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accordant le prolongement de la maturité

English translation: allowing more time for the ripening

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French term or phrase:accordant le prolongement de la maturité
English translation:allowing more time for the ripening
Entered by: Carol Gullidge

17:44 Mar 23, 2012
French to English translations [PRO]
Wine / Oenology / Viticulture / vineyard management and harvesting
French term or phrase: accordant le prolongement de la maturité
Les découpages intra-parcellaires, menés grâce à la cartographie satellitaire pour la seconde année consécutive, révèlent encore leur pertinence, ******* accordant le prolongement de la maturité ******* sur les parties le plus vigoureuses

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The "découpages intra-parcellaires" refers to "intra-plot zoning" and "cartographie satellitaire" is satellite imagery. This wine-producing area had been hit by hailstorms in the run-up to harvesting (a fortnight earlier) thereby "diluting" the berries.

Meanwhile, the simple vocab of the term in question has me stumped - what exactly is it saying? ... that it advocated allowing more time for ripening? Or what? If anyone can explain this clearly in fairly simple terms, I'd be jolly grateful - many thanks!

NB: A basic explanation is probably all I'm looking for, unless there is a specific technical term for this!
Carol Gullidge
United Kingdom
Local time: 22:03
enabling an extension of the ripening process
Explanation:
http://winegrapes.tamu.edu/grow/ripening.pdf

One recent trend ...in California is to extend the "hang-time" (i.e. delay harvest) of fruit with the expectation of increased or better flavour development.
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Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 23:03
Grading comment
thanks again! ..."extending the hang time" was very helpful!
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Summary of answers provided
5allowed (the strongest sections) to continue to maturity
Dr Lofthouse
1enabling an extension of the ripening process
Wendy Streitparth


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allowed (the strongest sections) to continue to maturity


Explanation:
'prolonguement' can also mean 'continuation' as well as 'extension' - my take is that the 'intraplot zones' thanks to sattelite mapping, have proved/shown their importance, and have allowed the strongest parts to continue to mature' (rather than being wiped out by the hailstorms

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Note added at 18 mins (2012-03-23 18:03:34 GMT)
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..and have done so for the second year in a row...

Dr Lofthouse
France
Local time: 22:03
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in ItalianItalian
Notes to answerer
Asker: many thanks Dr Lofthouse! I'm afraid that my initial info wasn't as helpful as it might have been

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21 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 1/5Answerer confidence 1/5
enabling an extension of the ripening process


Explanation:
http://winegrapes.tamu.edu/grow/ripening.pdf

One recent trend ...in California is to extend the "hang-time" (i.e. delay harvest) of fruit with the expectation of increased or better flavour development.

Wendy Streitparth
Germany
Local time: 23:03
Works in field
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 4
Grading comment
thanks again! ..."extending the hang time" was very helpful!
Notes to answerer
Asker: many thanks Wendy!

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