Chapter 645: The winery has no winemaker
Unexpectedly, it was just a kind of wine, and there was such a twist and turn and interesting story in it, and Jin Yang suddenly became more interested in this magical noble rot wine.
Seeing that Jin Yang seemed to have been attracted to him, Nadowell came to his senses, cleared his throat and continued: "The main varieties of noble rot liquor are Semillon, Fulminte, Sauvignon Blanc, and so on.
For example, this variety is native to France and is now widely cultivated in Bordeaux, Australia and Chile, with France and Chile being the best quality.
It is the main ingredient in noble rot from the Sauternes region and is used to make 80% of the world's most famous Chateau d'Yquem wines.
It is also often blended with Sauvignon Blanc grapes to make dry white wines. The wines made from Semillon are full of honey aromas, containing a series of candied sweetness, harmoniously blended with the vanilla notes produced during the cultivation process in new oak barrels.
Typical aromas include lemon, orange, pineapple, melon, pear, pear, apricot, hawthorn flower, honey, saffron, fresh cream, roasted almonds and roasted hazelnuts.
The most famous of these is probably Château Lysalus, often referred to as Château d'Egan, which is planted with almost 80% of its grapes of the Semillon variety. ”
Speaking of Egan Winery, Nadoville's eyes shone with a strange light, envious and like yearning.
Hearing that Nadowell admired the Igan winery so much, Jinyang couldn't help but take out his mobile phone to check some relevant information about the winery.
Château d'Yquem, also known as Château de Yquem, was the only super-Cru de l'Augers in Bordeaux's 1855 rating, a supreme honor that made Château d'Yquem at that time above the five largest estates today, including Lafite, Latour and Margaux.
Located on a small hill in Sauternes, the southernmost point of Bordeaux and the smallest of the several wine regions, this historic prime winery dates back to the 12th century.
Château Lvsa-Lvsi has a total of 113 hectares of vineyards, of which 100 hectares are mainly used for grape cultivation and have a small yield.
The vineyard has a complex and diverse soil, with a thin layer of gravel and sand on the top, a layer of clay and deeper limestone underneath, and is mainly planted with Sauvignon Blanc and Sauvignon Blanc in 80% and 20% proportions. Once the vines are 45 years old, they are cut down and left fallow for 3 years, before being planted when the soil is restored.
Currently, the average age of the vines is 25 years.
For centuries, every grape in the vineyard has been picked by hand, with only moldy grapes being picked, and so on many times.
In the event of a year in which noble rot does not appear, Château Lysalus will announce that it will not produce a genuine wine in order to ensure its quality.
Château Lysalus Lvsa-Lvsi noble rot liqueur is endured and sweetened over the centuries. Due to the long fermentation time of sweet grapes, Château Lysalus's d'Yquem is not available until six years later, for example, Château Lysalus launched its 1996 wine at the end of 2001.
Château Lysalus Luxa-Lvsi is expensive, often surpassing the five most famous Bordeaux wines. The auction price is even more impressive. In the 90s, a bottle of 1784 Jefferson was auctioned for about 500,000 yuan.
"That is to say, if you want to make a real noble rot wine, it not only depends on God's will, but also has to spend a huge amount of labor and time, right?" Jin Yang will understand why Old Panis can't make noble rot wine, this kind of wine can be successfully brewed at the right time, place and people.
"Of course, not only that, but almost every process of making noble rot has to be done to the extreme.
For example, the grapes are harvested at the same time, with an average of 6 manual harvests per year to ensure that the grapes are picked with noble rot.
With an average annual production of 65,000 bottles, the grapes are pressed three times and then matured in oak barrels for about three years. In a bad year, all the wines produced will not be labeled with the name of the winery.
In the 1910, 1915, 1930, 1951, 1952, 1964, 1972, 1974 and 1992 vintages, the winery did not produce a single bottle of the original wine due to the quality of the grapes, so it is not difficult to see why the golden liquid of Château Lysalus is as expensive as gold.
The 1811 Château de Lysalus has an unusually long finish, with Robert Parker even giving it a perfect score of 100 when he tasted it in 1996.
If we want to make such a quality of noble rot wine, unless Lady Luck comes, there is no other way? That's what the word Chinese says, right?"
Nadowell couldn't help but quote an idiom at the end, which shows how much he was not optimistic about the old Panis's idea.
"Okay, that's the end of the noble rot thing, I'll try to think of some ways in the future, of course it's best if I can succeed, and if I can't succeed, I will be regarded as accumulating some experience for the winery.
Maybe we can make a different kind of wine too? Wasn't it because of an accident that Igan Winery made noble rot wine in the first place?" Jin Yang shrugged his shoulders, with the backing of the space spring water, he didn't dare to guarantee whether he could make noble rot wine, because this thing was indeed a bit embarrassing, but he was still very confident in making wine of unusual quality.
When the time comes, if you want to eat meat, you have Bauhinia Ranch, and if you want to drink, you can have Panis Winery, tsk, then your life will be complete, and it will be exciting to think about.
"Hopefully, that's for the best. Nadowell was noncommittal, he wasn't a winemaker anyway, and this kind of thing would be a headache for professionals at that time.
"By the way, Nadowell, you just said that the winemaker before the winery was the old Panis? That means that the winery does not have a winemaker at present?" Jinyang suddenly thought of a serious question, can a winery without a winemaker still be called a winery?
"That's right, so we need a new winemaker now. Nadowell nodded.
Old Panis even sold the winery, and of course it is impossible to stay as a winemaker, unless he has a bad brain.
Nowadays, it is easy to find an ordinary winemaker, but it is even more difficult to find someone with top-notch skills.
This kind of top-level talent is like the wild ginseng in the mountains, which has been completely dug up by the major wineries, and there will not be a single ginseng hair left.
Even if you spend a lot of money to dig it, others will not necessarily come to a winery that has just changed hands, and the owner of the winery is still a stunned winery who knows nothing about wine.
In this way, the last choice left to Panis Winery may be the only way to cultivate itself.
My God, when I think of this, Jinyang can't help but feel numb in my scalp, winemaking, especially top wines, has particularly high requirements for winemakers' skills, especially experience.
Do you want a recent winemaker to make wine for the winery? I'm afraid he's going to spoil the good grapes and nothing else.