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Chardonnay Flashcards

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Describe the structure of cool climate Chardonnay

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Pale, dry, high acidity, light to medium body.

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Describe the primary flavour of cool climate Chardonnay

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Green fruit (apple and pear), citrus (lemon, lime) and wet stones

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Describe the structure of moderate climate Chardonnay

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Medium colour, medium to high acidity, medium to fully body

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Describe the primary flavours of moderate climate Chardonnay

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medium to pronounced lemon, stonefruit (peach), tropical fruit (melon)

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Describe the structure of warm climate Chardonnay

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Pronounced colour, medium acidity, full body

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Describe the primary flavours of warm climate Chardonnay

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Pronounced stonefruit (peach) and tropical fruit (pineapple, banana)

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What climates is Chardonnay grown in?

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Cool, moderate and warm climates

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What vessels are used to ferment Chardonnay?

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Inert or oak

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Is Malolactic Fermentation used on Chardonnay? Why?

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Yes, to soften acidity and add creaminess

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Are the lees used during maturation?

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Sometimes, especially Burgundian styles, with lees stirring, called Batonnage

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What blending options are available?

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As a single varietal or blended with local varieties

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In what climate would you see acidification of wine? What about chaptalization?

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Warm climate, cool climate

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What flavours does bottle aging bring to Chardonnay wine?

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Hazelnuts, mushrooms

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List the important Chardonnay regions in France

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Champagne, Burgundy, South France

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List the important Chardonnay regions in the US

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Carneros, Sonoma, Napa Valley, Santa Barbara County, Oregon

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List the important Chardonnay regions in Australia

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Yarra Valley, Adelaide Hills, Margaret River

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List the important Chardonnay regions in New Zealand

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Marlborough, Hawke’s Bay

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List the important Chardonnay regions in Chile

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Casablanca Valley, Central Valley

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List the important Chardonnay regions in South Africa

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Western Cape, Walker Bay

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What flavours does oak bring to Chardonnay?

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Smoke, vanilla, coconut

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Describe Bourgogne AOC Chardonnay

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Simple, unoaked, apple and lemon, high acidity

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Describe the Chablis region climate. Describe Chablis AOC wine, describe and discuss Premier and Grand Cru Chablis wine

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Chablis is the most northerly and coolest growing region of Burgundy, at higher elevation and with limestone soil. Often suffers from spring frost which can destroy crops but also concentrate individual fruit on a vine.

Chablis AOC wine is simple, unoaked with apple and lemon and high acidity.

Premier and Grand Cru are riper, more flavoursome and complex and can see oak. They sit on south to south east aspect hillsides which make the fruit riper.

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What are the two most important villages of Cote-d’Or for Chardonnay?

What is the quality of the wine?

What maturation options are used?

What tertiary qualities are produced from bottle aging these wines?

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Meursault AOC and Puligny-Montrachet.

Outstanding quality

Oak barrel fermentation and aging, lees maturation

Hazelnut, mushroom

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What are Macon AOC wines like?

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Simple, fruity, unoaked

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What is the most important village in the Maconnais?

What are the wine like? Why?

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Pouilly-Fuisse

Ripe and concentrated, wil see oak fermentation and maturation.

The slopes of Pouilly-Fuisse are steep and sun exposed so the grapes ripen more

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What is the level of production of Chardonnay in South France? What is the ripeness level? Is oak used?

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High volume, ripe to very ripe, on the best fruit

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Describe the climate and wine of Central Valley, California

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Very warm and dry, high volume production

Ripe, medium acidity, medium body, oak chips / staves used

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Describe the climates of Carneros and Sonoma, What influences their climates? What is their wine like?

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Both have moderated climates.

Carneros recieves sea morning fog from San Pablo Bay

Sonoma’s exposure to the Pacific Ocean

Intense, well balanced, complex

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What is Santa Barbara County known for? What influences its climate? What styles does it produce, what distinguishes these styles from each other?

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High quality

Sea breezes funnelled inland through hills

A range from Beaune to new world ripeness - higher alcohol and new oak

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What is the climate of Napa Valley like compared to other coastal regions of California?

What style of wine is it known for?

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Warmer and sunnier, especially in the north.

Full bodied with pronounced ripeness and new oak

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What is the climate of Oregon?

What style of wine does it produce?

How does it production level compare to California?

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Moderate

Refreshingly high acid with a range of flavours from citrus to melon.

Lower production levels

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What does South Eastern Australia consist of?

What is the fruit of these wines often blended with?

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A very broad area including SA, NSW, VIC, QLD, but usually warm, irrigated inland vineyards.

High acid fruit like semillon, or fruit from cooler vineyards to achieve a balance

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What are two cooler climate regions in Australia?

What moderates their climates? What does this result in?

What is their wine like?

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Adelaide Hills and Yarra Valley

Adelaide Hills has superior elevation, Yarra Valley is exposed to ocean currents from the south (breezes).

A longer growing season

Ripe to tropical fruit with medium to high acidity and balanced oak.

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What is the climate of Margaret River like?

What is a moderating influence and what does this result in?

What is the wine like?

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Warmer but moderated by ocean breezes and winter rainfall, producing a longer growing season.

medium to full bodied with ripe flavour

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What is the climate of Marlborough like?

What is the wine like?

What is the climate of Hawke’s Bay like? What is the wine like?

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Cool to moderate with ocean influences of sea breezes and winter rainfall.

Very good, ripe lemon, peach and melon with high acidity and subtle oak

Moderate climate, full bodied with high acidity and ripe stone fruit.

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What is the climate of Chile’s Central Valley? What is the yield like?Where can outstanding examples be found?

What is the climate of Casablanca Valley? What is the wine like?

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Warm and dry, vines are high yielding. Higher altitude vineyards can produce outstanding wine

Casablanca Valley has a moderate climate due to morning fogs and sea breezes from the Pacific Ocean

The wine has citrus and stone fruit with varying degrees of oak

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What is South Africa’s Chardonnay known for? What is it sometimes blended with?

What is the climate of Walker Bay like? Why? What is the wine like?

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High volume production, Chenin Blanc.

Cooler climate due to strong sea breezes from the south. Good quality wine with high acidity, ripe fruit and oak

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