![]() When you make a mixed tape for your significant other, you are cloning each song onto a new delivery system, but the song itself does not change.ĭiversity plays a very important role in quality winegrowing, and fortunately, a growing number of clones and selections are available in California. Whether isolated for its aromas, structure, early-ripening, cold-resistance, or other properties, it is extremely predictable and allows for a tremendous amount of distinction and diversity in the expression of a varietal. Most people know that “A Hard Day’s Night” is a song written by the Beatles, but if Otis Redding performs a cover of that song, we still recognize and enjoy the song.Ī clone is a 100% replica of its parent. ![]() Traditionally, growers simply understood that certain vines performed well in their vineyard, and so, continued to use cuttings from these vines. While not an exact replica of its parent vine, it bears a striking resemblance and is a reliable indicator of what characteristics future plantings can be expected to yield. Today, it is widely acknowledged that selections and clones greatly contribute to the quality and individuality of their resultant wines.Ī selection is a cutting (or several) taken from a vine in a vineyard (aka “suitcase selection” if from another country). Up until about the 1980s, the majority of growers thought that the importance of clones and selections was for the sole purpose of viral resistance and yield control, and believed that wine quality was a result of growing and cellar practices. Selections have been around since the beginning of viticulture, though not necessarily labeled as such. Rather, they are different means to the end of creating distinct and compelling wines.Ĭlones are a relatively new phenomenon in the world of wine, spanning only the past 30 years. Neither one is inherently better or worse than the other. Whereas clones are identified and isolated (usually in a lab) for the purpose of creating exact replicas of their parent, selections are taken randomly from multiple vines in a vineyard and planted onto new rootstock with the intention (but not guarantee) of them expressing characteristics of the parent. Depending on how these cuttings are obtained and incorporated into a vineyard, they may or may not produce an exact replica of their mother vine. ![]() ![]() Much like you and your siblings, offspring (or “cuttings”) of a vine share characteristics of the parent plant. Selections and clones are both offspring of a vine. ![]()
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