Academic Study Proves Terroir Essential To Great Whisky Creation
Academic Study Proves Terroir Essential To Great Whisky Creation
A recent academic study has seemingly settled a decades-long debate on whether terroir has an essential influence on whisky creation.
The concept of terroir – the French principle that factors such as soil, microclimate, and topography together can influence flavor characteristics – although accepted in other drinks categories such as wine and cognac, has been a debate in the whisky community for years.
A peer-reviewed paper, published last month in the leading scientific journal Foods and spearheaded by Waterford Distillery as a part of its Whisky Terroir Project, is believed to prove that terroir can be found in barley and the single malt whisky spirit distilled from it.