Mordorée, Kusuda, Sociando Mallet - ちょっといいワイン

すこし値の張るワインを立て続けに開栓する機会があったので記録にとどめておこう。先週旧友3名の来訪を受け、手を煩わせてはとハム、チーズ、パンなどが持ち込まれての団らんランチとなった。Mondaviのピノ・セレクションがおみやげだったので、それに引き続きモルドレのシャトー・ヌフ・デュ・パプをこんな機会にこそと思い切って開けた。すこぶる好評でMondaviの平面的な印象と比べると遙かに深淵で多層的な味わいだった。

続いて日曜日には義父の91歳を祝う食事会を自宅で取り仕切ることになった。初鰹一本と寿司ネタで手巻きにクスダのピノ2006を合わせた。シンプルにうまい。軽やかな質の良さと言うべきか。その後ステーキも焼いたので、ソシアンド・マレ2006を飲んだが、しばらくすると極度に眠気が襲ってきて少し昼寝した。この睡眠導入力にはびっくり。


I had a couple of opportunities to open a few relatively expensive wines. Last week three old friends of mine visited me, and they brought ham, cheese and bread not to bother me cooking and their souvenir was Mondavi’s pinot selection. After this bottle in the lunch, I took the liberty to pick a Mordorée Chateauneuf du Pape out of my refrige-cellar in this exceptional occasion. Everybody really loved this one, and it was indeed profound and complex in comparison to rather flat Mondavi’s.

Following Sunday was a house party for my father-in-law’s 91st birthday. I got a spring bonito and variety of other sashimi fish for do-it-yourself hand-roll "maki". Coupled wine was Kusuda pinot 2006, which was simply exquisite, or I should say excellence in the quality of lightness. We also cooked steaks and I opened Sociando-Mallet 2006 for it. Later, I got extremely sleepy and could not avoid a short nap. Its hypnotic power was just outstanding!