How do soil and geography affect wine?
Two of the greatest vineyard in the world Two of the greatest vineyard in the world Laffite Rothschild and Domain de la Romanee Conti. Dirt is dirt, but dirt isn't dirt, this is Towa - one of the most influencing factors is not just the soil itself, but as you see here at Laffite, throughout the property are large stones, and the heat of the sun hitting that throughout the day, creates warmth at night as it cools down and reflects back up. At Romanee Conti we have a different situation, we have small pebbles and we have a claylike situation. Where the timbales have to fight but at the very same time are extracting a different character. There are richness and you always taste it in the wine. There is something that is akin to trying to make gold but has make something precious than gold at Romanee Conti. A smell of aroma that emblazes into the mind, as it goes through this claylike substance and this granulated gravel something happens, with not the vines, the vines have tendrils with all these little hairs that bring it back. What is reflected in the ground is reflected in the plant, also reflected in the taste of the wine. With Laffite we have these stones and also because its fighting you have this dark berry current situation, if I bring out Magors' soil it's far more sandy – what grows very well in sand? Strawberries. If you pick up a glass of wine from the area of Margo and you smell, you will always detect this frazz, this strawberry quality, it's because of the soil and because of the exposure. All of these little factors that come into it, but what's in these two different situations that visually you can see, that is how the wine reflects its self. If I were to teach you in a class, or as I became the Grandmaster of Wine in Bordeaux, all of this is not special requirements that you hit a pole and all of a sudden you can taste incredibly – it's tricks, it's being able to recognize what different areas throw off character and you can identify it. It's like playing Chess versus Checkers – you start to learn multiple moves, multiple things that are going on. But I want to keep it simple, but the more you want to learn about this, the more satisfying it becomes because every time you and you get that quality reflects a little bit more of the gravel situation that happens, sort of in Laffite, you say “Wow, that comes from…” All of these is fundamentally tricks in knowing what to look for. and Romance Conti. Dirt is dirt, but dirt isn't dirt, one of the most influencing factors is not just the so it itself, but as you see here at the place, Laffite is throughout the property or large stones, and the heat of the sun hitting that throughout the day, create warmth at night as it cools down and reflects back up. At Romanec Conti we have a different situation, we have small pebbles and we have a claylike situation. Where the timbers have to fight but at the very same time are extracting a different character. There are richness and you always taste it in the wine. There is something that is akin to trying to make gold but has make something precious than gold. A smell of aroma that embleds in the mind, as it goes through this claylike substance and it granulate. What is reflected in the ground is reflected in the plant, also reflected in the taste of the wine. All of these is formidable. The thing is know what to look for.
