Tuesday 29 May 2012

Spanish Terroir

Spanish wines have character. The wines of Ribera del Duero, Cigales, Toro, and Bierzo each have their own unique character. This is the direct consequence of each regions' terroir.

Yes, I am employing that word that us old-worlders enjoy so thoroughly:"terroir." The word invokes everything that's the consequence of one singular location (soil, climate, geopolitics, flora and fauna, and more). While I won't give you a complete definition of what the word means, I will tell you that every

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