"Like the character of the people, the character of the wines obeys to the local characteristics: soil, climate, exposure, and historical conjunctures: grape harvesting, winemaking, aging and bottling, but if human education consists in training virtuous men and to teach them how to age, the oenological aging strangely resembles it, which tends to give the wines the virtues of their soils and to prepare them for a perfect old age. "

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Jean-Claude Rodet