Chateau Loirac, 2010

Price: $20-30
AOC: Cru Bourgeois, Medoc, Bordeaux

Variety: 60% Cabernet Sauvignon, 40% Merlot

Color: Dark violet

Aroma: quite nice actually, tobacco, wood, black fruit, some flower, some perfume and some vanilla from oak

Palate: medium+ body, tannin is integrated and fine (not too much tannin left), savory but can taste firm black fruit, tobacco, a touch of mineral, can sense cab perfume and flower while tasting, a little bit big (structure) and bold, fruitness concentration is medium+, very clear and standard characteristics of cab from left bank Bordeaux, a good introduction wine. quite enjoyable for the price range! ps: Aroma is a little bit more impressive than the palate. 

Chateau Larose-Trintaudon, 2009

AOC: Cru Bourgeois, Haut-Medoc, Bordeaux
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

Palate: Cab black fruit with some merlot perfume, tobacco with a little mineral, bright acidity, light thickness for a bordeaux, easy drinking style 

Chateau Potensac, 1997

AOC: Cru Bourgeois Exceptionel, Medoc, Bordeaux

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

喝完後一段時間才寫, 已經不太記得了, 純粹留個紀念, 要喝到20年的Bordeaux對現階段而言是不容易的, 這支酒 Sherry-Lehmann 保存得非常好, 印象中是介於 ruby 到 琥珀色之間, 單寧已經完全融合, 柔順, 一打開就有綻放開的香氣, body 醇厚, 帶有跟 96年 Calon Segur 一樣成熟 Cab 的特色, 老的 Cab 就跟 Merlot 一樣, 帶有一種自己獨特的香水味, 總是有一股魅力存在, 對於想不花大錢就了解成熟 Cab是什麼感覺的人, 是很不錯的選擇

 

Chateau De Panigon, 2011

AOC: Cru Bourgeois, Medoc, Bordeaux
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot 

Color: ruby color

Aroma: medium+, mixture of red fruit and black currant, medium perfume from Merlot, some mineral

Palate: clearly need some decantage, austere and mineral taste only right after opening, after 1 hour of decantage, red fruit from Merlot jump out of the glass (Merlot dominant), some mineral and black currant as well, taste like a 50% 50% Cab and Merlot blend, consider the 2011 is not a very good vintage, this is an easy drinking, classic style (left bank), everyday Bordeaux wine. Not Bad!

Chateau Ormes de Pez, 2007

AOC: Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel, Saint-Estephe, Bordeaux

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

會注意到這支酒, 是因為神之水滴裡有出現, 然後好奇 Cru Bourgeois Exceptionnel 喝起來如何, 所以到 Sherry-Lehmann 搬回家

Color: 雖然已是 8 年的酒, 仍顯得年輕, Ruby Color

Aroma: 很溫柔的香氣, 但有蠻強的穿透力, 溫柔的黑果實加上野花香, 除了 Hault Selve 以外又在 Cab 裡感受到花香, 很不錯的香氣! 醒酒放著時一直飄散出來, 完全同意漫畫裡的描述

Palate: 剛打開很明顯的味道沒有出來, 醒完之後, background 的 黑色果實, 口感帶著一些透明和高級感, medium+ body, medium+ tannin, 整體而言, 這是一支偏 dry 的酒, 帶點 austere, 果實甜味只偶在 background 出現, 但還算扎實, 不知是否是 Saint-Estephe 的特色, 這支給我既有男性的力道, 又有女性的溫柔的印象, 它不能算是我喜歡的酒, 但也沒什麼會令人討厭的地方, 喝完身體暖暖蠻舒服的, 不知這是否就是亞樹直所感受到的?

           

Chateau Maucamps, 2009

AOC: Cru Bourgeois, Haut-Medoc, Bordeaux
Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot

Aroma: Medium, 剛打開聞得到 creamy, vanilla from oak, sweet black fruit with wood (tobacco), 醒一小時後, vanilla 退去, 帶有一點香水味和 cedar wood.
Palate: 明顯的 black currant, very ripe black fruit, 蠻甜的, wood and tobacco, a little mineral, 中等濃度, 中等強度, 單寧意外的非常適中, 很輕微的澀感, easy drinking style, Merlot 特有甜味不多, more like a classic Cab.