In addition to soil type, grape varieties and the winemaker 's skill, the climate has a decisive influence on wine quality. Wines reflect the weather-related, often very specific characteristics of a year to a sometimes considerable extent. In this context, one speaks of vintage-related typicality, for example, wines can have a "vintage-typical botrytis note" or a "roasted note" due to periods of heat.
The six factors for wine quality wine quality are Climate (micro-, macro-, meso-, topoclimate), grape variety (with regard to climate, soil type), soil type(water balance, minerality, terroir), topography(altitude, slope, proximity to water, exposure), vintage(weather conditions in the vegetation cycle) and the vinification (signature of the winemaker).
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