Diamond Creek Gravelly Meadow Cabernet Sauvignon, Napa Valley, USA

鉆石溪酒莊碎石草原園赤霞珠干紅葡萄酒

點(diǎn)擊次數(shù)：13782

With hard tannins that shut down the mouth’s basic tasting function, this Cabernet feels tough and resistant now. Yet it has a fantastically intense core of blackberry and black currant fruit whose sweetness is grounded with a tug of minerals. Classic young Diamond Creek, it needs at least eight years in the cellar, and should develop well beyond that. ——S.H.(12/1/2011)—— 93

This baby Cabernet plays tricks on the palate, showing appealing soft, delicious complexity, then retreating into a cloak of tannins, and then emerging again with sweet fruit and spice. It’s bone dry, although the cherries and blackberries show a baked-into-the-pie caramelized sweetness. Give this bottle a good six years in the cellar, and it should continue to evolve for far longer. ——S.H.(3/1/2011)—— 92