: the combination of factors including soil, climate, and sunlight that gives wine grapes their distinctive character
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This is an impressive wine that is an excellent example of Oakville terroir.
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Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
As an ode to these early vintners, the team behind Rhys Vineyards have created Centennial Mountain in Sonoma with the ambitious goal of making world class wines combining California terroir and Italian grapes.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 8 July 2025
Showcasing each is an exercise in terroir, and a flex of winemaking prowess but mark my words, all of Checkmate’s Chardonnays are beautiful and benchmark, threaded together by their draping acidity and tension.
—Kate Dingwall, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Master distiller Joe O’Sullivan at Minden Mill, another Nevada distillery, adds that estate certification furthers the concept of terroir in whiskey.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 June 2025
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Tom Hyland, Forbes.com, 14 July 2025
As an ode to these early vintners, the team behind Rhys Vineyards have created Centennial Mountain in Sonoma with the ambitious goal of making world class wines combining California terroir and Italian grapes.
—Mike Desimone, Robb Report, 8 July 2025
Showcasing each is an exercise in terroir, and a flex of winemaking prowess but mark my words, all of Checkmate’s Chardonnays are beautiful and benchmark, threaded together by their draping acidity and tension.
—Kate Dingwall, Forbes.com, 30 June 2025
Master distiller Joe O’Sullivan at Minden Mill, another Nevada distillery, adds that estate certification furthers the concept of terroir in whiskey.
—Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 28 June 2025
See All Example Sentences for terroir
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“Terroir.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/terroir. Accessed 21 Jul. 2025.
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