Chapter 297: Oak Barrels and Bottles
Li Zhi thought a lot along the way, but decided not to tell the ladies for the time being, comprehending the laws of space is a long process, and Shangguan Wan'er's font is from a woman's hand at a glance, and another copy needs to be copied.
The days were spent in a tense and busy manner, and a large number of fruit wines were successfully brewed after a few days, and a large number of high-grade wines were also delivered to Li Yi.
The fruit wine is currently under the winery, and at the moment of opening the altar, the three girls nervously lined up, Li Zhi just broke the mud seal, and the aroma immediately overflowed, and it was not an exaggeration to smell hundreds of steps.
Pour out a bowl of clear and mellow monkey wine, smell the fragrance and mellow both, drink the mouth is sweet and fragrant, especially the wonderful is the mind and body after drinking, the whole body is comfortable, the mind is clear, the aftertaste, the aftertaste is long, rich and lasting.
Handing the bowl in his hand to Qingqi, Yu Ran and Pang Qi, who were already so hungry that almost saliva flowed down, also surrounded them, and after a while, they could see Qingqi's slightly closed eyes, and as soon as the wine touched his mouth, he suddenly opened:
"It's really a good taste I've never tasted, I can't say what the specific good is, but now I have a fluttering feeling, as if I am about to fly into an immortal!"
Yu Ran continued, "It's not because of the alcohol content, it doesn't taste its strength, but the wine has a unique elegance and delicacy and aroma!" ”
Pang Qi was also intoxicated, but put forward her unusual proposal: "Brother Zhengwen, you said that our cultivators need to absorb spiritual energy to store energy, and the energy in the body can reach a certain level of solidity before the cultivation level can be promoted to a higher level. This monkey wine is also wrapped in aura, buried deep in the ground and fermented until it is excavated, even if there are still remnants, there should not be much left, but it will always be in an effective state of maintenance, will the quality of the wine be further improved? ”
Li Zhi's eyes lit up, "It is very necessary to give it a try, open up another acre here, specially used as a wine jar for deep burial, and it is not too much, we brought back the rich spiritual energy well water, add one or two to each jar, after all, no matter how rich the spirituality is, it is also water quality, and more will cause mutations in the fermentation process of the wine!" ”
This kind of monkey wine, which can be called the best, and then added aura, its brewing significance is not simply the alcohol content and aroma of the wine, but the real purpose is to cleanse the internal organs in the body and condense the essence and blood essence, of course, this is only Li Zhi's speculation.
He thought that the method proposed by Pang Qi was definitely worth trying, and if the experiment was successful, I was afraid that it would really be beneficial to cultivation, but it was obvious that just seven days would not be able to satisfy the spiritual energy cultivation process.
The four people present were not alcoholics, but the unheard of the fragrance of wine had already made their tongues greedy, and once the aroma overflowed, it instantly spread all over the radius.
The fragrance is fragrant and mellow, soft but not strong, the texture is delicate and luscious, soft and rigid, and when it slowly overflows, several people have been filled with the aroma of elegant and rich wine as if sinking.
"We can't use those newly recruited workers for the time being, after all, we don't know them very well, so let's work hard today and call all of us here!" Qingqi instructed Li Zhi.
Li Zhi nodded, turned around and rushed outside, and there were several people guarding Granny Xia in front of the door at this time.
Close the door of the wine cellar, because the five people came, before they could get close, they were already cheering loudly: "What a fragrant wine!" No wonder Mr. Li wanted to close the fruit wine area, it would have such a strong wine aroma! ”
Aunt Yu Ling pulled over and said, "Look at Old Wu!" ”
Pang Qi paid attention to the past, and saw that his face was extremely solemn, the tip of his red nose kept moving, and a wet stain was faintly visible, flowing along the corner of his mouth.
