10/14/05 Milat Vineyards 2003 Merlot 品嚐回憶錄

9/12/2005
Milat Vineyards 2003 Merlot
Price:$26, Dealer: Milat Vineyards, st. Helena, Napa Valley, CA, USA
135 Cases produced
Officical Comment: Intense aromas of herbal mint and sage compliments the flavors of ripe fruit flavors of cherry and plum make this an incredible wine. The smooth finish is round and soft on your palate. Pairs well with lamb or grilled vegetables. 13.8% alcohol
More Info: In 1989, we started a twelve-year process of replanting the older blocks of vines to newer rootstock and clonal combinations. We also decided to add, for the first time, a block of Merlot, one of the five main varietals of traditional Bordeaux wines. Our first Merlot harvest was in 1991, but we sold the fruit until we believed the vines were mature enough to produce the quality of fruit we desired. In 1998, we finally began to keep the fruit and produced our first Merlot. We age our Merlot for fourteen to eighteen months, in predominantly French oak barrels, and generally maintain a lower percentage of new oak to allow the fruit to be more pronounced. Our Merlots tend to have very consistent aromas and flavors of bright cherry and rosemary. The latter character is attributable to the grove of 100+ -year-old Eucalyptus trees that drop leaves and bark on the corner of the property where our Merlot block is located. (When this section was planted to Cabernet, it also exhibited this herbal character.)

Personal Comment: After finishing, the whole mouth's feeling is refresh and clear without any awkward side effect. Smooth fruity aroma and flavour at the end in mouth and in the glass (light sweet).

這是我的第一瓶紅酒品嚐, 所以很用力的試著分析每一口間的差距, 並試著了解如何解讀葡萄酒與紀錄每一個細節.
這 瓶Merlot給于充分的blackberry果香味, 嚐起來順口而帶微微的甜味, 据其他的Note說這瓶還帶著eucaliptus的味道, 很可惜我沒有任何的印象桉樹是什麼味道, 喝完後倒是非常的爽口, 可惜餘香並不維持很久, 第二天後再去喝她, 竟存在淡淡的花香.
第一次認真的買葡萄酒, 也是到現在手上最貴的Merlot, 唯一的遺憾是並沒有同時在開另一罐Merlot作對比, 因此在之後的葡萄酒品嚐, 都試著一次開兩瓶同一產區同一類型的酒款, 又或是至少同一類型的酒款, 以免無法做出任何的比對.


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