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Fortified Wine Flashcards

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List out the places that make Sherry

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  1. Jerez la Frontera
  2. Sanlucar de Barrameda
  3. El Puerto de Santa Maria
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List out the grape varieties in making sherry

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  1. Palomino (majority)
  2. Pedro Ximenez (dedicated sweet sherry)
  3. Muscat of Alexandria (small amount)
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What is flor?

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  1. in biological ageing
  2. alcohol reach 15.5%
  3. temperature is cool to moderate
  4. high levels of humidity
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Name the level in the Solera System

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Criaderas

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Method of the Solera System

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  1. wine for bottling is taken out of the solera system from the solera
  2. solera is not fully emptied and the butts are replenished with same volume of wine taken
  3. all wines taken from the first criadera is mixed together then top up each butt in the solera
  4. the youngest criadera is replenished with sobretabla wine.
  5. sherry wine must be made from solera system
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What is the style of Fino

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  • pale lemon colour
  • citrus fruit, almonds, herbs with bready notes from flor
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What is the style of Oloroso

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  • brown in colour
  • full-bodied
  • toffee, leather, spice, walnut
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What is the style of Amontillado

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  • amber or brown in colour
  • less full-bodied than Oloroso
  • combine yeast-derived aroma with oxidative aromas
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What is the style of Palo Cortado

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  • aroma character of Amontillado
  • body and richness over Oloroso
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What is the style of Pedro Ximenez

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  • deep brown
  • lusciously sweet –> 500g/L residual sugar
  • dried fruit, coffee, liquorice
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Name the style of Sherry

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  1. Oloroso
  2. Amontillado
  3. Fino
  4. Manzanilla
  5. Palo Cortado
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What is medium in sherry?

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a style of sherry by sweetening Amontillado

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What are the varieties of Port?

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  • Tinta Roriz
  • Touriga Nacional
  • Touriga Franca
  • Tinta Barroca
  • Tinto Cao
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Does Port/Sherry use a higher volume of spirits?

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Port

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Name the place in Port that has the coolest and wettest

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Baixo Corgo

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Name the human influences of Port

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  1. Socalcos + Patamares + Vinha ao alto
  2. Autovinifers
  3. Piston Plungers and robotic largares
  4. foot threading
17
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What is the ageing requirement of Reserve Tawny?

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minimum of 6 years

18
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What is the requirement of Vintage Port?

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  1. release a vintage in the second year after harvest
  2. aged no more than third years in large old barrels
19
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What is the ageing requirement of Late Bottled Vintage (LBV)?

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aged 4-6 years old in large barrels

20
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What is the ageing requirement of Ruby?

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aged 1-3 years

21
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What is Single Quinta Vintage Ports

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  • less prestigious than vintage port but high in quality
  • best years from quinta = make vintage port
22
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Name how to make the youthful style, unaged Muscat.

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  1. made from unraisined grapes
  2. grapes crushed
  3. skin contact to enhance flavour
  4. cool fermentation in inert vessels
  5. fermentation stopped by fortification with spirit of 96% abv
  6. stored in inert vessels prior to bottling
23
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What is an example of a youthful style, unaged muscat?

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Muscat de Beaurnes de Venise

24
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Name how to make a fully developed, aged Muscat.

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  1. grapes allowed to raisin on vine
  2. fermentation on skins
  3. fortification takes place when fermentation has reached 2%
  4. oxidative ageing
  5. old and large format oak used
  6. aged in warm conditions
  7. blended before bottling
25
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Describe the process of opening and decanting a fully mature Vintage port

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  1. remove horizontally from its crack
  2. place in decanting basket or hold to make sure deposit is not agitated
  3. remove the top of capsule
  4. clean the shoulder and neck of the bottle
  5. gently remove the cork
  6. hold bottle in front of light pour wine into decanter
  7. stop pouring when deposit is seen in near the neck.
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The grape variety used in making Sherry.

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Palomino

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