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Coro Mendocino wines – Macro Terroir

Even within larger geographic territories like Mendocino, regional similarities are evident – and the Coro wines demonstrate this fact.

California (State Appellation)

A notion of Macro-Terroir: terroir manifestation at a broader level

Macro Terroir,...is the general, overarching similarity between a number of wines from the same or very similar grape varieties that are grown in a region that offers a similarity of growing conditions. And it need not be very delimited.

by Dan Berger
July 6, 2006



A few weeks back, the passionate people connected with Coro Mendocino (two of them have the Coro insignia tattooed on their arms!) released the third incarnation of their blended red wine, 11 versions this year, with the enthusiasm of a bunch of new junior high graduates.

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