In viticulture, there are several levels of regional climates that are used to describe the terroir or immutable characteristics of an area. These levels can be as broad as a macroclimate which includes entire wine regions or as precised as a microclimate which includes the unique environment around an individual grapevine. In the middle is the mesoclimate which usually describes the charcteristics of a particularly vineyard site.
Levels
- Macroclimate, in viticulture, refers to the regional climate of a broad area such as an American Viticultural Area (AVA) or a French Appellation d'origine contrôlée (AOC). It can include an area on the scale of tens to hundreds of kilometers. On smaller scales are the related designations of mesoclimate and microclimate.[1]
- Mesoclimate refers to the climate of a particular vineyard site and is generally restricted to a space of a tens or hundreds of meters.[1]
- Microclimate refers to the specific environment in a small restricted spaces-such as a row of vines. The more delineated term canopy microclimate refers to the environment around an individual grapevine.[1]
References
- ^ a b c J. Robinson (ed) "The Oxford Companion to Wine" Third Edition pg 416, 439, 442 Oxford University Press 2006 ISBN 0198609906
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