"Steve Slatcher" > wrote in message
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> Anders Tørneskog wrote:
>> "Dee Dovey" > skrev i melding
>> ...
>>> I can't figure this out.
>>>
>>> If a Bordeaux blend is made up of several grapes, and terroir is so
>>> important, does a winery that blends several grapes also own several
>>> terroirs (plots of land) where he grows the different grapes that he
>>> uses in his wine that he labels that is from his winery?
>>>
>> Good question. The chateaux of Bordeaux generally comprise a contiguous
>> plot of land which is planted with a variety of grapes. The proportion
>> within a given plot depends on the aptitude of the land and the decided
>> profile for the winery - traditions that often are centuries old but may
>> be modified over time. Furthermore, the grapes actually used in the
>> official blend depend on the vintage - the blends in cold years are often
>> different from these in warm ones.
>>
>> The cheaper Bordeaux wines may well be sourced from different plots and
>> thus do not display much terroir other than that of Bordeaux itself in
>> general.
>>
>> A simplified response, this, I think :-)
>
> Simple, but correct as far as I know for Bordeaux
>
> In other places though, occasionally you get "field blends". Here,
> different varieties are grown in the same vineyard. If they are old
> vineyards, the varieties may be very well mixed, and the owner may not
> even know or care what the viarieties are. In more recently planted
> vineyards for field blends, each row will contain only one variety, but
> adjacent rows may well be different.
>
> --
> Steve Slatcher


When you say, "Here, different varieties ......"
Where is "here"?
Thanks,
Dee Dee