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Sparkling wine is presenting champagne with more and more of a challenge. If price is no object, Selfridges has a very good champagne range but for value plus quality, Lea and Sandeman (020 7244 0522) is difficult to beat. It can offer even better prices than those below for orders of six bottles or more. Vine Trail (0117 921 1770) specialises in the glory of champagnes from small growers rather than big houses.
虽说香槟(Champagne)在人们心目中地位崇高,但汽酒(Sparkling wine)已经开始撼动它的地位。塞尔福里奇百货公司(Selfridges)的香槟产品琳琅满目,是个购买的好地方;说到产品的性价比,雷与桑德曼(Lea and Sandeman)(联系方式:020 7244 0522)的地位则无可替代,因为这里的价格常常比在别处一次性购买六瓶甚至以上数量更加实惠;藤蔓(Vine Trail)(联系方式:0117 921 1770)的着重点与众不同,选择的品牌都来自于小型种植农而非大型酒厂。
Valli Unite, Brut and The Beast 2011 Piemonte
以下是二十五款汽酒的介绍:
Pale honey colour for this unusual, very lightly sparkling northwest Italian. Appley and then so powerfully umami that I was transported to Japan. Very light and refreshing, this is a wine you could drink any time. Fades fast but such fun! 13%
联合瓦力-天然与野兽汽酒(Valli Unite Brut and The Beast)2011年份,产区:彼尔蒙(Piemonte)
£11 Aubert and Mascoli, www.aubertandmascoli.com, 020 7252 3460
这款来自意大利西北部的清爽型汽酒酒精度为13%,拥有浅淡的蜂蜜颜色,紧随苹果香味之后的是强劲的鲜味,令人仿佛置身于日本。轻淡的酒体令人感觉清爽,适合全天候饮用,虽然容易很快衰老但饮用时给人颇多乐趣。
Berry’s NV Crémant de Limoux
价格:11英镑。
Blend of Chardonnay, Chenin Blanc, Mauzac and Pinot Noir from Antech in the Pyrenean foothills. Low-key, lightly appley nose. Nice texture. Some real satisfaction and interest. Good balance. Not too tart. Gentle. 12%
可购于奥博与马斯科里酒业(Aubert and Mascoli),网址:www.aubertandmascoli.com,联系方式:020 7252 3460。
£11.95 Berry Bros, www.bbr.com, 0800 280 2440
贝瑞(Berry’s NV Crémant de Limoux)无年份利慕产区汽酒
Poulet NV Clairette de Die
采用来自比利牛斯(Pyrenees)山脚的霞多丽(Chardonnay)、白诗南(Chenin Blanc)、莫扎克(Mauzac)以及黑比诺(Pinot Noir)葡萄混合酿造,酒精度12%。这款汽酒非常含蓄,有一丝苹果味道,口感质地很好,平衡性佳,酸度也很适宜,柔和得令人有非常美妙的感受。
Seventy-five per cent Muscat with Clairette Blanche. Grapey nose and light, medium-sweet palate with lower acidity than, for example, a typical Moscato d’Asti. An entertaining mouthful of lively grape juice and nicely refined mousse. An afternoon wine? 8%
价格:11.95英镑。
£12 The Sampler, www.thesampler.co.uk, 020 7226 9500/020 7225 5091
可购于贝瑞兄弟(Berry Bros),网址:www.bbr.com,联系方式:0800 280 2440。
Vitteaut-Alberti, Blanc de Blancs
布雷-克莱雷特无年份汽酒(Poulet NV Clairette de Die)
NV Crémant de Bourgogne
采用百分之七十五的麝香(Muscat),其余为白克莱雷特(Clairette Blanche),酒精度8%。充满葡萄的香气,轻酒体,中等甜度,相对于雅丝提麝香葡萄酒(Moscato d'Asti)相比,酸度比较低,活泼的葡萄汁味道令人愉悦,汽泡也非常细腻。午后休闲时饮用很棒。
Light, fresh, very delicate. Not bad at all for the money. Simple with a fairly fast fade but not aggressively anything. 12%
价格:12英镑。
£13.50 Stone, Vine and Sun, www.stonevine.co.uk, 01962 712351
可购于样品酒业(The Sampler),网址:www.thesampler.co.uk,联系方式:020 7226 9500/020 7225 5091。
J Laurens, Les Graimenous 2010
维多-阿尔贝尔蒂白之白勃艮第汽酒(Vitteaut-Alberti, Blanc de Blancs, NV Crémant de Bourgogne)
Crémant de Limoux
酒精度12%。酒体轻,口感新鲜雅致,质优价廉,是一款简单的酒,虽然口味消散得有点快,但无伤大雅。
Attractive typographical label. Very pure, clean, direct. Quite simple – as one would expect for such a young wine – but it seems great value to me. Mountain stream stuff. 12.5%
价格:13.5英镑。
£13.95 Roberson, www.robersonwine.com, 020 7381 7870
