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territorial tasting

Lemma: territorial tasting
Etichetta di dominio: EN
Etichetta grammaticale: noun phrase
Definizione: Comparative tasting of wines produced in the same territory. 1 2
Nota: As it is known, the organoleptic qualities of a wine are also determined by the territory, the quality of its soil and its micro climate. The goal of a territorial tasting is the study of the characteristics of a territory and the influence on its wines. This type of tasting is made of wines produced in the same territory, in particular a specific appellation or wine region, and however not too excessively wide. Examples of territorial tasting could include Barolo wines coming from the five main areas, Burgundy's Pinot Noir or crus of Chablis. 3
Contesto: Examples of territorial tasting could include Barolo wines coming from the five main areas, Burgundy's Pinot Noir or crus of Chablis. 4

Trascrizione fonetica: [terɪ'tɔ:rɪəl teɪstɪŋ] 5
Sinonimi e Antonimi: goût de terroir 6
Abbreviazioni: ND
Etimologia: territorial = 1768, from L.L. territorialis, from territorium
taste = c.1300, "act of tasting," from O.Fr. tast (Mod.Fr. tât), from taster. Meaning "faculty or sense by which flavor of a thing is discerned" is attested from late 14c. Meaning "savor, sapidity, flavor" is from late 14c.
-ing = suffix attached to verbs to mean their action, result, product, material, etc., from O.E. -ing, -ung, from P.Gmc. *unga (cf. O.N. -ing,Du. -ing, Ger. -ung). 7
Etichetta di paese: ND
Ente: Faculty of Foreign Languages, University of Genoa
Data della scheda: Sun Sep 12 15:15:34 2010
Autore: Giulia Grasso, rev. Chiara Barbagianni

Fonti

Definition and explicatory note by the author based on sources 1 & 2:

1 : Dizionario del Vino Moët & Chandon, Bologna, Edagricole, 1996, p. 121.

5 : Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English, Harlow, Pearson Education Limited, 2007.