A vineyard is a planted area of grapevines, and its specific conditions — soil, slope, aspect, altitude, microclimate and vine age — make up much of terroir. Vineyards range from vast estates to tiny, named plots. Site selection and vineyard management (pruning, canopy, yield, picking date) are where wine quality begins; the best vineyards, in the right hands, yield the most distinctive and ageworthy wines.
WHY IT MATTERS FOR COLLECTORS
The vineyard is the source of a wine's identity. In systems like Burgundy's, named vineyards are ranked and command vast price differences. Single-vineyard bottlings express a specific site most purely and are often a producer's finest.
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