"Anders Tørneskog" > wrote in message
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> "Dee Dovey" > skrev i melding
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>>I can't figure this out.
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>> 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.
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> 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.
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> A simplified response, this, I think :-)
> Anders
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Thank you, Anders.
My appreciation,
Dee Dee