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Black grapes must know points Flashcards

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1
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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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7
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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

20
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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
21
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Grenache/Garnacha climate and skin
Sugar Levels

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  • Warm
  • Thin
  • High Sugar levels
22
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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

23
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Grenache/Garnacha ageing notes

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  • earth
  • meat
  • dried fruits
24
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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
25
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Tempranillo climate

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  • Moderate to Warm
26
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Tempranillo palate
* Acid
* Tannin
* Body
* 4 fruit flavours

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  • Acid=Medium
  • Tannin=Medium
  • Body=Medium to Full
  • Flavour=Red and Black Fruits
  • Strawberry
  • Red Cherry
  • Blackberry
  • Black Plum
27
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Tempranillo ageing notes

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  • dried fruit
  • leather
  • mushroom
28
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Tempranillo wine style

complexity-oak-blend

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  • Simple or Complex
  • Oaked or Unoaked
  • Single varietal and blended
29
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Mendoza Climate

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  • Warm
    *High Altitude (Cooler evenings)
30
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Malbec wine is
Colour-Acid-Tannin-Body-Flavour

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  • Colour=Deeply coloured
  • Acidity=Medium
  • Tannin=High
  • Body=Full
  • Flavours=Black Fruits
  • Blackberry
  • Black Plum
  • Vanilla
  • Clove
31
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Pinotage climate

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Warm

Dry

32
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Pinotage wines

Acid-Tannin-Body-Flavours

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  • Acid=High
  • Tannin=Medium
  • Body=Medium to Full
  • Flavours=Red and Black fruits pending ripeness
  • Strawberry
  • Red Cherry
  • Red Plum
  • Blackberry
  • Coffee
  • Chocolate
  • Smoke
33
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Pinotages wine styles

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Ranges from fruity with red fruits and medium bodied
TO
Powerfull full bodied wines with red and black fruits often oaked

34
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Pinotage wine blends

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  • Single varietel
  • Blended with Cab-Sauv and merlot (Cape Blend)
35
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Nebbiolo Grid

Acid-Tannin-Body-Flavours-Bottle Ageing

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  • Acid=High
  • Tannin=High
  • Body=Full (Typically)
  • Flavours=Red fruits and Dried Herbs
  • Red Cherry
  • Red Plum
  • Rose
  • Violet
  • Mushroom
  • Tobacco
  • Leather
36
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Is oak use common with Nebbiolo

A

Yes

37
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Nebbiolo wine style and ageing notes

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  • Typically single variety
    Aged note
  • Mushroom
  • Tobacco
  • Leather
38
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Barbera Acidity, Tannin and Flavours

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  • Acid=High
  • Tannin=Low-Medium
  • Flavours=Red Fruits and sometimes spice
  • Red Cherry
  • Red Plum
  • Black Pepper
39
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Barbera Wine style

blend-complexity-oak

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  • Typically single varietal
  • Ranges from simple to complex
  • Can be both oaked and unoaked
40
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Barbera ageing?

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  • Can be both drink early and the very good to outstanding examples can age
41
Q

What is Corvina like as a wine

Acid-Tannin-Fruits

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  • Acid=High
  • Tannin=Low to Medium
  • Fruit=Red fruits
  • Red Cherry
  • Red Plum
42
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Covina wine styles

Blend-Body-Method

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  • useually blended with other local grapes
  • Ranges from light to full bodied
  • Appassimento method sometimes used
    (Grapes picked and dried inside to concentrate flavours)
43
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Covina ageability

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Can be early drinking and the very good or outstanding wines can age

44
Q

What is Sangiovese wine like

Sweetenss-Acidity-Tannin-Body-Flavours

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  • Sweetenss=Dry
  • Acidity=High
  • Tannin=High
  • Body=Medium to Full
  • Flavours=Red Fruits and Dried Herbs
  • Red Cherry
  • Red Plums
45
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Sangiovese wine styles

Blending-Body-Oak-Ageing

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  • Often blended
  • Medium to full body
  • Often oaked
  • The best wines can age
46
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What type of wine does Montepulciano produce

Colour-Acid-Tannin-Flavour

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  • Deeply coloured wine
  • Medium Acidity
  • High Tannin
  • Black fruits
  • Black plum
  • Black Cherry
47
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Montepulciano wine style

Blend-Oak-Ageing

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  • Can be single varietal and blended
  • Both oaked and unoaked
  • Typicaly an early drinking wine

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