FNH 330 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Cabernet Sauvignon, Late Harvest Wine, Ripeness In Viticulture
14 Dec 2017
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Learning outcome: relate viticulture, (geography, and climate) to a typical wine profile for wine-producing regions. Match this word document to the lecture pdf on this topic. Wine-growing is all about geography, location, climate, vintage, One could simply say that wine-growing is all about terroir vineyard practices, grapes. The hot sunny central valley of california (with irrigation) produces high yields of sweet, but not too flavourful grapes (both acidity and aromas are lost with high temperatures). The wines made from these grapes are high alcohol, can be a little sweet (residual sugar) inexpensive, but not too exciting. The area of sauternes in france has two rivers that mix and in the summer this sometimes results in a morning mist that can blanket the vineyards. The mist promotes the plant pathogenic fungus -botrytis that could spread quickly as a problem plant/fruit disease commonly called grey rot (under cool, damp conditions).
