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Pinot Noir climate and skin

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  • Cool to Moderate
  • Thin
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Pinot Noir Palate
* Acid
* Tannin
* Body
* Flavours (5)

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  • Acid=High
  • Tannin=Low to Medium
  • Body=Light to Medium
  • Flavours=Red fruits
  • Strawberry
  • Rasberry
  • Red Cherry
  • Vanilla
  • Smoke
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Pinot Noir ageing notes

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  • Mushroom
  • Forrest Floor
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Pinot Noir Style

Blending-Oak-Other

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  • Typicaly single varietal
  • Careful use of oak (old or large formate)
  • Used to make sparkling
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Merlot Climates

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  • Moderate to Warm
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Merlot Palate
Acid-Tannin-Body-Fruit (from least ripe to most)

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  • Acid=Medium
  • Tannin=Medium
  • Body=Light-Medium (Just ripe)
  • Body=Medium to Full (Riper style)
    *Capsicum (Just ripe)
  • Strawberry (Just Ripe)
  • Red Plum (Just Ripe)
  • Cooked Blackberry (Riper)
  • Cooked Black Plum (Riper)
  • Vanilla
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Merlots aged wine notes?

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  • Dried fruit
  • Tobacco
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Merlots wine styles

Blending-Complexity-Body-Oak

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  • single varieltal or blended
  • can be simple as well as complex
  • Light to full bodied depending on the ripeness of the wine
  • Oaked or unoaked
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Cabernet Sauvignon Climates and skin type

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Moderate to Warm
(thick)

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Cabernet Sauvignon Palate
Acid-Tannin-Body-Fruit (from least ripe to most)

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  • Acid=High
  • Tannin=High
  • Body=Medium to Full
  • Black fruits and Herbaceous
  • Capsicum
  • Mint
  • Blackcurrent
  • Black Cherry
  • Cedar
  • Vanilla
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Cabernet Sauvignon ageing notes (3)

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  • Dried fruit
  • Earth
  • Forrest Floor
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Cabernet Sauvignon wine styles

Blend-Complexity-Body-Oak

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  • single varietal and blended
  • Simple or Complex
  • Medium to Full Bodied
  • Oak is common
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Syrah/Shiraz climates and skin

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  • Moderate to Warm
  • Thick Skin
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Syrah/Shiraz Palate
Acid-Tannin-Body-Fruit (from least ripe to most)

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  • Acid=Medium to High
  • Tannin=Medium to High
  • Body=Medium to Full
  • Flavours=Black fruits and Spice
    *Black Pepper (Northern Rhone)
  • Blackberry
  • Black Cherry
  • Liqourice (Australia)
  • Vanilla
  • Coconut
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Syrah/Shiraz ageing notes

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  • Dried fruit
  • leather
  • meat
  • earth
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Zinfandel/Primitivo climate and key point on ripening

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  • Warm
  • Ripens unevenly
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Zinfandel/Primitivo
Acid-Tannin-Body-Fruit (from least ripe to most)

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  • Acid=Medim to High
  • Tannin=Medium to High
  • Body=High
  • Flavours=Red fruit (less ripe) Black fruits (More Ripe)
  • Strawberry
  • Rasberry
  • Black Plum
  • Blackberry
  • Blueberry
  • Prune
  • Raisin
  • Vanilla
  • Coffee
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Zinfandel/Primitivo bottle ageing notes

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  • Earth
  • Meat
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Gamay climate and when to drink

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Moderate
Typically early drinking

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Gamay Palate
Acid-Tannin-Body-Fruit

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  • Acid=High
  • Tannin=Low to Medium
  • Body=Light to Medium
  • Flavour=Red fruits
  • Rasberry
  • Red Cherry
  • Red Plum
  • Bannana
  • Candy
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Grenache/Garnacha climate and skin
Sugar Levels

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  • Warm
  • Thin
  • High Sugar levels
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Grenache/Garnacha Palate
Acid-Tannin-Body-Fruit

