting it. So, once again, I decided to explain a bit about what I was doing and the different steps of the decanting process. It makes the video more interesting, informative, and educative in my opinion. Hope you'll enjoy it, and thank you for watching. And, a big thank you to Karen for making this video, much appreciated.

Dom

LeDomduVin: DRC La Tâche 2012 (by @ledomduvin 2022)

Attractive, bright, pale ruby color, with pinkish, reflects. Very incentive, fresh and aromatic nose offering juicy red cherries mingling with floral, mineral, and earthy notes, as well as white pepper and spices nuances. The palate is light, crisp, fresh, gentle, and delicate, almost fragile, yet, juicy, subtly complex and layered, beautifully balanced, harmonious,  structured, and extremely long-lasting. This 2012 DRC La Tâche is as delicate, gracious, elegant, and focus as a ballerina. Loooooooove it. 

It had been a little while since I opened and tasted a DRC wine (never for my personal consumption, I don't have the wallet to afford it 🙃), prior to serving it to its owner. And, I was really pleased and excited to be able to do it recently. 

In my 30 years career as a Sommelier, working in restaurants, wine retails and for big tycoons of the corporate world, in Bordeaux, Paris, London, New York, and now Hong Kong, I had (and still have) the chance and privilege to negotiate, buy, sell, manage, open, taste and serve, and occasionally drink, (when invited to), many bottles of all the DRC wines, some very old vintages too. And, I must admit that I have always approached these wines with the utmost respect and interest and a lot of admiration. 

I'm always very humbled when opening a DRC. I'm glad to be lucky enough to continue to open, taste, and serve such legendary wines, only accessible to a minority of people fortunate enough to be able to afford them, and for me to serve them. Thank you to all these wealthy people who have trusted me with their wines for the past 31 years of my career in the wine business.   

This little video was made by a colleague, while I was opening the bottle. So, I took the opportunity to explain a little about what I was doing, like if I was doing training for staff or students. Thank you for watching my video. And, a big thank you to Karen for making this video, much appreciated.

Santé! Cheers! 

Dom 

Potentially Fake Petrus 1961

While cleaning the cellar and putting some empty bottles aside, I noticed two magnums of Petrus 1961, and I had a sudden doubt about the authenticity of these 2 mags. More especially one that presented too many obvious faults and defaults to my liking to be genuine (in my opinion). This prompted me to make a video about it (and logically a post about it afterward) to try to explain the reasons why I believe it is not a genuine magnum of Petrus 1961, by comparing it to other bottles of Petrus 1961 I also kept in the cellar for that purpose.

LeDomduVin: De grandes dames d'un certain âge... What a Line-up!!!

Aujourd'hui, je suis allé faire un tour a la cave pour faire une video de vieilles bouteilles, des "Grandes Dames" comme j'aime les appeler, afin de vous montrer la chance que j'ai de travailler avec ces flacons inestimables, moments d'histoire, au quotidien....

Sommelier's life: Dinner with large format bottles

Yesterday, I had the chance to open, taste, prepare, and serve (and drink a little later on) some fantastic wines (once again) in large format bottles Sommelier's life... Haut Brion Blanc 2001 - 1.5 L (Magnum) Haut Brion 1985 - 5 L (Jeroboam) Lafite Rothschild 1989 - 6 L Yquem 1996 - 1.5 L

Le Pan Restaurant Cellar Display

A short introduction video to a cellar I love located in Le Pan restaurant, on the ground floor of Goldin Financial Global Centre, in Kowloon Bay, Hong Kong. I know these bottles very well as I'm in charge of them, and wanted to show some of them to you.

L'importance de l'Avinage: Aviner la carafe avant décantation (by LeDomduVin) Video 3

So, I trimmed Video 2 to focus essentially on the part where I do the "avinage", as it is the most important part of this video, after all. And as you will see it only takes a few seconds to do, so please from now on, do the "avinage" of the decanter prior to proceeding to the decantation of the wine, as you have no excuse not to do it.

NB: I did video 2 (and therefore video 3) in only one take and very quickly (and under pressure for some reasons), so please excuse me for the mistakes and hesitations in the explanations and overall presentation. More especially, pardon my French for repeating a few times in this video "On avine le vin avec le vin" (meaning "we clean the wine with the wine"), which is wrong, "On avine la carafe avec le vin" (meaning "we clean the decanter with the wine") of course. I put myself under pressure to do this video fast and without any disturbances and therefore did not carefully choose my words like in the first video (which I also did in one take). (I may redo it more relaxed soon).

L'importance de l'Avinage : Aviner la carafe avant décantation (by LeDomduVin) Video 2

I made this second video on the subject of the "Avinage" of the wine, because, in fact, I have not managed to find one on the internet or YouTube. In fact, there are many videos where wine professionals and Sommeliers can be seen doing decantations, but they do not do the "Avinage" of the decanter prior to the decantation of the wine.

