Chapter 986: Noble rot grape

Old West said on the side: "Summer, this is the most perfect oak barrel I have seen in my industry for decades. I don't think it might be better! Old Carl's hoop craftsmanship and the best oak you offer, it's just It is worthy of each other!"
Xia Ruofei smiled and asked: "Uncle West, do you say that these oak barrels are fully compliant with the standards used?"
The old West expression exaggeratedly said: "Of course! It must be closely monitored, and the old Karl's unique logo will be branded!"
This is equivalent to a Carl brand, but the old barrel will be completely responsible for the oak barrel branded with this logo.
"That's great! Uncle West, I want two of the barrels, the remaining four oak barrels, just stay in the winery!" Xia Ruofei said happily, "Uncle Carl's barrel costs, from the wine Zhuang’s account is spent!

Unexpectedly, Xia Rufei said, Karl said without thinking: "Summer, these barrels are free for you to make! As long as you can hand me the wood for processing next year! And next year's barrel costs, I also Will give you a discount!"
Xia Ruofei smiled and said: "Uncle Carl, Uncle West trusts your skills so much, I will definitely hand you the next batch of oak barrels for the next year, but the money for these six oak barrels is still to be given. Code is one yard code! We have an old saying in China: the brothers settled the account!"
After that, Xia Ruofei did not wait for Karl to resign, and he told Old West to go straight to check.
The top hoops like Carl, even if they supply raw materials to him, the production cost is very high, even more expensive than buying oak barrels directly on the market, but these small money, Xia Ruofei naturally will not care.
The cost of making each oak barrel is $300, and the old West quickly opened a check for 1800 Australian dollars and handed it to Carl.
When Carl saw it and didn't make any resignation, he was happy to accept the money, and then he was still in full swing, so that Xia Ruofei must hand over the order to him in the coming year.
After Karl drove away, Xia Ruofei and Feng Wei enjoyed the oak barrels that were called "artworks" by Old West for a while.
Both of them are watching the lively layman. On the oak barrel, there is a squatting on the side, and there is no way to see the doorway. I just think that the work is really good. At first glance, it is a very good thing.
Old West actually wants to leave all six oak barrels, especially if Xia Ruofei wants to take away two barrels of grape juice, he is even more distressed.
This year's grape quality is surprisingly good. In the old West's view, Xia Ruofei took away two barrels of grape juice, and the final result may only be wasted. This is the old West that is rushing to the cause of the winery. It’s just a crime!
But who makes Xia Ruofei a boss! Not to mention taking two barrels, even if he wants to pour all the grape juice this year into the ditch, the old West can't stop it!
Therefore, when Xia Ruofei proposed to fill two barrels of grape juice now, the old West also accepted his life and stood up to prepare for the arrangement.
Just then, Aunt Kabelli walked over with the old West's cell phone: "Hey! Your call! It was over the Golden Oaks Winery!"
Old West took off his gloves and said to Xia Ruofei: "Summer, wait a moment, I will pick up the phone first!"
Xia Ruofei smiled and nodded.
After taking the phone, the old West went to the side to pick up the phone. After a while, he came over with his mobile phone and said, "Summer, I am very sorry, there are some things in the Golden Oak Winery that need me to deal with it. You want The grape juice clears I let Kabelli give you the clothes!"
Xia Ruofei asked with some concern: "Is there a problem with the Golden Oak?"
"Then there is no, the workers found that a batch of grapes ready to be harvested is special. I have to look at it right away." Old West smiled easily, even with a look of hope. "Maybe it is a good thing!"
Xia Ruofei was more interested in it and said: "I will go and see it together! When the grape juice is ready to be loaded!"
Old West said cheerfully: "Of course no problem, you are the boss!"
Xia Ruofei said with a smile to Feng Wei: "How? Sister Jie, let's go to the Golden Oak Winery together?"
Feng Xiao smiled and nodded, learning the old West's tone and said: "Of course no problem, you are the boss!"
Xia Ruofei couldn't help but rolled his eyes and said: "Is it very happy to be skinned?"
