Terroir is not a word to be afraid of! John keeps it simple; Back to Basics with [ Ссылка ]
Hi, I'm John from Majestic Wine Aylesbury and I'm going to be talking to you about Terroir. You might have heard a wine critic or wine maker use the term Terroir before. "The Terroir has really played an important influence in this wine."
But what does Terroir mean? Terroir is a French wine term which literally in English has no translation. What it is, it's the lands and the natural environment and how that impacts the wine itself. So this can be anything from the soil in the land to the aspect of the slope, sunshine hours and the climate as a whole, and even the micro-climate a certain village might have.
Now French winemakers like to show this off on their label and concentrate more on where the wine comes from as opposed to what grape variety. We have two wines here which are both Chardonnay, one French and one Australian. The French one here concentrates on the area it's from, Puligny Montrachet, a very small village in Burgundy where the grape can only be picked from there. However, this Australian wine here can be picked from anywhere around the Adelaide hills, but it likes concentrate on the label as well as what grape variety they're using, Chardonnay.
Overall, countries like France, Spain, Italy might concentrate a little bit more on Terroir or the area it's from in their labeling. Whereas New World countries, Chile, Australia, New Zealand, perhaps not. The area it's from is still important to them but they like to share the grape variety as well. Terroir is not a term to be scared of. Basically, what it means is land and the impact of the natural environment can make on wines.
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