New Zealand Wine Tasting - ニュージーランド・ワイン試飲会

今日はニュージーランド・ワイン倶楽部のテースティングに行ってきました。会場は東京ミッドタウンのリッツ・カールトンです。何しろ若い女性たちで盛況で、かしこまったフレンチ風格式とかないので、若くて元気にワインを楽しむ雰囲気です。こういう機会に参加者同士社交的に振る舞えると良いのでしょうけれど、みんなワインにしか目が行っていませんし、私も同じなので、今夜の収穫はと言えば久しぶりに楠田さんに会えたことでしょう。彼の用意したピノは後半には売り切れていました。2008のシラーはすごいマッタリ感が印象的で、ちょっと前とは違う感じでした。ピノをメインに試飲して回りましたが、合格だったのはMillton、Murdoc、Hunters、Schubertあたりでしょうか。もちろん全部試飲はしていません。今回はAta Rangiが参加していなかったのが残念です。


I went to the tasting event of New Zealand Wine Club tonight. It took place at the Ritz Carlton, Roppongi Tokyo Mid Town. The premise was full of young female fans, and because it had nothing to do with formal French style appelation or whatever, young and vigorous atmosphere enjoying wines was dominant, and I thought it would be nice if people could be more social each other, but everybody’s eyes were almost all on wines, and I was not the exception either. The good gain tonight was that I could see Mr. Kusuda again after a long absence, and his pinot bottles for sampling were all gone in the middle of the event. His 2008 syrah was impressive and had some unique density unlike the previous year. I walked around focusing on pinot, and found Millton, Murdon, Schubert and Hunters were very good. Unfortunately, Ata Rangi was not present this year.