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Ch13 Other Whites Flashcards

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Pinot Grigio/Pinot Gris

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Pinot Gris = French / Pinot Grigio = Italy

Outside of France and Italy the names indicate styles

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Pinot Gris

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  • Alsace, France is classic region
  • Style is Full Body + Dry to Off-dry, Medium and Sweet wines
  • Spicy Tropical Fruit (ginger, banana, melon) + sometimes Honey
  • New Zealand Pinot Gris made in range of styles from dry to sweet, in the Alsatian model
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Pinot Grigio

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  • Dry + Medium or Light Body + Medium Acidity + Neutral character
  • Good examples like below, show ripe nuttiness + honey:
  • Trentino-Alto Adige
  • Friuli-Venezia Giulia
  • Outside Italy, Pinot Grigio used to describe wine that’s Neutral + Medium to Light Body
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Verdicchio

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  • Marche, Italy
  • High Acid + Medium Body
  • Lemon + Fennel + Bitter Almond
  • Some of the best come from • Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesu DOC
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Trebbiano

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  • Most widely planted white in Italy
  • High Acid
  • Mainly used for inexpensive neutral white wines
  • Occasionally appears as a varietal wine
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Garganega

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  • Soave and Soave Classico DOC
  • White wines from north east Italy
  • Garganega grape
  • Grape is late ripening
  • Floral notes (chamomile) + Green fruit (pear, red apple) + White pepper
  • Medium Body
  • Unoaked
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Soave and Soave Classico DOC

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  • White wines from north east Italy

- Garganega grape

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Gavi DOCG

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  • West of Piemonte
  • Cortese grape
  • Light + High Acid
  • Green apple + Citrus
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Cortese

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Grapes that make Gavi DOCG

west of Piedmonte in Italy

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Chenin Blanc Regions

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Touraine, Loire Valley - cool climate

South Africa

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Chenin Blanc Touraine, Loire Valley

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  • Range of styles
  • Mostly Medium Body + Medium Sweetness + High Acidity
  • Unoaked
  • Citrus + Green Fruit + Tropical Fruit (lemon, appled, pineapple) + some Herbaceous (green leaf)
  • Dry and sweet wines made - susceptible to Noble Rot

• Vouvray AC is main appellation, produces dry, medium and sweet wines

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Vouvray AC

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  • Chenin Blanc from Touraine AC in Loire Valley

- Dry, medium and sweet wines

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Chenin Blanc South Africa

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  • Mainly large volume inexpensive wine
  • Medium body + Dry or Off-dry + Citrus + Tropical
    Medium or even High Acid DESPITE hot climate
  • Used in blends (chenin chardonnay), role is similar to Semillon in Australia Semillon-Chard = large volumes at lower prices
  • contributes to refreshing acidity and citrus fruit
  • Increasing amounts of premium quality Chenin being made in SA that have prominent oak flavours
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Melon Blanc

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  • Muscadet, Loire Valley
  • Medium Body + Dry + Unoaked
  • Light + Neutral fruit + Medium or High Acid

• Muscadet AC is main appellation
• Muscadet Sevre et Maine is a subregion producing superior wines
- Some use Sur Lie on label

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Sur Lie

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Wine bottled from a vessel containing dead yeast left over from fermentation - gives more body + complexity. Eg. Muscadet Sevre et Maine

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Viognier

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  • Northern Rhone has best examples
  • Soft + Full body + Aromatic wines
  • Low Acid + High Alcohol
  • Delicate Fruit + Floral Aromas (peach, pear, apricot, violet) + Spicy notes
  • Southern France - increase in Viognier
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Albarino

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  • Rias Baixas, Spain
  • Light to Medium Body
  • Fresh Green Fruit + Citrus Fruit (apple, pear, grapefruit)
  • Typically unoaked
  • Refreshing High Acidity
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Semillon Regions

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  • Bordeaux

- Hunter Valley, Australia

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Semillon Bordeaux

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Commonly blended with Sauvignon Blanc to make dry wines and sweet wines

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Semillon Australia

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Hunter Valley, Australia
- Best expression as single varietal wine

  • Dry + Light Body + Light Alcohol + High Acidity
  • Delicate Citrus in youth….almost neutral. With Age = complex toast, honey and nut
  • Other areas in Australia range from medium body simple citrus to intense vegetal and pungent
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Gewurztraminer Regions

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  • Alsace - classic region

- New Zealand

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Gewurztraminer Characteristics

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  • Intensely perfumed
  • Dry or Off-dry or Medium
  • Full body + High Alcohol + Low Acidity
  • Floral Perfume (rose, orange blossom) + Tropical and Stone fruit (lychee, peach, grape) + Musky Sweet Spice (ginger)
  • Most best consumed when youthful + freshly fruity
  • Some develop interesting honey + nut with age
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Torrontes

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  • Cafayate in Salta, Argentina (highest vineyards)
  • Aromatic + Medium body + Dry + High Alcohol + Medium Acidity
  • Pronounced Fruity + Floral (perfume, grapes, peach)

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