K Vintners Cougar Hills Syrah, Walla Walla Valley, USA

K酒莊庫格山西拉干紅葡萄酒

點擊次數(shù)：3554

The 2005 Syrah Cougar Hills is a bit more restrained aromatically with a more elegant personality. Concentrated, ripe, and round, the flavors are already exhibiting complexity, and the finish is very long. Allow for another 3-4 years in the cellar and drink it through 2020 K Vintners is where the larger-than-life Charles Smith presides. He is an innovator, marketing genius, outspoken, you name it – but above all the man is a brilliant winemaker who knows where all the great fruit is hidden. In a region where blending is the rule of thumb, he is the ultimate terroirist. Each wine reflects the vineyard from which it was produced but there is also a house style which lets you know immediately who made the wine. While it’s way too soon to put K Vintners on the same level as a Domaine Leroy or Domaine Zind-Humbrecht, the experience you get tasting in the cellar is much the same as in those legendary wineries, brilliantly made wines reflecting the terroir but also a winemaking signature that makes it totally clear which winery made the wine. www.kvintners.com

A dark, meaty, sappy wine, supple and saturated with gorgeous color and sensuous fruit. The spices are chromatic, and the flavors include charcuterie, wild cherry, smoke, pepper and green tea. The palate is seamless and tightly wrapped, gently unfolding to reveal a lingering finish with the promise of a long cellar life ahead.——P.G.(12/1/2007)—— 93