通常情况下,葡萄植株在七月需要比较炎热且干燥的天气条件,但今年显然条件没有达到要求。为了让果实吸收足够的阳光来达到足够的成熟度,人们对果串周边的树叶进行了修剪。八月时,虽然温度略有升高,但比起往年同期仍然有差距。到九月中旬,红葡萄品种还远远没有成熟,酒农们只好无奈地继续辛勤劳作在地头田间,将本该已经开始的发酵工作无限期搁置。今年,干旱是欧洲南部遇到的大问题,这种灾害对于产量有很大的影响,植株得到的水分少得可怜到仅供生存需要,而根本无法满足生长和成熟的需求,最终的结果是葡萄无法积累足够的酚类物质,而这些酚类物质对于形成葡萄酒的香气来说至关重要。在英格兰最富盛名的葡萄园中,果实的酸度之高令人提心吊胆,而其糖度却又低得甚至都无法达到法律规定的最低要求。
Eventually, and much later than usual, most grapes have been picked, the only exceptions being those left in the (possibly vain) hope of being turned into top-quality sweet wine. But some producers have already announced that they will not be producing a 2012 vintage at all. Nyetimber, funded by the apparently bottomless pockets of Dutchman Eric Heerema, caused consternation in the burgeoning English wine industry by announcing that there would be no Nyetimber 2012. The owner of the Médoc Cru Bourgeois Ch Hourtin-Ducasse has done the same, citing rampant mildew as the culprit.
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