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Bargains on the grapevine (In Chinese)

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This is a longer version of an article also published in the Financial Times.

满世界找便宜酒bargains on the grapevine

撰文:简西丝罗宾森 

导语:经济不景气的时候,如何找到那些价廉物美的葡萄酒?简西丝在南法、西班牙、南非等地的发现令人振奋。

引文:喜欢法国酒的人如果趁新一批随欧元币值水涨船高的酒尚未占据货架和酒单之前多囤些货,会是很聪明的做法。

说起在比较拮据的年代,到底什么样的酒,能提供比较好一点的性价比呢?明显得令人感到惊讶的一些选择就是南隆河那些比较不贵的酒。只要一瓶五到八英镑(或低于二十美金),你就能找到相当丰美饱满、带有草本植物味,而且很有个性的红酒,甚至是白酒。当前可买到的200720062005年份都非常的优秀,而且这种价位级别的酒大部分都已经到了适饮期了。

多多关注以下这些名字,例如隆河丘(Côtes du Rhône)、隆河丘村庄级(Côtes du Rhône-Villages)、尼姆斯谷地(Costières de Nîmes),和正流行的吕贝洪(Lubéron)的北边的冯图丘(Côtes du Ventoux),这几年质量都大幅提升了。来自有着怪难听双关语名称的新堡(Chat-en-Oeuf,在法语里发音似蛋上的猫)冯图丘(Côtes du Ventoux)的红酒和白酒很轻易就浮现在脑海里。由英国进口商布提诺在他们酒厂里酿造的这些酒,还真的用一只蛋上的猫来做装饰,但真正有趣的是它的价格:在威特罗斯与阿斯达(Waitrose and Asda,英国超市)只卖4.99英镑。这些酒尝起来感觉至少值得多卖五成的价格。

架构近似,相对酒精度较高而且带有偏干法式风格的,就是鲁西荣(Roussillon)产区的酒了。南法这个属于加泰隆尼亚地区的酿酒师们有如在长久的沉睡之后开始苏醒。此地的古老葡萄树丛当中有越来越高的比例产出非常超值——虽然有的是口感和酒精强到容易上头——的红酒。其中最让人有捡到便宜感觉的,是马莎(Marks and Spencer英国最大的百货零售商之一)卖的黑歌海娜(Grenache Noir加泰隆丘(Côtes Catalanes2007年份地区餐酒,它尝起来的价质感远高于一瓶5.99英镑。

南隆河(southern Rhône)和鲁西荣(Roussillon)之间,有着一片广大但近来有点缩减的葡萄树海,这里就是朗格多克(Languedoc)产区。这里是世界最大的单一葡萄酒产区,处处都可找到质量相当不错的酒。许多独立酒庄都生产带有个性的精致手工酒,而且售价相当的合理。但也有一些酒的价格,高的有点不实际。另外还有一大部分很平凡无奇的酒多半出自于此地由来已久的合作社。在朗格多克当地向来缺乏远见的合作社当中有个相当独特的例外,那就是位于飞图(Fitou)和柯比荷郡(Corbières),图雄村的蒙托许(Mont Tauch)合作社。几年来它已经成为南法供应外销葡萄酒最活跃的合作社。它生产的一款飞图12” Fitou Les Douze)是我的最爱之一,这有如火焰般猛烈但是架构良好的酒是来自当地最好的12家庄园混调而成,在马杰斯特(Majestic)只卖6.99英镑。

喜欢法国酒的人如果趁新一批随欧元币值水涨船高的酒尚未占据货架和酒单之前多囤些货,会是很聪明的做法。同样道理,如果能精挑细选一些名气不大的波尔多优质红白酒先存起来,也是相当好的选择。史蒂芬内基(Stevenage)品酒社对于市场上供应的成千上万种酒,有着最一丝不苟的严格挑选。想入会必须缴付会费,但这个品酒社并不以营利为导向。如果可以的话,趁现在尽量多搜刮些波尔多的2005年红酒或2006年白酒吧!

