点评:Honestly so disappointed with our experience. We go to quite a few wineries and have had our share of the good, the bad and the ugly. For such a prestigious and well known winery we were expecting probably a bit too much and such it was a huge let down. Firstly, it insanely busy, which although annoying we can deal with. We booked the only tasting experience which was the guided tasting for $22 each for 30 minutes.
When we got there we arrived early like it said to do so on the booking, the previous group ran late so we only ended up having a maybe a 15/20 minute session to try 5 wines. The tasting room was a long open room with which we shared with a large group of 6 or 7 and their 2 or 3 photographers. They didn't care for the wine and weren't listening to the poor host who was trying to talk through the wines.
The room was also very loud as the lunch area was directly outside and the entrance with all the visitors was right next to the room too. the mesh wall didn't do much to keep the noisy out so on top of that we couldn't hear the host well anyway.
The actual tasting had a single glass where the lovely host poured the wine, down the line of people, said a few things about it, then we tasted and by then she had started pouring the next one for the top of the line who "sculled/shotted it" to keep up. The whole experience was rushed, there were too many people in the room to ask any meaningful questions or just time to think or talk about the wine, let alone let it warm up for the flavours to come through.
The wine was also disappointing. We went to 9 other wineries over the week we were in the Yarra Valley and this was by far the lowest ranking one for everyone in our group.
The only redeeming factor was that the gardens are nice. We did not stay for lunch - too loud, busy and rushed in feeling.
Honestly felt like a hugely commercialised, tourist trap and we fell right in.
Would not go back.
翻译:说实话,我们的体验非常令人失望。我们去过不少酒庄,尝过好、坏和丑的葡萄酒。对于如此有名望和知名度的酒庄,我们的期望可能有点过高,因此这真是令人大失所望。首先,这里人满为患,虽然很烦人,但我们可以忍受。我们预订了唯一的品酒体验,即 30 分钟的指导品酒,每人 22 美元。
我们到达那里时,按照预订时说的早到了,之前的团队迟到了,所以我们最后只参加了 15/20 分钟的品酒会,品尝了 5 种葡萄酒。品酒室是一个长长的开放式房间,我们与 6 或 7 人的大团体及其 2 或 3 名摄影师共用。他们不关心葡萄酒,也没有听可怜的主人试图谈论葡萄酒。
房间也很吵,因为午餐区就在外面,所有游客的入口就在房间旁边。网状墙对隔绝噪音没有多大作用,而且我们根本听不清主人说话。
实际的品酒会只有一杯酒,可爱的主人倒酒,给排队的人倒酒,说了几句话,然后我们品尝,然后她开始为排队最上面的人倒下下一杯,排队的人“喝光/一饮而尽”以跟上。整个体验很匆忙,房间里的人太多了,根本没时间问任何有意义的问题,也没有时间思考或谈论葡萄酒,更不用说让它变热,让味道散发出来了。
葡萄酒也令人失望。在亚拉河谷的一周里,我们去了其他 9 家酒庄,这是迄今为止我们团队中排名最低的一家。
唯一的可取之处是花园很漂亮。我们没有留下来吃午饭——太吵闹、太忙碌、太匆忙了。
说实话,感觉就像一个商业化程度极高的旅游陷阱,我们一下子就掉进去了。
不会再去了。