*售完* F279 – Petit Verdot by Belle-Vue 2016

❗ 開宗明義就直接說一下在波爾多能找到100%小維多 Petit Verdot 的葡萄酒是何等的難得☝ 🤷‍♀ 大家一般飲到的波爾多紅酒，有機會見到小維多的成份多數不多於5%的比例。 長期作為配角的它，為什麼搖身一變成為最佳主角❓🤔

要先知道，Petit Verdot 本身是非常難以種植的。因為它是一種幾乎不會凍結的品種，主要生長在霜凍土壤上。大家可以想像一下一些葡萄生長在雪霜上，它的成熟期會是多麼的緩慢而成本也是多麼的高🤦‍♂但在Château Belle-Vue 酒莊裡的Petit Verdot 是種植在含有少量粘土的沙質土壤上，比起在雪霜上種植的確加快了其成長週期☺☺ 而事實上Petit Verdot也是莊園的標誌性葡萄 ✌ 而這款100% Petit Verdot是來自非常古老的葡萄藤 (分別是1936年，1940年和1950年)。這些葡萄藤抵抗了1956年的毀滅性霜凍，生產出非常少量的葡萄，加上手工精心挑選及採收，在意大利雙耳瓶中陳釀，以保持其新鮮度和水果，並在橡木桶中陳熟，以昇華Petit Verdot的結構和芳香典型 

💁 特別值得一提的是，這款100% Petit Verdot 是酒莊最高級別酒款🏆每年產量亦非常有限，2016年是這款100% Petit Verdot 第一年推出的年份，同時亦獲得高度讚賞 

📝 實試紀錄 : 說它是剛柔並重是不無原因的 ☺ 小維多一直給小編好strong的感覺，猶如一個壯男般🙎‍♂ 但細飲下去, 郤發現其細膩之處像温柔的女性般🙍 紫紅色的酒色相當吸引! 開瓶後30分鐘呈現出鮮明的櫻桃、紅果、紫羅蘭和咖啡香氣。入口開初是有股微辣在舌底蹦蹦跳著，帶士多啤梨、羅漢果、茶葉。1.5小時後多了動物皮毛、煙絲和白胡椒的香氣，而單寧也變得非常的絲滑，餘韻很長! 而且那種集中度和濃郁感實在令人無法抗拒!

🏅 James Sucking 93-94
A red with gorgeous density and dried-berry, spice and blueberry character. Full and polished. Lovely texture. This is 100% petit verdot. Exceptional quality. First ever wine from here.

🏅 RP 92+
This new cuvée from Belle-Vue is produced on a 2.04-hectare parcel. This 100% Petit Verdot wine comes from old vineyards planted in 1936, 1940 and 1950 whose average age in 2016 was 77 years. It was aged in French oak, 20% new, with 15% of production matured in amphorae. It was aged for a total of 14 months. Deep garnet-purple colored, the 2016 Le Petit Verdot by Belle-Vue opens with provocatively earthy notes emerging on the nose of fertile loam, tar and scorched earth with a red and black currants core plus a hint of wild thyme. Medium to full-bodied with a firm, grainy texture from nicely ripe tannins, it has a great core of expressive fruit and a long mineral-tinged finish. About 833 cases were made.

🏅 Wine Enthusiast 91
Bold and ripe, this rich wine is concentrated and full of spicy black fruits. Produced from a tiny parcel of Petit Verdot that escaped the devastating frost of 1956, it is dark, dense with layers of blueberry flavors alongside the firm tannins. The richness of the wine and its weight promise good aging.

🏅 Vinous 91
The 2016 Le Petit Verdot by Belle-Vue is just as compelling from bottle as it was from barrel. Crème de cassis, menthol, violet, plum, lavender, licorice and bittersweet chocolate are some of the many notes that run through this super-expressive, flavorful Haut-Médoc. Exotic and sumptuous to the core, the 2016 is flat-out delicious and one of the sleepers of the year. I absolutely loved it.