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German| Date: 2006-11-27 13:08:31 |
| From: Colin Hills |
Subject: Re: Overdosed terroir |
| Thanks Klaus, always good to be reminded of what terroir is all about, takes a bit of the mystery out of it but hope the New World producers know it's correct meaning! It is so easy to unnecessarily be baffled by science! Colin On 11/23/06, Klaus Mueller <muellerwein@hotmail.de> wrote: > > 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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