Pinewood Wine - 冬季精選紅酒系列

[Rtvelisi Mukuzani Saperavi - Dry Red 2023]

Country國家: Georgia 格魯吉亞

Region地區: Mukuzani PDO, Kakheti 穆庫扎尼，卡赫季州

Producer酒莊: Rtvelisi 特韋利斯

Wine type類別: Red Wine 紅酒

Grape Variety葡萄種類: 100% Saperavi 晚紅蜜

Winemaking製造程序: European stainless steel fermentation and 6 months oak ageing 歐洲式不鏽鋼桶發酵及木桶陳釀

Tasting Notes酒評: 
Deep ruby colour, red cherry, strawberry, raspberry with black plums. Generous ripe mouth-filling berry fruits on the palate with notes of damson, with robust ripe tannins, good structure with long lasting fruit flavours.
深寶石紅色，紅車厘子，草莓，覆盆子和黑布冧。口感豐富，充滿成熟莓果的果香，帶有西洋李的味道，成熟的單寧強勁有力，結構良好，果香持久。

Size容量: 750 ml

Food Pairing配襯食品: Roasted meats, pork, grilled red meats, cheese 各式烤肉，豬肉，燒紅肉，芝士

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[La Locomotora Crianza 2017]

Country國家: Spain 西班牙

Region地區: Rioja

Producer生產商: Uvas Felices

Grape Variety葡萄品種: 100% Tempranillo 

Age of the vines葡萄藤年齡: 45年 

Tasting Notes酒評:
"La Locomotora Crianza is pure Tempranillo from Briones. After a six-day cold soak, uncrushed grapes fermented with natural yeasts in stainless steel, followed by malolactic in stainless steel. The wine matured in French oak barrels, 10% new, for 12 months. I tasted from three bottles and they were all quite reductive, with strong animal aromas of wet fur, singed leather, cured meat, smoke and licorice. The palate is very polished, light to medium-bodied, easy and approachable."
未經壓榨的葡萄經過六天的冷浸漬後，在不銹鋼槽中用天然酵母發酵，隨後進行蘋果酸-乳酸發酵。這款酒在法國橡木桶中陳釀12個月，其中10%為新桶。我品嚐了三瓶，它們都帶有明顯的還原性，散發出濃鬱的動物氣息，如濕毛皮、燒焦的皮革、醃肉、煙熏和甘草的味道。口感非常柔順，酒體輕盈至中等，平易近人。
Score: 87 Luis Gutierrez
Wine Advocate (235), Feb 2018 

Size容量: 750ml

Ratings評分: RP 87, Guia Penin 88, Decanter Bronze Medal

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[L'Equilibrista Negre 2016]

Country國家: Spain 西班牙

Region地區: DO Catalonia

Producer生產商: Ca N'Estruc  

Grape Variety葡萄品種: Syrah, Carinena and Grenache

Age of the vines葡萄藤樹齡: 18 - 40年 

Tasting Notes酒評:
An elegant and complex blend of the three Mediterranean grapes. This gorgeous wine shows scents of just ripe red berry fruit with subtle hints of chocolate and toast. Elegant on the palate with rounded tannins and a silky texture.
混合了三種地中海葡萄，是一款擁有優雅獨特風土氣息的葡萄酒。華麗的酒體展現出剛成熟的紅色漿果香味及陣陣微妙的巧克力和烤麵包香氣。單寧優雅圓潤，質感柔滑如絲。

Aging陳釀: 14 months in (new, one-year and two-year old) medium-toasted Allier French oak barrels

Score評分: RP 91

Food pairing配搭食品：White meats, duck confits, bean stews and pulses 白肉，法式油封鴨，炆燉肉，豆類菜式

Size容量: 750ml

Ratings: RP91, JS90, GP91, Featured in Japanese Manga "Drops of God"

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[Confidentiel 2022]

Country國家: France 法國

Region地區: AOC Côtes du Marmandais 瑪蔓戴斯產區

Grape Variety葡萄品種: 50% Merlot, 20% Malbec, 15% Abouriou, 15% Cabernet Franc

Vinification陳化: Aged in oak barrel for 12 months (50% new oak) 橡木桶陳化12個月, 50%新橡木

Tasting Notes酒評: 
Deep ruby colour, mixture of black fruits with aromas of roasted coffee and toast. Powerful tannins, yet round and silky. 
深紅寶石色，含黑色果香、烤咖啡及烤麵包等味道。強勁丹寧，又圓潤細緻

Food Pairing配襯食品
Beef prime ribs, duck 上等的牛排骨，鴨             Service飲用溫度 : 16 - 18°C

Awards獎項
Concours General Agricole Paris 2024 Medaille d’Or (Gold)
Concours General Agricole Paris 2022 Medaille d’Or (Gold)

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[Tombacco Azzurra IGT Puglia 2020]

