6 -Viticulture Flashcards
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NAme the three cell types
Parenchumia; collenchyma; sclerenchyma
Make a card for one of each
What are tissues?
more than one cell type. More advances plants like grapes have bascular system which conducts water and nutrients.
Where are the complex systems found?
(A) vascular bundle, which may be surrounded by a bundle sheet.
Which are two primary tissues that we will mention?
These conduct sugar down the vine (the phloem) and conduct water (and nutrients) up the vine (the xylem)
What is xylem?
WAter-conducting tissue. Pipes (slide 6)
What is phloem?
Food-conducting tissue in vascular plants primary cells are called sieve elements (because there are clusters) (slide 7)
What is an element that drops the Brix?
Rain (think about it this way, if it rains, it dissolves sugars)
What are different types of soils?
Clay - rich structured wines
Sand - aromatic/light colored wines
Silt - in the middle
Loam - if too fertile, overproductive vines results, in thinner wines
Do great wines only grow on certain soils?
slide 13
Do earthy flavors in the wine come from the soil?
slide 13
What can you tell me about sandy soils?
Elegant wines, with high aromatics, pale color and low tannin
What can you tell me about famous wines from sandy soils?
Cannubi is a top gru of Barolo with sandy clay soils. Cannbi - intense aromatics, light tannin an dvery pale color.
Northern MEdoc (Close to the sea) as well as Graves in Bordeux. These regions produce lighter and more aromatic Cabernet Sauvignon. In Lodi, there are several plots of 1890’ Zinfandel including LEland Noma’s Cementery Vineyards that survived grape phylloxera because of the sandy soils/
What are clay soils?
Muscular wines with high extract and color (opposite than sand)
What are famous clary soils?
In Rioja and Ribera del Duero, Spain the highest quality TEmrpanillo vineyards grow on limestone-rich clay soils.
In Burgundy, Vosne-Romanee is noted for producing the worlds’ most acclaimed Pinot Noir on clay limestone soil called Marl.
In Chianti, the Alabarese soil is a clay-milesttone soil known for making bold SAngiovese wines.
NApa and the great Shiraz vineyards of Barossa are mostly found on clay-loam soils.
What can you tell me about silt soils?
Smooth and round wines with slightly less acidity. Silt soils retain water and heat.
Which ones are famous wines from silt soils?
The Loess (wind-blown silt) soils in eastern Washington are the top layer of soil that covers the sandy-loam ancient flood soils below.
Washington wines are highly aromatic with slightly less color and smooth tannin.
In Oregon, one of the fav soil types for Pinot Noir is a silt-clay soil called Wilakenzie.
What Soils?
Loam soils is too fertile unless it’s blended (see slide 19 for more info)
What are famous wines from loam soils?
Much of the valley parts of Sonoma valley and Napa valley is made up of a sandy-loam. The sand keeps the soil poor enough to produce high quality wine grapes.
Other soils
look at slide 20
What are famous wines from limestone wines?
The chalk soils of the Aube in Champagne;
Chablis in Burgundy; and Pouilly and Sancerre
in the **Loire Valley **produce bold-flavored zesty
white wines.
The Calcareous soils found in the
Southern Rhône region are famous for making
the classic Côtes du Rhône blend of Grenache,
Syrah and Mourvèdre. In Paso Robles,
California, the best plots of Grenache, Syrah and
Mourvèdre grow on sloped vineyards in Linne
Calodo soils, a calcareous soil.
What is microbiome?
The bacteria and fungi (including of course, yeasts) in the vineyard.
Different varietals have different resident bacteria.
Microbiome might be the largest component of terroir.
What’s the species for wine?
Vitis Vinifera
Which kind of strategeists are wines?
In ecological terms, wild vines are classic K strategists rather than R strategists. K strategists are persistent, competitive over the long haul, and have low reproductive rate.
(Slide 27)