白ワインには「Entre chien et loup」と名付けました。直訳すると「犬と狼の間」。昼間と夕方のはっきりしない時間の事を指しています。私の好きなフランス語の表現です。様々な事柄には境界のあやふやなものがたくさんあります。それは興味深い曖昧さです。人生の楽しいイベントはいつも、そういったものから始まります。犬か狼か、希望か不安か区別するのは難しいことです。しかし、誰が気にするでしょうか、やってみるだけのことです。もし犬だと思っていたものが狼だったら、その狼を理解し飼い馴らせばいいのです。

なんとしても、このゴージャスな完成品を見逃さないで下さい。

WA Point 97+

┃公開媒体： Interim End of September 2017, The Wine Advocate ┃レビュアー： Lisa Perrotti-Brown ┃飲み頃： 2017 - 2029

The 2015 Entre Chien et Loup is a blend of 44% Chardonnay, 40% Roussanne, 8% Petit Manseng and 8% Viognier coming 44% from Bien Nacido Vineyard, 30% from the Cumulus (Estate) Vineyard and 26% from the Eleven Confessions (Estate) Vineyard. No settling was done to the juices―they were fermented as “dirty” as possible and, as usual, they were not racked. This wine was matured for around 19 months (bottled April 12, 2017), in: 19% concrete eggs, 20% stainless steel, 20% used barrels and 41% new French oak. It opens with a positively electric nose of ripe apricots, pink grapefruit and green mango with notions of candied ginger, honeycomb, allspice and baking bread. Medium to full-bodied, the palate has a wonderfully satiny texture and incredible freshness, cutting through the dense tropical and stone fruit layers, finishing with epic length and many layers of savory and spice notions. By the way, I love the name of this wine and just wait until you see the label which, I’m happy to report, has already (somehow) been given the all-clear by the TTB. 811 cases were made. Drinking deliciously right now, it is built like a brick house and should cellar gracefully for 10-12 years+.