Country國家: Italy 意大利

Region地區:        Puglia

Grape Variety葡萄品種: 80-90% Primitivo, 5-20% Negroamaro

Winemaking釀酒過程: 
Daily pumping over for the first week of fermentation then pumping every 2 days for the following week. The fermentation temperature is set between 24°C and 28 °C. Once the alcoholic fermentation is over, the racking and soft pressing of the skins is carried out, the best conditions are set for the start of malo-lactic fermentation and, once this is completed, 2 or 3 rackings are carried out before we start to refine our Rosso Puglia IGT. Two types of wood are used, the 500-litre tonneau and the 6,000-litre large barrel. Once the refining in wood is finished , the wine is ready for bottling.
發酵第一週每天進行淋皮，第二週每兩天淋皮一次。發酵溫度設定在24°C至28°C之間。酒精發酵結束後，進行換桶和輕柔壓榨葡萄皮，為蘋果酸-乳酸發酵創造最佳條件。蘋果酸-乳酸發酵完成後，進行2至3次換桶，然後開始進行陳釀。使用兩種類型的木桶：500公升的小型橡木桶和6000公升的大型橡木桶。木桶陳釀完成後，葡萄酒即可裝瓶。

Tasting Notes酒評
A journey, a gesture, a run among the rows, have transformed an instant into an inspiration for the creation of a red with character, intense and lively, just like a child. Together with the caress of the red, fragrant bunches that Azzurra, a daughter who is proud and loves life, made in the lands of Puglia I.G.T. they become the symbol of this wine, one tried and tested over a long time.
一段旅程，一個舉動，一次在葡萄藤間的奔跑，將瞬間化作靈感，孕育出一款個性鮮明、濃鬱活潑的紅葡萄酒，如同孩童般純真。它與（Azzurra）——一位驕傲而熱愛生活的女兒——在普利亞特級法定產區（IGT）的土地上精心培育的芬芳紅葡萄串交相輝映，成為這款歷經歲月考驗的佳釀的象徵。

Colour
Deep ruby red, with elegant garnet hues.深寶石紅色，泛著優雅的石榴石光澤。

Bouquet
This wine has very fine, intense and persistent well-marked aromas, with an ample bouquet that ranges from fruity notes, especially the morello cherry and blackberry, to the fresh spicy notes typical of southern wines, such as rosemary and pepper, with a closure of tertiary or ageing scents where chocolate and light vanilla reign.這款酒香氣精緻、濃鬱且持久，層次分明，香氣豐富，從果香（尤其是莫雷洛櫻桃和黑莓）到南方葡萄酒特有的清新辛香（如迷迭香和胡椒），最後以陳年香氣收尾，巧克力和淡淡的香草氣息尤為突出。

Flavour
At first it presents as robust thanks to the passage in barrique, but at the same time enveloping and warm for its 16 °. The tannin, attenuated by the presence of alcohol and glycerine is felt but it's veiled. The final notes are full and round. Excellent aftertaste with hints of morello cherry and plum. 初嘗時，由於橡木桶陳釀，酒體強勁，但同時又因其16度的酒精度而顯得柔和溫暖。單寧雖因酒精和甘油的存在而減弱，但仍能感受到，只是略顯朦朧。餘韻飽滿圓潤，餘韻悠長，帶有莫雷洛櫻桃和李子的微妙香氣。

Alcohol Content 酒精
16°C

Serving飲用溫度 : 16-18°C

Food Pairing配搭食品: meat based dishes, roasts, stews made with best cuts. Mature cheeses.

Awards
2019 Concours Mundus Vini Meininger - GOLD MEDAL
2019 Berliner Wein Trophy - GOLD MEDAL
2019 Sommelier Wine Aeards - COMMENDED
2019 Luca Maroni - 98 POINTS
2019 International Wine Challeng - SILVER MEDAL
2019 International Wine & Spirit Competition - BRONZE MEDAL

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[Alias Croizet Bages, Pauillac, 2017]

Country國家: France 法國

Region地區: Bordeaux 波爾多

Sub-region分區: Pauillac

Producer酒莊: Chateau Croizet Bages

Wine type類別: Red Wine

Grape Variety葡萄品種: 
62% Merlot (Harvest from 8-15 Sept 2017),
20% Cabernet Sauvignon (Harvest from 21-29 Sept 2017),
9% Cabernet Franc, 9% Petit Verdot

Includes 10% of pressed wine

Tasting Notes酒評: 
A firm and lightly chewy red with blueberry and currant aromas and character, as well as lead pencil. Medium body. Fresh finish. Nicely done second wine.
Score: 90, James Suckling, Jan 2020

Ratings評分: JS90

Vinification釀酒過程:	
Stainless steel vats from 12hl to 150 hl to optimize the plot by plot selection. Fermentations : temperatures from 26 to 28ºC ; 2 to 3 pumping-over a day. 12 months in French oak barrels. Traditional racking. Fining with egg whites.

Terroir風土

Weather
The 2017 is a vintage in which the climate particularly played on its excesses : low water regime throughout the year, a dry winter followed by mild temperatures in April with three days of intense frost that reminded us how nature can impose unforgiving setbacks. Many plots nevertheless survived, thanks to the calming presence of the estuary. Heatwaves in mid June, mid July and end September marked out the summer period. And the vine... For those not affected by the frost, conditions were favourable in all respects. 2017 combines refinement and power. The tannins, like those of 2015, are discreet and flavourful. They have an unsettling force, which expresses itself through incomparable length on the finish.

Soil: Deep gravels, sandy gravels

Average age of the vines: 35 years

Culture
Mechanical work of the soil or use of between-rows grass. Poussard pruning. Removal of the laterals and manual repositioning of the clusters. Thinning out of the leaves before the harvest.