terroir
noun
food & drinkspecializeduk/terˈwɑː/us/terˈwɑː/[U]
thespecialcharacterthat awineisthoughtto get from theparticularplacewhere thegrapesweregrownto make it :
（某一环境下葡萄酒的）独特地方风味TheFrenchtendtotalklyricallyabout the terroir, thecharacteristicsgiven byparticularclimateandsoil, whileAmericansworshipwinemakersinstead.法国人倾向于以抒情的方式谈论特定气候和土壤赋予葡萄酒的独特地方风味，而美国人则崇拜酿酒师。
[CorU]
theparticularenvironmentin which thegrapesfor awineweregrown, which give thewineaspecialcharacter:
（酿造葡萄酒的）总体自然环境Themaindifferencebetween the twowinesistheirterroir, theelusivecombinationofsoil,vinestockandplantinghabitsof aparticularvineyard.这两种葡萄酒的主要区别在于其总体自然环境，即土壤、葡萄树种和种植习惯这些因素的神秘组合。
The Veneto isremarkablydiverse–dividedinto over 20 subzones with avarietyof terroirs.威尼托地区高度多样化，分为20多个子区域，有不同的自然环境。
- Theideaof terroir is thenotionthattopography,soilandclimatecan make twowinestastedifferent,evenif thosewineswere made from theexactsamegrapeandgrownwithin afootballfieldof each other.
- "EverytimeItasteaFrenchwine, I cantastethesoil, the terroir," he said
- He is among the mostdedicatedadvocatesof artisanalwineriesand thenotionof terroir.
Wines & winemaking
- -bodied
- ageworthy
- amontillado
- blender
- blush
- corkage
- fizz
- fruitiness
- full-bodied
- grape
- hock
- jeroboam
- Lambrusco
- plonk
- plummy
- spritzig
- spumante
- super-smooth
- table wine
- ultra-dry