2007 マーカッシン ピノ・ノワール マーカッシン・ヴィンヤード
2007 マーカッシン ピノ・ノワール マーカッシン・ヴィンヤード
2007 Marcassin Pinot Noir Marcassin Vineyard
ロバート・パーカーのワイン・アドボケイト (ロバート・パーカー) 99+ ポイント
"The mindboggling 2007 Pinot Noir Marcassin Estate may be the finest Pinot Noir Wetlaufer and Turley have ever produced. A wine of extraordinary sublimity, intensity, authority and palate presence, it offers wonderfully ripe (but not overripe) blue and red fruits intermixed with notions of forest floor, spring flowers, camphor, plum sauce and a smoky character that I identify with Peking duck. The wine possesses staggering intensity and richness but it is neither heavy nor overbearing. This is an exquisite Pinot Noir the likes of which Marcassin has never before made. It should continue to evolve for two decades.
(Not yet released)
It was great to see Helen Turley finally make the cover of the Wine Spectator in 2010 after twenty years of this brilliant, artisanal operation being largely ignored. Readers will not find anyone more knowledgeable about viticulture and winemaking than the husband and wife team of Helen Turley and John Wetlaufer. While much of the article’s focus is on how many top wineries Helen Turley once served as a consultant, their long term goal was always to be completely independent of any consulting jobs, focusing solely on their own vineyard. As I reported last year, there will no longer be any Pinot Noir from the Blue Slide Vineyard or Chardonnay from the Three Sisters Vineyard (both sites owned by the well-known Martinelli family in the Russian River). However, there will be more Marcassin Estate wines as they now have 20 acres under vine on the steep hillsides of the Sonoma Coast. Both Turley and Wetlaufer were among the first in California to try and emulate the full malolactic style found in most French white Burgundies. There is plenty of history to support what they are trying to accomplish. Wetlaufer, who was the wine buyer at the All Seasons Market in Calistoga, was a huge Burgundy fan at the time, and he formed a Burgundy tasting group with many other well-known winemakers. That gave him the opportunity to analyze both white and red Burgundies, and to get a detailed perspective of Burgundy. It is ironic that the Marcassin Chardonnays probably eclipse 98% of white Burgundies made today for their complexity and aging potential. While I have never been a believer in the ageworthiness of California Chardonnay vis a vis white Burgundy, all I have to do is go back and open a 1996 or 1995 Marcassin Chardonnay, which was then made from purchased fruit, to recognize how amazingly well their wines age. Readers have two spectacular vintages from Marcassin coming on the market – the 2007 and 2008 Chardonnays as well as the 2007 and 2006 Pinot Noirs. The 2008 Chardonnays are remarkable as well. There was no frost damage at the Marcassin estate because of the vineyard’s lofty elevation."
(Wine Advocate #193 Feb 2011 Robert Parker Drink: 2011 - 2031)
ワイン・スペクテーター 96ポイント
"Ripe plum, olallieberry and black cherry fruit flirts with jam in this intense and focused Pinot that is seemingly big and full, yet also graceful and refined, ending with a touch of soy and porcini. The richest and ripest of the 2007 Marcassins. Drink now through 2022. (Web Only- 2012)"
| ワイン情報 | |
| 生産年(ヴィンテージ) | 2007 |
| 生産国 | アメリカ合衆国 |
| 生産領域 | カリフォルニア |
| アペレーション/地区 | ソノマカウンティ |
| ボトルサイズ | 750ml |
| ワイン レビュー | |
| ワイン評価スコアの レンジ | 96 - 100 |
| ロバート・パーカーのワイン・アドヴォケート | 99+ |
| ワイン･スペクテーター | 96 |
