Within-vineyard variation in the 'pepper' compound rotundone is spatially structured and related to variation in the land underlying the vineyard

Australian Journal of Grape and Wine Research

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 214-222

  Scarlett, N J ^a   Bramley, R G V ^b   Siebert, T E ^c  

^a C Rathbone Wine Group   (Australia)

^b CSIRO   (Australia)

^c AUSTRALIAN WINE RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Geostatistics; Precision Viticulture; Terroir; Vitis vinifera (cv. Shiraz); Wine flavour and aroma

Indexed keywords

EID: 84901459480     PISSN: 13227130     EISSN: 17550238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/ajgw.12075     Document Type: Article

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