Dee Dovey wrote:
> "Steve Slatcher" > wrote in message
> ...
>> 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"?
It is not common these days.
I recently heard that they still exist in Portugal - for the many
varieties that go into Port for example, and table wines now.
In Alscace, Marcel Deiss is well-known for keeping the idea alive as a
positive thing.
I haven't read it myself yet, but this article may be of interest:
http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/articl...IGNPKKE691.DTL
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Steve Slatcher
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