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Ch14 Other Black Flashcards

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Gamay Region

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  • Beaujolais - south of Burgundy - moderate climate
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Gamay Characteristics

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  • Light and Medium Body + Medium or High Acidity + Low Tannin
  • Usually Unoaked
  • Pronounced Red Fruit (strawberry, raspberry, red cherry) + sometimes spice (cinnamon, pepper)
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Gamay / Beaujolais Ageing

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  • Best consumed young + fruity

- Best Beaujolais Crus can improve with bottle age

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Beaujolais Labelling

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  • Beaujolais AC
  • Beaujolais Nouveau AC (lighter style released in November after harvest)
  • Beaujolais Villages AC (superior quality from granite hills in north of region - this group of villages account for quarter of of total production of the region.
  • Beaujolais Crus (small group of 10 villages that make the best wine - all have their own appellations)
    • Fleurie AC
    • Brouilly AC
    • Morgon AC
    • Moulin-a-Vent AC
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Tempranillo

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  • Main grape in Rioja DOCa - important region for Spanish reds - moderate climate
  • Medium Body + Medium Tannin + Red Fruit (strawberry)
  • Often blended with Garnacha which can be the dominant variety in inexpensive Riojas.
  • Grenache gives high alcohol + spicy notes + light tannin
  • Character of traditional-style Rioja comes from oak ageing = softens tannins + sweet coconut + vanilla.
    Over time, savoury animal + vegetal (meat, leather, mushroom) can develop, especially in Gran Reserva wines.

Ribera del Duero DO
Navarra DO

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Rioja

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  • Medium Body + Medium Tannin + Red Fruit (strawberry)
  • Often blended with Garnacha which can be the dominant variety in inexpensive Riojas.
  • Grenache gives high alcohol + spicy notes + light tannin
  • Character of traditional-style Rioja comes from oak ageing = softens tannins + sweet coconut + vanilla.
    Over time, savoury animal + vegetal (meat, leather, mushroom) can develop, especially in Gran Reserva wines.

Good quality reds in a range of styles made in Catalunya, using Tempranillo, Garnacha and international grape varieties. Many regions produce wine similar to Rioja (soft tannins + strawberry + oak)

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Ribera del Duero DO

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Ribera del Duero DO = premium quality = black fruit (blackberry, plum) + toasty oak

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Navarra DO

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Navarra DO = blended with international grapes like Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon

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Spanish Labelling

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History of ageing in oak and then ageing in bottle = wines released by Spain are often older than other countries

Many producers exceed the minimum ageing requirement for their quality wines. If wine is inferior, ageing will make it tired, stale and lacking fruit.

Nowadays more common to release wines aged for shorter period for more youthful and fruity wines. For these wines, some producers (Like Cune) forego using the word Joven on their label - will only state Crianza, Reserva and Gran Reserva.

  • Joven = bottled the year following the vintage for immediate release, not aged in oak for the minimum time time be called Crianza
  • Crianza
  • Reserva
  • Gran Reserva - only produced in exceptional vintages, reds can be quite pale and garnet in colour, the best are very complex wines
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Doura DOC

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Douro DOC, Portugal - hot climate
- Sweet, fortified port

  • Dry red wines made from same Port grape varieties
  • Usually blends
  • Touriga Nacional is the best grape
  • sometimes blended, sometimes on it’s own
    low yields
  • Deep in Colour + High Acid + High Tannin
  • Intense flavours of dark berry + spices (blackberry, blackcurrant, pepper, liquorice
  • Usually oak aged
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Touriga Nacional

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  • Grape that makes Douro DOC
  • sometimes blended, sometimes on it’s own
    low yields
  • Deep in Colour + High Acid + High Tannin
  • Intense flavours of dark berry + spices (blackberry, blackcurrant, pepper, liquorice
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Nebbiolo

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  • Piemonte, Italy
  • Barolo DOCG and Barbaresco DOCG made from Nebbiolo
  • Full body + High Tannin + High Alcohol + High Acidity
    Red fruit + Floral + Earthy
  • Can evolve with age into complex aromas of Tobacco + Mushroom + Tar
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Barbera

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  • Piemonte, Italy
  • Light to Medium Tannin + High Acidity
  • Red fruit + Black pepper
  • Because of moderate oak, it’s often aged in oak = toast + vanilla + sweet spice
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Sangiovese

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  • Central Tuscany, Italy
  • Chianti DOCG (including Chianti Classico)

