美味しいワインと出会う旅

ボルドーメドック2級シャトー・グリュオー・ラローズ［1998］

素晴らしいワインです。太く強いのに甘いタンニンが美味しいです。

サンジュリアンらしい濃厚でジューシーなワインです。

香りも芳醇、味は濃密、正に飲み頃のグランクリュだと思います。

07年には6000円以下で買えたのですが、今は9800円クラスになってしまいました。どちらにしろ、価格に見合ったワインです。

先日飲んだ97と比べると圧倒的にパワーも酒質も上ですね。

誰が飲んでも美味しいと思えるカベルネの傑作です。

色は濃い目のガーネット、香りは芳醇でブラックベリー、カシス、杉、ベーコン、スパイス、ハーブ、革、味わいは甘い強いタンニン、ジューシーで豊かな果実味、綺麗な酸、ふくよかなボディー、非常にバランスよく、複雑で、適度な熟成感があって飲み頃感があるワインです。美味しい一本です。

1998 Gruaud Larose 

Apr 2001 Robert Parker 88 Drink: 2004 - 2016 $50-$100 (45)
Gruaud-Larose has fashioned an elegant, less rustic wine than previous vintages. The color is a healthy dark ruby/purple. The bouquet offers aromas of plums, black raspberries, and cassis. Stylish, with medium to full body, sweet tannin, and excellent purity as well as overall symmetry, it will drink well between 2004-2016. 

Wine Advocate # 128
Apr 2000 Robert Parker (90-91) Drink: 2006 - 2020 $50-$100 (45)
This wine, which revealed astringent tannin last spring, has fattened up, expanded its mid-palate, and the tannin has become sweeter and better integrated. A black/purple color is followed by intense aromas of cherry liqueur, cassis, smoke, dried herbs, and leather. Heady, ripe, medium to full-bodied, and authoritatively flavored, this effort has good weight and overall balance/harmony. Its tannin should ensure two decades of longevity. Anticipated maturity: 2006-2020.

Wine Advocate # 122
Apr 1999 Robert Parker (87-88) Drink: 1999 - 2004 $50-$100
The question mark denotes the presence of elevated, astringent tannin in this wine's finish. Otherwise, it is well-made, exhibiting a deep ruby/purple color, sweet, pure, black currant fruit, medium body, and an angular mid-palate. Four to five years of cellaring may be beneficial, but this wine will have to be watched carefully in case it begins to lose its fruit.