Binding: Paperback
Description: A tour of the French winemaking regions to illustrate how the soil underlying bedrock relief and microclimate shape the personality of a wine. For centuries France has long been the world's greatest wine - producing country. Its wines are the global gold standard prized by collectors and its winemaking regions each offer unique tasting experiences from the spice of Bordeaux to the berry notes of the Loire Valley. Although grape variety climate and the skill of the winemaker are essential in making good wine the foundation of a wine's character is the soil in which its grapes are grown. Who could better guide us through the relationship between the French land and the wine than a geologist someone who deeply understands the science behind the soil? Enter scientist Charles Frankel. In Land and Wine Frankel takes readers on a tour of the French winemaking regions to illustrate how the soil underlying bedrock relief and microclimate shape the personality of a wine. The book's twelve chapters each focus in - depth on a different region including the Loire Valley Alsace Burgundy Champagne Provence the Rh ne valley and Bordeaux to explore the full meaning of terroir. In this approachable guide Frankel describes how Cabernet Franc takes on a completely different character depending on whether it is grown on gravel or limestone; how Sauvignon yields three different products in the hills of Sancerre when rooted in limestone marl or flint; how Pinot Noir will give radically different wines on a single hill in Burgundy as the vines progress upslope; and how the soil of each ch teau in Bordeaux has a say in the blend ratios of Merlot and Cabernet - Sauvignon. Land and Wine provides a detailed understanding of the variety of French wine as well as a look at the geological history of France complete with volcanic eruptions a parade of dinosaurs and a menagerie of evolution that has left its fossils flavoring the vineyards. Both the uninitiated wine drinker and the confirmed oenophile will find much to savor in this fun guide that Frankel has spiked with anecdotes about winemakers and historic wine enthusiasts revealing which kings poets and philosophers liked which wines best while offering travel tips and itineraries for visiting the wineries today.
Title: Land And Wine The French Terroir
Author(s): Frankel Charles
Publisher: The University Of Chicago Press
Barcode: 9780226816722
Pages: 264 Pages, 65 Halftones
Publication Date: 11/26/2021
Category: Travel & Holiday Guides