愛薩克酒莊(Château d'Arsac)是梅多克最古老的酒莊之一,擁有超過900年的精彩歷史,愛薩克酒莊始於12世紀,在16世紀由世界著名哲學家蒙田的兄弟托馬斯·蒙田繼承,他在18世紀末期種植了赤霞珠和梅洛兩個葡萄品種。這塊沙礫性質的沃土從此開始生產美妙細膩的紅葡萄酒,它給人帶來的愉悅口感一直聞名蔓延至英國。在20世紀初,愛薩克葡萄園是梅多克最大的葡萄酒,但根瘤蚜的危機和葡萄行業的不景氣,使得業主不得已拔除了所有的葡萄植株,使其從1954年成立以來,第一次未被列入瑪歌產區。1986年,這座酒莊被菲利普·拉烏先生重新購買。在菲利普·拉烏先生努力將其打造成葡萄園與現代藝術相結合的中心之前,他已開始致力於酒莊的重建並希望重新獲得瑪歌產區稱號。今天愛薩克莊園重新找回了釀酒的使命,酒莊現佔地112公頃(1830畝),其中54公頃在瑪歌產區,58公頃在上梅多克產區,除此之外,它還找回了曾經丟失過的瑪歌產區的命名權利。為了使這快土地的潛能得到最好的發揮,菲利普·拉烏先生僱傭了著名釀酒師來打造這一釀酒師系列葡萄酒。
傳統典型的波爾多風格,呈誘人的深寶石紅色,散發出黑加侖的香味混合著煙草、香料、大地、雪松、泥土等的氣息。單寧適中,酒體飽和,香氣濃郁,特別優秀的一款酒。收藏10-15年會表現更出色,適宜窖藏。
||传统典型的波尔多风格,呈诱人的深宝石红色,散发出黑加仑的香味混合着烟草、香料、大地、雪松、泥土等的气息。单宁适中,酒体饱和,香气浓郁,特别优秀的一款酒。收藏10-15年会表现更出色,适宜窖藏。
||This enticing project was instituted by the Bordeaux negociant, Bordeaux Millesimes, under the moniker of “Once Upon a Wine.” Each year a wine will be made based on one parcel of vines from Chateau d’Arsac, and the concept involves one of the world’s most respected winemakers for each vintage. Denis Dubourdieu was chosen for 2006, following the debut vintage, 2005, made by Michel Rolland. Approximately 5,000 cases will be produced in each vintage. Professor Dubourdieu fashioned a dense ruby/purple-hued wine displaying notes of black cherries, cassis, licorice, pain grille, and earth. More structured than the 2005, with less sweet tannin, it is richly fruity, deep, medium to full-bodied, and impressively endowed. The 2006 Cuvee Number Two should drink well for 15 or more years. These wines are meant to be a cinematic study of the same terroir with the philosophy of the winemaker imprinted on each vintage, and the winemakers are given carte blanche authority to do whatever they want. It will be fascinating to compare these offerings as they evolve, but there is no doubt that some of the world’s greatest winemaking talents are being lined up to continue this creative concept.