What is Terroir
As our Portuguese saudade, the term terroir is not easily translated to French being very expensive, especially those of Burgundy. It is not just soil, the land, but we must add to it the idea of the substances that make up the subsoil, the slope of the land, drainage and other concepts such as microclimate heatstroke.
Those who advocate the supremacy of terroirna winemaking, as the Burgundian and Alsatian believe that wine should express "la vrai voix de la terre" (the true voice of the earth). And for that "voice" is heard, advocate:
1. the use of old oak barrels, stainless steel or cement tanks, to maintain the neutrality of taste;
2. the use of natural yeasts;
3. low production;
4. little or no filtering
Opposing the "terroiristes" as he calls Robert Parker, we find the "realistic" or modernists, for whom the terroir is just one of many factors that influence the style of wine, to which must be added: the philosophy of harvest the mode of production, techniques of fermentation and wine making, the filtration time in wood and bottle, sanitary conditions and temperature of the storage zone.
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