• Brunello di Montalcino DOCG

  • Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG - Chianti style made from Sangiovese near Montepulciano town in Tuscany (don’t confuse with Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC)
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Chianti

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  • Dominated by Sangiovese, although a small portion of other varieties can be added
  • Basic Chianti is inexpensive and simple
  • Better wines come from subregions
  • Chianti Classico DOCG (one of Italy’s finest) (Chianti Classico producer might not necessarily also produce a Chianti)
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Brunello di Montalcino DOCG

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  • 100% Sangiovese
  • Medium to Full Body + High Tannin + High Tannin = long ageing
  • Plum + Earth + Red Cherry + Herbal (green tea)
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Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG

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Chianti style made from Sangiovese near Montepulciano town in Tuscany (don’t confuse with Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC)

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Italian Labelling

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Classico - historic centre of many DOC and DOCG regions. Often located on hills and best sites with the best wines. Eg. Chianti Classico

Riserva - DOC or DOCG wine has achieved a higher minimum level of alcohol + has been matured for at least a minimum number of months before release

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Valpolicella

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  • Valpolicella and Valpolicella Classico DOC
  • Veneto, in north east Italy
  • Blends with Corvino dominating
  • Inexpensive = Light Body + Pale to Medium Ruby Colour + Low Tannin + High Acidity + Sour Red Cherry
  • More expensive from vineyards in the hills behind and west of Verona = more concentration + complexity - Baked Fruits (plums, dried red cherries, prunes)
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Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG

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Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG

  • Very complex, Full Body + Dry + High Tannin
    Grapes partially dried to concentrate flavours
  • Highest Alcohol in Italy
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Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC

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Montepulciano d’Abruzzo DOC
- Abruzzo, in east central Italy

  • Montepulciano grapes
  • Deep colour + High Acidity + Medium to High Tannin + Medium to High Alcohol
  • Black cherry + blackberry + plum
  • Inexpensive versions are simple + jammy black fruit
  • Don’t confuse with Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG
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Southern Italy

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Southern Italy

  • Famous for huge volumes of red wines for blending.
  • Recent investments = increase in high quality wines - usually a blend of local and international varieties - often labelled as less stringent IGT
  • IGT Terre Siciliane allow blending across huge areas + grape variety can be stated on the label
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Primitivo and Negroamaro

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Puglia area = Primitivo grape + Negroamaro grape

  • Medium colour + Medium Tanning + Medium Acid
  • Jammy Black Fruit + Liquorice
  • Primitivo is same as Zinfandel
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Aglianico

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Campania + Basilicata areas = Aglianico grape

  • Deep colour + Intense flavour
  • Full body + High Tannin + High Acidity
  • Complex Floral + Dark Fruit

• Taurasi DOCG in Campania - made from 100% Aglianico

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Taurasi DOCG

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  • Campania Area

- Made from 100% Aglianico - Full body + Complex Floral + Dark Fruit + High Tannin + High Acid

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Zinfandel

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  • Premium quality wines in California
  • Much is used for off-dry fruity rose called White Zinfandel but it’s best in dry red wine
  • Rich + Full Body + High Alcohol
  • Black fruit + Dried Fruit + Sweet Spices (blackberry, prune, raisins, clove, liquorice)
  • Most intense, complex wines made from old vines - some planted over 100 years ago
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Pinotage

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  • Developed especially for hot South Africa climate
    Pinot Noir + Cinsault
  • Moderate or Hot Climate
  • Range of styles - but typically Full Body + Medium Tannin + Red Fruit (strawberry, raspberry, cherry) - often with Vegetal + Animal (tar, leather)
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Carmenere

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  • Aconcagua and Central Valley, Chile
  • Originally from Bordeaux introduced at same time as Cab Sauv and Merlot
  • Often used as a blend with Cab Sauv and Merlot
  • Varietal Carmenere wines = Deep Colour + Medium or Full Body + Medium or High Acidity + Medium or High Alcohol + High Tannin
  • Dark fruit (blackberry) + peppery spice
  • Needs warmest and sunniest sites
  • When underripe = pungent green pepper + green bean
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Malbec

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  • Mendoza, Argentina
  • Premium red wines
  • Originally Bordeaux variety and common to blend with Cab Sauv and/or Merlot but mostly seen as a single variety
- Full Body + Medium or High Tannin  = suitable for ageing
Dark fruit (blackberry, black plum) + spicy flavour (clove, pepper)
  • Best wines benefit from oak ageing

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