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French term or phrase:
vendangé sur le fruit
English translation:
harvested with maximum fruit flavours
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Mark Nathan
Jan 27, 2014 13:35
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French term
France
vendangé sur le fruit
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Wine / Oenology / Viticulture
Winemaking
In a description of a Côtes de Gascogne red:
"Vendangé volontairement sur le fruit pour bénéficier de tous les arômes de fruits rouges des raisins"
I know "boire sur le fruit", but don't know this one and only have found a Canadian blog with this expression, which didn't help enlighten. Any ideas out there?
"Vendangé volontairement sur le fruit pour bénéficier de tous les arômes de fruits rouges des raisins"
I know "boire sur le fruit", but don't know this one and only have found a Canadian blog with this expression, which didn't help enlighten. Any ideas out there?
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Feb 1, 2014 11:18: Mark Nathan Created KOG entry
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harvested with maximum fruit flavours
Implication being that they could have waited longer and got higher sugar content, and therefore more alcohol.
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Given your sentence, you migth have to change this to something like, "harvested when the grapes' red fruit flavours were at their peak".
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I frequently translate harvest reports where they say that the alternation of cool nights and hot day time temperatures enabled the grapes' fruity flavours to be preserved. The suggestion being that more tannic, riper flavours would have developed without the cold nights.
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Note added at 17 mins (2014-01-27 13:53:30 GMT)
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Given your sentence, you migth have to change this to something like, "harvested when the grapes' red fruit flavours were at their peak".
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Note added at 32 mins (2014-01-27 14:08:33 GMT)
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I frequently translate harvest reports where they say that the alternation of cool nights and hot day time temperatures enabled the grapes' fruity flavours to be preserved. The suggestion being that more tannic, riper flavours would have developed without the cold nights.
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Comment: "Thanks so much - I have since confirmed this with a wine expert."
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The grapes are deliberately harvested when the hints of red fruit are greatest
volontairement here means deliberately - it's a choice to harvest at this time.
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Harvested at maximum ripeness
www.420magazine.com › … › Harvest, Preparation & Curing
How to know when to harvest. This was written by oregongrown on my old site... The essential facts of timing your harvest ... Harvesting at maximum ripeness is the key.
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Maybe also hinting at manual instead of mechanized harvesting.
How to know when to harvest. This was written by oregongrown on my old site... The essential facts of timing your harvest ... Harvesting at maximum ripeness is the key.
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Note added at 2 heures (2014-01-27 15:57:13 GMT)
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Maybe also hinting at manual instead of mechanized harvesting.
Discussion
http://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arômes_du_vin
Entre le moment où un raisin doit être vendangé sur le fruit frais et un raisin trop mûr, c’est une question d’un jour,
http://blogues.journaldemontreal.com/mechantsraisins/2013/05...