I’ve just been rereading what I wrote about my encounter with the late Gaston Huet, the most respected producer of Vouvray in the Loire. “He believes in hanging on to his wines for years before selling them,” I wrote in 1981. I suspect that even he might be surprised to see a wine as old as 1919 from his beloved Domaine Le Haut-Lieu being released by Berry Bros. By several curious turns of events, the London-based wine merchant is in the process of acquiring nearly 2,000 cases of grand old Huet Vouvrays. Along with Huet’s German importer Vinaturel, Berry Bros will be offering various combinations of this historic stock over the next few months and I would urge anyone interested in fully mature white wine to register their interest, or try the Wine Society, which has selected vintages.
最近我重读了自己写过的一篇与加斯顿•予厄(Gaston Huet)见面的文章，已经辞世的予厄先生是卢瓦尔地区(the Loire)内武弗雷(Vouvray)产区中最受敬仰的酿酒师。我在1981年的文章中写道：“他坚信，自己酿造的葡萄酒在上市之前，一定要在酒庄内保留多年。”不过即便如此，我估计当予厄先生看到自己挚爱的悦伟庄园(Domaine Le Haut-Lieu)的葡萄酒现在居然有1919年份的在贝瑞兄弟(Berry Bros)上销售，也会大吃一惊吧。通过一轮又一轮的努力，贝瑞兄弟正在不断收购予厄的超老年份武弗雷葡萄酒，入手量已经接近两千箱。这家总部位于伦敦(London)的酒商将与予厄的德国进口商自然佳酿(Vinaturel)合作，在未来的几个月中销售该庄园各种老年份葡萄酒的打包组合产品。对于喜爱陈酿白葡萄酒的酒友来说，我认为这是一个出手的好时机。除了这两家酒商之外，酒协(Wine Society)也精选出了一些年份的产品供消费者选择。