
相信大家都聽過1976年,法國巴黎品酒會的故事,那場有關加州酒打敗了法國酒的故事,造成加州酒的崛起,也讓大家多了一個酒餘飯後的話題;而這樣的事情也發生在2001年,不過獲得殊榮的主角卻換成了阿根廷『卡地那 沙巴達Catena Zapata酒莊』。
這是英國於2001年舉辦的第十屆葡萄酒比賽中,評審包含專家、進口商、作家等等約三十人,盲目品飲的酒款包含法國五大的Latour以及Haut-Brion,還有些加州的膜拜酒,但最後被全體評定為第一名的則是Catena Zapata的頂級酒款,奠定了他頂級酒莊的地位。
嗯不過‧‧‧這也不是五號決定推薦這家酒的主要因素;話說五號酒館還在轉型前的教學時期,當時某次品酒會的第一名就是Catena的Malbec,當時幾乎獲得一面倒的喜愛,也不是其他酒不好,而是這支酒的確容易親近,同時也有不錯的結構。另外最近喝了Catena的Chardonnay,舒服迷人的香草以及洋梨香氣交錯迷人,用餐時刻一下就被清空。怎麼這麼好喝!大家說道。

Catena家族經營葡萄酒事業不只一百年,創始者Nicola Catena出生於義大利中部的Marche,父親於葡萄酒園工作,在從小耳濡目染的情況下造就了Nicola Catena獨特的天份和眼光,於1902年時在阿根廷的Mendosa區創立Catena Zapata,現由他孫子Nicolas Catena帶領的酒廠已經在全世界擁有極佳名聲,優良的釀酒技術甚至吸引了法國波爾多五大酒廠之一的Chateau Lafite注目,甚至進化到合作關係,這也是Nicolas Catena將釀酒事業邁向國際化的一個轉折點。
Wine Advocate稱讚Catena Zapata酒莊為:『When all is said and done, Catena Zapata is the Argentina winery of reference – the standard of excellence for comparing all others.』,認為這家阿根廷酒莊有著值得其他釀酒者效法且追求的品質。
這麼有實力又好喝的酒莊,五號決定引進來嘉惠眾酒友,這次挑選的兩款酒,就是大家喝過後就一直想再喝的,Catenca的Chardonnay以及Malbec。
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酒莊:Catena Zapata
產區:阿根廷Mendosa
全名:Catena Chardonnay
中文:卡帝那 夏多內白酒
葡萄品種:100% Chardonnay
年份:2006
經過五號一次餐與酒搭配的洗禮,大家吵著要購買這支酒,明亮的酒色,些微的香草與奶油,富有圓潤的洋梨及榛果等香氣,類似烤麵包感帶著新鮮酸度,口感些微滑潤卻很清新,真的會讓人一口接一口,搭配中式熱炒或家常菜竟然出乎意料的對味,連單喝都能讓人喜愛,這樣的表現更獲得酒評大力推崇。
Wine Advocate 90 分
Catena Zapata’s 2006 Chardonnay was sourced from three estate vineyards and fermented with natural yeasts. It then spent 10 months sur-lie in French oak, 40% new. Light gold-colored with a slight green tint, it exhibits a nose of slate, toast, butterscotch, pear, and apple. Medium-bodied, the wine is nicely balanced by crisp acidity, and the flavors are intense and persistent. Drink this outstanding value over the next 1-2 years
Wine Spectator 89分
Bright, with tasty fig, pear and hazelnut notes. There's ample toast, but also fresh acidity, keeping the finish elegant and lively.
Stephen Tanzer 91 分
Yellow with a gold tinge. Deeply pitched aromas of stone fruits, spices, honey, flowers, dusty stone and toasty oak; showed a note of apricot candy with aeration. Rich, ripe flavors of peach, apricot and sexy oak spices show a lovely sweetness. More viscous than the Alamos chardonnay but kept fresh by strong acidity. This silky, very concentrated wine finishes with an impressively persistent flavor of ripe apricot. Catena continues to be in a class of its own for chardonnay in Argentina.
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酒莊:Catena Zapata
產區:阿根廷Mendosa
全名:Catena Malbec
中文:卡帝那 馬爾貝克紅酒
葡萄品種:100% Malbec
年份:2005
在五號酒館品酒會中壓倒性的第一名,之後酒友仍不時提起要五號快點幫大家爭取價格福利。這瓶酒豐腴優美,可愛柔滑的脂粉香,帶有誘人的摩卡與莓果香氣,甜潤的口感勾勒出滑順餘韻與奶油般細緻的單寧,甜蜜中卻有帶有紳士般節制感覺,香氣仍會變化,樂飲與享受都相當適合。
Wine Advocate 91 分
Catena’s 2005 Malbec was sourced from four vineyards, wasaged for 12 months in 70% French oak, 20% new, and 30%new American oak, and bottled unfined and unfiltered. Deepcrimson-colored, it has an attractive perfume of cedar, pencillead, mineral, and black cherry. Medium-bodied, it has a silkytexture, serious depth and length for a wine of this price,well-concealed tannin, and a pure finish. Although it can beenjoyed now, this stylish Malbec will continue to improvewith several more years in the bottle. It is a great value.
Wine Spectator 90分
Rich and polished, with alluring fig, mocha, boysenberry ganache and sweet spice notes that glide along creamy tannins and through the long, velvety finish.
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