"Hahaha!" Pang Qi didn't care about being heard, "Uncle Wu is a dead man, he is so hungry that he drools!" ”
Everyone watched in surprise, and they couldn't help laughing, but Old Wu Tou didn't realize it, and he sniffed violently when he leaned on the open wine jar.
Away from him, he picked up the fifty catties of wine jar, and poured the wine bowl in front of everyone one by one, Lao Wu Tou did not delay in holding it up, took a small sip, and felt that the nectar was gently slipped into his lips, and the pleasant sweet fragrance slowly escaped.
A pure and quiet fruity fragrance rushes straight to the nose and throat, faintly sour, faintly liquor, rich and complete with strange aroma, as if coming from the deep time tunnel, soft and soft taste, mellow, and long-lasting aftertaste.
He couldn't help but exclaim: "The taste of this fruit wine is no longer the wine that can be produced in the world today, and the refreshing aroma of spiritual fruit wine may only be achieved by the legendary immortal wine!" ”
His tone is inevitably exaggerated, but when he tastes it carefully, he also relaxes his heart and feels like inhaling the fragrance of flowers and plants, and the sweetness and sourness of fresh fruits.
As if at the moment of entering the throat, there is a natural vine essence that resonates with life, sometimes sharp, sometimes crisp, sometimes tactful, sometimes rich, sometimes exalted, until the soul becomes soft.
While everyone tasted it, Li Zhi walked straight to the dozen jars of wine, and he was more concerned about the quality of this kind of wine that was preferred by the West.
According to the ladies, the wild grapes on the mountain have very small grains and large pits, and although they taste excellent, they are not as large as other fruits, and they are not very enjoyable to eat, but there is a whole mountain of vines on the mountain, which is an inexhaustible thing.
Li Zhi is therefore looking forward to using it, what kind of taste is it to make wine in the way of monkey wine, if the taste is as outstanding, it is specially used for export, but it can be sold at a high price.
The first sip into the mouth, Li Zhi was pleasantly surprised, this kind of red wine intuition intuition sense that the wine quality is light and delicate, the taste is delicious with softness and exquisiteness, not as soft and melting as the wine, the unique elegance and delicacy of the wine and the aroma of the entrance, have been completely relaxed.
Sweet and refreshing, slightly acidic but not prominent, the color, aroma and taste can be called perfect, and the wine is thick, full and soft.
Although the opening altar does not have the strong fragrance of monkey wine, the aftertaste is more long, and the slightly salty feeling is like the precipitation of the years; Mild wine, like an old man of time, all the joys and sorrows of life are bubbling up in the wine.
Soon, Li Zhi's sluggish expression attracted the attention of Lao Wutou, and he ran in three steps and two steps, snatched the wine from Li Zhi's hand and drank it.
The others were shocked by his movements, their eyes were firmly fixed on his expression, and Lao Wu unconsciously stained a few drops of his sparkling beard, and his slightly trembling excited voice came from the trembling:
"This is wine? This is the wine that men drink, compared to the fruit wine, although the aroma is lighter, but the degree is higher, but it is strong but not coarse, the pulse is more mellow, and the fruit wine is not fragrant or sauce, but it is more elegant and delicate, this is the real empty cup fragrance, which lasts for a long time! ”
Everyone was curious and shifted their positions, and Pang Qi finally followed, not forgetting to seal the mouth of the monkey's wine jar.
Compared with others, Li Zhi cares more about Pang Qi's perception, after all, she has a more obvious reaction to natural things.
Watching her drink in her mouth, the comfortable expression on her face overflowed in a blink of an eye, as if a pleasant and pleasant person hit her heart, and in an instant, like a rose, dyed her intoxicating pink face.
The slight wine made Pang Qi's body flow full and rich, there was a drop of mellow like a bead, and the residual lips were licked by his tongue and disappeared, and the blush faded the youthfulness of her immature years.
