Paumanok Vineyards Festival Red, North Fork of Long Island, USA

葡美奧克節慶干紅葡萄酒

點擊次數：3780

The Paumanok 2007 Festival Red 2007 – a blend of Merlot with around one-quarter Cabernet Sauvignon (representing virtually the estate’s entire, paltry 2007 crop of that grape) and tiny amounts of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot – combines bright raspberry and tart mulberry with pungent herbal and smoky scents and flavors. With a good sense of fullness, it nevertheless retains what Kareem Massoud calls “acid punch,” making for an invigorating and refreshing finish. As with most successful Bordelaise blends from Long Island, you won’t encounter anything remotely like this in Bordeaux, and certainly not in California. I would plan to enjoy it over the next 2-3 years. Veteran Charles Massoud and his oldest son, Kareem, are practicing increasing selectivity and sorting of fruit as well as ever more sensitive and targeted extraction, and their 2007s build on and refine the success of their 2005s.Tel. (631) 722-8800