Grace Vineyard Tasya's Reserve Aglianico 2019 怡園德熙珍藏阿里亞尼考 2019

Grace Vineyard, founded in 1997 by Chinese entrepreneur Judy Chan, is a renowned winery in Hebei, China. Producing world-class wines from its 300-hectare vineyards, the winery has won numerous domestic and international awards. Committed to quality and the wine culture, Grace Vineyard has established a strong reputation, contributing to the growing prominence of the Chinese wine industry.

Inspired by his first granddaughter Anastasya, our founder Mr. Chun-Keung Chan named this wine series, expressing his aspiration for his successors to continually improve upon it. Intentionally crafted as single-varietal wines, this series aims to capture the unique character of each grape grown in Grace Vineyard's different Chinese vineyards. The Aglianico grape, long revered as the "Barolo of Southern Italy", has now found new life at Grace Vineyard. Planted in 2006 in Shanxi, the 2018 vintage yielded 3,171 bottles of well-structured, complex wine with an enduring finish.

Tasting Note : 
Dark red with crimson hue. Red to dark berry fruits, chocolate cake (pastry alike), light earthiness characters shows through on the nose. Full strength palate with well polished tannin texture. Persistent finish.

Rating : 
JS 92 points from JS Wine Ratings
“An overlay of roasted sesame, dried meat and a hint of tar to the spicy and racy black cherries and black dates here. Very slightly jammy, but positive. Medium to full body with a good, spicy profile and fresh, flavorful palate. Showing typicity of Aglianico. Nice grip before the lengthy finish. 3,171 bottles made. Drink or hold.” - Tasted on Jan 3, 2022 by Jame Suckling

RP 90 points from The Wine Advocate
“Grace is undoubtedly the pioneer of Aglianico in China. With its deep ruby appearance and attractive nose of lifted red and black plum fruit with the trademark violet of the variety, the 2018 Tasya's Reserve Aglianico is both true to the grape and like a plumped up Aglianico del Vulture. This is full-bodied, sporting 14.5% alcohol, but without the very coating tannins of Taurasi: expect moderate chewy tannins, some supporting acidity and an attractive core of ripe red and black plum and red and black cherry fruit with floral overtones. The use of new wood is more evident on the palate than the nose—only 20% new oak barrique here—adding some vanilla and toast. But this is predominantly a fruit-driven wine. With its moderate length and varietal precision, this is undeniably one of China’s most interesting reds that is showing well in the 2018 vintage.” - Tasted on Dec 11, 2020 by Edward Ragg

Awards :
1. London Wine Competition 2022 - Silver Medal.
2. Decanter Asia Wine Awards 2017 - Bronze Medal.
3. HONG KONG INTERNATIONAL WINE & SPIRIT COMPETITION 2017 - Bronze Medal.
4. Gilbert & Gaillard International Competition 2016 - Gold Medal.

Winery : Grace Vineyard
Region : Shanxi, China
Vintage : 2019
Grape Varieties : Aglianico
Length/Type of Fermentation : The fruits is de-stem and lightly crush into a small open top fermentation tank & barrels. The wines fermented at fairly high temperature with routine manual cap plunging.
Length/Type of Aging : Combination of 25% new French oak barrels and 75 % 1st & 2nd use barrel. Total of 12 months spend in 400 liters barrel and the wines treated minimum prior to bottling.
Format : 750ml
Alcohol : 14.9%

Grace Vineyard由中國企業家陳嘉欣女士於1997年創立,位於中國河北省,是一家享有盛譽的酒莊。該酒莊擁有300公頃的葡萄園,生產世界級優質葡萄酒,屢獲國內外大賽獎項。Grace Vineyard秉持對品質和葡萄酒文化的堅持,樹立了良好聲譽,為中國葡萄酒行業的崛起做出貢獻。

受到創辦人陳振強先生首位孫女Anastasya的啟發,他將此酒系命名,並表達了希望後繼者能夠持續改善這一系列葡萄酒的願景。這個系列特意採用單一品種釀造,目的是為了展現Grace葡萄酒莊各個中國園區所種植的每種葡萄的獨特特性。被視為「南義巴羅洛」的阿格里亞尼科葡萄,如今已在Grace葡萄酒莊重獲新生。2006年種植於山西的葡萄,2018年收成共產出3,171瓶結構良好、複雜多層次的酒款,餘韻持久。

品酒筆記:
深紅色帶紫羅蘭色澤。鼻息中呈現紅色及深色漿果、巧克力蛋糕(類似糕點)以及些許泥土氣息。口感豐厚,單寧質地圓潤柔和。餘韻持久。

評分:
JS 92分（James Suckling Wine Ratings）
「帶有烘烤芝麻、乾肉和焦油微味的黑櫻桃和黑棗香氣。有一絲果醬感,但為正面因素。中到豐富的酒體,擁有出色的辛香氣息和清新多汁的口感。展現了阿格里亞尼科葡萄的典型風格。收縮感強烈,餘韻悠長。產量3,171瓶。可飲可藏。」－2022年1月3日James Suckling品評

RP 90分（Wine Advocate）
「Grace無疑是中國阿格里亞尼科葡萄的先驅。2018年Tasya's Reserve Aglianico呈深紅寶石色澤,鼻息中散發紅黑李子香氣和葡萄品種特有的紫羅蘭花香,無疑真實地展現了阿格里亞尼科風格,有如肥沃多汁的阿格里亞尼科del Vulture。酒體飽滿,酒精度達14.5%,但單寧卻不輸塔烏拉斯(Taurasi)。可期待中度的單寧、適當的酸度和誘人的紅黑李子及紅黑櫻桃果香,帶有花香氣息。新橡木的使用較為明顯,但主導風味仍為果香。在適中的長度和品種特性上,這無疑是中國最引人入勝的紅酒之一,2018年呈現出色表現。」－2020年12月11日Edward Ragg品評

獎項:
1. 2022年倫敦葡萄酒大賽 - 銀牌
2. 2017年亞洲葡萄酒大賽 - 銅牌
3. 2017年香港國際葡萄酒及烈酒大賽 - 銅牌
4. 2016年吉伯特&嘉利亞國際葡萄酒大賽 - 金牌

酒莊: 怡園酒莊
產區: 中國山西
年份: 2019
葡萄品種: 阿格里亞尼科
發酵方式: 將葡萄去梗後輕輕壓榨至小型開放式發酵罐和橡木桶中,在較高溫度下發酵,並進行人工浸cap。
陳釀方式: 25%新法國橡木桶,75%一、二次使用的桶,總共在400升橡木桶中陳釀12個月,瓶裝前僅做最少的處理。
容量: 750ml
酒精度: 14.9%