Feng Xiao smiled and swayed.
The group took the old West Horton sedan and headed for the Golden Oak Winery.
After more than half an hour, they came to the Golden Oaks Winery, also in the Hunter Valley area.
Compared with the West Winery, the Golden Oak Winery is larger and the building is much newer, just like the difference between the landlord's old money and the long-term work.
Before being transferred to Xia Ruofei, Golden Oak Winery is one of the best wineries in the Hunter Valley area, which is incomparable to the West Winery.
But now this winery is already surnamed Xia, and Robinson, the owner of the Golden Oaks winery who had been in front of the old West, had to accept that the big winery he once proud of now accepts the old West. The fact of management.
Old West drove the car directly to the vineyard, and the three men got off and walked in.
The scale of the Golden Oaks vineyards is several times that of the West Winery. It occupies two mountain groves and valleys. The rows of semillon vines replanted last year are neatly arranged to extend into the distance and look spectacular.
A worker waited at the door of the vineyard and saw the old West and his group, and he immediately greeted him.
Xia Ruofei also recognized the worker named Harrison, because Harrison was originally an employee of West Winery, a relatively powerful worker under the old West, and the experience of growing grapes is very rich, so the old West specializes. Send him here to be responsible for the harvest of the grapes.
"Harrison!" Old West asked, "Where are the vines?"
"Uncle West, you can see through this mountain bag, that area was originally prepared for these two days." Harrison said.
"Go! Take us to see!" said Old West.
Xia Ruofei asked while walking: "Uncle West, what is wrong with the grapes?"
Old West smiled and said: "It's okay, it shouldn't be a bad thing. If you look there, you will know."
Under the leadership of Harrison, the pedestrian turned over the mountain bag along the path and soon came to the area that Harrison said.
Xia Ruofei’s eyesight is very good. He saw the grape in this area for the first time, which is different from what he saw in the past few days.
The grapes became a bit dry and the color was no longer golden, but reddish brown, and there seemed to be some ugly markings on the grape skin.
Xia Ruofei’s first reaction was that the grape rotted, and the heart was a pity, and there was a slight apology. He thought it might be that Old West had waited for him to come to Australia, so he delayed the harvest of the grapes, and the Golden Oak wine. The scale of grape planting on this side of the village is very large, so it will lead to the situation that it is too late to harvest.
What surprised Xia Ruofei was that the old West saw these grapes that were very ugly, but they got up to speed and almost rushed.
Then he carefully observed it closely, took a dried grape and looked at it repeatedly. He even put the grape in his mouth and chewed it, then swallowed it together, regardless of whether it was dirty or dirty.
Xia Ruofei and Feng Wei looked a little bit chilly - you have to know that this grape has a mildew on the outside! This is too heavy taste, right?
Old West and Harrison looked at each other and said, "Yes! It's precious Pythium! I am familiar with this taste!"
Harrison was also very excited and said: "Uncle West, this grape in this large area is like this, so to say... The winery is going to get rich this year?"
Old Westhaha laughed and said: "I think the summer boss must be very willing to hear this news!"
Xia Ruofei was confused and asked inexplicably: "Uncle West, are these grapes rotten? Don't we lose a lot of money? Why does Harrison say that he wants to make a fortune?"
Feng Wei also finds it difficult to understand. The grapes in this large area have become like this ghost. They can't be used at first glance. Why is the old West still so excited, just like going out to save money?
Old West laughed happily and said: "In summer, these grapes are not rotten. To be precise, they are infected with mold!"
Xia Ruofei can't smile: "Isn't that a meaning? It's always useless, you can only make them rotten in the tree!"
Old West repeatedly waved and said: "no!no!no! Summer, these grapes can not only make wine, but also make the most expensive noble wine!"
Xia Ruofei is a little white in the wine industry. He usually has no special wine-loving hobbies, so he doesn't know anything about expensive rot.
However, after listening to Feng Wei, he couldn’t help but blink his eyes and asked: "Uncle, you mean... expensive expensive wine, is this grape brewed?"
