The terroir is the thing, postgraduates. The whole point of wine-making – of the art of fermenting and cellaring – is to bring the terroir forward. To amplify it. To transmit it. With the greatest clarity! The deepest resonance! Everything else is just distraction.
Wine must express the unique place where it was created. The particular soil. The special climactic conditions. Wine must speak in its own voice – the voice of its terroir.
Wine must speak in its own voice – the voice of its terroir. Its belongingness. The sense that it come from somewhere.
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