Girard Reserve Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, USA

吉哈德珍藏赤霞珠干紅葡萄酒

點擊次數：12062

This wine stood out as one of the deepest and youngest wines of the tasting. With a barrel sample-like, dark ruby/purple color (with no hint of amber or garnet), it tastes three or four years old! The tight nose opens with extended airing to reveal rich, chocolatey, cassis aromas backed up by smoky new oak. Dense and full-bodied, as well as tannic and acidic, the wine possesses considerable extract and intensity. I hope the acidity and tannin begin to become better meshed. If not, this wine will ultimately begin to lose its fruit. Girard's 1986 is an impressive wine that should have an optimistic future. Cellar it for another 5 years, and drink it over the first 15 years of the next century. The tasting notes for this section are from two single blind tastings, one conducted in May, 1996, in California, and the other in June, 1996, in Baltimore.