Girard Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, USA

吉哈德珍藏赤霞珠干紅葡萄酒

點擊次數：12054

Girard has produced some terrific Reserve Cabernet Sauvignons, particularly in 1984 and 1986, but the 1985 (which I have rated as high as 88) increasingly appears to possess a problematic and fragile balance between its component parts. It is now revealing a more herbaceous, greener character than I recall, and the tart, high acidity assaults rather than caresses the palate. There is a pretty, perfumed, cherry and spicy, oaky nose, but the wine is hard, tough-textured, and difficult to penetrate. It does not possess the requisite underlying depth of fruit to support the large-scaled framework and high tannin level. Look for this wine to dry out before it ever comes into balance. This winery can produce exceptional Reserve Cabernet Sauvignons, which, although backward, generally possesses much more richness and ripeness than is evident in the 1985.