Kusuda's Syrah - クスダ・ワインのシラー

週末に友人がふたり、訪ねてきてくれたので、クスダのシラー2006を開けた。訪問の目的は雑談しながら、リスニング・ルームで音楽やビデオを見ることで、これは一応の好印象を得たのだが、帰っていく彼らの頭の中はこのワインの印象の方が大きかったようだ。
楠田さんのシラーは畑を手に入れて初めての仕込みを彼自身が試飲会に持ち込んだのを飲ませてもらった時、その品の良さに驚いた。2007ヴィンテージは数も少なく、彼のピノより価格も高くなっていたので、躊躇している間に売り切れた。さらに期待の大きい2008が出荷されるのをもう少し待つとしよう。


A couple of friends of mine visited me in the weekend, and I opened a bottle of Kusuda’s Syrah 2006 in this occasion. Their purpose was listening to music and videos in my private theater, which successfully satisfied them, but the real impression they carried home in their head was this bottle of wine, as it seemed.
When Mr. Kusuda brought his first sample bottles to a wine tasting event after he had bought a Syrah vineyard, I tried it and was amazed with its sophisticated quality. The production of 2007 vintage is very, very limited and it was gone while I was hesitating as the price was higher than his Pinot. The next 2008 production receives even greater expectations, and that is what I won’t miss.