2010 キスラー ピノ･ノワール キュヴェ・キャサリーン オキシデンタル・ステーション・ヴィンヤード ソノマ･コースト
2010 キスラー ピノ･ノワール キュヴェ・キャサリーン オキシデンタル・ステーション・ヴィンヤード ソノマ･コースト
| 2010 Kistler Pinot Noir Cuvée Catherine Occidental Station Vineyard Sonoma Coast |
ワイナリー・ヴィンテージ・ノート
Our 2010 and 2011 chardonnays and pinot noirs will help to illustrate how compelling the wines can be from California’s best vineyards in the coolest, most challenging growing seasons. These wines are vibrant, tightly-wound wines which display the energy, balance, and precision that can only come from a long, cool growing season. Our vineyards produce their best wines in the late vintages when the grapes are slow to ripen and true ripeness is achieved at lower sugar levels. Low yields give these wines plenty of depth and flavor intensity while their low pH and firm backbones provide energy, focus and restraint.
When attempting to produce world class pinot noir and chardonnay, it is a distinct advantage to farm your own vineyards. Our skilled vineyard teams were tested in 2010 and 2011 and performed exceedingly well; their level of commitment is reflected in each of our wines.
ワインメーカー・テイスティング・ノート
Vivid purple. Intensely perfumed aromas of blackberry, violet, graphite and earth. A vibrant, energetic wine with palette-staining black and blue fruit character. Strikingly elegant and precise for such a concentrated wine. Finishes with a firm edge of minerality. Perhaps our most age-worthy Cuvée Catherine to date. Decant and enjoy.
ロバート・パーカーのワイン・アドボケイト (アントニオ・ガッローニ) 94ポイント
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The 2010 Pinot Noir Occidental Station Cuvee Catherine blasts from the glass with waves of seamless dark fruit. A brooding wine, the Cuvee Catherine is endowed with serious power for the year. Ash, smoke, tobacco and incense add complexity as the wine opens up in the glass. The 2010 boasts serious structure, with big tannins supporting the huge, dramatic finish. Readers will have to give the 2010 another year or two in bottle. For now, it is the wine’s structure that dominates. It will be very interesting to see the direction the 2010 takes over the coming years. Anticipated maturity: 2014-2022.
It is always a pleasure to visit with Steve Kistler and his partner Mark Bixler. The 2011s and 2010s are excellent across the board, although I currently have a preference for the 2011s. Vintage 2011 is shaping up beautifully, for both the Chardonnays and Pinots. As was the case throughout the region, the season was cool and slow to develop. The 2011s were picked at lower sugars than is the norm here, but very much in keeping with the personality of the year. Steve Kistler commented that a poor set in 2011 resulted in their lowest crop loads in years. Like a lot of his colleagues, Kistler noted that the experiences of 2010 had a huge positive impact on how he responded to similar challenges in 2011. The 2010 Chardonnays are beautiful across the board. Although solid, the 2010 Pinots aren’t quite at the level of the superb 2009s and I expect, ultimately, the 2011s. It was a tough vintage for the Pinots. Yields were mercilessly low. Sadly, there is no Cuvee Elizabeth, as the little fruit that came in went into the Kistler Vineyard bottling.
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(Wine Advocate #206 Apr 2013 Antonio Galloni Drink: 2014 - 2022)
ワイン・スペクテーター 92ポイント
Intense and vibrant, well-oaked and balanced, featuring a dense mix of spicy dark berry and raspberry that is pure and persistent. Long finish. Best from 2014 through 2024.—J.L. 918 cases made. (Jun 2013)
| ワイン情報 | |
| 生産年(ヴィンテージ) | 2010 |
| 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 | 90 - 95 |
| ロバート・パーカーのワイン・アドヴォケート | 94 |
| ワイン･スペクテーター | 92 |