Old Westhaha laughed, greeted Xia Ruofei and Feng Wei as they approached the vine, then pointed to the grape on the top and said: "Look, the mold on the surface of this grape is noble Pythium, only white infected with this mold. Grapes can make noble rot!"
Old West is in a very good mood, so I am very excited to introduce the noble rot with Xia Ruofei and Feng Wei: "In addition to the very sweetness, the noble rot wine will also produce glycerin and special aroma that makes the taste more moist. Such as dried fruit, honey, raisins and the rich flavor of Pythium. The noble rot is known as 'liquid gold' and has been praised by King Louis XIV of France as the 'king of the king, the king of the wine'."

So great!
Xia Ruofei couldn’t help but say with surprise.
These grapes seem to have no way to make wine...

Old West laughed and said: "So the expensive rot is called 'the surprise in the ashes'!"
When Xia Ruofei heard it, I felt that it was quite appropriate. These original spirits had already lost their moisture and became dry, and the color was very ugly. It was like an ashes.
Old West then introduced the origin of the expensive rot of wine to Xia Ruofei and Feng Wei, and they could not help but marvel at the two.
Many good things often come from accidents, and noble rot is one of the typical examples.
According to legend, during the grape harvest season in 1650, the grape farmers in Tokaj were delayed by the war until the grapes were picked in November. The grapes that were picked late became dry and even had a layer of mold, but there was no wine available for fresh grapes. The division had to make wine with moldy grapes. Unexpectedly, the wines of that year were full of scent, honey, flowers and apricots were sweet and fragrant, full of body, high acidity, sweet but not greasy, very attractive.
Occasionally postponed picking, unexpectedly brought a new fate to the Tokaj expensive rot wine, and from then on to the glory.
The color of noble rot is like gold, and the price is dripping like gold. The Chateaud'yquem 1811 noble rot wine has auctioned a high price of $117,000 per bottle. In 1787, the gold rotted wine was auctioned out. Ten thousand U.S. dollars. Even the most common expensive rotted wines are hundreds or even thousands of dollars.
Such an expensive price is because the formation conditions of the noble rot grapes are very demanding.
For example, if there is a moist mist in the morning, it will help the growth of the noble rot fungus. The noble rot fungus will drill a small hole in the grape skin; then there will be dry and hot weather in the afternoon, so as to inhibit the excessive growth of the noble rot fungus and avoid it. The development of malignant gray mold, while the dry heat environment will cause the water in the fruit to evaporate from the small holes, the grape's sweetness, flavor concentration and acidity naturally increased.
At the same time, this situation must occur on mature grapes, otherwise the noble rot will develop into gray mold.
In addition, the production cost of noble rot is also very high, it must be purely artificially picked, the fermentation time is very long, and the production is scarce, and it is easy to attract birds to steal, so the high price is also reasonable.
After listening to the introduction, Xia Ruofei knew that the climate in the Hunter Valley area was not suitable for the formation of noble rot grapes. This time, the noble rot grapes that formed such a large area were simply the accident that God gave them. Hi.
Old Westhaha laughed and said: "The grapes were picked when they were mature, because the summer was delayed in Saipan for two days, so the whole picking plan was pushed back. I didn't expect it to be delayed. Surprise!"
Xia Ruofei said with a smile: "I was quite guilty in my heart! It seems that it is really a bad thing to become a good thing!"
Feng Xiaozui smiled and said: "It seems that there are some places where there are flying, there will always be various miracles, we are already eccentric!"
Old West haha ​​laughed, and then immediately let Harrison organize the man, ready to pick these precious rot grapes.
The expensive rot grapes must be harvested by hand, because not all the grapes will be infected with noble rot, so it is a very fine work to be done by a grain of work. It must be done by experienced workers. West must also check the scene.
Xia Ruofei’s heart moved slightly and said:
Uncle West, I don’t want two barrels of grape juice. One of them will help me to replace this kind of noble rot grape!