Chapter Five - Still Wine Production Flashcards
Stages of white wine production in chronological order
- Harvest
- Sort
- Crushing
- Press
- Must adjustment
- juice settling
- inoculation
- Fermentation
- Sur lie aging
- Clarification
- Barrel aging
- Blending
- Cold stabilization
- Bottling
Stages of red wine production in chronological order
- Harvest
- Sort
- Crush/destem
- Must adjustment
- Cold Soak
- Inoculation
- Ferment
- Cap Management
- Extended maceration
- Press
- Clarification
- Barrel age
- Blending
- Bottling
Barrique
A standard size (225 liter) oak barrel
Debourbage
Letting the newly pressed juice settle for a day or two before fermentation is allowed to begin
Chaptalization
Adding sugar to the must before fermentation begins
Sur lie aging
Allowing the wine to rest on the dead yeast cells after fermentation has completed
Batonnage
The stirring up of dead yeast cells back into the liquid
Must
Grape juice, or the mixture of grape juice, seeds, and skins, that will be fermented and transformed into wine
Diacetyl
A chemical by-product of malolactic fermentation that imparts a buttery aromas to wine
Carbonic maceration
An enzymatic fermentation that occurs in the absence of oxygen within whole, unbroken grapes
Free run
Considered to be the highest quality juice in the batch
Pomace
The cake of compressed grape skins and seeds that remains behind after the final pressing of the juice or wine
Racking
The use of gravity to remove suspended matter in a batch of newly fermented wine
Fining
A clarification technique that uses an inert material to attract and bind to unwanted materials
T/F
Sulfur can be added at many points during the winemaking process
True
T/F
A type of spirit called grappa is often made from the leftovers of wine production
True
T/F
Chaptalization is used to produce a wine with high levels of residual sugar
False
T/F
France and Canada are the two primary sources for oak barrels used in American wine production
False
T/F
Dessert wines are produced in the Sauternes region of France using grapes that have been affected by Botrytis Cinerea
True
T/F
Italy’s famouse Amarone wine is made using grapes that have frozen naturally on the vine
False
T/F
Weissherbst is a type of German rose
True
T/F
A mevushal wine is a kosher wine that is free from limitations on who may handle the wine once it leaves the winery
True
T/F
The direct press method of rose production is used to create pink wines with a deep rosy hue
False
T/F
The Riesling grape variety is often used in the production of Eiswein
True
T/F
In the production of orange wines, juice from white grapes spends a period of time ranging from several days to several months macerating with grape skins.
True
T/F
Malolactic fermentation is used more often on red wines than white wines
True
T/F
Most of the yeasts used in winemaking are strains of Saccharomyces cerevisiae
True
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According to the New World school of thought, terrior is considered to be paramount in wine production and winemakers should interfere as little as possible in the winemaking process
False
T/F
Malolactic fermentation is an optional winemaking process that converts malic acid into lactic acid, resulting in an overall softer, smoother wine
True