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以旗舰产品葛兰许为首的优秀红白葡萄酒系列,精心窖藏后终将酬心。为了发掘您手中Penfolds葡萄酒的真正潜力,几种简单的措施十分重要。本信息将帮助您正确存放葡萄酒。
很简单,高级葡萄酒大多都会随时间的流逝而不断改进。在熟化过程中,葡萄酒将缓慢进化,发展出更高的复杂度和许多瓶中陈化带来的特点。熟化过程中将产生复杂的反应,随着葡萄酒结构的逐步改变,新的香气与风味渐渐转化、诞生。
在理想情况下,您可以把每种想要窖藏的葡萄酒都购置几瓶,然后定期评估其发展情况。通过这种方法,您就可以根据自己的味觉,发现每一种葡萄酒的“理想饮用期”。
所有Penfolds Bin系列、奢华与标志系列葡萄酒都会因精心窖藏而发展改进。不过,最佳瓶中熟化期取决于葡萄酒的品种(红或白)、风格、酒瓶规格(尺寸)以及年份。有些葡萄酒本就以早期饮用为目的而酿造,而另一些则被酿造为长期窖藏葡萄酒。
根据坊间经验,红葡萄酒的享用期通常长于白葡萄酒,在窖藏中的情况也比白葡萄酒更易于预测。不过,螺旋盖的密封度经过演化,能够更好地保持葡萄酒的新鲜和品质,特别是白葡萄酒。事实上,某些风格的白葡萄酒可轻松陈化十年甚至更久。
如果存储情况不佳,葡萄酒可能无法保持其原始的清新度,进化得更快、更难以预测;而在控温酒窖或酒柜中,瓶装酒则享有持久而稳定的熟化过程。葡萄酒特别容易受到温度的影响。一般情况下,最好在低温条件下运送葡萄酒,并将葡萄酒存储于温度变化最小的环境中。
葡萄酒收藏家可以在家中或公共储藏室窖藏葡萄酒。如果您无法在家中为葡萄酒提供适当的存储环境,而您又为购买葡萄酒投入了大量资金,那么专业葡萄酒存储服务可能是您的最好选择。
如果您没有适当的酒窖,可以在家中使用葡萄酒储藏柜(葡萄酒冷柜)存储葡萄酒,也十分经济实用。这种储藏柜在气候温暖及人口密度较大的地区尤为实用。葡萄酒储藏柜的目的是在最优温度下存储瓶装酒,适用于长期熟化。
最重要的窖藏技巧在于将葡萄酒存储于稳定低温的环境,避免温度剧烈浮动。与14至26摄氏度的全年温度区间相比,18摄氏度(或以下)的恒温更适合葡萄酒储藏。窖藏应避光避震,并避免可能渗过瓶塞的背景气味。
酒瓶应水平存放,以确保瓶塞始终湿润。酒瓶直立可能导致瓶塞变干,一段时间后甚至会使瓶塞收缩,令空气进入酒瓶,导致葡萄酒氧化。螺旋瓶盖酒瓶适应能力更强,但最好也平放酒瓶,这样如果酒瓶损坏,您能够更快察觉泄漏情况。如果葡萄酒存储于酒架上,最好将酒瓶标签朝上摆放,使瓶中的沉淀一目了然。这样做在醒酒时非常有利。
葡萄酒到达最佳状态的时间是很难预测的。您是喜欢富有活力的新酿葡萄酒,还是更醇厚复杂的成熟葡萄酒?是喜欢拥有显著原始果香的红葡萄酒,还是带有咖啡、雪松、烟草及其他二级特点的陈酿红酒?
这种选择在很大程度上取决于个人爱好,也取决于葡萄酒的风格与产酒年份。要记住的是,小号酒瓶中的酒比标准酒瓶或大酒瓶中的酒熟化得更快,因为小酒瓶中封入的空气比例更高。
Wine collectors have the option of cellaring their wine at home or in public storage. If you are unable to provide appropriate conditions for your wine at home, and your
collection represents significant investment, then professional wine storage may be the solution.
If you do not have a suitable wine cellar, then a wine storage cabinet (wine fridge) is an economical and practical way of storing wine at home. They are especially useful in warmer climates and high-density living areas. Wine cabinets are designed to store bottles at the optimal temperature for long-term maturation.
The most important cellaring tip is to keep your wine in a steady, cool environment and to avoid significant temperature fluctuations. Wine is best stored in cool temperatures of around 14 °C to 16 °C with a relative humidity of 65 to 75 percent. These conditions are sometimes difficult to achieve all year round. A constant temperature of 18 °C is
better than high temperatures fluctuations during winter and summer.
The cellaring conditions need to be dark, free from vibrations and from any background odours which may permeate through cork.
Bottles should be stored horizontally to ensure the cork remains moist. Corks may dry out if a bottle is left standing upright, which over time may even shrink the cork, allowing the ingress of air and resulting oxidation of the wine. Screw-capped bottles are more resilient, but it’s best to have these bottles lying down as well so that if a bottle is damaged you will identify leakage earlier. If wine is stored in racks, it is wise to face the labels up so the whereabouts of the sediment is obvious. This is advantageous when decanting the wine.
It is difficult to predict when a wine will be at its best. Do you enjoy a wine with the vibrancy of youth or the more mellow complexities of a fully mature wine? Is your preference for a red wine with predominant primary fruit characters, or for a more mature expression, with nuances of coffee, cedar, tobacco and other secondary characters?
It is very much a case of individual preference and will depend upon the style and vintage of the wine in question. It is important to remember that smaller format bottles will mature more rapidly than standard bottles or magnums, as the ratio of air in the ullage space to the volume of wine is higher.