와인정보 Montes Folly 관련 (석현이 보아라~ㅋ)

[와인은균형(엄상열)]

(석현군 참조용으로 작성하여 반어체인점 양해바랍니다..)

영어 압박은 없을 걸로 믿는다..ㅋㅋ

Vina Montes Syrah Folly 2004

WS 93

Wine Spectator
Shows lovely crushed blueberry and currant fruit aromas and flavors, with well-integrated toast and plenty of mineral, briar, mocha and bacon notes on the round, full-bodied finish. Could use some modest cellaring, but this is approachable now. Syrah. Drink now through 2009.

WA 92

Robert Parker, The Wine Advocate
Reviewer, Jay Miller - The 2004 Montes Folly is 100% Syrah from the Apalta Vineyard. It offers a splendid perfume of mineral, meat, game, and wild blueberries. This is followed by a mouth-filling, youthful wine, with nicely integrated oak, tannin, and acidity, and a very long finish. Give this wine 4-6 years of additional bottle age and drink it through 2027. Over recent years, Montes has been one of the standard-bearers of quality wines from Chile under the leadership of Aurelio Montes. The lineup is top-notch from entry level to top-of-the-line.

W&S 92

Wine & Spirits

Folly is typically a giant wine, but this vintage takes a gentler tact than usual. The alcohol and the massive black fruit flavor balance the impact of the tannins; the acidity is mellow and soft. Give it at least four years to come together.

WA는 파커횽이 직접 평가한 건 아니고 Jay Miller가 평가했음.

시음적기에 대해서는 WS와 WA가 상당히 갭이 있네.. WS는 drink now라고 했는데, WA는 4~6년 후부터(정확한 시음날짜는 더 찾아봐야 하는데, 귀찮으니까 걍 2007년 경에 했다고 치면, 대략 2010년 이후가 됨)라고 하니까 상당한 차이가..

W&S도 적어도 4년 후부터라고 하니까, 시음적기는 2010년 경부터로 보는게 맞고, 지금 마셔도 어리긴 하지만 어찌어찌 마실 만하다 정도로 이해해 두면 될 듯.. 

하는 김에 05빈티지도..

Vina Montes Syrah Folly 2005

WS 94

"Dense and layered, with lots of fig, black currant paste, mocha and black licorice flavors, all supported by muscular, but ripe and well-imbedded structure. Long, dark finish has lots of power in reserve, but shows fine harmony already. The best balanced vintage so far for this powerful Syrah. Drink now through 2013. 2,500 cases made." (WS)

WA 94
"The 2005 Folly is 100% Syrah from the slopes of the Apalta Vineyard. It was aged for 18 months in 100% new French oak. Opaque purple, it has an expressive display of meat, game, cedar, sage, and blueberry. Structured for the long haul, it requires 5-7 years of additional cellaring. The fruit is ripe and sweet, the balance impeccable, and the finish lasts for nearly a minute. It should be at its best from 2015 to 2030.
Under the enlightened leadership of Aurelio Montes, the Montes winery remains one of the standard-bearers for Chilean wines. The Carmenere-based Purple Angel is one of the two or three best of its type; the Folly is arguably Chile’s finest Syrah, and the Montes Alpha M one of the Cabernet-based icons." (WA)

IWC92
"($93; 100% syrah) Deep ruby. Powerful blackberry and cassis aromas are complicated by smoked meat, vanillin oak and candied licorice. Supple, sweet and broad, with luscious blackberry and cherry preserve flavors, velvety tannins and great depth. Really stains the palate and finishes with outstanding persistence. An extremely impressive wine, but the price stings." (IWC)

04빈과 1년 차이인데, 시음적기는 몇년씩 더 뒤로 가는 걸 볼 수 있음. 그니까 05빈이 숙성잠재력이 더 있다.. 더 tannic하다..고 할 수 있음.. 즉, 지금 마시기엔 더더욱 어리디어리다.. 몇년 더 놔둬야한다..는.. 

이건 M이나 알마비바나 세냐같은 다른 칠레 프리미엄급들도 비슷한 경향으로 기억됨.. 05가 04보다 점수도 1~2점 더 높고, 시음적기도 더 뒤로.. 05는 디켄팅해서 어떻게 할 수 있는 그런 게 아니었음.. 지금 마시면 제값 못함..

결론은 한 몇년 놔두고 나중에 마신다면 같은 값이면 05를 사는게 낫지만, 곧 마실 생각이라면 04빈 사길 잘 했다.. 뭐 그렇다능..

아래는 시간나면 함 읽어보아라~

Winery Notes:
Aurelio Montes, our partner and gifted winemaker, knew it all along. Montes Folly was destined to shine by the hand of Aurelio, it was in his DNA since he was born. This sparked his intuition which, from his student days, became obsessed with the Apalta Valley and determined to prove it was the best terroir for reds in all of Chile, a fact few would dispute today.

Aurelio’s intuition also led him to plant Syrah in the higher slopes of our Apalta Mountain Estate. Thus the Montes Folly name was born: The conventional wine growers and trade considered it "Folly" to plant Syrah, an untested variety in the region, and double "Folly" to do so in the higher slopes, extremely expensive to clear, plant and grow. The genius of Aurelio, however, had us all firmly believing from the start that Montes Folly would be the wild dream we sought, the perfect partner to our beloved Montes Alpha "M".

Montes Folly, another bold pioneering step forward, is a wild wine of truly exceptional quality, of a similar excellence level to Montes Alpha "M" but so different in style as the untamed sound of a saxo in a jazz concert would compare to a Stradivarius violin at the opera. One wild, one classical. Both stunning. Totally different. Both reaching for wine heaven, Olympus, in its own style.

Montes Folly is grown on the very highest slopes of our "la Finca de Apalta" vineyard, in Apalta Valley, with an inclination exceeding 45º degrees. Denomination of Origin is Santa Cruz, within the Colchagua valley. These steep slopes are home to the superb grapes that become Montes Folly, Chile’s first ultra-premium Syrah. Yields are extremely low at less than 4 tons per hectare, with grapes and clusters that are much smaller and more concentrated than in the vineyard’s lower slopes. As a result, they deliver more colour and tannins, making Montes Folly richly coloured, complex and powerful.

Harvested by acrobats, all grapes are hand-picked and sorted on a special selection table, where every grape not up to the quality required is removed. Once in the tank, a bleeding of 20% is made to concentrate flavor, ripe tannins and colour. Fermentation is triggered and completed with wild yeasts coming from the environment, giving a true expression‎ of terroir. It is aged 18 months in 100% new French oak barrels. There is no fining and only one very light filtration before bottling. Production is limited to a mere 9,000 bottles. Our hearts, hopes and dreams go with each bottle of Montes Folly.