可购于石藤日(Stone, Vine and Sun),网址:www.stonevine.co.uk,联系方式:01962 712351。
Ch Rives-Blanques 2010
劳伦斯-格拉梅內-利慕产区汽酒(J Laurens, Les Graimenous 2010 Crémant de Limoux)2010年份
Blanquette de Limoux
酒标非常漂亮,酒精度12.5%。非常纯净,易于欣赏,给人山谷清泉的感受。作为一款年轻的葡萄酒来说,虽然比较简单,但是拥有很高的性价比。
Mainly local Mauzac grapes that taste of cooking apples. Quite explosive and a tad frothy but an excellent example of this characterful grape. Slight chew on the end. 12.5%
价格:13.9英镑。
About £14 Cambridge Wine Merchants (www.cambridgewine.com, 01223 214548), Great Western Wine (www.greatwesternwine.co.uk, 01225 322810), James Nicholson (www.jnwine.com, 028 4483 0091)
可购于罗伯森酒业(Roberson),网址:www.robersonwine.com,联系方式:020 7381 7870。
Domaine de la Taille aux Loups,
立夫-布兰克庄园利幕产区布兰克汽酒(Ch Rives-Blanques 2010 Blanquette de Limoux)2010年份
Triple Zéro 2009 Montlouis
酒精度12.5%。主要采用当地有水煮苹果味道的葡萄品种莫扎克。尽管口感比较冲,而且汽泡也不怎么丰富,不过很好地体现了葡萄品种的典型性。尾韵上有点粘滞感。
Essence of Loire Chenin Blanc, hints of honey and toast but no added sugar at any stage. Lovely texture and gentle mousse. 12.5%
价格:约14英镑。
£14.95 Slurp, www.slurp.co.uk, 020 8993 7722
可购于:剑桥酒商(Cambridge Wine Merchants),网址:www.cambridgewine.com,联系方式:01223 214548;伟西酒业(Great Western Wine),网址:www.greatwesternwine.co.uk,联系方式:01225 322810;詹姆斯·尼克尔森酒业(James Nicholson),网址:www.jnwine.com,联系方式:028 4483 0091。
Benoit Badoz Rosé NV
塔耶鲁普庄园-三零-露丝山汽酒2009年份(Domaine de la Taille aux Loups Triple Zéro 2009 Montlouis)
Crémant du Jura
酒精度12.5%。体现了卢瓦尔(Loire)地区白诗南(Chenin Blanc)葡萄特有的蜂蜜和吐司香气,更加难得的是生产过程中未进行加糖工序。质地宜人,泡沫温和。
Fresh, lightly perfumed Pinot Noir nose. Very fine bead, like all good Jura fizzes. A gentle caress. Dry but not demanding in terms of high acidity. Surely one of the best-value pink fizzes around. For drinking not keeping though. 12%
价格:14.95英镑。
£16.50 The Sampler, www.thesampler.co.uk, 020 7226 9500/020 7225 5091
可购于斯乐普酒业(Slurp),网址:www.slurp.co.uk,联系方式:020 8993 7722。
Sainsbury’s Blanc de Blancs
贝奴瓦·巴多兹无年份汝拉产区桃红汽酒(Benoit Badoz Crémant du Jura,Rosé NV)
NV Champagne
酒精度12%。新鲜清爽的黑比诺品种香气,精巧的串状汽泡体现了非常典型的汝拉汽酒特色。干爽且高酸度,适合年轻时饮用,相较于同类桃红汽酒有很好地性价比。
Who could resist a winemaker called Sandrine Logette-Jardin? This all-Chardonnay wine from Duval-Leroy is not the driest but has lots of green-apple freshness. Delicate and piercing without excess sugar, astringency or froth. 12%
价格:16.50英镑。可购于样品酒业,网址:www.thesampler.co.uk,联系方式:020 7226 9500/020 7225 5091。
£22.49 Sainsbury’s, www.sainsburys.co.uk, 07695 6000 (switchboard)
桑布里白之白无年份香槟(Sainsbury’s Blanc de Blancs NV Champagne)
Ridgeview, Merret
酒精度12%。没有人会拒绝出自于著名酿酒师桑德里尼·罗杰特-亚当(Sandrine Logette-Jardin)之手的葡萄酒。这款来自于度瓦-丽花(Duval-Leroy)的百分百霞多丽(Chardonnay)香槟拥有非常强烈的青苹果新鲜感,恰到好处的糖度、收敛性和泡沫令口感精妙且有穿透力。
Bloomsbury 2010 England
价格:22.49英镑。可购于桑布里酒业(Sainsbury’s),网址:www.sainsburys.co.uk,联系方式:07695 6000(总机)
From the most garlanded Sussex fizz producer and a particularly good year. Much subtler and fresher on the nose than the Graham Beck Cape fizz tasted alongside it. Good acidity (never an English failing). Not complex but the wine is beautifully balanced. 12.5%. (See also Ridgeview, South Ridge Blanc de Noirs 2009: lovely development on the nose – good enough to serve a visiting Frenchman; £24.99 Laithwaites.)
