Mesoclimate: site, not region
The standard
The delimited climate scale states at which spatial level a climate statement holds: for the region, the site or the individual vine.
Criteria
- The scale names its level: region, site or vine
- It follows from landform and aspect, not from the regional average
- It stays stable while the weather changes
- It denotes a place, not a period
Distinction
Mesoclimate ≠ macroclimate: the macroclimate describes an entire region, the mesoclimate a single site within it. Mesoclimate ≠ microclimate: the microclimate acts around the individual vine. The delimited climate scale separates these levels so that a climate statement keeps its scope.