What is terroir and how does it influence wine? – Episode #18
Mar 22
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Today’s question is from Jacques from Manhattan who asks “What is terroir and how does it influence wine?”.
Video sum up: What is terroir and how does it influence wine?
Terroir is a very broad term:From Jeremy’s point of view terroir means place, ie:
- where does the wine / the grapes comes from
- the soil and what is in the soil (litteraly from french terroir means earth).
For example in the episode 10 we were talking about Chablis and its very specific soil made of sea beds which gave it a mineraly taste - the location of the vineyard itself: is the vineyard exposed a lot to the sun? how well is a vineyard is irrigated? what is the slope of the vineyard?
All these things contribute to the concept of place and the notion of terroir.
With a well trained palate and nose you will certainly be able to determine exactly where the wine was produced. Otherwise you might be able to say if the wine was grown in hot weather or maybe what was in the soil (minerality for example)…
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