美味しいワインと出会う旅

シャトー・グリュオ・ラローズ ［2001］

スマートな熟れた良いカベルネです。

古典的なサンジュリアンですが、01は繊細さと喉越しの良さが特徴です。

タンニンも強いのですが、切れの良い酸と素晴らしい香りが特徴です。

濃密さはありませんが、良いワインだと思います。

まだまだ持ちますが、飲み頃ですね。

2001 Gruaud Larose 

Jun 2004 Robert Parker 90 Drink: 2004 - 2018 $50-$65 (35)
Surprisingly accessible as well as supple, this 2001 St.-Julien reveals a deep plum/purple color along with a rich bouquet of smoke, roasted vegetables, black currants, plums, licorice, and Asian spices. Velvety-textured and medium-bodied, with loads of fruit, and a plump, expansive, plush texture, this is an atypically forward Gruaud Larose to drink now and over the next 12-14 years.

Wine Advocate # 146
Apr 2003 Robert Parker (89-91) Drink: 2008 - 2018 $50-$65 (35)
This wine performed much more consistently during its first year of life. Prior to being bottled, it shows a deep ruby/purple color, a sweet, earthy nose of melted licorice intermixed with compost, black currants, mint, tar, and underbrush. The wine has excellent depth, relatively large structure, impressive weight, richness, yet at the same time, elegance and purity. This Gruaud seems to be pulling itself together, and certainly looks to be a potentially outstanding wine with good aging potential. Anticipated maturity: 2008-2018. 

Wine Advocate # 140
Apr 2002 Robert Parker (87-88) Drink: N/A $50-$65
I tasted this wine three times. Gruaud Larose's hard, dry, astringent tannin gives it a certain austerity. It also appears to lack sufficient substance and fat to cover the massive structure. A deep ruby/purple color is followed by aromas of underbrush, tar, mint, and black currants. The big framework is there, but the charm, flesh, and richness are seemingly inadequate. Whether or not it will put on weight during cask aging remains to be seen. I suspect it will reveal more texture in a year, but I cannot see it ever performing up to the quality of the spectacular 2000 or charming 1999.