点评:We visited this winery after spending the afternoon before in Montalcino town tasting nearly a dozen Brunellos from different producers at one of the large enotecas with self-service tasting machines. That had given us a very useful introduction to Brunello and the various styles.
Unfortunately, the wines here were among the weakest we tasted in Montalcino. Compared with almost every Brunello we had tried the day before, they seemed largely devoid of Sangiovese fruit. There was very little cherry, plum, or darker fruit character. Instead, several wines showed considerable oak sweetness, relatively poor acidity, and an impression of sweetness on the palate without much fruit underneath. A couple were among the poorest wines we tasted during the whole trip.
The tasting itself was also disappointing. One of the daughters, who is involved in the winemaking, gave a rehearsed explanation of 30 seconds for each wine and then walked away. At one point, when she asked what we thought, we simply said that we were trying to understand the style because we were not getting much Sangiovese fruit. That was the entire observation, with no judgment about quality.
Her response was strange. She immediately became defensive and launched into a long tirade about her mother’s struggles and the effort involved in building the estate. She seemed angry. What was a simple observation about the wines triggered a very uncomfortable tirade.
Between wines that lacked fruit and acidity, the poor hospitality at the tasting, and the very defensive reaction to a straightforward comment about style, this was one of the least enjoyable winery visits of our trip.
翻译:我们在前一天下午先去了蒙塔尔奇诺镇,在一家设有自助品酒机的大型酒类专卖店里品尝了近十种不同酿酒师出品的布鲁奈罗葡萄酒。这次体验让我们对布鲁奈罗及其各种风格有了很好的初步了解。
遗憾的是,这家酒庄出品的葡萄酒是我们在蒙塔尔奇诺品尝过的其中最平淡无奇的。与前一天试过的几乎所有布鲁奈罗相比,这些酒似乎完全缺乏桑娇维塞葡萄特有的果香。几乎闻不到樱桃、李子或其他深色水果的香气。相反,有几款酒显示出明显的橡木带来的甜味,酸度也相对不足;在口中能感受到甜味,但几乎没有水果风味。其中有两款酒是我们整个品酒之旅中品质最差的。
这次品酒体验同样令人失望。参与酿酒的一位女儿为每个酒款做了30秒左右的固定套路式介绍,之后便走开了。其间……当她问我们有什么看法时,我们只是说我们正努力去理解这种风格,因为我们没能感受到太多桑娇维塞葡萄的果香。这就是我们全部的观察结果,并没有对酒的品质做出任何评判。
她的反应却很奇怪。她立刻变得防备起来,接着长篇大论地讲述她母亲的艰辛经历以及打造酒庄所付出的努力。她看起来很生气。原本只是对葡萄酒的一个简单观察,却引发了她一番令人尴尬不已的长篇抱怨。在众多缺乏果香与酸度的葡萄酒、品酒会上的冷遇,以及对于关于酒体风格的直率评论所表现出的防御性反应之中,这次参观堪称我们此行中最不愉快的酒庄之旅。