里基维尔-梅雷特-布伦斯英格兰汽酒2010年份(Ridgeview, Merret Bloomsbury 2010 England)
£22.99 Waitrose, www.waitrose.com, 0800 188 881
酒精度12.5%。来自最富盛名的苏赛克斯(Sussex)汽酒生产商的最佳年份产品。与一起品尝的格拉汉姆贝克海角汽酒(Graham Beck Cape)相比较,拥有更精妙和新鲜的香气。非常好的酸度(得益于英格兰的地理位置)。虽然不复杂但是平衡性很好。
Veuve Fourny, Blanc de Blancs, Premier Cru, NV Champagne
价格:22.99英镑。可购于维特罗斯酒业(Waitrose),网址:www.waitrose.com,联系方式:0800 188 881。
Full and round with some complexity thanks to generous bottle age. The fruit comes from Vertus at the southern end of the C?te des Blancs. This wine from a négociant shows some attractive bottle age. Very tight texture. Bone dry. Not luscious by any means but a real appetite stimulant. 12%
另:里基维尔的另外一款汽酒南脊白之红(South Ridge Blanc de Noirs)2009年份的香气也很不错,如果有法国朋友前来拜访,可以作为招待用酒。价格:24.99英镑。可购于莱斯维茨(Laithwaites)。
£23 The Wine Society, www.thewinesociety.com, 01438 741 177
沃夫·福尔尼-白之白-一级园无年份香槟(Veuve Fourny, Blanc de Blancs, Premier Cru, NV Champagne)
Barnaut Grande Réserve Grand
酒精度12%。原料来自于白丘(C?te des Blancs)南端的维度(Vertus),丰满且圆润的酒体,充满经陈年而产生的复杂香气。这款产品很好地体现了瓶中陈年带来的美妙感受,质地非常紧密,糖度很低。是很好的开胃酒。
Cru Bouzy NV Champagne
价格:23英镑。可购于葡萄酒协会(The Wine Society),网址:www.thewinesociety.com,联系方式:01438 741 177。
As soon as I poured this I could smell a most agreeable light biscuity perfume. Certainly not bone dry, nor especially tart, but elegantly balanced. Absolutely nothing to object to. Just £22.95 if a mixed dozen bottles are bought. 12.5%
巴诺-特级珍藏-特级园-布兹-无年份香槟(Barnaut Grande Réserve Grand Cru Bouzy NV Champagne)
£24.95 Lea and Sandeman, www.leaandsandeman.co.uk, 020 7244 0533
酒精度12.5。倒酒时就已经可以闻到令人愉悦的饼干香气,有一定的糖度,并不尖酸,平衡优雅。水平绝对没的说。如果以十二支混搭的方式购买,价格可以优惠到22.95英镑。
Chartogne-Taillet, Sainte Anne
价格:24.95英镑。可购于雷与桑德曼(Lea and Sandeman),网址:www.leaandsandeman.co.uk,联系方式:020 7244 0533。
NV Champagne
尚顿-塔耶-圣安尼-无年份香槟(Chartogne-Taillet, Sainte Anne NV Champagne)
Archetypal “small grower based in Merfy. A good, informative back label tells us this blend is mainly 2008 and Pinot Noir predominates. This tastes open, somehow sensitive, almost fragile, but a champagne you want to nurture. Very clean and brisk. But also has some palate weight. Some length too. Great value. 12%
酒精度12%。该酒厂位于麦菲(Merfy),是“小型种植农的典型代表。背标显示其原料主要来自于2008年份,以黑比诺葡萄为主。口感在非常纯净活泼之余还显示出了一定的重量和尾韵,风格开放的同时又有些敏感,甚至可以说是脆弱,但是这绝对是一款需要继续培养的佳酿,非常超值。
£25 The Wine Society, www.thewinesociety.com, 01438 741 177
价格:25英镑。可购于葡萄酒协会,网址:www.thewinesociety.com,联系方式:01438 741 177。
