30美元/瓶

????今天，我們首先要介紹的是2,500美元酒窖可選的兩類葡萄酒：西班牙的Rioja和法國(guó)的Beaujolais。我們想喝品質(zhì)更好的葡萄酒，想收藏有代表性的葡萄酒，我們希望葡萄酒能和我們的食物相匹配，希望朋友們喜歡我們的葡萄酒，希望能對(duì)我們與人分享的葡萄酒有所了解。

????我們希望發(fā)展?jié)摿?，也就是那些單價(jià)不到30美元/瓶但真正能給人帶來驚喜的葡萄酒，窖藏約十年后能帶來投資回報(bào)，雖然有時(shí)回報(bào)并不那么豐厚。窖藏葡萄酒就別怕承擔(dān)風(fēng)險(xiǎn)?？吹骄平阎袧M是你喜歡的葡萄酒，絕對(duì)是人生一大樂事。如果酒窖中除了你喜歡的葡萄酒，還有一些你以前不了解但后來成為摯愛的葡萄酒，豈不更妙！

??? Rioja Reserva：這類葡萄酒不僅剛上市時(shí)味道不錯(cuò)，瓶裝窖藏幾年后口味更佳，因此正是理想的窖藏入門酒。一些價(jià)格更高的窖藏葡萄酒存在的一個(gè)問題是年份短時(shí)往往口味不佳。所有Rioja Reservas都具有成熟的果香味和經(jīng)典的橡木味道，這是Rioja葡萄酒的標(biāo)志性口感特點(diǎn)。

????去年我為自己的酒窖新添了三款葡萄酒，分別是：

????2001 La Rioja Alta Vina Ardanza Reserva Especial，30美元/瓶

????2004 Bodegas Riojanas Monte Real Reserva，20美元/瓶

????2001 CVNE Vina Real Gran Reserva 40美元/瓶

????我可能做了點(diǎn)手腳，超過了單價(jià)30美元/瓶的上限，但這些可窖藏Rioja葡萄酒加在一起均價(jià)不到30美元/瓶。9瓶總價(jià)約300美元，含稅和運(yùn)費(fèi)。

$30 bottles

????Today, we'll start with our first two types of wine for the $2500 cellar: Rioja and Beaujolais. We want to drink better, we want wines that are representative, we want wines that work with the foods we eat, we want our friends to enjoy our wines, and we want to know something about the wines we share.

????We want to find the great values out there -- the real 'wow' wines under $30 that will reward up to about a decade of cellaring, though sometimes a bit less. If you cellar wine, don't be afraid of taking a few risks now and again. A cellar full of your favorite wines is a fantastic treat, a cellar full of your favorite wines and wines you had no idea would become your favorites is even better.

????Rioja Reserva: Not only are these wines delicious on release, they are ready to improve in the bottle for years to come. As such, they are ideal wines to begin a cellar with. One of the issues with more expensive wines for the cellar is they often taste bad when young. These Rioja Reservas all exhibit rich ripe fruit and the classic tell-tale oak that is one of the signature elements of the Rioja taste profile.

????Three wines I added to my cellar this past year are:

????2001 La Rioja Alta Vina Ardanza Reserva Especial $30

????2004 Bodegas Riojanas Monte Real Reserva $20

????2001 CVNE Vina Real Gran Reserva $40

????I've already cheated a bit, sort of, by exceeding the $30 per bottle price, but the net result here is an average of $30 per bottle for a solid selection of cellarable Rioja. Total cost for nine bottles is about $300, with tax and delivery included.