—— Chen Puxian (Changyu company elder, brewing expert, former deputy chief engineer) ... In order to catch up with the national famous wine appraisal of 1984, she came to the State Administration for Industry and Commerce with relevant materials and trademark registration opinions.
"Why is your dry red wine called Cabernet Sauvignon?"
"Cabernet Sauvignon" is the abbreviation of three kinds of grapes used to brew this wine. Chen Puxian explained: "In the world, high-grade and high-quality wines are named after grape varieties. For example, the world-famous "Riesling" is made of grapes named "Riesling". The indexes and flavors of "Cabernet Sauvignon" dry red completely meet the international standards, and it absorbs the essence of three kinds of grapes, hence the name …… "Sincerely opens. "Cabernet Sauvignon" was approved by the state and recorded in the history of China wine.
-Changyu's original "Cabernet Sauvignon" wine even has a legend of competing with internationally renowned brands. According to historical research, Cabernet Sauvignon was written by Zhang and can be traced back to the early 1930s. Its name is based on the idea of "the fusion of Chinese and Western cultures" advocated by Changyu founder Zhang Bishi, which means "all rivers run into the sea". From the beginning, Zhang was determined to make "Cabernet Sauvignon Dry Red" an internationally renowned brand to compete with "the West". Changyu once published an analysis report on wine, 1939, published in Winemaking magazine on April 7th, and boldly announced the comparison between Changyu's Cabernet Sauvignon dry red and European countries' analysis indexes, thus opening the prelude for Cabernet Sauvignon dry red to challenge international famous wines for the first time in China history.
Recently, the grape and wine industries in China have some differences on the source and meaning of the word Cabernet. Therefore, some experts from Grape Branch of China Agricultural Association (Professor Luo Guoguang, Professor Chao Wuji, researcher Xu, associate researcher, etc. ) discussed this (researcher Yang Meirong expressed his opinion by telephone), and the discussion results are summarized as follows:
1, "Cabernet" is not the official name of a specific grape variety. The word "Cabernet" is a transliteration of the French word "cabernet", and the correct pronunciation is "Gabernet" (the words "Ga" and "Jie" are similar in southern accent).
2. In the grape and wine industry in China, Cabernet Sauvignon is sometimes called another name, Cabernet Sauvignon and Cabernet Sauvignon (formerly known as Cabernet Sauvignon) are called Cabernet Sauvignon, or Cabernet Sauvignon is a general term for these three varieties. They are important raw materials for brewing dry red wine in China at present.
3. Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon have similar characteristics, so they can be called "Cabernet Sauvignon" wine.
Cabernet Sauvignon is one of the world famous red wine varieties. Ranked first among the four best edible red grapes in the United States. The first-class Cabernet Sauvignon red wine needs to be stored in oak barrels for 18-24 months before it can be bottled and sold. When Cabernet Sauvignon is stored in oak barrels, its wine body becomes soft, round, plump, mellow and harmonious, with a strong fruity aroma. The wine is deep ruby red and has excellent taste. In France, winemakers often mix Livzon and Merlot to improve the typicality and style of finished wine.
Cabernet Sauvignon originated in Bordeaux, France, and is the grape variety with the longest cultivation history. As early as Roman times (AD 23-79), there was a record of cultivating Cabernet Sauvignon, which was called "Biturigiaca" at that time. Cabernet Sauvignon is widely planted in the world, with 390,000 mu, 373,000 mu, 300,000 mu, 270,000 mu and 6,543,800 mu planted in Chile, France, the former Soviet Union, Bulgaria and the United States respectively. Changyu Company was first introduced to China in 1892, and it was introduced in large quantities in 1990s. At present, it is planted in more than ten provinces such as Hebei, Xinjiang, Ningxia, Shandong, Gansu and Sichuan, covering an area of about 350,000 mu.
Fruit characteristics: small spike, average spike weight 175g, conical or cylindrical, with accessory spikes. The fruit is small, densely planted, purple-black, round, thick-skinned, juicy and grassy, with sugar content of 193.7g/L, acid content of 7. 1g/L and juice yield of 62%.
Botanical characteristics: the tender buds are yellow-green, the tender leaves are yellow-green, the leaves are shiny, and the back of the leaves is gray and fluffy. The adult leaves are medium-sized, round, with pure serrated edges, 5-lobed leaves, smooth leaves, sparse back hairs and closed petioles. Amphoteric flowers.
Main characteristics: it germinates in Yantai in late April, and it takes 150- 176 days for the fruit to fully mature in early October, and the effective accumulated temperature is 3258-36 16℃, which is a late-maturing variety. Medium growth potential, strong fertility, easy to produce high yield in the early stage under good fertilizer and water management conditions, and the yield per mu in the second year of mowing is 450 kg. Strong ability to adapt to local conditions, strong disease resistance, cold tolerance, love fat love the water, suitable for hedgerow cultivation, pruning short branches.