ブルゴーニュの造りと、ナパ・ヴァレーのテロワールの融合!ロマネ・コンティを率いてきたオベール・ド・ヴィレーヌとハイド・ヴィンヤードのラリー・ハイドのコラボレーション。「パリスの審判」に審査員として立会い、カリフォルニアワインの可能性をいち早く知ったドメーヌ・ド・ラ・ロマネ・コンティの共同経営者であるオベール・ド・ヴィレーヌ。そして、「キスラー」、「パッツ&ホール」などの名だたるワイン生産者へもブドウを供給してきた「ハイド・ヴィンヤード」のラリー・ハイド。ド・ヴィレーヌの妻となった、パメラがハイドの従姉妹にあたることから、2000年に二人のパートナーシップが成立しました。2002年からはステファン・ヴィヴィアーが醸造責任者を務め、ブルゴーニュの造りと、ナパ・ヴァレーのテロワールの融合を実現しています。「カーネロス シャルドネ」は、ハイドヴィンヤードの樹齢25-40年のシャルドネから造られます。オールドウェンテとカレラのクローンを醸造。清澄・濾過は行わずに瓶詰め。華やかでフレッシュな柑橘類の香り。柑橘類、梨、アプリコットといきいきとした酸のバランスが心地良く、長熟にも耐え得るポテンシャルを感じます。HYDE DE VILLAINE CHARDONNAY ハイド・ド・ヴィレーヌ カーネロス シャルドネ 生産国:アメリカ カリフォルニア ノース・コースト ナパ 原産地呼称:AVA. LOS CARNEROS ぶどう品種:シャルドネ 100% アルコール度数:13.6% 味わい:白ワイン 辛口ワインアドヴォケイト:95 ポイント The Wine Advocate RP 95 Reviewed by: Erin Brooks Release Price: NA Drink Date: 2023 - 2033 The 2018 Chardonnay is powerful and hedonistic, with a touch less aromatic purity than its excellent 2019 counterpart. It opens with flinty aromas that segue to white peaches, baked apples, beeswax, roasted almonds and baking spices. The medium-bodied palate is textural and concentrated with flinty accents and rounded acidity, finishing with lots of savory layers and a compelling hint of dried sage. This deserves another 3-5 years in bottle.I visited Hyde de Villaine in the spring of 2022 to taste with winemaker Guillaume Boudet and general manager James Eyer. Hyde de Villaine produced stunning lineups in 2018 and 2019, with exceptional elegance and balanced structures. 2020 was challenging, with both wildfires and extreme temperatures. "We made as much as we could in 2020, but the real issue was heat," Boudet explained. "The fires started in August, and there's really nothing you can do. The heat shut down vines, like in 2017. The heat and dehydration affected us more than the actual smoke." The constant breezes at Hyde kept the air relatively clear, although there were some ashes on the vines. "We blew the grapes in the vineyard with a fan on a tractor to clean them and rinsed off all the berries with water, going super slow on the sorting table so the water could run off. Overall, we did our due diligence with the reds. But it is also about preserving relationships with growers. We test, we talk about price, we figure it out instead of dropping contracts just before harvest. COVID-19, frost, fire, ash-it was everything in 2020. It was really important to us to respect their overall work throughout 2020. It took courage and guts and risk for wineries to make wines in 2020. It may not be the greatest vintage ever, but the fact that it has the merits to exist-to me that is everything." Published: Jul 15, 2022vinous:95 ポイント 95 Drinking Window 2021 - 2032 From: Napa Valley’s Thrilling 2018s & 2019s, Parts 1 & 2 (Jan 2021) The 2018 Chardonnay Comandante Hyde Vineyard is sourced from vines that are nearly forty years of age. Old vines give the Comandante a very distinct sense of transparency that is striking. The orange confit, hazelnut, spice and tropical fruit flavors are intense, and yet the wine maintains a feeling on lightness that is quite remarkable. This is one of the most distinctive expressions of Hyde readers will come across. - By Antonio Galloni on February 2021