爱萨克酒庄(Château d’Arsac)是梅多克最古老的酒庄之一,拥有超过900年的精彩历史,爱萨克酒庄始于12世纪,在16世纪由世界著名哲学家蒙田的兄弟托马斯·蒙田继承,他在18世纪末期种植了赤霞珠和梅洛两个葡萄品种。这块沙砾性质的沃土从此开始生产美妙细腻的红葡萄酒,它给人带来的愉悦口感一直闻名蔓延至英国。 在20世纪初,爱萨克葡萄园是梅多克最大的葡萄酒,但根瘤蚜的危机和葡萄行业的不景气,使得业主不得已拔除了所有的葡萄植株,使其从1954年成立以来,第一次未被列入玛歌产区。 1986年,这座酒庄被菲利普·拉乌先生重新购买。在菲利普·拉乌先生努力将其打造成葡萄园与现代艺术相结合的中心之前,他已开始致力于酒庄的重建并希望重新获得玛歌产区称号。今天爱萨克庄园重新找回了酿酒的使命,酒庄现占地112公顷(1830亩),其中54公顷在玛歌产区,58公顷在上梅多克产区,除此之外,它还找回了曾经丢失过的玛歌产区的命名权利。 为了使这快土地的潜能得到最好的发挥,菲利普·拉乌先生雇佣了著名酿酒师来打造这一酿酒师系列葡萄酒。
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.