Frank's wine note

Today I am going to introduce two wines I drunk this week. The first is a Burgundy red wine Remi Jeanniard Morey-Saint-Denis 2007 $33.99, and the second is a Joseph Drouhin Beaujolais Nouveau 2011 $7.95.


Let me first talk about the Morey-Saint-Denis wine. This wine is a village wine of Morey-Saint-Denis in Cote de Nuits subregion of Burgundy made by Remi Jeanniard.

Today's wine is from Languedoc-Roussillon, Domaine L'Ostal Cazes Minervois 'Estibals' 2007. I have drunk a 2004 wine from the same winery Domaine L'Ostal Cazes Minervois 'La Livinière', but have no chance to write it down. This estate was established by the owner of famous Château Lynch-Bages in Languedoc. The name is rich with meaning and history: L’Ostal Cazes, for, in old “Langue d’oc” (Occitan), “L’Ostal” referred to both the house and the family group living there as one idea. This wine Domaine L'Ostal Cazes Minervois 'Estibals' 2007 has an everyday wine price $13.95, but maintains a high quality.

With a strong purple color, this wine

Fall in Troy was too short. The first snow emerged on Thursday this week and suddenly escalates to snow storm today. Winter is the good time to drink red wines like Bordeaux. I am going to talk a little about two red wines: one is from Languedoc-Roussillion and the other is from Bordeaux. 2006 Domaine Les Verrieres de Montagnas 'Clos des Soutyeres' is a red wine from Coteaux du Languedoc appellation, $23.95.

This is a very bold and muscular wine, made of 70% Syrah, 20% Grenache Noir and 10% Carignan. Its color is deep red to black, with a purple hue. The wine delivers aroma of crushed mixed ripe fruits like blackberry, prune with intense black pepper and a hint of tobacco a

It has been sometime since my last update of the blog. I have drunk a few bottles during my family visit and my following visit back to China. There were several quite impressive bottles, like a Pinot Noir from Washington state, a Cab from Cali and Catena's Malbec. Sorry I don't have time to record the tasting note for each of them, maybe I will have change and time to taste them again and I promise I will write it down next time.

Today, I want to introduce a bottle from Burgundy, a white one. This wine is 2008 Laboure-Roi Macon-Villages St. Armand, probably just around $10. The town of Macon locates in the southern Burgundy, Maconnais, and is very close to Beaujolais. The Macon-villages is an appellation including white wines from certain communes in Maconnais. When the grapes are from different communes, they simply name it Macon-villages.
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我爸太黑了，昨天让他在我收的酒里挑一只开，他一下就挑中了这支我从NYC辛苦背回来的2007 Burgundy 1st Cru，Domaine Faiveley Mercurey “Clos des Myglands” 税前$37。这支酒是店主推荐的不怎么需要lay down，现在就能喝的burgundy wine。Domaine Faiveley有着接近两百年的历史，持续的生产高水平的酒。Mercurey产区位于著名的Cote d'Or南部的Cote Chalonnaise大产区。总所周知，Grand Cru只在Cote d'Or有，所以Mercurey没有Grand Cru。虽然远不如Cote d'Or的产区有名，但是Mercurey AOC还是有32个Premier Cru，出产高水平的Burgundy wine。
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Myglands来自于名字“my lands”，一个英国权贵赠予的名字。这块Premier Cru是single-estate vineyard，是Domaine Faiveley独占。这酒呈现ruby色带有一点purple hue。
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这次的酒接着上次的tasting note，同样是西班牙的Sparkling wine，Cava。这支酒是上次去买的两支Cava里的第二支,是Freixenet的Brut Cava，Cordon Negro $8.99。因为上次介绍了Cava的基本情况，这次就只是简单的说下这支酒的tasting note。
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这支酒有三种西班牙葡萄品种酿造而成，Macabeo (35%), Xarel-lo (25%) and Parellada (40%)。这支酒有着适中的fruity aroma，带有一点peach hint。入口完全是热带水果的感觉，citrus和apple flavor在加上一点pineapple和pear。一方面我觉得酸度较低，口感较柔和，我爸却觉得酸度很突出。finish在我喝过的white wine里算是相当长了，而且finish较fruity。总而言之，这两只Cava都是很适合夏天喝的，而它们的价格决定了他们作为daily wine的基础，虽然素质超出普通的daily wine不少。

