哪款中国葡萄酒具有最佳口味

消费者在选购葡萄酒时，可以从两个方面着手：一是从标签标注的内容判断，葡萄酒的标签标注内容应该齐全、准确。二是从内在质量判断。葡萄酒的质量包括卫生、理化和感官三个部分，其中最能全面、有效地反映葡萄酒质量高低的指标是感官指标。

　　A decade ago, most Chinese wines couldn't be swallowed. Recently, I bought 10 wines in Shanghai and invited three wine experts-Andy Lau, the sales director of ASC Fine Wines, a big Shanghai-based wine importing firm, and Yang Lu and Diego Zhang, both sommelier-to taste them with me. I included three Grace wines. The other seven were from the three largest Chinese wine producers, Changyu, Dynasty and Great Wall. The tasting surprised all of us: All but one of the wines were actually drinkable, a couple even enjoyable. Here are highlights from my notes:

　　10年前，大多数中国产葡萄酒是无法咽下的。最近，我在上海买了10 瓶不同的葡萄酒并邀请了3位葡萄酒专家来和我一起品尝，他们是：葡萄酒进口公司上海圣皮尔大中华(ASC GREATER CHINA)精品酒业务总监Andy Lau，还有两位专业品酒师吕杨和张天佑。我选的酒包括3款怡园酒庄的葡萄酒，还有7款来自三个最大的葡萄酒商张裕、王朝和长城。品酒的结果让所有人都感到惊讶：所有的酒，除了一款之外，事实上口味都还可以，有几个甚至还不错。下面是我的品尝记录中的一些亮点 ：

　　Changyu nonvintage Cabernet, $5.40: The bad old times. An aroma that evoked dirty sweat socks and cleaning fluid and a foul chemical taste. Stan Sesser/The Wall Street Journal

　　张裕不标年赤霞珠(Cabernet)，售价5.40美元：这是一款差劲的老式酒， 闻起来有一种肮脏汗臭袜子和清洁剂的味道，口味则如同难闻的化学药剂。

　　Great Wall 'dry red wine,' $2.87: Clean and pleasant if light and simple, reminding me of the Charles Shaw 'Two Buck Chuck' wines in the U.S。

　　长城干红葡萄酒，售价 2.87美元：这款酒虽然味淡而简单，但倒还清新宜人。它让我们想起美国的查尔斯·肖牌(Charles Shaw)的 “两美元”酒。

　　Grace 2008 Cabernet, $10: Thin, with no varietal character。

　　怡园2008赤霞珠，售价10美元：口味单薄且没有葡萄品种的特性。

　　Grace 2001 Merlot, $28: An enticing smell that within a minute disappeared; the wine was too old and turning to vinegar when exposed to air。

　　怡园2001年梅鹿辄(Merlot)，售价28美元：有种诱人的但即刻就消失的香味。酒太陈旧，暴露在空气中就变酸了。

　　Grace Deep Blue 2008, $42: This blend of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Cabernet Franc showed good balance and attractive flavors, although I wished it had more depth。

　　怡园2008年深蓝干红(Grace Deep Blue)，售价 42美元：这种赤霞珠(Cabernet Sauvignon)、梅鹿辄(Merlot)和品丽珠(Cabernet Franc)的混合酒显示出其良好的平衡度和富有魅力的口味，尽管我希望它更具有深度。

　　Great Wall Cabernet 1998, $72: Real wine-deep colored, full bodied, tannic but with a lot of fruit-that could have held its own with Cabernets from other countries. The surprise consensus winner。

　　长城1998年赤霞珠(Cabernet)，售价72美元：真正的深酒色，酒味浓郁，单宁含量高但水果味也很浓，若与其它国家的赤霞珠放在一起竞争也不会逊色。此款酒赢得了大家一致的认同，倒是事先未曾料到的。