点评:I cannot recommend this winery highly enough. Arrived at 11:00 on a Saturday in May. When we arrived, proprietors Greg and Aram were the only ones there and they immediately poured a couple fantastic wines. The winery and tasting area, located on a beautiful, rolling and remote pastoral property, is humble and unpretentious to say the least - in the best way possible. Just wreaked of decades-old Paso Robles country authenticity. The winery dog greeting you, a small, charming tasting shack, goats headbutting in the adjacent goat pen.. Quiet, warm, effortlessly historic, just real.
But lets get on to the star of the visit - the wines. Greg and Aram's wines are absolutely *superb*. Specializing in Rhone style blends, the craftsmanship, tradition, history and decades of experience with their sought-after estate fruit was readily apparent.
We had hired a driver that day (Rick of "Private Wine Driver" Paso Robles) who was fantastic. I think because Rick had connections with Kiamie (and the other three wineries he took us to) and the fact that we were the only ones there at that early hour, we were lucky enough to have Aram take us back over to the barrel room for a barrel tasting where he took us through the blending science. I expect they rarely have time to do that for many people, but arrive early enough and show up with Rick and I'd expect you might get lucky as we did.
Took home two bottles of the 2023 R'OWN BLEND which is sublime. Of the six wineries we visited that weekend, this was our favorite. Not a place for large groups, but for casual, unhurried, friendly tastings of fantastic wines.
翻译:我强烈推荐这家酒庄。五月的一个周六上午11点我们到达。当时只有庄主格雷格和阿拉姆在,他们立刻给我们倒了几款非常棒的葡萄酒。酒庄和品酒区坐落在风景优美、地势起伏的偏僻田园中,毫不矫揉造作,这绝对是褒义上的谦逊。这里散发着帕索罗布尔斯地区数十年来原汁原味的乡村气息。酒庄的狗狗热情地迎接我们,小巧迷人的品酒小屋,隔壁羊圈里山羊互相顶撞……一切都那么安静、温馨,仿佛蕴藏着历史的痕迹,一切都那么真实。
不过,让我们来说说此行的重头戏——葡萄酒。格雷格和阿拉姆的葡萄酒绝对*卓越*。他们专注于罗纳河谷风格的混酿,精湛的工艺、悠久的传统、悠久的历史以及数十年来对自家葡萄园珍贵葡萄的悉心酿造经验都清晰可见。
那天我们雇了一位司机(帕索罗布尔斯“私人葡萄酒司机”的里克),他非常棒。我想是因为里克和基亚米酒庄(以及他带我们去的其他三家酒庄)关系不错,而且那天清晨只有我们一桌客人,所以我们很幸运地让阿拉姆带我们去酒窖品鉴桶装葡萄酒,他还给我们讲解了调配的原理。我估计他们很少有时间安排这样的活动,但如果你到得够早,而且是和里克一起去的,我想你也可能像我们一样幸运。
我们带回了两瓶2023年份的R'OWN BLEND,味道真是绝妙。那个周末我们一共去了六家酒庄,这家是我们最喜欢的。这里不适合大型团体,但非常适合轻松自在、悠闲友好地品尝美酒。