High Life
84 品 然而,真正让符腾堡与众不同的,或许是高贵的黑比诺和端庄的莱姆贝格 (奥地利称之为蓝法兰克)。符腾堡的风土特性犹如大千世界,包括贝壳石灰 石、泥灰岩、黄土、粘土及三叠纪白石灰岩等,更辅以形形色色的微气候环境。 长于反映风土特性的黑比诺和莱姆贝格,在符腾堡可谓如鱼得水,进而以万千姿 态示人,亦愈来愈受国际市场亲睐。与波尔多及勃艮第等产区相比,符腾堡佳酿 具有极高的性价比,绝对值得注意。 “回想上世纪80年代,在酒单中收录德国红酒的米其林星级餐厅有如凤毛麟 角。这也是致使我们下定决心,精制世界级橡木窖藏德国红酒的原因之一。” Felix Ellwanger 在过去多个世纪,符腾堡乃至德国红酒大多不经橡木窖藏。顺带一提,在大 型旧橡木桶内发酵或熟成的红酒,多数不是橡木窖藏型红酒。反复使用后,旧橡 木桶已逐渐竭尽其橡木风味,而小橡木桶的橡木风味强于大橡木桶。窖藏型红酒 所需的,是一定比例的全新小橡木桶。上世纪70年代,意大利托斯卡纳地区的 酒庄开始试验种植法国葡萄品种,及使用法国小橡木桶发酵并熟成佳酿,是为超 级托斯卡纳之滥觞。时至上世纪80年代,德国酒庄已开始试验以小橡木桶发酵 并熟成佳酿。以五个酒庄名字中首个字母命名的 H.A.D.E.S. 协会率先于1986 年创立,其成员全数来自符腾堡;受其启发继而于1991年创立的 Deutsches Barrique-Forum,则是全国性组织。符腾堡的德意志列级酒庄协会旗下包括 十八个成员,其中不少是 H.A.D.E.S. 与 Deutsches Barrique-Forum 的急先 锋,充分体现符腾堡作为德国创新科技中心的开拓精神。 However, itisperhaps the regal PinotNoirandthemajesticLemberger(known elsewhere as Blaufränkisch) that makeWürttemberg truly unique. Endowed with Württemberg’s diverse terroirs ranging from shell-limestone, marl, loess, clay to keuper, the two terroir-expressive varieties reveal themselves in amyriad of styles and are increasingly sought-after on the international market. “Back in the 1980s, few if anyMichelin-starred restaurants carried German reds. That was one of the reasons why we undertook to produce oak-aged German reds of world-class quality.” Felix Ellwanger For long periods in history, most Württembergian and German reds were oak-free. Even if they were vinified or matured in oak, it was in large old barrels, which did not impart oak influence. Starting from the 1980s, indeed merely a decade following the emergence of Super Tuscans, German estates began to experiment with oak-aged reds. The Württemberg-wide H.A.D.E.S. was established in 1986 and it inspired the subsequent foundation of the nationwide Deutsches Barrique-Forum in 1991. True to Württemberg’s reputation as a leading innovation center of Germany, many of its 18 Verband Deutscher Prädikats-und Qualitätsweingüter (VDP) member-estates are avid proponents of the H.A.D.E.S. and Deutsches Barrique-Forum initiatives.
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