Tasting of Bordeaux 2000 - Part 3

2003-03-29


First Session – II
Saint-Estephe
Sauternes
6:00 p.m. – 7:30 p.m.
Friday 14th March 2003

Chateau Calon-Segur
Color：與Montrose、Cos d'Estournel相似
Smell：蠻封閉的，但有一些八仙果味，或說是像葡萄柚的香氣，還有一點花香，interesting。
Taste：單寧顯，不過頗圓潤，香氣緊閉，卻是隱隱透柑橘系香，尾韻just O.K.，醒酒一會兒，有WAX的味道。


Chateau Montrose
Color：這三款皆類似
Smell：非常封閉
Taste：Full-bodied，口感很棒，單寧很絲滑，有黑櫻桃、一點點濕泥土味，尾韻十分綿長，並可隱隱感覺到一股礦石系香味。


Chateau Cos d'Estournel
Color：這三款皆類似
Smell：較Calon-Segur與Montrose的香氣更為外放，很多層次，有青椒、黑色漿果香氣。
Taste：比Montrose的單寧顯著又強，以口感的細緻度而言，我認為略遜於Montrose。


甜白酒系列

Chateau Doisy-Vedrines
Color：這四款均具麥桿似的淺嫩黃
Smell：非常集中濃郁的香氣，許多水果乾的感覺
Taste：口感馥郁，唯尾韻的酒精感微刺

Chateau Guiraud
Color：這四款均具麥桿似的淺嫩黃
Smell：柑橘調，Wax，聞起來比Doisy多一些酸度
Taste：比其他三款多一股檸檬草的香氣，尾韻又比Doisy-Vedrines多一些東西出來

Chateau Coutet
Color：這四款均具麥桿似的淺嫩黃
Smell：龍眼蜂蜜，很多葡萄乾在裏面，但感覺「粉味」很重。
Taste：滋味濃郁豐富，但好像太「妖豔」了一些。

Chateau Suduiraut
Color：這四款均具麥桿似的淺嫩黃
Smell：比其他三款有更多乾果香氣
Taste：Full-bodied，但很balance。


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補充參考資訊：

Chateau Calon-Segur
屬St.-Estephe區，WS:93
Jancis Robinson, April 2002評：
Amazing black color, full frank nose. Lots of neat but not drying tannins after layers of ripe fruit, all in excellent balance.

Chateau Montrose
屬St.-Estephe區，WA:93-95
Jancis Robinson, April 2002評：
Confident wine, somewhat in the mould of muted Mouton. All in balance.
Wine Advocate, February 2002評：
The 2000 Montrose is a fine effort.. Gigantically sized, its saturated inky purple color is followed by a huge nose of crushed blackberries, creme de cassis, vanilla, hickory smoke, and minerals. Extremely full-bodied, powerful, dense, and chewy, this unreal Montrose should last for 30+ years. Anticipated maturity: 2008-2040.

Chateau Cos d'Estournel
屬St-Estephe區，WS:96，WA:90-92
NK Yong評：
Black; huge wine, a lot of volume, almost lush and fleshy, very packed and concentrated.
Wine Advocate, February 2002評：
This wine has put on weight, thrown off the subtle herbaceous notes detectable last year, and fleshed out its mid-palate. A blend of 65% Cabernet Sauvignon, 33% Merlot, and 2% Cabernet Franc, it exhibits an inky ruby/purple color, a luscious perfume of blackberries, cassis, licorice, spice, and toasty oak, medium to full body, a beautiful texture, a concentrated mid-palate, sweet tannin, and a long, elegant, refined finish. Anticipated maturity: 2006-2025.


甜白酒系列
Chateau Doisy-Vedrines
屬Barsac，WS:80-84
David Peppercorn評：
Flowery scented fruit. Rich fruity flavours, good potential.

Chateau Guiraud
屬Sauternes，WS:89-91
David Peppercorn評：
Scented elegant liquorice fruit on the nose. A lovely combination of liquoriceness, richness and freshness. Has real breed and finesse.

Chateau Coutet
屬Barsac，WS:86-88
David Peppercorn評：
Lovely lanolin fruitness and citric freshness. On the palate is very fresh, with good rich concentrated fruit and a very long flavor. This is classic Barsac style.

Chateau Suduiraut
屬Sauternes，WS:85-88
David Peppercorn評：
Very scented and spicy nose. Good concentration and richness with candied fruit, balance and finesse. Very good.
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圖片說明：坐在Serena旁的即是Chateau Cos d'Estournel的帥哥莊主Jean-Guillaume Prats