more characterful yet mature grapes

15:26 Jul 14, 2017
English to French translations [PRO]
Art/Literary - Wine / Oenology / Viticulture
English term or phrase: more characterful yet mature grapes
Bonjour à tous,

Il est ici question de vendanges :

"Nature’s elation afforded a breadth of choice in 2004, offering more characterful yet mature grapes than any previous harvest."

"La nature en état d'euphorie déploya tous ses atouts en 2004, offrant davantage de cépages mûrs et de caractère que pour n’importe quelle autre vendange."

Je suis gênée par ce "more characterful yet mature grapes". Que comprenez-vous ici ?

Merci
Willa95
France
Local time: 13:30


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3raisins pleins de caractère et mûrs
Tony M


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characterful yet mature grapes
raisins pleins de caractère et mûrs


Explanation:
I would not use 'cépages' here for 'grapes', as it really means 'grape varieties'.

And I would certainly reorganize the sentence in FR so as to incorporate the 'more' with the 'harvest': 'more than any other harvest' — the changed association of the 'more' is common in EN, but I don't believe it can really be made to work in FR here. Note too that 'harvest' really means 'year's harvest', and arguably might be best translated as 'year' in order to preserve the wanted sense here.

Tony M
France
Local time: 13:30
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