Morlet Family Vineyards Coeur De Vallee Cabernet Sauvignon, Oakville, USA

莫萊瓦利赤霞珠干紅葡萄酒

點擊次數：3721

The first vintage produced entirely from the family's own Oakville vineyard, the 2019 Cabernet Sauvignon Coeur de Vallee boasts dark aromas and flavors of cassis, loam and mocha. Full-bodied, rich and velvety, it flows easily across the palate, easing into a soft, plush finish.

This is a blend of 96% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% Cabernet Franc. This is the first vintage where 100% of the fruit for this vintage came from Morlet’s new “Coeur de Vallee” vineyard in Oakville—just across the road from To Kalon. Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2018 Cabernet Sauvignon Coeur de Vallee opens with wonderfully pure notions of crushed blackberries, wild blueberries and black cherries with hints of black currant cordial, Chinese five spice, candied violets and licorice, plus a touch of garrigue. Full-bodied, the voluptuously fruited palate offers layers of black and blue fruits with a velvety texture and seamless freshness, finishing long and savory. 245 cases were made.

This is a blend of 96% Cabernet Sauvignon and 4% Cabernet Franc. Approximately two-thirds of the fruit for this vintage came from Beckstoffer’s To Kalon vineyard, with the other third coming from Morlet’s new “Coeur de Vallee” vineyard in Oakville—just across the road from To Kalon. Very deep purple-black colored, the 2017 Cabernet Sauvignon Coeur de Vallee prances out of the glass with a pretty perfume of lavender, chocolate-covered cherries and garrigue over a core of blackcurrant cordial, plum preserves and unsmoked cigars with a waft of dried mint. Medium to full-bodied, the palate has an impressive fine-grained texture with background freshness supporting the intense black fruit layers, finishing long and earthy. 245 cases were made.

This is the last vintage when this wine will come exclusively from Beckstoffer’s To Kalon vineyard. In the future it will come (more and more) from Morlet’s own new vineyard in Oakville—just across from To Kalon. A blend of 87% Cabernet Sauvignon and 13% Cabernet Franc, the 2016 Cabernet Sauvignon Coeur de Vallee has a very deep purple-black color and reveals compelling notes of minted blackcurrants, black cherries and wild blueberries with touches of sage, cigar box, tilled black soil and Indian spices with a suggestion of cardamom. Full-bodied and laden with densely packed, muscular fruit, it has a rock-solid frame of ripe, grainy tannins and seamless freshness, finishing very long with those To Kalon spices lingering with fantastic persistence. 250 cases produced, to be released in the fall of 2019.

Blended of 75% Cabernet Sauvignon and 25% Cabernet Franc, the 2015 Cabernet Sauvignon Coeur de Vallee has a deep garnet-purple color and slightly reticent nose at this youthful stage, revealing hints of crushed blackberries and blueberries with touches of loam, underbrush, garrigue, mocha and licorice. Medium to full-bodied, firm, concentrated and with great tension, it has lovely ripe, grainy tannins and plenty of earthy/meaty personality, which comes through on the palate and the long finish. 325 cases were made.