Garmon Continental 2015 《醇酒系列-SP018 》***

【Garmon Continental 2015】
由西班牙釀酒教父Mariano García 精心在Ribera del Duero 打造的自家計劃，邊位係Mariano Garcia ?

🔍Mariano Garcia 由1968-1998年一直擔任Vega Sicilia 的釀酒師，就是一手將Vega Sicilia打造成為西班牙酒王的靈魂人物，他的釀酒傳奇從小開始，出身於莊園工人的兒子，有日碰巧經過釀酒師的辦公室門口，因為需要多一個試酒者，結果被捉來試酒，從沒有學習任何葡萄酒知識的他，卻是唯一一個能在20矇瓶中搵出2支相同的酒，盡展天份，及後被送去School of Winemaking and Viticulture in Madrid 學習釀酒，年紀輕輕的他24歲便擔任了Vega Silica的釀酒師一職，在任期間將Vega Silica 推向世界酒壇的高峰，及後更為酒莊創造了 Alion 和 Pintia ，現已離開Vega Silica 夥拍Javier創造另一酒王Aalto ，更與自己兩個兒子Alberto 和 Eduardo分別在 Tudela de Duero 建立Mauro (D.O Vinos de la Tierra de Castilla y León) , D.O Toro 建立 San Roman 和今次介紹的Garmon Continental (D.O. Ribera del Duero) , 被譽為黃金鐵三角酒莊，延續自己西班牙酒傳奇的故事。

Garmon Continental 採用30-100年樹齡 的Tempranillo，葡萄來自斗羅的四個位置 ，分別係Banos 、Tubilla 、La Augilera 和Moradillo，全部都在海拔850-1000米，葡萄相對生長較緩慢對日後葡萄酒的複雜性和優雅度產生極大的作用，法國橡木桶陳熟16個月才推出，2015年是酒莊第二個年份，產量只有4萬5千瓶，想一嚐Garcia 傳奇家族的風彩，又唔想比幾千銀買支Vega Sicilia ，他的Garmon Continental 當然就是平民價換殿堂級的享受，試過他的酒，無不讚嘆他的釀酒技巧，超濃縮的果味用優雅的風格展現出來～

🏅Wine Advocate 92 pts
The second vintage of the only wine produced here, the 2015 Garmón is from a dry and warm vintage. It fermented by plot with a pied de cuve in stainless steel vats, where the wine also underwent malolactic fermentation. The élevage was in 225- and 500-liter French oak barrels and lasted some 16 months. There was a little more new oak in 2015, and the year delivered riper wines; they tried to compensate with more grapes from cooler zones within Ribera del Duero. It has some grainy tannins and a round, wide palate. It's a more powerful vintage.

🏅Decanter 92 pts 
A relatively new wine from Mariano García (of Aalto, formerly Vega Sicilia) and his sons; the brand comes from a merger of their surnames. Made from 30 - to 80 year-old Tempranillo, from a blend of vineyards. Very fine fruit expression with a rasp of tannin. Controlled and not at all overextracted.