What changes the flavors of wine varietals?
I’m doing a report for my job and I have most of what I need but am somewhat shaky on a couple of things:
What causes the same varietal -ie: Riesling - to be sweet in one vintage and dry in the next? Is it the aging? The soil? The climate?
Any answers on how vineyards change or enhance the flavors of a particular grape would be helpful. Thanks!
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What causes the same varietal -ie: Riesling - to be sweet in one vintage and dry in the next? Is it the aging? The soil? The climate?
Yes. Yes. Yes.
http://www.firestonewine.com/vs_2006_riesling.html
http://www.thewinenews.com/febmar03/cover.asp
Well…the reason that one vintage is sweeter then the next has to do with how long the grower left the grapes on the vine. The more ripe the grapes the sweeter they are. Each vineyard has its own special procedures as far as climate..soil…aging…but that is what makes each wine different in some way, but the sweetness has to do with the ripeness of the grape at harvest. Hope I helped…
hey here is some information on wines and see if that helps you find you answer
http://articles.directorym.com/Sampling_Wines-a1057731.html
Climate and concentration of residule sugar with in the grape is one of the main reasons of taste from vintage to vintage. Throughout the year as the berry(a grape) develops. Much of the time the berries delveloment is dictaded by the weather. On dry hot years, the berries will be small at harvest, but yeild higher residule sugar and less actual water and perhaps higher tannins. On wet years, the berries will grow very large and will also contain more water thus making the sugars somewhat dilluted or less sugars per volume from a previoous dry year.