投稿の詳細: あるワイン会 A wine tasting meeting

今晩（30日）市内の老舗割烹
能登忠で行われたワイン会。
最近はワインを用意する方で
しか出番はなかったが、今日は
丸本酒店さんが当番なので
料理とワインとおしゃべりを
楽しむことができた。

ワインはシャンパーニュで始まり、
チリのトレス・パラシオスの
ソーヴィニオン・ブランとメルロー、
ブルガリアのエニーラ（メルロー
が主）に、Pommard 1er Cru Les Epenots 1995
Domain Joseph Voillot,
卓尾はChateau Montroses 1995 Saint-Estephe。

チリ等のワインは最近安くて美味しいのが
出ていて、こういのが1,000円台で売られると
困るな～というのが第一印象。ただ、きれいに
問題なくできていても、物足りなさがあるし、
これを飲み続けられるかというと
そういうものでもない。やはり、土地の特徴
が反映されていたり、くせみたいなものというか、
自己主張が欲しい。また、
厚みや複雑さがイマサンくらいな感じだった。
そういう意味では少々安心ではあるのだな。

最後の2本は同じ1995年ヴィンテージで、
丸本さんが購入し保存していたものが
出てきた。まず普通には手に入らないでしょうね。
Pommard　は飲み頃の後半に来ている感じで、
Montroseは飲み頃になるのはもう少し先という
感じで、まだまだ若々しく香りも素晴らしく
花開くという感じでもない。
同じヴィンテージなんだけど、この違い。
この辺がワインの面白さでもあるのだけれど…。
随分前に飲んだ28年物のグランジがやはり
若々しくて驚いたことがある。
こんな飲物ってほかに無いよね。

I attended a wine tasting meeting
tonight held at the most prestigeous
restaurant in Suzaka. Because Marumoto
bottle shop arranged teh wine, I did not
need to take care of the guests and I was
one of the guests. I was able to enjoy
food, wines and the chatting.

With opening of a Champange, Chilean
Tres Palacios's Sauvignon Blanc
and Merlot were served followed by
Bulgarian Enira. The last two were
Pommar 1er Cru Les Epenots 1995 and
Chateau Montrose 1995.

The Chilean wines were fine and
they were really good wines for the
price of around 1,000 yen per bottle.
They were clean and fine with no problem
but they lack something and I may not be
able to finish a few glasses. I felt firmly that
wines need to relfect the locality and should
have something telling itself. The length and the
complexity were also weak therefore they are
different from my wines which made me felt a bit
relieved.

The last two wines were the same vintage of
1995 which Marumoto bottle shop bought
long time ago and kept them at the shop.
One cannot get these vintage any more.
Pommar seemed to come to the last part of
the highest portion of the quality curve.
On the other han, Montrose was vivid
and would need more years to reach
its highest quality point. The aroma
was not outstanding and would need
a few more years to go. How different
these wines were even though they were
same vintage! It is an interesting
point in wine tasting, I believe.
I rememberd a Grange that I tasted many
years ago. The wine was already 28 years
old and was still vivid and showed much
of fresh fruit aroma which was really
surprising to me. Is there any
beverage to enjoy like this ?