[轉貼] 法國性格巨星 阿爾薩斯

LasCases

htl 發表於 2014-7-28 02:18
當年考level 3, 就系alsace o既 Gewurztraminer. 支酒系AOC 級數, very elegant, structure 好tight 同 enc ...

但個香味應該好易估。

tango_one

I still found France label is confusion sometime. Ideally, it must be simple and uniform within the whole country

pokerusa

Alsace的白酒的確不錯，要是能在當地品嚐，用美景配美酒，那就是人生一大樂事了~

LasCases

tango_one 發表於 2014-7-28 23:00
I still found France label is confusion sometime. Ideally, it must be simple and uniform within the  ...

同意大利和德國比,法國酒標算唔難明

六合彩

很詳盡的資料！   

fokker

回復 tango_one #43 的帖子

French labels are only confusing to those who have not done their homework, not read up about the different appellations, and not travelled to the regions. This is like students who fail their exams and blame the questions being too hard.

fokker

回復 LasCases #45 的帖子

I wholeheartedly agree here. There is nothing confusing about French labels.

Alsace was the second wine region in France I visited in the 90s. I still remember the Deisses-they have since divorced-showing me how Riselings could taste so different from different grand Cru vineyards when the soil compositions are different. They were the ultimate terroirists. We were also discussing how well their wines would match with Cantonese cuisines.

Their 1989 Riesling SGN Quintessence remained one of the best wines I ever put in my mouth. SGN stands for Selection de Grains Noble, a sweet wine made from botrytised grapes. Quintessence means they hand-picked the most shriveled grapes from the whole bunch of noble rot affected grapes, a process not unlike Chateau d' Yquem picking grapes by grapes from the whole bunch one round after the other in order to make their most famous sweet wine.

BTW, one of the best Alsatian wine producers have not been mentioned here so far: Zind-Humbrecht. Olivier Humbrecht was the first Frenchman to pass the MW exam. His Scottish wife was both beautiful and friendly, and this reflects in the wines they make. Any varietals, sweet or not, made from the Clos Windsbuhl, Rangen de Thann or Clos St Urbain vineyards are likely to blow your mind off. And one of the most interesting attributes of their wines, is that even if they taste sweet in their youth, they will be less so as they age, gaining compexities and nuances, whilst losing baby fat and voluptuosity and taste leaner and cleaner. They also have instilled a system of indicating the sugar sweetness of their wines on the labels by indexing from 1 to 5, 1 being having the least amount of residual sugar. But what makes their wines so fascinating is that say a 10 year old index 4 could taste less sweet than a 2 year old index 2.

I think this sums up why we all go crazy about this topic of wine appreciation.

qkc2968

nice wine info

kwahi

揾機會試吓先 !

beagle63

回復 fatloong #18 的帖子

I think the tendency of showing the grape variety in French bottles might be because of the marketing influence and also the indirect competition from the new world wines.  I still prefer they keep the tradition of not showing the grape variety in the bottle, just to keep me to search the details of the wines from the wine books.  

beagle63

回復 LasCases #45 的帖子

French label is not difficult to understand as long as you study it.

purelex

haha however i prefer riesling more @@, gewurtz is too sweet for me @@