Larmandier-Bernier, Tradition Extra Brut Premier
拉曼迪-贝内尔-传统绝干-一级园无年份香槟(Larmandier-Bernier, Tradition Extra Brut Premier Cru NV Champagne)
Cru NV Champagne
香气略显拘谨,显示出了一定的优雅性,结构很好,已经成熟。作为一款绝干香槟,有着恰到好处的含糖量。29.95英镑的价格非常合理。
Restrained nose that suggests great delicacy. Real race and structure. Very grown-up champagne. Some Extra Brut champagnes are aggressively dry, but not this one.
在此推荐同酒厂的另外两款香槟:
A very fair price (£29.95). See also from the same producer Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Premier Cru NV Champagne (£31.95, very obvious filigree Chardonnay flavours and lots of acidity) and Terre de Vertus Non Dosé Premier Cru NV Champagne (£36.95, really dense and intellectual).
白之白绝干一级园无年份香槟(Blanc de Blancs Extra Brut Premier Cru NV Champagne)售价31.95英镑,有着明显的霞多丽葡萄香气和足够的酸度。
All at Lea and Sandeman, www.leaandsandeman.co.uk, 020 7244 0533
泰和维度不加糖一级园无年份香槟(Terre de Vertus Non Dosé Premier Cru NV Champagne)售价36.95英镑,口感香浓馥郁。
Nyetimber Classic Cuvée 2008 England
所有三款产品均可购于雷与桑德曼(Lea and Sandeman),网址:www.leaandsandeman.co.uk,联系方式:020 7244 0533。
First vintage to have Canadian winemaker Cherie Spriggs in charge and first since 1998 to be treated to 100 per cent softening malolactic fermentation, which is A Good Thing. Lighter nose than the Nyetimber Merret 2010 but very refreshing. Tastes like a Blanc de Blancs, although there is less than 80 per cent Chardonnay in the blend. 12%
英格兰尼丁博经典特酿汽酒(Nyetimber Classic Cuvée)2008年份
£29.99 Waitrose, www.waitrose.com, 0800 188 881
酒精度12%。这是自从加拿大酿酒师切利·斯皮格斯(Cherie Spriggs)入主以来的第一款年份汽酒,也是自1998年来第一款经过百分之百苹果酸-乳酸发酵(malolactic fermentation)的汽酒。该发酵过程柔化了口感,对酒体结构有很大的改善。与尼丁博梅雷特(Nyetimber Merret)2010年份汽酒比较起来,香气较淡,但是非常清爽。虽然霞多丽的含量不到百分之八十,但品尝起来像是一款白之白汽酒。
Herbert Beaufort
价格:29.99英镑。可购于维特罗斯酒业,网址:www.waitrose.com,电话:0800 188 881。
NV Champagne
赫伯特·波夫特无年份香槟(Herbert Beaufort NV Champagne)
Heavily Pinot Noir-dominated and from a grower in Bouzy. Split equally between 2007 and 2008 vintages and disgorged a year ago. Perfumed, seductive nose. Quite aggressive fizz but there’s lots of explosive personality here. Still quite youthful. Persistent. 12%
酒精度12%。来自布兹(Bouzy)地区种植农的产品,采用超大比例的黑比诺酿造,2007年份与2008年份原料各占一半,于一年前除渣,仍然很年轻。非常迷人的香气,汽泡活跃,显示了具有爆发力的个性,余韵持久。
£32 M and S (142 stores), www.marksandspencer.com, 0845 609 0200
价格:32英镑。可购于马克与斯宾塞(M and S)的142家店铺,网址:www.marksandspencer.com,联系方式:0845 609 0200。