TERROIR Definition & Meaning

terroir

[ ter-wahr; French ter-war ]

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noun

the environmental conditions, especially soil and climate, in which grapes are grown and that give a wine its unique flavor and aroma:
the high quality of the region’s terroir.
Also called goût de ter·roir [goo, d, uh, ter-, wahr, good, uh, te, r, -, war]. the unique flavor and aroma of a wine that is attributed to the growing environment of the grapes.
the conditions in which a food is grown or produced and that give the food its unique characteristics:
grass-fed beef with an Idaho terroir.

terroir

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noun

winemaking the combination of factors, including soil, climate, and environment, that gives a wine its distinctive character

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of terroir¹

From French: literally, “soil, land”

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�y��vlog History and Origins

Origin of terroir¹

literally: soil

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Maxime who works for his family's celebrated Rhone-based wine company Chapoutier, say that while he respects France's focus on terroir, there should be room for global blends to also be sold.

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"Chapoutier has been making wine for more than 200 years, very terroir driven, and biodynamic," he says.

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But not all wines have to be terroir wines, and there's room for wines like this.

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The French wine industry has a celebrated word called "terroir", which applies to all the environmental factors that effect vines growing in a vineyard, such the soil, the climate, and the elevation.

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"I believe that those types of wine would have nothing left of any terroir, even before they left their continent," she says.

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