Level 2 · Lesson 1
The case of two Chardonnays
9 min 48 secC09After Level 1
Glossary
Terms that have earned their place
- Climate hypothesis
- A provisional explanation based on converging evidence.
- Ripening
- Changes in grape sugar, acid, flavour, and phenolic development.
- Heat summation
- A way to compare accumulated warmth, useful at broad scales with limitations.
Keep digging
Sources and further reading
- UC Davis: climate drivers of wine quality
- Comité Champagne: climate
- Louis Jadot — Chablis — Chablis, France
- McManis Family Vineyards — Chardonnay — River Junction, California
Sources support the teaching model; they do not make promotional regional descriptions universal bottle guarantees.