2017 オキシデンタル (キスラー) ピノ･ノワール オキシデンタル・ステーション・ヴィンヤード
言わずと知れたロバート・パーカー五ツ星生産者キスラー。オキシデンタルはキスラーから新たにスピンアウトしたピノ・ノワールのプロジェクトです。キスラーのトップキュヴェの一つだったキュヴェ・キャサリーンはこのオキシデンタル・ステーション・ヴィンヤードから15年近くつくられていました。
2017 Occidental (Kistler) Pinot Noir Occidental Station Vineyard
2017 オキシデンタル (キスラー) ピノ･ノワール オキシデンタル・ステーション・ヴィンヤード
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OCCIDENTAL STATION VINEYARD
Each year at harvest, Occidental Station is our first vineyard to be picked. Since the fruit always goes into our fermenters first, it does not enjoy the benefit of large populations of yeast already circulating in the winery. Therefore, it is often the slowest to start and may take over three weeks to complete alcoholic fermentation. The extended time in the fermenter only enhances its expressive personality, which features a vibrant purple color, bright natural acidity, and notes of violet, graphite, and cassis. The Occidental Station pinot noir is distinctly purple in its fruit character, in comparison to the red-fruited Bodega Headlands and SWK wines.
2017 OCCIDENTAL STATION VINEYARD
Striking aromas of boysenberry, violet, and cassis. Superb concentration and intensity on the palate without any dimension of weight. Deep, powerful, and bursting with energy. A strong sense of minerality infuses the purple flavors with terrific drive and tension. Finishes very long and precise with a rising violet perfume.
This wine comes from the best blocks of the Occidental Station Vineyard, which have been the source of our Cuvée Catherine bottling for nearly fifteen years. The site was planted by Steve Kistler in 1999.
The 2017 Pinot Noir Occidental Station is stunning from the very first taste. The purity of the fruit here is simply dazzling. Soft curves, silky tannins and soaring aromatics give the Occidental Station tons of allure. Super-ripe red cherry, red plum, blood orange, mint and sweet spice infuse the 2017 with tremendous nuance. All the elements meld together in a racy, inviting Pinot that hits all the right notes. The Occidental Station is the one wine in this range that has stems (30%), but they aren't especially notable. In a word: stunning. (AG) (1/2020)
- A. Galloni
ロバート・パーカーのワイン・アドボケイト (Erin Brooks) 95+ points
Rating: 95+, Drink Date: 2020 - 2032, Reviewed by: Erin Brooks, Issue Date: 23rd Jul 2020, Source: July 2020 Week 3, The Wine Advocate
The 2017 Pinot Noir Occidental Station Vineyard comes from vines planted by Steve Kistler in 1998. He says this is usually the first vineyard to be picked, up to three weeks before the other Pinots are picked. This wine was made using about 30% whole clusters, the highest percentage Kistler normally uses. It has a medium ruby color, and the nose bursts with aromas: saline, tar, dried tea leaves, iron, crushed stone and violets with a core of fresh red and black berry fruit. The medium-bodied palate is a bit more lushly fruited than the others this vintage, but it is extremely classy with a super fine grain, seamless freshness and long, ethereal finish. This is a stunning wine that will benefit from another few years in bottle.
Jeb Dunnuck: Rating: 96+
Coming from a more inland vineyard that’s one of the first to be harvested, the 2017 Pinot Noir Occidental Station Vineyard sports a deeper ruby/purple color as well as a tighter yet intense style carrying lots of almost blue fruits, violets, peppery spice, and spring flowers. Despite showing ample power and richness, it has a vivid spine of acidity, ripe, present tannins, and a great finish, all pointing to a solid decade or more of prime drinking. I think it will show every more complexity with a year or two of bottle age. Rating: 96+
| ワイン情報 | |
| 生産年(ヴィンテージ) | 2017 |
| 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 | 95+ |
| アントニオ・ガッローニ/Vinous | 97 |
| その他のレビュー | 96+ |
