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Shop online nowI read a winemakers story on this subject to be told that all the flavour of wine comes from what takes place after the grape juice enters the winery, in other word the things the winemaker does such as fermentation barrel aging, etc. While I acknowledge that winemakers have a critical role in ensuring the success of a wine, its my belief that there are qualities in the juice that also play a big part in the flavours we enjoy in a memorable bottle.
The French have an expression 'terroir' which refers to the terre or land. Terroir describes influences on wine flavour derived from the soil, growing practices, aspect such as which side of hill the vines were grown on as well as local climate influences. Over time French winemakers have refined the concept as a way of describing the unique aspects of a place that influence the resulting wine and this has become the basis of the appellation d'origine contre? (AOC) system, which is a model for wine regulation around the world. My own interest in plant and soil relationships suggest that the complexity of these must have an influence on flavour.