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11 Sauvignon Blanc Flashcards

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Sauvignon Blanc GI

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France: Loire: Sancerre, Pouilly-Fumé, Touraine Bordeaux: Bordeaux, Graves, Pessac-Léognan

USA: Napa Valley

Chile: Central Valley, Casablanca Valley

South Africa: Elgin, Constantia

Australia: Adelaide Hills, Margaret River

New Zealand: Marlborough

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Sauvignon Blanc Climate

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Cool

Moderate

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When Sauvignon Blanc is made as a single-varietal wine, which type of vessel is it usually fermented in?

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Inert vessels, such as stainless steel.

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Why isn’t new oak usually used on single-varietal Sauvignon Blanc?

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Oak flavors typically overpower the fruity characteristics of Sauvignon Blanc.

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When is Sauvignon Blanc normally best consumed?

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In its youth when fruit flavors and herbaceous notes are at their freshest.

Sauvignon Blanc can develop unappealing flavors (vegetables note) as it ages.

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What grape is typically blended with Sauvignon Blanc?

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Semillon

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Where are Sancerre AOC and Pouilly-Fumé AOC located in relation to one another?

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They face each other across the Loire River.

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The climate of Sancree AOC and Pouilly-Fume AOC

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Cool

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Loire Sauvignon Blanc

4,5,8

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4 Dry

5 High

8 Green fruit (Apple)

Herbaceous notes (Grass, asparagus)

Wet stones

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Touraine AOC Sauvignon blanc

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Fruity and inexpensive

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Bordeaux AOC, Graves AOC, Pessac-Leognan AOC

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Bordeaux AOC = Simple

Graves AOC, Pessac-Leognan AOC = Complex

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These wines are typically blends of which grapes?

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Sauvignon blanc & Semillon

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What does Semillon add to Sauvignon Blanc?

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Adds body and helps the wine to age.

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Because Bordeaux typically blends Sauvignon Blanc with Sémillon, what winemaking technique do many winemakers use?

What flavours does it add?

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Barrel Aging

Honey and Nuts

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Why aren’t there significant plantings of Sauvignon Blanc in the South of France?

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The South of France is too warm for Sauvignon Blanc to retain its characteristic freshness.

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Where in South of France produces Sauvignon Blanc?

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Areas that are cooled by altitude.

17
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South of France Sauvignon Blanc

4,5,8

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4 Dry

5 High

8 Tropical fruit (Passion fruit)

Herbaceous notes (Grass)

18
Q

Fravours of Sauvignon Blancs from Marnorough can ___.

Example of flavours

A

range

A broad range of fruit flvours (Lemon, Peach, Passion fruit)

Green-bell-pepper (Capsicum)

Asparagus

19
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Why?

Two reasons:

A

・They are often made by bleeding across different sites

・They are often made by bleeding grapes harvested at different ripeness levels.

20
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Style of New Zealand Sauvignon Blanc varies.

Some focus on grapes from ___ vineyard sites to produce wines that are similar to the wines of the Loire.

Others experiment with ___ or ___ to add ___ and ___.

A

Cooler

small amounts of oak

lees contact

complexity

body

21
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Are Sauvignon Blancs from Marlborough usually bottled as single varietals or are they blended with other grape varietals?

A

Single varietal

22
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In Australia, is Sauvignon Blanc bottled as a single varietal or blended with other grape varietals?

A

Both

23
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Typically blended with what grapes?

A

Semillon

24
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What impact does Semillon/Sémillon have when it’s blended with Sauvignon Blanc?

A

Semillon makes fuller-bodied wines with grater ageing potential.

25
Q

Sauvignon Blanc from Margaret River

Aromas?

Oaked?

A

Herbaceous aromas (Grass)

Oaked

26
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Why is Adelaide Hills a good place to grow Sauvignon Blanc?

A

Cooled by both

・Altitude

・Sea breezes

27
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Flavours of Sauvignon Blanc in Adelaide Hills

A

Citrus to Tropical fruit

28
Q

What makes Casablanca Valley a good place to grow Sauvignon Blanc?

A

Cooled by

・Morning fog

・Sea breezes

29
Q

The coolest wine region in Africa

A

Elgin

30
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What cools down Elgin?

A

Altitude

31
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Elgin Sauvignon Blanc

Aromas

A

Green fruit (Apple)

Wet stones

32
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What cools down Constantia?

A

Cooled by sea breezes from the Sauthern Ocean.

33
Q

Constantia Sauvignon Blanc

Aromas

A

Ripe tropical fruit

Herbaceous aromas

34
Q

In Napa Valley, Sauvignon Blanc grapes may be harvested ___ to retain their ___ and ___.

A

early

acidity

herbaceous aromas

35
Q

What stylistic choice do some Napa Valley winemakers make with their Sauvignon Blancs?

A

Oak maturation, which adds body, flavour (Vanilla)

36
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Aromas depending on its ripeness

A

Wet stone

Green-bell-pepper

Asparagus

Grass

Floral

↓

Green apple

Citrus

↓

Stone fruit (Peach)

Passion fruit

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