Word: terroir
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...adjectives as they decant a product the audience can only enjoy vicariously? No thanks. "That would have been worse than the cheesiest porn film," he says. Luckily, Nossiter, 43, overcame his reluctance. Mondovino, his documentary about globalization's impact on the winemaking business, is a quirky, subversive defense of Terroir: the idea that every wine ought to be a unique expression of the specific combination of sun, soil and human sweat that went into its creation. Nossiter doesn't do Michael Moore-style voice-overs. Instead he uncorks his views through his characters' stubborn devotion to wine. The 21/4-hour film...
Grower champagnes capture the terroir--the unique flavors derived from specific parcels of land--which is often blended away by the big brands in their striving to maintain a consistent house style. The small growers prefer to keep their wines original, and they are often less bound by convention. Chardonnay, pinot noir and pinot meunier, for example, are the usual grapes found in champagne; L. Aubry uses the obscure grapes fromenteau, arbanne and petit meslier for some of its champagnes. Fleury Pere & Fils adopts organic and biodynamic growing methods, which it claims open "the soil and vines to cosmic influences...