从四月份之后就没有更新过note，这段时间天气渐热，暑假工作上的事情也比较忙，都没什么空闲下来喝酒。家里不停的有新酒堆着但是没有喝掉的，准备等着爸妈过来之后一次性解决。前段时间喝了几支Sauvignon blanc，清爽的citrus flavor很适合夏天炎热的天气，经某人推荐入手两支Cava作为储备。Cava果然廉价两支都不超过$10，有reserva的Cava大概$20-30。总体来说NV的sparkling wine都不算很贵，就算Krug，Bollinger,Taittinger,铭悦这些貌似都还能承受，当然Salon这种顶级货还是没条件一睹芳容的。今天的主角是其中一支Cava, Jaume Serra Cristalino Brut NV, 税前$9.99。Cava是一种西班牙Sparkling wine，被称为西班牙的香槟。只有用所谓传统方法，其实就是香槟酿造法，酿造的Sparkling wine才能被标为Cava。
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这支酒有着完全超出

这次介绍的是Northern Rhone的Saint-Joseph AOC Red Wine。说到Northern Rhone，人们首先想到的一定是Cote-Rotie和Hermitage，来自这两个产区的酒品质自然毋庸置疑，价格当然也毋庸置疑。作为Wine的初学者想要体会Northern Rhone的个性，Northern Rhone产量最大的AOC Croze-Hermitage是一个不错的选择，毕竟价格便宜量又足。今天这支Saint-Joseph本来是不在我的预期内，是上次去NYC的Wine Cellar店家极力推荐的Northern Rhone Red。抱着试试看的心理就买了下来，毕竟价格也不算贵，没想到买到相当不错的货了。这支Domaine Richard Vieilles Vignes Les Nuelles Saint Joseph $20.99。Saint-Joseph实际上是Northern Rhone第二大的产区。这里产的Red Wine被设定成是在等待Cote-Rotie和Hermitage的酒成熟的之前所消费的酒，所以一般来讲Saint-Joseph的酒是在还年轻的时候就适合喝了。
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好久没写blog了，来汇报下近况。春假之前去纽约上庭，结果因为flood alert，非常倒霉的火车晚点。害得我好好紧张了一会儿，不过还好这一次错过庭审还有一次机会。结果交了80刀相当于保释金的东西把庭审又推到七月份了，正是太折腾了。春假中间终于把攒了一个月的新台式配件凑齐了，搞了几天新电脑了春假就结束了。然后就开始了噩梦般的两周，忙老板课的project。忙得昏天黑地，前几天每天都是4-5点才睡，星期四due之前将将弄好，中间的时间都不知道怎么过的。弄完了之后好好的歇了两天，今天终于有时间和心情写点东西了。这段时间喝了3支酒，第一支跟上次blog的酒一样是rioja的tempranillo，就不再多少说了，大体的特点都相同，只是素质有点区别。第二支是上次wine tasting带回来的一只spatlese。Peter Mertes Platinum Spatlese 2009 $5.99。不同于之前介绍的Morsel的，这酒是Rheinhessen产的。酒体是pale and slightly greenish yellow，light bodied，easy to drink and not complicate. 有着peach aroma and flavor。适合休闲的时候喝着聊天。
今天的第三支是主要介绍的酒。这只Chateau Petrus Gaia No.2 2007 Bordeaux Superieur $13.99是上次去NYC上庭悲剧的一天

在旧世界酒里占据一席之地的西班牙酒是我之前所没有接触过的。先介绍下西班牙酒的分级，非常类似于法国和意大利的分级制度。最大的分为两类，Quality Wines Produced in a Specified Region (QWPSR) (Vino de Calidad Producido en Región Determinada (VCPRD) in Spanish)和Table Wine。Table Wine跟法国一样分为Vino de Mesa (Table Wine)和Vino de la Tierra (VdlT) 'Country wines'。QWPSR同样又细分为4类，标准从低到高Vino de Calidad con Indicación Geográfica，Denominación de Origen (Designation of Origin - DO)下含66个wine region，Denominación de Origen Calificada (DOCa Qualified designation of origin)这个级别只有两个wine region：著名的Rioja和Priorat。最高级的Denominación de Origen de Pago (DO de Pago)有着非常严格的地理条件，以有着国际知名度的独立酒庄为中心，全西班牙只有10个。

今天这支是DOCa的Rioja。Rioja分为四种，根据age的年份以及橡木桶age的年份来区分为，Rioja，Crianza，Reserva和Gran Reserva。Rioja分为三个代表性区域Rioja Alta，Rioja Alavesa和Rioja Baja。位于