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Fortified Wines Flashcards

1
Q

What grape is used for most sherry?

A

Palomino

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2
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What blending system is used for Sherry production?

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Solera

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3
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What is a solera system?

A

Collection of old-oak casks containing wines of different ages

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4
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Three styles of dry sherry?

A

Fino
Oloroso
Amontillado

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5
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Fino sherry ages under what?

A

Flor

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6
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Ageing a sherry under a flor is what kind of ageing?

A

Biological ageing

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7
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Flor protects sherry from what?

A

Oxidation

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8
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Fino sherry characteristics (colour)

A

Pale lemon

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9
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Fino sherry characteristics (nose)

A

Apple, almonds

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10
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Fino sherry characteristics (taste)

A

Flavours derived from the flor (bread dough)

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11
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What sherry is most influenced by the flor?

A

Fino

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12
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What sherry is most vulnerable to oxidation once the bottle is opened?

A

Fino

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13
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What sherry does not involve flor?

A

Oloroso

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14
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Oloroso characteristics (colour)

A

Brown

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15
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Oloroso characteristics (taste)

A

Dried fruits and notes of oxidation (walnuts, caramel)

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16
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Amontillado sherry production

A

Ages under flor before refortification and ages oxidatively until bottling

17
Q

Amontillado characteristics (colour)

A

Deeper than Finos

18
Q

Amontillado characteristics (taste)

A

Flor flavours and oxidative flavours

19
Q

What are the oxidative flavours in Sherry production?

A

Walnuts and caramel

20
Q

What name is given to sweetened Fino sherry?

A

Pale Cream

21
Q

For Sherry, Medium and Cream are used for what sherries?

A

Amontillado or Oloroso

22
Q

What is Pedro Ximenez?

A

Sweet Sherry made from sun-dried Pedro Ximenez grapes

23
Q

What is often used to sweeten Cream sherries?

A

Pedro Ximenez

24
Q

In Port production, what happens during fermentation?

A

Interrupted by adding grape spirit
Yeast is killed and wine is therefore sweet and high in alcohol

25
Q

What are the typical flavours of ruby-style ports?

A

Cooked black fruits

26
Q

What is the difference between Late Bottled Vintage and Reserve Ruby?

A

LBV contains wines from a single vintage

27
Q

What kind of port has low tannins?

A

Inexpensive Ruby Ports

28
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What does LBV stand for?

A

Late Bottled Vintage

29
Q

Why are tawny ports given their name?

A

Their tawny colour

30
Q

Inexpensive ports share what chemical characteristic?

A

Low tannins

31
Q

Tawny ports develop their colour from what?

A

Extended oxidative ageing in small barrels

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