Typical
In sommelier-speak, “typical” has a very exact meaning: embodying the characteristics of a terroir. And terroir means the sum of three elements: the grape, the soil, and the micro-climate. Sauvignon blanc from Sancerre is very different from a Sauvignon blanc from either the Marlborough region in New Zealand or Friuli in Italy.
The more typical a wine, the easier it is for connoisseurs to recognize it.
A technical note: micro-climate is different from weather: The weather influences the vintage and can change every year, whereas the micro-climate tends to repeat itself. As an example, a certain hill can always be very low in humidity and great at draining off water, even if one season the weather brings more rain than the next.
In sommelier-speak, “typical” has a very exact meaning: embodying the characteristics of a terroir. And terroir means the sum of three elements: the grape, the soil, and the micro-climate. Sauvignon blanc from Sancerre is very different from a Sauvignon blanc from either the Marlborough region in New Zealand or Friuli in Italy.
The more typical a wine, the easier it is for connoisseurs to recognize it.
A technical note: micro-climate is different from weather: The weather influences the vintage and can change every year, whereas the micro-climate tends to repeat itself. As an example, a certain hill can always be very low in humidity and great at draining off water, even if one season the weather brings more rain than the next.
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Type
- Champagne
- Dessert
- Red
- Rosé
- Sparkling
- White
Appellation
- Barbaresco DOCG
- Barbera d'Alba Superiore DOCG
- Bardolino DOC
- Bardolino Superiore DOCG
- Barolo DOCG
- Bordeaux AOC
- Bourgogne AOC
- Brachetto d'Asti DOCG
- Brunello di Montalcino DOCG
- Campi Flegrei DOC
- Cerasuolo di Vittoria DOCG
- Chambolle Mousigny AOC
- Champagne AOC
- Chateauneuf du Pape AOC
- Chianti Classico DOCG
- Chianti DOCG
- Chianti Rufina DOCG
- Colli Orientali del Friuli DOC
- Collio DOC
- Collio Goriziano DOC
- Costa della Sesia DOC
- Custoza DOC
- Custoza Superiore DOC
- Delle Venezie
- Etna DOC
- Franciacorta
- Friuli Colli Orientali DOC
- Gavi di Gavi DOCG
- Gevrey-Chambertin AOC
- Gioia del Colle DOP
- Langhe DOC
- Lazio IGT
- Marche IGP
- Maremma Toscana DOC
- Mendoza IG
- Moscato d'Asti DOCG
- Napa Valley AVA
- Niederösterreich
- Pouilly Fumé AOC
- Prosecco DOC
- Puglia IGP
- Rio Negro AO
- Rosso di Montalcino DOC
- Salina IGP
- Sancerre AOC
- Soave Classico DOC
- St. Helena AVA
- Taurasi DOC
- Terre Siciliane IGT
- Toscana IGT
- Trentino DOC
- Vacqueyras AOC
- Valdobbiadene DOCG
- Valdobbiadene Prosecco Superiore DOCG
- Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi DOC
- Vermentino di Sardegna DOC
- Vernaccia di San Gimignano DOCG
- Veronese IGT
- Vosne-Romanèe AOC
- Willamette Valley AVA
Grape
- Aglianico
- Barbera
- Biancolella
- Brachetto
- Cabernet Franc
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Canaiolo
- Carricante
- Catarrattto
- Chardonnay
- Ciliegiolo
- Cortese
- Corvina
- Corvina Veronese
- Falanghina
- Frappato
- Friulano
- Garganega
- Glera
- Grenache
- Grenache Rouge
- Gruner Veltliner
- Insolia
- Malbec
- Malvasia Istriana
- Merlot
- Minnella Bianca
- Molinara
- Moscato
- Mourvèdre
- Nebbiolo
- Nerello Cappuccio
- Nerello Mascalese
- Nero d'Avola
- Petit Verdot
- Pinot Grigio
- Pinot Noir
- Primitivo
- Ribolla Gialla
- Rondinella
- Sangiovese
- Sauvignon Blanc
- Syrah
- Trebbiano
- Verdicchio
- Vermentino
- Vernaccia
- Vespolina
Country
- Argentina
- Austria
- France
- Italy
- USA
- Adrianna Vineyard
- Agricola Brandini
- Antonella Corda
- Avignonesi
- Barone Pizzini
- Bodega Noemia
- Bucci
- Caciorgna
- Camigliano
- Cantine del Notaio
- Casale del Giglio
- Castello di Rampolla
- Castello di Verduno
- Castello di Verrazzano
- Castello Montauto
- Cenatiempo
- Chateau L'Evangile
- Chateau Pontet Canet
- Chateau Revelette
- Chiaromonte
- Ciù Ciù
- Cleto Chiarli
- Col d'Orcia
- Collemassari
- Colosi
- Contrade di Taurasi
- Domaine Matrot
- Drew Family Wines
- Ehlers Estate
- Ernesto Catena
- Famille Perrin
- Fattoria Lavacchio
- Firriato
- Font du Vent
- Fontodi
- Gaja
- Girolamo Russo
- Gorgo
- Gran Moraine
- Gulfi
- I Clivi
- Icardi
- Jonathan Didier Pabiot
- Joseph Drohuin
- Kristian Keber
- La Lastra
- La Prevostura
- La Raia
- La Reserva de Caliboro
- La Sibilla
- La Vigna di Sarah
- Leclerc Briant
- Loimer
- Louis Roederer
- Marenco
- Michel Magnien & Fils
- Movia
- Paul Thomas
- Pieropan
- Specogna
- Suavia
- Tenuta Casteani
- Tenuta Cucco
- Tenuta di Fessina
- Tenute Lunelli
- Thierry et Pascale Matrot
- Valdicava
- Venica & Venica
- Visintini