So I did this little video in addition to the video made previously (two days ago) on the same subject, to insist on how to see the decanter before proceeding to the decantation.

NB: I did video 2 (and therefore video 3) in only one take and very quickly (and under pressure for some reasons), so please excuse me for the mistakes and hesitations in the explanations and overall presentation. More especially, pardon my French for repeating a few times in this video "On avine le vin avec le vin" (meaning "we clean the wine with the wine"), which is wrong, "On avine la carafe avec le vin" (meaning "we clean the decanter with the wine") of course. I put myself under pressure to do this video fast and without any disturbances and therefore did not carefully choose my words like in the first video (which I also did in one take). (I may redo it more relaxed soon).

L'importance de l'Avinage : Aviner la carafe avant décantation (by LeDomduVin) Video 1

If you look closely at the various decanting or wine service videos or even the 2019 Best Sommelier of the World contest on YouTube, you'll find (like me and surely with surprise) that, in most cases, wine professionals and/or the sommeliers who are decanting in these videos, do not or hardly at all (or not at all for some) do the "avinage" of the decanter before decanting the wine. 

So I made this little video to emphasize the importance of the "avinage" before decantation. Not only to clean the carafe, which may possibly contain dust or water, or even more unwanted detergent residue (if the carafe was washed with detergent by accident). But also to impregnate the aromas and flavors of wine in the decanter before decantation. 

Never decant wine in a decanter that has not been previously rinsed (or washed if necessary) and may, therefore, have any odors or unwanted residues, which could affect the wine. 

NB: in the video of the best sommelier of the world 2019 competition, 2 out of the 3 finalists did not do the avinage of the decanter prior to the decantation

Rhabiller la bouteille de vin avec la capsule (by LeDomduVin)

In the previous video on the avinage of the carafe before proceeding to the decantation (watch the video above), I specified that it is important to cut the capsule well and incise it without damaging it so that it can be put back on the bottle after decantation, for a question of presentation, re-dressing the bottle as I like to say. (Video in French that complements the previous video on Avinage)

LeDomduVin: Petrus 1966 with a broken cork inside the bottle (inspection) 1/2

Inspection of a bottle of Petrus 1966 with a broken piece of cork floating in the bottle.

The case scenario detailed in this video is a rare one that is quite unlikely to occur on regular basis, and so I thought it would be interesting to write about it (and, you never know, it might also interest you), read the post at https://www.ledomduvin.com/2019/01/wine-quality-control-incident-report.html

LeDomduVin: Petrus 1966 with a broken cork inside the bottle (inspection) 2/2

Inspection of a bottle of Petrus 1966 with a broken piece of cork floating in the bottle.

The case scenario detailed in this video is a rare one that is quite unlikely to occur on regular basis, and so I thought it would be interesting to write about it (and, you never know, it might also interest you), read the post at https://www.ledomduvin.com/2019/01/wine-quality-control-incident-report.html

Spring Dinner 2019 Wine Selection 

End of February 2019, Spring was celebrated with a nice selection of wines to be paired with an elaborate menu:
Château Pape Clement Blanc, Graves 1994 and 1998
E. Guigal Ermitage Ex-Voto Blanc, Rhône Valley, France 2007
Château L'Evangile, Pomerol 1998 (1.5L)
Château Le Bon Pasteur, Pomerol 1998 (3L)
Château Angelus, Saint-Emilion 1998 (3L)
Château Trotanoy, Pomerol 1990 (1.5L)
Château Margaux, Margaux 1983 (3L)
Château Pichon Baron, Pauillac 1989
Château Cos d’Estournel, Saint-Estèphe 1986
Château Palmer, Margaux 2001
Château Leoville Las Cases, Saint-Julien 1990
Château Le Bon Pasteur, Pomerol 2001, 2003 and 2005
Château Bertineau Saint-Vincent, Lalande-de-Pomerol 2009
GOLD, Napa Valley 2009

LeDomduVin: Inspection / Authentication of old Bordeaux Bottles

I made this video to show you what to check when doing an old vintage Inspection and/or authentication of Bordeaux bottles. These are just the basic points to check on a bottle. You can go into more details if needed, but this is just to give you an idea of how I do the inspection and authentication of the bottles we buy for the company I work for. 

