Chateau Ste. Michelle Cabernet Sauvignon, Columbia Valley, USA

圣密夕酒莊赤霞珠紅葡萄酒

點擊次數：28852

For thoughts on Chateau Ste Michelle’s uniqueness and recent evolution, consult my extensive April, 2013 text designed to introduce recent tasting notes. Ste Michelle’s 2009 Cabernet Sauvignon – of which there are a mind-boggling quarter-million cases, and which incorporates minor amounts of all five other well-known Bordelais varieties – emphasizes tobacco and herbs but overs a satisfyingly juicy, ripe core of dark berry fruit on a polished palate, finishing with lightly-invigorating piquancy of fruit pit and legume sprout as well as some genuinely saliva-inducing savor. Enjoy it over the next several years: there’s no danger of it falling-apart precipitantly. Unpretentious and low-key but satisfying, it certain qualifies as fine value in a field – under-$20 Cabernet Sauvignon – that’s dominated by confected and/or or under-ripe, and overall lackluster efforts. And incidentally, this received 16 months’ elevage and nearly one-third new oak evenly split between American and French origin, remarkable statistics for a wine of its price. (Touches of heat and bitterness diminished my appreciation of the riper but simpler 2010 Indian Wells Cabernet.) Tel. (425) 488-1133

此款葡萄酒質地緊致，酸味稍帶尖硬感，帶有深色漿果和李子的風味，余味中散發著雪松的氣味。此酒在 2013 至 2016 年間飲用最佳。產量：246,300 箱。

此款 Cabernet 葡萄酒完美地展現了 Chateau Ste 的特色，豐富圓潤，散發著 Malbec， Cab Franc， Petit Verdot 和 Syrah 葡萄品種的混合氣味，十分雅致，帶有黑櫻桃和黑醋栗等黑色水果的濃郁風味。與同樣來自Ste 但價格更高的 Cabs 相比，此酒更成熟，更順滑，橡木桶的風味也更清淡。評分：90。