Très grand terroir de Meursault

English translation: terroir

19:48 Apr 14, 2005

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French term or phrase: Très grand terroir de Meursault

Sur les terres pauvres de ce lieu-dit poussaient des genévriers. Très grand terroir de Meursault qui donne un vin élégant, floral et complet.

This is the entire entry for this wine (from a catalogue of tasting notes)...after fifty or so I am beginning to flag.

Mark Nathan KudoZ activity Questions: 675 (none open) (5 closed without grading) Answers: 1312 France
Local time: 13:59

English translation:terroir

Explanation:
Your book is for experts? THere is no translation for this word...it means a combination of high quality soil, air, sunshine and Culture...

It can be rendered by all sorts of workarounds...such a

the special soil and climate qualities of Meursault..

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Note added at 4 mins (2005-04-14 19:53:23 GMT)
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whoops..,.forgot the interaction of all those things..includes culture in the sense of wine growing culture....

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Note added at 5 mins (2005-04-14 19:54:16 GMT)
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or the fine winemaking qualities of Meursault

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Note added at 6 mins (2005-04-14 19:54:47 GMT)
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I meant: the fine winemaking qualities that go into a Meursault

Selected response from:

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)

Grading comment

Yes I think it has to be left as is. But thank you VBaby for some helpful remarks and refs
4 KudoZ points were awarded for this answer

Summary of answers provided

5 +11

terroir

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)

4 +1

outstanding Meursault wine-growing soil

VBaby

Discussion entries: 2

Answers

3 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +11

terroir

Jane Lamb-Ruiz (X)
Native speaker of:

English,

Portuguese
PRO pts in category: 24

Grading comment

Yes I think it has to be left as is. But thank you VBaby for some helpful remarks and refs

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)

agree

Vicky Papaprodromou: In fact there are 3 words appropriate: "edafos/homa/gi". I like the last one, I bet you know it (because it also means "earth, land, fields, property")

1 min

-> terroir in Greek is? = I know there must be a word for it......love it love it...homa or homagi...great!!

agree

Michele Fauble

6 mins

agree

writeaway: I don't know how they produce Meursault, but the two times I had it with the first course, I didn't survive until the second-it makes me fall asleep after only a glass and it's the only wine that has ever had that effect. ;-)

6 mins

agree

Valentini Mellas: :)

13 mins

agree

Kate Hudson (X)

15 mins

agree

Patrice: agree to leave terroir as is

58 mins

agree

Martine Brault: I know no English word that embraces the sense of "terroir". Soil is only one aspect of it.

2 hrs

agree

Anna Maria Augustine (X)

4 hrs

agree

Sophie Raimondo

10 hrs

agree

sujata

12 hrs

agree

Christopher RH

12 hrs

17 mins confidence:

peer agreement (net): +1

outstanding Meursault wine-growing soil

Explanation:
Jamiesons Run Winery Details - Wineography Directory
... Riddoch discovered the region's brick red coloured soil that was to become
known as Terra Rossa - Australia's most famous wine-growing soil. ...
directory.wineography.com/Jamiesons-Run/ Coonawarra/Australia/winery/42 - 9k - Cached - Similar pages

Local Stories
... wine-growing soil: Terra Rossa. Coupled with a cooler maritime climate that
ensures maximum flavour complexity, Terra Rossa (meaning ' Red Land’) has ...
www.localstories.com/section/region/coon.aspx - 26k - Cached - Similar pages

Weinhof Bauer-Poeltl - The area
... The loess from the sourrounding mountains adds to the ideal wine-growing soil.
To best explore the beauties of the hilly "Blaufränkischland", ...
www.bauerpoeltl.at/index.php/ das_gebiet/das_gebiet5/?swlang=en - 10k - Cached - Similar pages

Cantina del Nebbiolo - The Cantina - nebbiolo, arneis, wine ...
... The particular climate and moderate fertility of the wine-growing soil in the
area have certainly affected how the vines are trained and pruned. ...
www.cantinadelnebbiolo.com/eng/company.html - 15k - Cached - Similar pages

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Note added at 1 hr 42 mins (2005-04-14 21:30:47 GMT)
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For an interesting discussion of terroir (is it plain soil or the \"ecology of a wine\"), see:

http://www.wineanorak.com/terroir.htm
http://www.wineanorak.com/terroir2.htm

Is it another name for \"microclimate\"?
http://www.epicurious.com/drinking/wine_dictionary/entry?id=...

Is it the \"vineyard\'s character\"?
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&lr=&q=terroir "vineyard c...

VBaby
Local time: 12:59
Native speaker of:

French

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