Black grapes must know points Flashcards
Pinot Noir climate and skin
- Cool to Moderate
- Thin
Pinot Noir Palate
* Acid
* Tannin
* Body
* Flavours (5)
- Acid=High
- Tannin=Low to Medium
- Body=Light to Medium
- Flavours=Red fruits
- Strawberry
- Rasberry
- Red Cherry
- Vanilla
- Smoke
Pinot Noir ageing notes
- Mushroom
- Forrest Floor
Pinot Noir Style
Blending-Oak-Other
- Typicaly single varietal
- Careful use of oak (old or large formate)
- Used to make sparkling
Merlot Climates
- Moderate to Warm
Merlot Palate
Acid-Tannin-Body-Fruit (from least ripe to most)
- 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
Merlots aged wine notes?
- Dried fruit
- Tobacco
Merlots wine styles
Blending-Complexity-Body-Oak
- 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
Cabernet Sauvignon Climates and skin type
Moderate to Warm
(thick)
Cabernet Sauvignon Palate
Acid-Tannin-Body-Fruit (from least ripe to most)
- Acid=High
- Tannin=High
- Body=Medium to Full
- Black fruits and Herbaceous
- Capsicum
- Mint
- Blackcurrent
- Black Cherry
- Cedar
- Vanilla
Cabernet Sauvignon ageing notes (3)
- Dried fruit
- Earth
- Forrest Floor
Cabernet Sauvignon wine styles
Blend-Complexity-Body-Oak
- single varietal and blended
- Simple or Complex
- Medium to Full Bodied
- Oak is common
Syrah/Shiraz climates and skin
- Moderate to Warm
- Thick Skin
Syrah/Shiraz Palate
Acid-Tannin-Body-Fruit (from least ripe to most)
- 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
Syrah/Shiraz ageing notes
- Dried fruit
- leather
- meat
- earth
Zinfandel/Primitivo climate and key point on ripening
- Warm
- Ripens unevenly
Zinfandel/Primitivo
Acid-Tannin-Body-Fruit (from least ripe to most)
- 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
Zinfandel/Primitivo bottle ageing notes
- Earth
- Meat
Gamay climate and when to drink
Moderate
Typically early drinking
Gamay Palate
Acid-Tannin-Body-Fruit
- Acid=High
- Tannin=Low to Medium
- Body=Light to Medium
- Flavour=Red fruits
- Rasberry
- Red Cherry
- Red Plum
- Bannana
- Candy
Grenache/Garnacha climate and skin
Sugar Levels
- Warm
- Thin
- High Sugar levels
Grenache/Garnacha Palate
Acid-Tannin-Body-Fruit
Acidity=Low
Tannin=Low to medium
Body=Not in book
Flavour=Red Fruits and Spice
* Strawberry
* Red Plum
* Red Cherry
* White pepper
* Liquorice
Grenache/Garnacha ageing notes
- earth
- meat
- dried fruits
Grenache/Garnacha wine style
blend-oak-other
- Often a blend
- Oaked and Unoaked
- Red and Rose wine
Tempranillo climate
- Moderate to Warm
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
Tempranillo ageing notes
- dried fruit
- leather
- mushroom
Tempranillo wine style
complexity-oak-blend
- Simple or Complex
- Oaked or Unoaked
- Single varietal and blended
Mendoza Climate
- Warm
*High Altitude (Cooler evenings)
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
Pinotage climate
Warm
Dry
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
Pinotages wine styles
Ranges from fruity with red fruits and medium bodied
TO
Powerfull full bodied wines with red and black fruits often oaked
Pinotage wine blends
- Single varietel
- Blended with Cab-Sauv and merlot (Cape Blend)
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
Is oak use common with Nebbiolo
Yes
Nebbiolo wine style and ageing notes
- Typically single variety
Aged note - Mushroom
- Tobacco
- Leather
Barbera Acidity, Tannin and Flavours
- Acid=High
- Tannin=Low-Medium
- Flavours=Red Fruits and sometimes spice
- Red Cherry
- Red Plum
- Black Pepper
Barbera Wine style
blend-complexity-oak
- Typically single varietal
- Ranges from simple to complex
- Can be both oaked and unoaked
Barbera ageing?
- Can be both drink early and the very good to outstanding examples can age
What is Corvina like as a wine
Acid-Tannin-Fruits
- Acid=High
- Tannin=Low to Medium
- Fruit=Red fruits
- Red Cherry
- Red Plum
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)
Covina ageability
Can be early drinking and the very good or outstanding wines can age
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
Sangiovese wine styles
Blending-Body-Oak-Ageing
- Often blended
- Medium to full body
- Often oaked
- The best wines can age
What type of wine does Montepulciano produce
Colour-Acid-Tannin-Flavour
- Deeply coloured wine
- Medium Acidity
- High Tannin
- Black fruits
- Black plum
- Black Cherry
Montepulciano wine style
Blend-Oak-Ageing
- Can be single varietal and blended
- Both oaked and unoaked
- Typicaly an early drinking wine
