点评:This is our second time visiting this wonderful chateau and vineyard, the first being 8 years ago. The chateau was the original residence of the engineer of the Canal du Midi so it has a wonderful grandness that is very welcoming.
At that time the family was making plans to have the chateau as a wedding destination, having modernized two bedrooms for the rental market and recently completed the tasting station.
Flash forward right years. The patriarch has passed, more bedrooms have been added, the grounds have become spectacular with flowering vines in many areas, and many more varieties of wines to try.
Lucile, the daughter who we had met years ago, was kind enough to come down to the tasting building where the wines age and once we had shown her the old pictures she remembered our last visit. She’s a great host and spent almost two hours with us showing us all the new varieties and laughing about how we had all changed over the years.
I’ll be frank and state that I’ve never tasted a bad Languedoc wine. That being said, when one stands out it is truly exemplary. That distinction goes to the Chateau de Paraza’s two best reds - “MMV” and “1”. I’m not a pro at this stuff, but these two were the best wines I tasted over my ten days on the Canal du Midi.
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翻译:这是我们第二次参观这座美妙的城堡和葡萄园,第一次是在 8 年前。这座城堡是米迪运河工程师的原住所,因此它拥有非常温馨的宏伟气势。
当时,这家人正计划将城堡作为婚礼举办地,他们已经将两间卧室现代化,用于出租,最近还完成了品酒站的建设。
时间飞快流逝。族长去世了,增加了更多的卧室,场地变得非常壮观,许多地方都长满了开花的葡萄藤,还有更多种类的葡萄酒可供品尝。
我们多年前认识的女儿 Lucile 很好心地来到了品酒楼,在那里葡萄酒被陈酿,我们给她看了旧照片后,她想起了我们上次的拜访。她是一位很棒的主人,花了近两个小时向我们展示所有的新品种,并笑着谈论我们多年来的变化。
坦率地说,我从未尝过不好的朗格多克葡萄酒。话虽如此,当有一款酒脱颖而出时,它确实是典范。这一殊荣属于 Chateau de Paraza 的两款最佳红酒 - “MMV” 和 “1”。我不是这方面的专家,但这两款酒是我在米迪运河 (Canal du Midi) 的十天里品尝过的最好的葡萄酒。
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