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Acidity=Low
Tannin=Low to medium
Body=Not in book
Flavour=Red Fruits and Spice
* Strawberry
* Red Plum
* Red Cherry
* White pepper
* Liquorice

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Grenache/Garnacha ageing notes

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  • earth
  • meat
  • dried fruits
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Grenache/Garnacha wine style

blend-oak-other

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  • Often a blend
  • Oaked and Unoaked
  • Red and Rose wine
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Tempranillo climate
* Moderate to Warm
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Tempranillo palate * Acid * Tannin * Body * 4 fruit flavours
* Acid=Medium * Tannin=Medium * Body=Medium to Full * Flavour=Red and Black Fruits * Strawberry * Red Cherry * Blackberry * Black Plum
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Tempranillo ageing notes
* dried fruit * leather * mushroom
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Tempranillo wine style | complexity-oak-blend
* Simple or Complex * Oaked or Unoaked * Single varietal and blended
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Mendoza Climate
* Warm *High Altitude (Cooler evenings)
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Malbec wine is Colour-Acid-Tannin-Body-Flavour
* Colour=Deeply coloured * Acidity=Medium * Tannin=High * Body=Full * Flavours=Black Fruits * Blackberry * Black Plum * Vanilla * Clove
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Pinotage climate
Warm | Dry
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Pinotage wines | Acid-Tannin-Body-Flavours
* Acid=High * Tannin=Medium * Body=Medium to Full * Flavours=Red and Black fruits pending ripeness * Strawberry * Red Cherry * Red Plum * Blackberry * Coffee * Chocolate * Smoke
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Pinotages wine styles
Ranges from fruity with red fruits and medium bodied TO Powerfull full bodied wines with red and black fruits often oaked
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Pinotage wine blends
* Single varietel * Blended with Cab-Sauv and merlot (Cape Blend)
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Nebbiolo Grid | Acid-Tannin-Body-Flavours-Bottle Ageing
* Acid=High * Tannin=High * Body=Full (Typically) * Flavours=Red fruits and Dried Herbs * Red Cherry * Red Plum * Rose * Violet * Mushroom * Tobacco * Leather
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Is oak use common with Nebbiolo
Yes
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Nebbiolo wine style and ageing notes
* Typically single variety Aged note * Mushroom * Tobacco * Leather
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Barbera Acidity, Tannin and Flavours
* Acid=High * Tannin=Low-Medium * Flavours=Red Fruits and sometimes spice * Red Cherry * Red Plum * Black Pepper
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Barbera Wine style | blend-complexity-oak
* Typically single varietal * Ranges from simple to complex * Can be both oaked and unoaked
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Barbera ageing?
* Can be both drink early and the very good to outstanding examples can age
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What is Corvina like as a wine | Acid-Tannin-Fruits
* Acid=High * Tannin=Low to Medium * Fruit=Red fruits * Red Cherry * Red Plum
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Covina wine styles | Blend-Body-Method
* useually blended with other local grapes * Ranges from light to full bodied * Appassimento method sometimes used (Grapes picked and dried inside to concentrate flavours)
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Covina ageability
Can be early drinking and the very good or outstanding wines can age
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What is Sangiovese wine like | Sweetenss-Acidity-Tannin-Body-Flavours
* Sweetenss=Dry * Acidity=High * Tannin=High * Body=Medium to Full * Flavours=Red Fruits and Dried Herbs * Red Cherry * Red Plums
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Sangiovese wine styles | Blending-Body-Oak-Ageing
* Often blended * Medium to full body * Often oaked * The best wines can age
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What type of wine does Montepulciano produce | Colour-Acid-Tannin-Flavour
* Deeply coloured wine * Medium Acidity * High Tannin * Black fruits * Black plum * Black Cherry
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Montepulciano wine style | Blend-Oak-Ageing
* Can be single varietal and blended * Both oaked and unoaked * Typicaly an early drinking wine

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