Whether a winemaker is crafting wine in a winery steeped in tradition and heritage, crushing grapes in a new and modern cellar for the first time, or somewhere in between, that in itself will make a very discernible difference to wine styles.
There’s also the significant influence of vine age; winemakers unanimously prefer to work with grapes grown on vines that have some real age. In short, older vines have adapted to their surrounds and develop larger root systems and produce grapes with more consistent characters year-on-year with more intensity. This
