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German| Date: 2006-11-23 22:45:52 |
| From: Klaus Mueller |
Subject: Overdosed terroir |
Dear menbers, I think there is no word more widely used in the wine world today than terroir. What once started in France is used for all wines in the world now. Everything and nothing can be terroir, but what displays it really. Terroir is a play of all natural elements influencing the vines during their lifes. True terroir wines can be outstaniding. Not only the big, very expensive wines show terroir. It is the normal drinking wines that show the real terroir of the growing areas. A good basic Chablis or a nice medium dry Riesling from the Mosel with their light elegance, a good bordeaux with the little bit greenish and cassis Cabernet flavour or a rich and full bodied red from Australia or California, are showing the typical attributes of the regions. Going further into the ultra premium wines they additionally show flavours of the vineyards too. But a lot of these ultra expensive wines lacking real terroir now, because they are overoak and overtalked. So let the true wines tell their story. Not about their terroir, which is nothing but marketing today, but about their origin! Best regards Klaus This message was created using the Web-based forum : www.wein-plus.com/forum/ More infos: www.wein-plus.com Unsubscribe: www.wein-plus.com/abmelden.htm |
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