1月11日晚8点,红酒世界再次携手亚洲首位葡萄酒大师李志延(Jeannie Cho Lee MW)带各位葡萄酒爱好者走近美国纳帕谷(Napa Valley)。从纳帕谷葡萄酒的历史到葡萄酒品鉴,大师在短短一个小时内带大家认识了这个新世界的明星。

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直播结束之后,李志延大师专门抽空回答了一些葡萄酒爱好者们关于纳帕谷的问题。以下为本次直播的部分精选问题:
1. 可以简单介绍下纳帕谷如今的酿酒趋势吗?
答:10-15年前,纳帕谷更加注重葡萄酒的集中度和浓郁度,酿造出来的葡萄酒展示出馥郁的成熟风味。如今纳帕谷的酿酒师在酿酒过程中更加注重平衡。因此,人们开始更多地使用重力流法(取代水泵),更加温和地让葡萄在各个容器完成转换,缩短浸皮时间,并且更多地采用天然酿酒方式(比如不使用成品酵母、不使用添加剂来提炼葡萄酒的风味和颜色等)。
李志延原文:Winemaking is shifting towards a more balanced approach compared to 10-15 years ago where focus was on concentration, intense extraction and ripe fruit flavors. Thus some of the trends in winemaking is to use more gravity flow (versus pumping), gentle handling of the fruit, less intense maceration and more natural winemaking (no packaged yeast, additives that extract flavor or color, etc).
2. 对于一个初到纳帕谷的葡萄酒爱好者,有什么特别值得一去的酒庄么?
答:纳帕谷值得去的酒庄很多,我个人最喜欢的酒庄包括作品一号酒庄(Opus One Winery)、蒙大维酒庄(Robert Mondavi Winery)、柏里欧酒庄(Beaulieu Vineyard)、炉边酒庄(Inglenook Estate)、佳慕酒庄(Caymus Vineyards)、蒙特莱那酒庄(Chateau Montelena Winery)、科里森酒庄(Corison)、香桐酒庄(Domaine Chandon)、赫兹酒窖(Heitz Cellar)和纽顿酒庄(Newton Vineyard)。
李志延原文:There are so many, but my favorites include Opus One, Mondavi, Beaulieu Vineyard, Inglenook, Caymus, Chateau Montelena, Corison, Chandon, Heitz, Newton.
3. 纳帕谷的葡萄酒为何普遍价格较为高昂?另外,您是如何定义膜拜酒(Cult Wines)的?
答:纳帕谷价格高昂主要是因为这里的土地地价高,此外劳动力的成本也很高。当然,这也是因为供求关系的影响——市场上纳帕谷优质葡萄酒供不应求(美国富人阶层的需求量大)。膜拜酒是一种高级优质、最受人们追捧的加州(Californian)葡萄酒。其产量极少,每年产量仅为几千箱,有时候甚至更少。
李志延原文:Napa is expensive because of the high cost of the land plus the expensive labor costs. Also it is supply and demand – supply is limited given the high demand from wealthy Americans for the best Napa wines. Cult wines are the super premium, most in demand Californian wines that are made in very small quantities, usually only several thousand cases per year or less.











