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"This is, this is wine? Looking at the age of this barrel, I'm afraid it's only more than 1,000 years, right? Desla asked, looking at the old oak barrel.

Oak wine has a long history and has a history of thousands of years, with the world-famous Hennessy, Martell, Napoleon and Rémy Martin all aged in oak barrels. Due to the recognition and affection of consumers for the elegant taste of the wines stored in oak barrels, oak barrels are increasingly favored by winemakers around the world, especially in the New World countries. A good bottle of wine is like a beautiful work of art! Wine aged in oak barrels, in addition to the characteristics of the grapes, varietal aromas and bouquets, gives the drinker a pleasant aroma of vanilla or cocoa, coffee or both.

According to the history of winemaking in England, in the 17th century, in order to resist the malt tax imposed by the political axe, English wine makers made oak barrels of different sizes, put all the wine in oak barrels and stored them in caves, and after a year, they took out the barrels, and a miracle happened, they found that the color of the wine changed to golden yellow, and the taste of the wine was unusually mellow, accompanied by a fragrance that had never been seen before. After careful research, it was discovered that it was the peculiar effect of oak barrels, because the oak itself contains "tannins", which can quickly mature the wine, making the wine more mellow and closer to amber in a short time. Thus, oak wine was created.

During this time of storage in the barrels, the impurities suspended in the wine will gradually settle over time. This is followed by a series of procedures in which the cellar staff thoroughly filter and isolate the sedimented lees from the wine. This step alone is done at least four times a year. In the following year, six beaten egg whites are added to each barrel to accelerate the sedimentation of the lees.

The purpose of storing wine in oak barrels is to allow the wine to extract the essence of the oak and to give the wine a certain degree of oxidation. The type and amount of substances absorbed by the wine and the degree of oxidation have a direct impact on the organoleptic nature of the wine, and much depends on the oak barrel chosen. Therefore, the first thing a winemaker should do before making a wine is to choose the right oak barrel.

Zhao Yue said with a smile: "You are a wine tasting expert, you can see at a glance that this barrel is more than a thousand years old, to tell you the truth, the barrel and the wine have never been separated, so the wine in this is also more than a thousand years old!" ”

"Oh! O my Satan! Although I have lived for hundreds of years, I have never drunk more than 1,000 years of wine, and this is probably the last barrel of wine in the world for more than 1,000 years! Desla yelled in a frenzy.

Zhao Yue smiled and said, "I said, I want to invite you to drink good wine!" This barrel of wine is left to you to deal with, how to get the wine out until it reaches the mouths of the guests without destroying its taste, what utensils are needed in between? I really don't understand that."

Desla was immediately ecstatic, patted his chest violently and said, "Leave it to me, don't worry, I will make the wine in the mouths of the guests maintain its original taste."

Zhao Yue still had dozens of barrels in his Qiankun ring, and he was going to send one to him when Desra returned. Although the space in the Qiankun ring is a space for reading, it cannot keep time passing, and these wines will be as old as they are in it. The immortal peach he brought back from the top of the snow realm had already been refined into an elixir after he came back, and only a small part was left to be stored in a special way, otherwise it would be bad after a long time.

An hour later, the guests arrived at the main hall one after another, where more than a dozen small coffee tables had been arranged, a soft cushion behind the coffee table, and a small coffee table for each person.

Zhao Yue and Anne invited the guests to sit down cross-legged, and then Desla stood up and said happily: "Gentlemen, because of your arrival, Zhao has prepared a wine that is unique in the world today, it has a history of more than a thousand years, gentlemen, I can guarantee that you have never drunk wine that has been stored for such a long time!" ”

As his words fell, the guests who sat down all exclaimed! More than a thousand years? OMG! Wouldn't its history be traced back to the eighteenth generation of the ancestors of everyone present?

Anne clapped her palms in the discussion after the guests' exclamations, several waiters began to serve the food, in order to prepare the banquet, Zhao Yue specially invited a team to hold a banquet, although these people can't make the taste of a big hotel, but the taste of the dishes they make is also unique.

After the dishes were served, Li Yi brought his younger brothers and sisters each in with two bottles of wine in glass on a plate and put a bottle on the table for each guest. The color of the wine can be seen through the glass bottle, which is incomparable and unique to today's wines. "Ladies and gentlemen, since you have come to me, then I want to invite you to taste the taste of Chinese cuisine, this wine is what Lao De took out of the oak barrel just now, how about you come and taste it, please!" Zhao Yue and Anne sat on the main seat and invited everyone to start.

Everyone waited for Zhao Yue to finish speaking, they all began to pick up the wine bottle, open the cap and pour themselves a glass, take a sip gently, the smell is fragrant, the taste is mellow and rich, the entrance is smooth, and the smell of wine lingers in the throat after swallowing.

Zhao Yue looked at everyone with an intoxicated look, especially the people of the blood clan, they have the deepest study of wine, and they have high requirements for the wine they drink, but they have never drunk such a long age of wine, he picked up the wine bottle and poured a glass for Anne and himself and said, "Baby, you can taste it too!" ”。

Anne took a sip from her glass when she heard this, "It's delicious!" It's so delicious, where did you get it? She asked excitedly.

Zhao Yue pretended to be mysterious and said, "I won't tell you!" ”

Seeing that he was pretending to be mysterious, Anne glared at him angrily, and made a gesture to say that she wanted you to look good at night!

Zhao Yue smiled, saw that everyone was drinking, and said to Li Yi next to him, "You all go to the table!" ”

Li Yi said "yes", and then took a few junior brothers and sisters to the eight-person table next to him.

At this time, the pianist Nord raised his glass and said: "Mr. Zhao, I have never drunk such a good wine, I think this is the only time I have drunk it in my life, this is really the most unforgettable memory of my life." The taste of Chinese cuisine is very delicious, each dish has a lot of complex flavors, I think I really have no appetite for Western food in the future, thank you for such hospitality! ”

Zhao Yue smiled and said: "Thank you for your praise, when you and the gentlemen here return to China, I will give each of you a bottle of the same wine!" ”

The other people who were slowly tasting the wine heard that Zhao Yue would send them a bottle to take home, and they were very happy, and the guests and hosts at the banquet were happy for a while!

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