FROM FUNGUS TO FABULOUS

摘要

If you've ever tasted Sauternes' Chateau d'Yquem or Napa Valleys version, Dolce, you've sampled the results of a natural process that turns white wine grapes into misshapen brown blobs covered with what looks like gray ash. This transformation is dueto Botrytis cinerea, a fungus winemakers call "noble rot" because of the end result. Wines made with botrytized grapes are, at their best, lusciously textured, deeply sweet, pungently scented with aromas of stone fruits and baking spices and complex enough to remain interesting through a long finish.