Typical

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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.

Type
Type
Appellation
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
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
Country
  • Argentina
  • Austria
  • France
  • Italy
  • USA