Forefathers Lone Tree Vineyard Cabernet Sauvignon, Alexander Valley, USA

祖輩獨樹園赤霞珠干紅葡萄酒

點擊次數：5470

Intense in clove, black cherry and currant, this is a layered and complex 100% Cab. Still grippy on the palate, it will gain maturity and further complexity in due time. Leathery, with wafts of tobacco and toasty oak, it's burly but balanced.

This has been a very successful second label from Goldschmidt, and with this 2009, they again hit gold. The wine is smoothly tannic and dry in black cherry- pie and red currant flavors, with all kinds of interesting herb, carob bean, spice and oak complications. It's elegant and complex to drink now and over the next 5–6 years.

Here's a Cab that needs some time in the cellar. It's rich in blackberries and cherries, with the dried herb earthiness often found in Alexander Valley Cabernets. Give it five years or so.

If you buy this 100% Cab, don’t even think of drinking it now. Put it in the cellar and be patient. It has the soft tannins and herbal quality of a fine Alexander Valley Cabernet Sauvignon, but it’s just not ready to drink now. Give it until 2012, at least, to let the cherries, cocoa and red currants transmogrify to sweet mellowness.——S.H.(2/1/2010)—— 93

Strong in primary fruit now. Overwhelms with the ripest blackberries, cherries and red currants, with lots of toasty oak, and a hint of herbs. The tannins are dusty and soft. Fine if you like your Cabs young, but should benefit from 3–5 years in the cellar. ——S.H.(12/1/2009)—— 90