STONYRIDGE – STONYRIDGE LAROSE 2014
Notes de dégustation: si on peut se laisser aller à une comparaison, on pourrait dire que le Stonyridge Larose 2014 est à la Nouvelle-Zélande ce que le millésime 2010 fut à Bordeaux alors que le 2013 Larose est similaire au 2009 bordelais. Les deux vins sont issus de deux grands millésimes, comme à Bordeaux mais dans un style différent.
Robe rubis profonde aux reflets violets et avec beaucoup d’éclat. Le nez est multidimensionnel avec des fruits noirs et rouges, sur le cassis, la mine de crayon et le graphique. En bouche, s’ajoutent des herbes de Provence, des épices orientales et des notes de cèdre. Les tannins sont bien présents mais ils ne sont jamais agressifs et ils sont bien mûrs. Finale somptueuse d’une grande complexité mais on sent déjà l’harmonie poindre sous la structure.
VIN : STONYRIDGE LAROSE 2014 |
Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2014 Cabernets Larose opens with crushed black currants, fragrant blackberries and mulberries on the nose with hints of bay leaves, forest floor, loam and pencil shavings. Medium-bodied and packed with taut, muscular black fruits, it has a solid frame of chewy tannins and lively acid, finishing with lingering earth and herbal layers. Robert Parker. The Wine Advocate. 93+/100.
Grapes: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot Description: Our flagship wine, Larose is one of the top Bordeaux-style reds in the world – an immensely complex wine of great ripeness. “One of the Top 100 Wines in the World” – Arcigola Slow Food, Italy (the world’s largest wine publication)
“For its arresting power, complexity and richness, and sheer vintage-to-vintage brilliance, Stonyridge Larose must be ranked as New Zealand’s greatest claret-style red.” – Michael Cooper, Wine Atlas of New Zealand 2003The February 2003 issue of UK Wine Magazine ran a major article on the “cult wines of the world”. Not only was Stonyridge listed with Dry River as the only two first-division cult wines of New Zealand, but Stonyridge Larose had the great honour of being one of four bottles featured on the cover, along with Harlan of Napa, Penfolds Grange Hermitage, and Vinã Almaviva of Chile.Bob Campbell M.W. defines a cult wine as “a wine that commands a high price, is in high demand (i.e. short supply), has the ability to age well, and gains value with bottle age. »