dessert wine, fortified wine Flashcards
- What grapes are used in Commandaria dessert wine?
Xynisteri and Mavro
- What are the main grapes for making Icewine?
Riesling and Vidal blanc (grüner veltliner, gewürzt, cab franc, chenin blanc)
- Name Marsala 5 Main quality levels
Fine 1year Superior 2years Superior reserve 4years Virgin or Solera 5+ years Virgin stravecchio or Virgin reserve 10+years
- Name the common styles of Port wine:
Ruby (red) port: a deeply colored red Port which includes Vintage, Late-bottled Vintage(LBV), Crusted and Ruby port
Tawny Port: a very sweet barrel aged port with oxidative nut and caramel flavors
White port: made whit indigenous white grapes including Rabigato, Viosinho, Gouveio and Malvasia
Rosé port: Made like rosé wine, flavours of strawberry, violets and caramel
- What is the soil types in Jerez for growing the grapes for sherry?
Albariza- the lightest soil, almost white and best for Palomino grapes- chalk, clay and sand
Barros- a sark brown soil, 10 percent chalk with a high clay content
Arenas: a yellowish soil, also 10 percent chalk but with a high sand content
- What is the benefit of albariza soil?
it can reflect sunlight back up to the vine, aiding it in photosynthesis
- Name the grapes for making Sherry
Palomino (dominant grape used in dry sherrys) Pedro Ximenes (sweet sherry, usually dried in the sun around 2 days) muscatel (not so common, used as PX)
- What is the most sweetest level of Tokaji?
Eszencia
Fun fact: It’s so intense(450+grams sugar per liter) that it’s typically enjoyed from a tablespoon
- What does puttony means in Tokaji?
Large baskets. When the wines are produced, they put on the label, how many aszu baskets were added to the must. (3-6 puttonys)
Sauternes is at a crossing of two rivers. Name them
Garonne and the Ciron
What is the taste difference in Sauternes and Barsac
the wines from Barsac are often slightly lighter in weight, and can show more acidity
Sauternes is divided in 5 different communes. Name them
Sauternes Barsac Bommes Preignac Fargues
When was Sauternes classified?
Same as the red wines in Medoc: 1855
When is international sweet wine day?
8th of May
What is crusted port?
It’s usually blend of different vintages. Unlike vintage port, which has to be sourced from grapes from a single vintage, crusted port affords the port blender the opportunity to make best use of the varying characteristics of different vintages. It’s unfiltered. Like vintage port, it needs to be decanted!
Can you make Ice Wine with grapes that are affected with botrytis cinerea?
No.Only healthy grapes keep in good shape until the opportunity arises for an ice wine harvest, which in extreme cases can occur after the New Year, on a northern hemisphere calendar. This gives ice wine its characteristic refreshing sweetness balanced by high acidity. When the grapes are free of Botrytis, they are said to come in “clean”.
Approximately 85% of Madeira is produced with the red grape. Name it
Negra Mole(or Tinta Negra)
The four major styles of Madeira are synonymous with the names of the four best known white grapes used to produce the wine. Ranging from the driest style to the sweetest style, the Madeira types are:
Sercial is nearly fermented completely dry, with very little residual sugar (0.5 to 1.5° on the Baumé scale, or 9-27 g/l). This style of wine is characterised with high-toned colours, almond flavours, and high acidity.
Verdelho has its fermentation halted a little earlier than Sercial, when its sugars are between 1.5 and 2.5° Baumé (27-45 g/l). This style of wine is characterized by smokey notes and high acidity.
Bual (also called Boal) has its fermentation halted when its sugars are between 2.5 and 3.5° Baumé (45-63 g/l). This style of wine is characterized by its dark colour, medium-rich texture, and raisin flavours.
Malvasia (also known as Malvazia or Malmsey) has its fermentation halted when its sugars are between 3.5 and 6.5° Baumé (63-117 g/l). This style of wine is characterised by its dark colour, rich texture, and coffee-caramel flavours. Like other Madeiras made from the noble grape varieties, the Malvasia grape used in Malmsey production has naturally high levels of acidity in the wine, which balances with the high sugar levels so the wines do not taste cloyingly sweet.
