Ch. Beychevelle '01/AOC Saint Julien

Ch. Beychevelle '01/AOC Saint Julien (Quatriemes Crus)

At the first, the bouquet was mainly roast, vanilla, earth, and woods.  After 30min, full of aroma like cassis, cherries, and dried fruits.  The tannin was rich but soft texture, well balanced with the fruit flavor.  Aged for 11 years, seemingly it's in the peak of this wine. So wonderful.  I enjoyed well-aged Bordeaux very much!

The history of Ch. Beychevelle began in 17th century.  The vineyard was ruined after the French Revolution, but it was restored by the new owner (a banker in Paris).  The current owner is Grands Millesime de France (join-stock association of GMF and Suntory).

The grape varieties of this vintage is 54% Cabernet Sauvignon, 39% Merlot, and 7% Petit Verdot, aging in oak barrels (55% new with the rest in 1-year-old barrel).

Hmm...wonderful experience for me to drink such a great aged Bordeaux.  Truly great wine!  
   
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This site has an English page as well (at the bottom of this site, there is an "English" link), but they ship only within Japan.

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Ch. du Tertre '04/AOC Margaux

Ch. du Tertre '04/AOC Margaux (Cinquiemes Crus)

Very elegant! Aroma and bouquet of cassis, blackberries, cocoa, licorice, and vanilla.  Rich flavor of berry-like fruits and rich but silky tannin.  The acidity and minerals made this wine very elegant.  Reasonable finish.

The winery, Chateau du Tertre, is AC Margaux of Bordeaux and located on hill ("Tertre" means "hill" in French) in the commune Arsac.   Before 1960, the condition of the chateau's vinyard was terrible.  In 1961 Phillippe Gasqueton, the owner of Ch. Calon Segur at the time, acquired the ownership of this winery and made great effort to restore the vineyard and Chateau.  After his death in 1995, the winery was sold to the owner of the Ch. Giscours.  The new owner renewed the vineyard and Chateau; in the result, the quality of "Chateau du Tertle" improved dramatically.

Elegant style with rich fruit aroma.  It may mariage with roasted beef:)

This wine is available at this online shop;

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CHIANTI CLASSICO '07 / CASTELLO DI AMA

CHIANTI CLASSICO '07 / CASTELLO DI AMA

I had this wine with delivery pizza (in Tokyo).  

Deep ruby color. Very floral and full of fruits aroma, like violet, rose, ripped dark cherry and plum.  Also aroma and bouquet of raisin, licorice, and chocolate.  Flavors of berries with medium to bright acidity and silky tannin. Well balanced, elegant, long finish. Medium body.  It may be better to decant or to wait for 30min after open.

Because of this richness of fruits flavor and acidity, this wine truly mariaged with Pizza Margherita!!

The grape varieties are 80% Sangiovese and 20% Malvasia, Merlot, and Cabernet franc.  After assemblage, this wine spent about 13 months in French oak barrels, 25% new and the rest from 1-3 years old.  (Reference: http://www.castellodiama.com )

2007 is excellent vintage for Chianti Classico.  Yes, I truly agree with that!  I love this wine:) 

This wine is available at this online shop;

This site has an English page as well (at the bottom of this site, there is an "English" link), but they ship only within Japan.

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Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial 1978 / Marques de Murrieta

"Castillo Ygay Gran Reserva Especial 1978 / Marques de Murrieta"

So impressed.  This aged Spanish (Rioja) red wine made me become "deep wine lover."(Tasted 3-4 years ago)

Pale ruby with orange to brick-like color at the edge of the wine.  Very complex aroma and bouquet ofdried apricot, dried fig, cigar, tea, and spices.  Slightly sweet but elegant fruit flavor, silky and smooth tannins, and soft acidity with very long finish. This wine made in 1978, passed for more than 30 years.  However, very surprisingly, it was still so young and elegant.The winary, "Marques de Murrieta", was founded in 1852 in Rioja Alta.  The founder, 

Luciano Murrieta, was called the "father of modern Rioja wine" and made great effort to improve the quality of Rioja wine.  

"Castillo Ygay" is made only in the excellent vintage; in the fact, it had been released only in 1994, 1995, 1998, 2000, 2001, and 2004 after 1978.  Some facts of 1978 vintage;

Grape varieties: 75% Tempranillo, 10% Garnacha (Grenache), 12% Mauelo (Carignan), 3% Graciano

Type of casks: 225L American oak barrels

Time in casks: 216 months

Bottling date: Sept. 1998

(referring source: http://www.marquesdemurrieta.com)

Wow, the time in casks was 216 months !! 18years !!!  

It's a bit expensive (near \20,000) but worth it.  I'd truly love to drink this wine again :)

This wine is available at this online shop;

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