Lafite Rothschild 1945 & 1947 

Latour 1945 

Haut Brion 1959 

Cheval Blanc 1949 

Yquem 19858, 1959 and 1906 

Santé! Cheers! And Merry Christmas to you all as well as your family and friends. Hoping that you will be well surrounded to celebrate it. LeDomduVin (a.k.a. Dominique Noel) 24.12.2018

LeDomduVin: Petrus label and bottle comparison between 1990 and 1998

After defacing all the labels and smashing the empty engraved bottles, I decided to make this video to show you the differences between a bottle of Petrus 1990 and a bottle of Petrus 1998 and their respective labels..... LeDomduVin

LeDomduVin: Defacing labels and smashing expensive bottles of Bordeaux wines (video 2/2)

Every month, countless amounts of wines are consumed at my job, and part of my job as a Wine Quality Control Director and Sommelier is to make sure that these rare and expensive empty bottles don't end up on the grey or even the black market as fakes or counterfeits... to prevent from this to happen, at the end of each month I deface the labels with a maker and/or a cutter prior put them in a glass recycling bin... and for the bottles that are engraved, like Petrus or Haut-Brion for example, not only I deface the label but I also smash the bottles to pieces.... reselling empty engraved bottles of expensive wines is a very lucrative business for unscrupulous characters and counterfeiters, so these engraved bottles must be broken prior to being put in the trash… The market is flooded with fake and counterfeit bottles of wine, and the fight against imitations, fakes and counterfeit bottles of wine must continue…. (Friday, December 21st, 2018)

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LeDomduVin: Defacing labels of expensive bottles of Bordeaux wines (video 1/2)

Every month, countless amounts of wines are consumed at my job, and part of my job as a Wine Quality Control Director and Sommelier is to make sure that these rare and expensive empty bottles don't end up on the grey or even the black market as fakes or counterfeits... to prevent from this to happen, at the end of each month I deface the labels with a maker and/or a cutter prior put them in a glass recycling bin... and for the bottles that are engraved, like Petrus or Haut-Brion for example, not only I deface the label but I also smash the bottles to pieces.... reselling empty engraved bottles of expensive wines is a very lucrative business for unscrupulous characters and counterfeiters, so these engraved bottles must be broken prior to being put in the trash… The market is flooded with fake and counterfeit bottles of wine, and the fight against imitations, fakes and counterfeit bottles of wine must continue…. (Friday, December 21st, 2018)

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LeDomduVin: Defacing a label of Chateau Latour 1982

Every month, countless amounts of wines are consumed at my job, and part of my job as a Wine Quality Control Director and Sommelier is to make sure that these rare and expensive empty bottles don't end up on the grey or even the black market as fakes or counterfeits... to prevent from this to happen, at the end of each month I deface the labels with a maker and/or a cutter prior put them in a glass recycling bin... and for the bottles that are engraved, like Petrus or Haut-Brion for example, not only I deface the label but I also smash the bottles to pieces.... reselling empty engraved bottles of expensive wines is a very lucrative business for unscrupulous characters and counterfeiters, so these engraved bottles must be broken prior to being put in the trash… The market is flooded with fake and counterfeit bottles of wine, and the fight against imitations, fakes and counterfeit bottles of wine must continue…. (Friday, December 21st, 2018)

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Old Vintage Bottles of Bordeaux in one of our cellars.....

While cleaning one of our cellars, I found 2 cases with some old vintage bottles that I wanted to share with you (Friday, December 21st, 2018)

Petrus 1958 and 1959

Latour 1945

Lafite Rothschild 1945 and 1947

Yquem 1958 and 1959

Haut Brion 1959

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LeDomduVin with James Suckling at the James Suckling Wine Central bar and restaurant in Hong Kong - November 8th, 2018 (Video courtesy of www.jamessuckling.com)

Did you say large formats? 
Just to give you a taste of some of the bottles I opened that night of September 14th, 2018 - By LeDomduVin  (there were a few more during the dinner...)

Mouton Rothschild 1978 (3L)
L'Evangile 1982 (3L)
Mouton Rothschild 1970 (3L)
Cos d'Estournel 2000 (3L)
Louis Roederer Cristal 1989 (3L)
Dom Perignon 1962 (1.5L)
Dom Perignon 1969 (1.5L)

Cos d'Estournel 2000 18 Liters Bottle opening by LeDomduVin - April 17th, 2018

LeDomduVin disfiguring wine labels   by LeDomduVin - December 14th, 2017

Did you say large format bottles of wines? by LeDomduVin - December 12th, 2017

A promising wine selection of 3 Liters bottles... by LeDomduVin - December 8th, 2017

The opening of a Case of Petrus 1998 by LeDomduvin - November 27th, 2017

With Matthieu Bordes, Director of Chateau Lagrange, tasting the 2014 vintage - by LeDomduVin - November 11th, 2017

Cos d'Estournel 2000 18 L opening  by LeDomduVin - May 28th, 2017

Large Format bottles...Big babies... Old Ladies...  by LeDomduVin - May 27th, 2017

Bordeaux Confidential - En Primeur 2016 Vintage Tasting Hong Kong by LeDomduVin - May 26th, 2017

Another night to remember with some great bottles by LeDomduVin - April 26th, 2016

Santé! Cheers!

Dominique Noel a.k.a. LeDomduVin

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