"Brother Zhengwen, it is true that this wine is more and more profound, and its quality has become more and more warm and mellow, but this wine seems to be too short to be stored, and the alcohol and acid of the wine do not react well, so the production of a variety of esters is not obvious, and continued storage will increase the alcohol content and make the wine taste stronger! Therefore, Cry thought that it should be brewed for a long time like the old cellar, maybe it could be changed to a wooden barrel, and it could completely get rid of that trace of earthiness, and the effect would be even more! ”
Pang Qi, who obviously doesn't understand wine, can better distinguish the advantages and disadvantages, and through her interpretation, she nodded her head frequently:
"It's still accurate for Mrs. Cry'er, we only know about tasting, but she is relying on her own unusual sensitivity to natural perception, and she said the most imperceptible part of it, and pointed it out, I think what she said is reasonable!"
"There is no one who is more sensitive to the natural things of heaven and earth than our family, I think I will do what she wants!" Qingqi's trust in Pang Qi has never been compromised.
"Forget about these, not many people can appreciate the subtleties in taste and taste, is our mountain grapes gone? Immediately arrange for someone to go to Lishan and find the Jiang family to help, the first few batches only need that kind of grapes! ”
Li Zhi instructed Lao Liu, and turned to look at Pang Qi, "Cry, how about using oak or oak barrels?" ”
Even though Pang Qi was familiar with many of the causes of scent in nature, and she didn't know why these two kinds of wood were suitable, she knew that there were too many miracles in Li Zhi, and she disagreed.
Oak is mainly produced in Europe and North America, and there is only a small amount of oak in China, but oak wood of the same family and similar texture is more common.
At present, it is urgent to spread out a large number of brews as soon as possible, and pure oak will be found later.
"I don't know what oak is, but oak barrels or furniture, a little larger woodmill has it, Mr. Li, you write down the specific size, and I'll take care of it!"
Knowing that a new store would open soon, Li Zhi was so busy during this time that he took the initiative to run errands.
The next thing is to bottle the wine, Li Zhizao prepared all kinds of wine bottles and small wine jars, because the fruit wine needs to be filtered before bottling, the related operations are still very cumbersome.
In later generations, the complete fermentation process took about fifteen days, and when there were no bubbles, the fermentation was basically over, and it could be filtered.
After filtration, there is no need for sterilization, but it should be left static for a few more days, and after the residual yeast puree and fruit impurities in it have settled, the supernatant should be bottled and stored by siphoning.
Li Zhi didn't know about this monkey wine brewing method, whether it should be such a step, he planned to make a new wine next, so he tried to have a better effect.
The siphon is simple, nothing more than through the straw, so that the highest point of the wine in the tube, under the action of gravity, moves to the low nozzle, forming a vacuum, under the action of vacuum, the liquid of the high nozzle is sucked into the highest point, forming a siphon phenomenon.
Most of the wine bottles are made of ceramics, all of which are handmade, and the lotus branch pattern on its body is a typical symmetrical pattern of this era.
Li Zhi just explained the shape to Li Yi, and soon pulled thousands of bottles from Fengyang County, and they are still arriving every day.
The wine jar is a wine pot with a beak and a handle, but it is mostly used to hold liquor, and he makes a special wine jar for fruit wine, which is the most important product of Tang Sancai in the Tang Dynasty, and this kind of pottery is also very popular among the people, but the quality is different.
Although it is only a folk song object, there is a yellow, green, and blue bright three-color lead glaze, and the body is engraved into a dark pattern, which is endlessly varied and colorful, so the price is still very high.
There are hundreds of glass bottles, all of which he plans to use for wine, and in the future he will also make bottles made of materials such as gold, silver, ivory, jade, and luminous glasses.
Fortunately, the customization of glass bottles is also in the process of being produced, and in two days, the number of thousands of bottles can be made.
Contact with the palace glaze factory, it is the king of Linhuai County to undertake, Li Zhi specially explained to Qingqi, sent someone to invite the old man to discuss, as soon as possible in his own factory customization, so that the price will be sixty percent lower.