もうじき終了するパリ16区の楽天5周年セール
今月いっぱい開催しているセールです。米国と同等，あるいはもっと安く売っているものもかなりあります。数が多いので米国での実売価格の安いもの（税抜きなので税込み価格と比べる場合は1割程度割り増して考える必要があります），Wine Advocate誌のレビューがある場合はそこからの抜粋を簡単に入れておきます。
米国実売：60ドル～
WA: 2005は90点
米国実売：エステートが100ドル～，リンデンハーストが80ドル～
WA：エステートが94点。The 2003 has a dense ruby/purple color and a beautiful nose of graphite intermixed with blueberry, creme de cassis, and acacia flower. The wine is full-bodied, has decent acidity, sweet, well-integrated tannin, and subtle wood. This is a beauty and certainly one of the more impressively constituted and elegant wines of the vintage.
リンデンハーストは90点。This is a very attractive alternative to the more expensive flagship wine. I thought the 2003 (700 cases) was even better than the 2002. A dark ruby/purple-colored wine with hints of road tar, black currant, flowers, and subtle oak, it possesses good texture, purity, and richness as well as a heady, ripe finish.
米国実売：175ドル～
WA：98点（サイトにある94-96は古い情報です）。An incredible dark purple color offers up notes of creosote, subtle charcoal embers, aged beef, fresh beef blood, black currants, sweet cherries, pepper, and tapenade. An incredibly complex, deep, full-bodied Syrah with expressive chocolatey notes in the mouth, this intense Syrah challenges just about every ounce of grey matter between the ears.
米国実売：プロプライエタリー360ドル～，シラー240ドル～
WA：プロプライエタリー95点。The 2003 IX Proprietary Red Wine, a blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc and a dollop of Petit Verdot, demonstrates how fabulous the fruit from the estate vineyard can be. Beautiful scents of crushed rocks, spring flowers, licorice, charcoal, blackberries, and cassis are stunningly pure and complex. This opulent, intense, well-balanced, compelling, full-bodied wine appears to have softened considerably over the last year.
シラー96点。The floral-filled 2004 IX Syrah Estate (486 cases) offers super-pure blue and blackberries intermixed with hints of new saddle leather and meat. High but sweet tannins, powerful flavors, and an overall sense of poise characterize this stunning effort.
米国実売：100ドル～
WA：95＋点。The 2005 James Berry Vineyard (70% Syrah, 20% Mourvedre, and 10% Grenache) exhibits the super precision, minerality, and clarity this site seems to provide. It is a dense, concentrated wine bursting with notes of creme de cassis, blackberries, smoke, earth, and jus de viande. This textured, French-styled 2005 can be drunk early or cellared for 10-12 years.
米国実売：100ドル～
WA：93＋点。The 2004 Syrah Eddie’s Patch (400 cases) shares an opaque purple color in addition to notes of incense, blackberries, truffles, and spicy wood. It is a huge, dense, cool climate Syrah with a Pinot Noir-like sassafras character. Drink this big, earthy, terroir-driven effort over the next 10-12 years.
こうしてみるとシラーが多いですね。日本ではシラーの人気が低いということでしょうか。確かにシラー好きっていう人はあまり見たことがないような気もしますが，南仏好きな人は結構いそうだし，そのあたりはやっぱり別物なのでしょうか？
米国実売：60ドル～
WA: 2005は90点
米国実売：エステートが100ドル～，リンデンハーストが80ドル～
WA：エステートが94点。The 2003 has a dense ruby/purple color and a beautiful nose of graphite intermixed with blueberry, creme de cassis, and acacia flower. The wine is full-bodied, has decent acidity, sweet, well-integrated tannin, and subtle wood. This is a beauty and certainly one of the more impressively constituted and elegant wines of the vintage.
リンデンハーストは90点。This is a very attractive alternative to the more expensive flagship wine. I thought the 2003 (700 cases) was even better than the 2002. A dark ruby/purple-colored wine with hints of road tar, black currant, flowers, and subtle oak, it possesses good texture, purity, and richness as well as a heady, ripe finish.
米国実売：175ドル～
WA：98点（サイトにある94-96は古い情報です）。An incredible dark purple color offers up notes of creosote, subtle charcoal embers, aged beef, fresh beef blood, black currants, sweet cherries, pepper, and tapenade. An incredibly complex, deep, full-bodied Syrah with expressive chocolatey notes in the mouth, this intense Syrah challenges just about every ounce of grey matter between the ears.
米国実売：プロプライエタリー360ドル～，シラー240ドル～
WA：プロプライエタリー95点。The 2003 IX Proprietary Red Wine, a blend of 64% Cabernet Sauvignon, 31% Merlot, and the rest Cabernet Franc and a dollop of Petit Verdot, demonstrates how fabulous the fruit from the estate vineyard can be. Beautiful scents of crushed rocks, spring flowers, licorice, charcoal, blackberries, and cassis are stunningly pure and complex. This opulent, intense, well-balanced, compelling, full-bodied wine appears to have softened considerably over the last year.
シラー96点。The floral-filled 2004 IX Syrah Estate (486 cases) offers super-pure blue and blackberries intermixed with hints of new saddle leather and meat. High but sweet tannins, powerful flavors, and an overall sense of poise characterize this stunning effort.
米国実売：100ドル～
WA：95＋点。The 2005 James Berry Vineyard (70% Syrah, 20% Mourvedre, and 10% Grenache) exhibits the super precision, minerality, and clarity this site seems to provide. It is a dense, concentrated wine bursting with notes of creme de cassis, blackberries, smoke, earth, and jus de viande. This textured, French-styled 2005 can be drunk early or cellared for 10-12 years.
米国実売：100ドル～
WA：93＋点。The 2004 Syrah Eddie’s Patch (400 cases) shares an opaque purple color in addition to notes of incense, blackberries, truffles, and spicy wood. It is a huge, dense, cool climate Syrah with a Pinot Noir-like sassafras character. Drink this big, earthy, terroir-driven effort over the next 10-12 years.
こうしてみるとシラーが多いですね。日本ではシラーの人気が低いということでしょうか。確かにシラー好きっていう人はあまり見たことがないような気もしますが，南仏好きな人は結構いそうだし，そのあたりはやっぱり別物なのでしょうか？
