513 The secret recipe is not impossible

"What's the solution? I'm sure your cellar design will be more extravagant than mine. "www.biquge.info Wood rolled his eyes at Zeng Gong, he knew that Zeng Gong was a perfectionist, and when the time came, his wine cellar would be absolutely insignificant compared to his, and he had this hunch.

"Do you think that the wines of the Old World are just talking? In the context of the high-tech prevalence of wine in the New World, France led by the Old World is increasingly returning to its roots, following in the footsteps of its predecessors, and making more delicious red wines with the help of certain technology. ”

"For example, the oak trees planted in the northeast of the winery are known to block the moist air from the Gironde, which is the traditional practice, which not only blocks the humid air, but also allows the limited humid air to enter the vineyard without being too dry, while the New World, led by the United States, is to form a huge array of fans in front of the river bank to blow the humid air away. Wood talks eloquently about two completely different approaches to the old and new worlds.

"In this case, the cost of the old world's approach should be very low, why don't the new world wines follow suit?" Zeng Gong wondered, why did the American wine industry not use such a cost-saving method, but was willing to seek the near and far, and used high technology with all his might.

"Low?" Wood smiled bitterly, pointed to the Holy Oak Winery and said with a wry smile: "If it is possible for me to absolutely modernize the winery, do you think that if you return to tradition, the cost will be reduced, wrong, the cost has risen, and it has risen a lot, if it weren't for the fact that most of the top red wines are produced in this old world winery, competing with the wineries of the new world, they would be the first to go out of business." ”

"Take these oak trees, for example, the winery is looking for its lush foliage, tall trunks, and the taste of acorns is secondary, so the acorns of the winery are unsalable in the market, and the managers of the winery have to spend a lot of money every year to remove the acorns. ”

"The most important thing is the pests and diseases, because every winery is carried out according to organic standards, even oak forests cannot be sprayed with chemicals, they must be treated with traditional or completely harmless medicines, which undoubtedly increases the cost of oak forests, do you think these will be higher than the cost of maintenance and electricity?"

After listening to Wood's introduction, Zeng Gong couldn't help but take a breath of cold air, this is also a little expensive, Zeng Gong really didn't know how to answer.

"Then change it. Zeng Gong said weakly.

"The Gallic rooster will not listen to you, in order to preserve the traditions of the old world, a law has been made, and we have no right to change every grass and tree here, otherwise we will face a huge fine. Wood sometimes thinks that the laws designated by these countries are really funny, and how can there be a problem with running his own land, it is all an idea that a group of politicians who have had enough to eat and have nothing to do.

Since it was all teasing, Zeng Gong didn't dare to continue to ask.

"Mr. Wood, how about we go to the distillery and have a look?" suggested Elena.

Although the cellar was airy and well-lit, it always had a strange feeling, and Elena found the atmosphere to be very bad and directly proposed to leave the cellar.

Wood motioned for the two to board the battery car again, and led the two to the estate of the winery, where tradition and modernity are combined, and the wine produced is the best daily wine in the world, and now the estate has become a comprehensive venue for winemaking, tourist accommodation, etc., and tourists come every year, of course, most of them are the business of Lafite and Latour, and have nothing to do with their own holy oak.

Once the grapes are harvested, they are transported here and the grapes from each plot are immediately fermented in individual barrels to preserve the flavor profile of the land in the first place. Technicians rely on their own tasting abilities to decide when to harvest, ferment and decant. All wines must be fermented in oak barrels for 18 to 25 days.

Fermentation, tasting, and filling into barrels in fermentation tanks for fine wines. The juice and pomace are separated, the wine is extracted (the must from the first press), and the remaining pomace is then pressurized to produce the wine, which is called "juice press" (the wine of the second press). A second fermentation process called malolactic fermentation takes place, followed by the wine being packed into barrels in batches.

The casks used come from the vineyard's own cooperage. Each barrel is aged with several tastings to select the best quality wines. The first decanting is done in March of the following year, at which time the mixture is made. It is then aged in a cellar for 18 to 24 months, during which time it is subjected to a series of decanting to separate the wine from the lees.

Finally, to remove those remaining suspended particles, four to six beaten egg whites are added to each cask before bottling to allow it to condense and sink to the bottom of the cask. In June, the estate bottles it itself, and all the wines are bottled at one time.

"Zeng, what do you think?" said Wood smugly, and although there is no brewing activity in the brewery now, he gave the two of them a detailed description of the whole process of brewing.

"It's been fantastic. Zeng Gong praised sincerely.

Wood's winery gave him a vivid lesson, the content here is so wonderful, almost a pure manual process, so that Zeng Gong seems to see the traditions that have been passed down in the wine business for hundreds of years, but he didn't expect to see those traditional skills in Bordeaux, which seem to have not changed because of the death of the years.

"In addition to these, we also have our own cooper, the cooper, because a large number of oak barrels are needed for fermentation and storage, which is the most stubborn view of the traditional Old World. Wood seemed to be in the groove, and everywhere he seemed so excited.

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"Claude, have you made up your mind?" Zeng Gong found out that it was Claude's phone, quickly connected, and asked nervously.

"My brother and I both go to work on your ranch, but we made a bet and I want you to keep complying. Claude said with some decadence, feeling really bad under the fence.

"Don't worry, I'll continue to abide by the things I bet on." Zeng Gong laughed dumbly, he didn't expect Claude to have an innocent side.

"Then from now on I will be your employee, and I hope you can fulfill the agreement, and it is impossible for us to sell you the brewing recipe in our hands. Claude said. (To be continued.) )