2007 Monument Ridge, 加州索罗玛Alexander Valley

2007年份, 加州绝佳的年份， 有如波尔图的1982年份。

Monument Ridge 纪念碑岭赤霞珠，堪称佳酿。

这款酒由92%的赤霞珠，8%的品丽珠混合酿造，在76%的新法国橡木桶中陈酿16个月。

墨色/紫色的光泽, 

散发出浓郁的黑醋栗，

甘草和水果蛋糕的香气，

利口酒、矿物、融合了丰富的果香。

层次丰富，口感复杂，

酸甜浓郁，丰满，有深度，

酒体饱满，平衡优雅，

单宁强劲，有力，

回味果香浓郁，厚重。

这款酒发行时价格不到40刀，现在价格100刀。

96分  Wine Enthusiast

A dramatic wine, authoritative in tannins, bone dry and noble. Withholds its best under a cloak of astringency, but already shows its mountain terroir in the complexity of its structure and deep, intense blackberry, currant, blueberry and dried herb flavors. Should develop bottle complexities for at least a decade and probably longer.

Editors' Choice

94分  Robert Parker's Wine Advocate

The biggest production cuvee, the inky/purple-tinged 2007 Cabernet Sauvignon Monument Ridge is fabulous. Composed of 92% Cabernet Sauvignon and 8% Cabernet Franc aged 16 months in 76% new French oak casks, it reveals abundant aromas of creme de cassis, graphite, ink, licorice, and fruitcake in a full-bodied, Pauillac-like style with plenty of sweet tannin.

These are far and away the most impressive group of Stonestreet Alexander Mountain estate wines I have ever tasted. Kudos to proprietor Jess Jackson and winemakers Graham Weerts and Marcia Monahan for exploiting this high elevation terroir. This has been a work-in-progress for Jackson, and he has finally hit paydirt with the following wines. Readers need to pay close attention as there are some amazing Chardonnays as well as red wines emerging from Stonestreet. There are seven distinctive cuvees of Chardonnay, ranging in production from 185 cases of Red Point, to 660 cases of Lower Rim. All of these super-impressive efforts come from elevations of 900 to 1,800 feet. I tasted one Merlot and seven Cabernet Sauvignons, and as readers can tell, these are also impressive wines. Production ranges from approximately 250 cases of the single vineyard Cabernet Sauvignons (the only exception being the 5,000-case cuvee of Cabernet Sauvignon Monument Ridge).