瑞园庄园红葡萄酒
Ridge Santa Cruz Mountains Estate Cabernet Sauvignon

年       份：2019/20/21
酒       庄：瑞园庄园
葡萄品种：赤霞珠
产       区：美国，加州

葡萄园风土
酒庄葡萄园坐落于圣克鲁兹山脉，这是一处独立法定产区，分隔北海岸与中央海岸产区，却并不隶属于二者。

海拔：1300–2670 英尺

土壤：
基岩为碎裂石灰岩，表层覆盖风化的弗朗西斯坎绿岩，混有黏土与壤土

树龄：
最老藤植于 1949 年；后续于 1968/69、1972、1982、1987/88、1990、1995、1997/98、2008、2010、2013 年陆续扩种

发酵：
葡萄经去梗、筛选，100% 完整果粒采用本土天然酵母发酵。

工艺：
人工采摘酒庄自有葡萄，经去梗与筛选；天然酵母发酵，依托本土菌群完成完整苹果酸 - 乳酸发酵；最低限度使用有效硫（破碎时 35ppm，陈酿期间 138ppm）；每桶使用 4 枚蛋清柔化单宁；装瓶时进行深度过滤。

品酒笔记：
所有葡萄经去梗处理后保留完整果粒，在发酵中实现更缓慢、柔和的风味萃取。历经 19 个月橡木桶陈酿，单宁已融合得十分顺滑。这款极具代表性的山地赤霞珠，在未来 15 年间还将持续发展出更完整的风味。
中等偏深石榴红，诱人的辛香料和黑胡椒香料感，层叠的野肉香和烤肉味，鲜咸野味和新皮革，整体散发出高雅的干花加野性气息。带有雪茄盒、黑李子、黑醋栗的成熟果味，酸度挺拔，单宁在杯中醒开后慢慢变得质朴温顺。收口时酒精度微微偏高，具有矿质铁感和一点石墨，红黑果味加皮革香料感交织，非常鲜咸诱人，余味悠长。

Vintage: 2019/20/21
Winery:Ridge Vineyard
Grape: Cabernet Sauvignon
Region：California

Vineyard
Our Estate Vineyard is located in the Santa  Cruz Mountains, a stand alone appellation  separating the North Coast from the Central  Coast, but not part of either. 

Elevation: 1300’ to 2670’

Soils: 
Fractured limestone soils overlaid with  decomposing Franciscan green stone  mixed with clay/loam. 

Age of Vines: 
Oldest 1949; further plantings  in 1968/9, 1972, 1982, 1987/8, 1990, 1995,  1997/8, 2008, 2010, and 2013. 

Fermentation:
Grapes destemmed, and sorted; 100% whole berries fermented on the  native yeasts.

Hand-harvested, estate-grown grapes; destemmed and sorted; fermented on the  native yeasts; full malolactic on the naturally occurring bacteria; minimum effective  sulfur (35 ppm at crush, 138 ppm during aging); four egg whites per barrel for tannin  reduction; depth filtration at bottling. In keeping with our philosophy of minimal  intervention, this is the sum of our actions.

Characteristics：
All the  grapes were destemmed but left as whole  berries for slower, gentler extraction during  fermentation. After nineteen months of  barrel aging, tannins are well integrated. This  exemplary mountain grown cabernet will  develop more fully over the next fifteen  years. 
Medium deep garnet red, attractive spice and black pepper aromas, layers of wild meat and roast, salty game and fresh leather, overall exudes elegant dried flowers and wild notes. With ripe fruit notes of humidor, black plum and black currant, the acidity is firm and the tannins are slowly becoming plain and docile as they wake up in the glass. At the end, the alcohol level is slightly higher, with a sense of mineral iron and a little graphite, red and black fruit and leather spice, very salty and attractive, long aftertaste.