这个建议,当然对于任何产于欧洲的葡萄酒都适用。西班牙长久以来都是一些性价比优良红酒的来源,就像隔着比利牛斯山的鲁西荣产区;它们通常是产自老树丛,尤其是歌海娜品种的西班牙祖先歌娜恰(Garnacha),虽然它长久以来被喜爱田帕尼优(Tempranillo)和法国品种的西班牙人所轻忽。马莎有两款非常好的例子,一是蒙山老藤歌娜恰,价格8.99英镑,虽说这价位很难定义为很便宜,但如果你拿邻近优秀产区普利奥拉(Priorats)的价格来比,就会觉得赚到了。另一款马莎的歌娜恰(拉莎波西塔(La Sabrosita )2007年,一月底前特价4.39欧元)来自卡拉塔优(Calatayud)产区,与西加雷斯(Cigales)和坎波迪波哈(Campo de Borja)同为相当可靠的超值红酒来源。从西班牙地中海岸往更远的南部去,胡米拉(Jumilla)和阿里坎特(Alicante)这两区的酒也越来越吸引英国和美国的消费者。尔蜜塔庄园(Ermita)就是胡米拉发展过程中的前锋部队,但毫无疑问的它今天已经是独当一面了。

我个人特别喜爱的一款超值西班牙红酒是来自复兴的毕尔佐(Bierzo)产区,纪安德森Guy Anderson旅程”2006年份门西亚(Mencia)品种,它是由酿酒大师诺瑞罗勃森(Norrel Robertson)精心酿制,乐购一瓶卖7.19英镑。门西亚是来自西班牙西北边的一种迷人独特葡萄品种,而毕尔佐产区的酒价格通常比这高的多。

帕拉丘(Palacios)家族的酒也是明显的例子,他们酿造的尔蜜塔是普利奥拉产区价格最高的酒(与胡米拉的尔蜜塔庄园并无关连)。拉斐尔帕拉丘(Rafael Palacios)以事实证明了西班牙白酒已经变比得以往更加有趣而丰富。加利西亚(Galicia)这个西北部凉爽湿润产区所产的阿巴里诺(Albariños)品种,相当令人信赖而清爽,但通常不会太便宜。但拉斐尔帕拉丘也在邻近的瓦迪欧拉(Valdeorras)产区下了很大的功夫,获得了很明显的效果。他酿的顶级酒例如索特斯Sortes),绝对不便宜,但我看中的是他的二等酒卢若波洛 Louro do Bolo),如果现在即饮,味道甚至比顶级酒有过之而无不及,而且在西班牙只要12欧元就可以买到。利奥哈(Rioja)产区也酿造许多价格实惠的好酒,尤其是带有丰富果味、年轻,或未经橡木桶陈酿的酒。

意大利的超值酒稍微难找一点,但还是有一些价位平实的奇昂第(Chianti)和瓦波里切拉(Valpolicella),更别说是朵切托(Dolcetto)了。从西西里岛、普亚(Puglia)和其它南意产区,有许多特别的出口用单一品种装瓶,例如口感微辛辣的黑阿佛拉(Nero d’Avola)和普利米提佛(Primitivo)红酒,以及飞雅诺(Fiano)、法兰吉娜(Falanghina)和卡塔拉托(Catarratto)白酒。从意大利最优葡萄酒购买指南杂志《就这个》(Ecco Guide)里面,你可以找到一些低于美金25元的最佳葡萄酒,通常不会太离谱(虽然列出来的35款酒价格多是在20美金上下)。

从欧洲以外地区来的酒,当然也有很多超值的选择,然而变幻莫测的汇率却让我们很难给出比较可靠的建议。只有一个产酒国是公认从最近的汇率变动中获益的。南非长久以来被认为或许是世界上性价比最好的白酒来源,而近几个月来的变动更强化了这个现象。它的红酒质量也在快速地提升,尽管智利仍然是供应英国市场每瓶低于6英镑超值红酒的最大非欧洲产酒国。

 在接下来几个月相信还会有更多的折扣活动,但请参考上述的建议,做出你的聪明选择吧!(译者:林殿理)

 

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