CHARDONNAY Flashcards
IS CHARDONNAY IS A AROMATIC GRAPE VARIETY
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IN COOL CLIMATE ( LIKE CHABLIS) WHAT MAIN FLAVOURS CHARDONNAY SHOWS ?
IT CAN OFFER GREEN FRUITS( PEAR , APPLE ) WITH CITRUS
AND OCCASIONALLY VEGETABLE NOTES LIKE ( CUCUMBER)
IN MODERATAE REGIONS LIKE BURGUNDY WHAT FLAVOURS WE CAN EXPECT FROM CHARDONNAY?
IT OFFERS WHITE STONE FRUIT ( PEACH) WITH CITRUS NOTES AND A HINT OF MELON .
IN HOT REGIONS WHAT FLAVOURS WE CAN EXPECT FROM CHARDONNAY?
MORE OF TROPICAL FRUITS LIKE ( PEACH, BANANA, PINEAPPLE, MANGO, FIG)
BY WHAT PROCESS CHARDONNAY GIVES DAIRY FAVOUR NOTES?
MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION ( IT IS USED TO SOFTEN THE HARSH ACIDS)
ALSO LEES HELPS THE CHARDONNAY TO GET THE CREAMY TEXTURE AND SAVOURY FLAVOURS
WHAT IS LEES?
DEAD YEAST CELLS LEFT BEHIND AFTER FERMENTATION HAS FINISHED.
WHAT FLAVOURS WE GET THROUGH OAK TREATMENT?
TOAST
VANILLA
COCONUT
EXPALIN CHARDONNAY?
QUITE FULL BODIED
WEIGHTY
CREAMY TEXTURE
WHAT FLAVOURS CHARDONNAY DEVELOPS WITH AGE ?
HONEYED
NUTTY
SAVOURY COMPLEXITY
WHICH LABELLING TERM IS USED IN BURGUNDY ( FRANCE ) FOR CHARDONNAY WINES.
BOURGOGNE
IMPORTANT CHARDONNAY GROWING REGIONS OF FRANCE?
CHABLIS ( IT HAS A COOL CLIMATE )
Cote d’ or ( is the heart of burgundy , IT HAS A MODERATE CLIMATE ) MOST OF THE WINES COMES FROM THE SOUTHERN PART OF IT WHICH IS CALLED Cote de beaune .
MACONNAIS ( SOLD AS MACON )
NAME THE IMPORTANT VILLAGES OF COTE DE BEAUNE?
MEURSAULT
PULIGNY- MONTRACHET
WHICH IS THE MOST FAMOUS APPELLATION IN MACONNAIS?
Pouilly-Fuissé
MAIN REGIONS FOR PREMIUM CHARDONNAYS FROM AUSTRALIA ?
YARRA VALLEY AEDELAIDE HILLS ( SOUTH OF AUSTRALIA) MARGARET RIVER ( WESTERN AUSTRALIA )
WHAT EXPRESSION WE CAN EXPECT FROM AUSTRALIAN CHARDONNAY ?
PRONOUNCED FRUITS ( FRESH CITRUS AND MELON )
AND WELL INTEGRATED WITH OAK FLAVOR
BUT MORE TOWARDS FRUIT FLAVOUR THAN A OAK
PREMIUM CHARDONNAY GROWING REGION OF NEW ZEALAND ?
MARLBOROUGH
WHAT EXPRESSION WE CAN EXPECT FROM MARLBOROUGH CHARDONNAYS ?
HIGH NATURAL CRISP ACIDITY WITH PRONOUNCED CITRUS AND TROPICAL FRUIT FLAVOURS AND MINERAL NOTES.
MOST OF THE BEST WINES HAVE PRONOUNCED OAK FLAVOURS.
WHAT EXPRESSION WE CAN EXPECT FROM USA CHARDONNAY ?
HEAVILY OAKED
FULL BODIED WITH INTENSE, RICH CITRUS AND RIPE PEACH FLAVOURS.
IMPORTANT WINE GROWING REGIONS IN USA ?
RUSSIAN RIVER
CARNEROS
IMPORTANT WINE GROWING COUNTRIES OF SOUTH AMERICA?
CHILE ( CASABLANCA VALLEY)
ARGENTINA ( MENDOZA)
FROM WHERE YOU GET A VER PREMIUM CHARDONNAYS IN SOUTH AFRICA ?
WALKER BAY ( ITS A COOLER COASTAL PART )
CHARDONNAY IN BLENDS
SEMILLON AND CHARDONNAY
CHARDONNNAY AND CHENIN BLANC ( MOSTLY IN SOUTH AFRICA )
VIOGNIER AND CHARDONNAY
