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COMPARING WINE STYLES Flashcards

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Cabernet Sauvignon

Haut Medoc

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Cedar and blackcurrant, high tannin softens with age. Often blended with Merlot for early-ripening juicy plum fruit and smoother texture.

post-fermentation extraction avoided and cap management reduced

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Cabernet Sauvignon

Napa Valley; Coonawarra, Margaret River; Hawke’s Bay; Stellenbosch; Colchagua Valley

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Full-bodied with ripe blackcurrant and black cherry notes and smooth tannins.

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Merlot

Saint-Emilion; Pomerol

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Earlier harvested to make a medium bodied, medium alcohol wine. Fresh red fruit character + vegetal, leafy aromas

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Merlot

New World

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Late harvested to maximise purple colour, concentrated blackberry and plum fruit, soft velvet tannins. Oaked for toast, vanilla, clove flavours

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Pinot Noir

Burgundy

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Early budding, early ripening grape, thin skins

Becomes jammy and unattractive if climate is too hot

red cherry; floral; spice

forest floor and mushroom when ages

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Pinot Noir

Los Carneros; Sonoma; Martinborough; Marlborough; Central Otago; Yarra Valley; Mornington Peninsula; Tasmania; Walker Bay; Casablanca

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Early budding, early ripening grape, thin skins

Becomes jammy and unattractive if climate is too hot

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Syrah

Northern Rhone (Cotie Rotie and Hermitage)

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Medium bodied with pepper and fresh blackberry fruit aromas

High tannins

meat and leather when ages

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Shiraz

Hunter Valley; Barossa

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Smooth and full-bodied with intense, very ripe black fruit flavours, hints of liquorice

soft and earthy

High tannins - high alcohol

toast from new oak

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Shiraz

Great Southern; Geelong; Heathcote; Chile; South Africa; Hawke’s Bay; Washington State

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Leaner, peppery styles.

full-bodied with intense, very ripe black fruit flavours, hints of liquorice

picked early, minimised cap management = restrained style

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Grenache

Spain (Rioja; Priorat; Calatayud; Carinena; Navarra)

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Late-ripening variety

high alcohol, low in acidity, full-bodied, soft tannins, red fruit

no new oak

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Grenache

Southern Rhone (CNDP)

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Full-bodied, richly textured, concentrated spicy red fruit

no new oak

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Grenache

Barossa; McLaren Vale

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Intensely concentrated; full-bodied; high alcohol

old-vine

jammy, ripe red berry flavour and peppery spice

no new oak

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Sauvignon Blanc

Sancerre and Pouilly Fume

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elegance and restraint

green apple and asparagus, wet pebbles

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Sauvignon Blanc

Marlborough

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Vibrant

Gooseberry, elderflower, grapefruit, passion fruit, herbaceous notes

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Sauvignon Blanc

South Africa; Chile

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fruity

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Sauvignon Blanc

Margaret River

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Blended with Semillon - less aromatic but fuller bodied

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Sauvignon Blanc

Pessac-Leognan; Fume Blanc of California

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Oaked - rounder body and spicy, toaty note

Ambient Yeast for complexity

Lees aged

Blended with Semillon for body and richness

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Riesling

Germany; Alsace; Austria

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Buds late - tolerant of cold; mid-to-late ripening (can be left on the vine to gain sugar without losing acidity)

cold = green fruit and floral

warm = richer; citrus and stone fruit

Age = honey and toast and petrol

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Riesling

Clare and Eden Valley; Washington State

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Bone dry, high acidity, lime

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Riesling

New Zealand; Finger Lakes AVA of New York

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Fruity, off-dry style; richer; citrus and stone fruit

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Chardonnay

Burgundy - Chablis

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early budding

High acid, green apple and stone fruits, wet stones and slate

nuts with ageing

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Chardonnay

Burgundy - Cote d’Or

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Stone fruit, white peach and melon, with creamy oak

nuts with ageing

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Chardonnay

Burgundy - Maconnais

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ripe stone fruit, white peach and melon, toasty oak

nuts with ageing

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Chardonnay

Russian River Valley; Los Carneros; Adelaide Hills; Geelong; Mornington Peninsula; Casablanca

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Cool = green fruit and citrus

moderate = fleshy fruits, white peach, melon

warm = ripe tropical fruits, bananas, pineapple

nuts with ageing

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Pinot Gris

Alsace

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Early budding, early ripening (can lead to high sugar levels and lost acidity)

Dry or off-dry, oily texture, rmedium acidity ripe tropical fruit flavours, hint of ginger and honey, golden

Large oak

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Pinot Gris

New Zealand

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Dry or off-dry, oily texture, medium acidity, more pure fruit flavour and more residual sugar

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Pinot Gris

Tasmania; Oregon

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rich and dry

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Pinot Grigio

Alto Adige; Trentino; Friuli-Venezia Giulia

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apples, pears, citrus

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