香港酒游记之五——美酒展

Travel in HK 5--HKTDC

此次香港之行，一为参加美酒展，二来顺道去澳洲读研。本不报太大希望，没想到香港知名酒商的Majorcellar发力了，给力的大酒各种开（如下图）。

The main purpose for this time my travel to HK was joined in HKTDC as well as by the way to Australia for studying master of wine business. Originally, I was not expected a lot for this exhibition while Majorcellar was incredibly opened lots of niche wines.

由于好酒实在太多，写不过来，笔者决定挑几支印象最深刻的与大家分享。

Due to too many fine wines, I decide to choose couple of impressive one to share with you.

Domaine Francois Lamarche“La Grand Rue”Monopole 2009

大气，优雅平衡。中等集中度，香气：香草，牛奶，红色樱桃类水果，玫瑰，泥土，烟草，树叶，香料。口感：集中，铁矿石，树莓，黑樱桃，香草橡木。中等偏上的酒体。非常丝滑质感。成熟，圆润的单宁。高酸度。很长，令人印象深刻的奶油香草余韵。

Elegant and balance wine. Medium aroma of vanilla, milk, red berry fruits, rose, earth, tobacco leaf, spices. Intense flavor of iron-mineral, raspberry, dark cherry, vanilla oak on the palate. Medium+ body. Very silky texture. Ripen, rounded tannin. High acidity. Long, impressive velvety length hint of vanilla cream notes.

Clos de la Roche Maison Roche de Bellene“Collection Bellenum” 1990

大酒商Nicolas Potel旗下的酒庄。伟大年份的出品。诱人成熟的宝石色。花香四溢。很好的集中度。老年份勃艮第特有的优雅飘落的玫瑰花瓣气息，茉莉花，红樱桃，甘草，泥土，乌梅，生姜。中等偏上的酒体。天鹅绒般丝滑的口感和单宁。高酸度。依然保有新鲜度。平衡，饱满，悠长。还能再放。

Owned by Nicolas Potel. Significant vintage. Maturing attractive smudgy ruby colour. Floral. Good intensity. Old Bourgogne's elegant aroma of fall rose petal, jasmine, red cherry, liqurorice, earth, dark plum, ginger. Medium+ body. Velvety texture & tannin. High acidity. Still maintain the freshness. Balance. Long and rich and reverberant. Can keep for more time.

Domaine La Barroche“Pure” Chateauneuf-du-Pape 2009

偶像级的酒款。超过一百年的老藤。陈放大约18个月；装瓶前没有过滤。醒了1小时，但还觉得不够。香气上几乎完美，非常优雅。集中地清咖啡，红樱桃，丁香，陈皮，焦糖，玫瑰花瓣，干花，甘草，红莓，黑朱古力。中等偏上的酒体。非常丝滑的酒质。高酸度和单宁。单宁感觉还是有点硬。悠长的甘草余韵。

Iconic wine. Over 100 years old vine Grenache. Aging lasts approximately 18 months. The wine is not filtered before bottling. Decented for 1 hour, not enough. Perfect and elegant on the nose. Intense aroma of black coffee, red cherry, clove, dried citrus-peel, caramel, dried flower, rose petal, liquorice, red berry, dark chocolate. Medium+ body. Very silky texture. High tannin & acidity. Still a bit hard for its tannin. Long liquorice length.

Carter Cellars Cabernet Sauvignon Coliseum Block Napa Valley 2008

美酒展唯一让我感动的Napa酒。复杂的黑莓，黑樱桃，红豆沙，甘草，干花，奶油香草，玫瑰，无花果，黑巧克力，松露。难以置信天鹅绒般的丝滑。相当长的红豆余韵。真称得上是款膜拜酒了!

On the back side of the Hossfeld Vineyard lies a steeply terraced block of old vine Cabernet Sauvignon that sits across a gorge from a 19th century miniature Roman coliseum. Deep ruby. Intense bouquet of dark berry, dark cherry, red bean paste, liquorice, dried flower, vanilla cream, rose, fig, dark chocolate, truffle. Medium+ body. Velvety texture. Ripen, rounded tannin. High acidity. Very long length of red bean notes. Cult wine. Move!

悲剧的3L的小拉图07，放在那里都没人喝，在一众好酒的光环下彻底沦为配角。

Unfortunately, 3L Les Forts de Latour 07 have totally become the supporting role.