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Fortified Wines Flashcards

1
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What are the three towns of Sherry Production?

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  1. Jerez
  2. Sanlucar de Barrameda
  3. Puerto de Santa Maria
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Define Almacenistas?

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Sellers of base wine that are permitted to mature but not sell their wine

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What is the climate like in Jerez?

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Hot, Mediterranean, Dry Summers

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What are the two winds of Jerez?

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Poniente - cool and humid

Levante - hot and drying

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What are the three soils of Sherry? Which is the most important?

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  1. Albariza (Most important)
  2. Barros
  3. Arenas
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6
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What does Albariza have a high content in what?

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Chalk

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What are the three grape varietals of Sherry? What makes up the majority?

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  1. Palomino (95%)
  2. Pedro Ximenez
  3. Muscat of Alexandria
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Describe grape growing in Sherry?

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Widely Spaced Vines and Hand Harvest

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9
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Define the Solera System?

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Method of fractional blending is used for all Sherry, Fino, and Manzanilla are aged biologically.

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10
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What two grapes are used to make Sweet Sherry?

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Pedro Ximenez

Muscat

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Wines with a well developed level of flor and a light body are classified as?

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Fino

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Wine with little to no flor and fuller body are classified as?

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Oloroso

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13
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What happens when the flor of Fino fail what are they reclassified as?

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Palo Cortado

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What is Sherry fermented in? Aged in?

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Fermented in Stainless Steel

Aged in Oak Barrels called Butts

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Describe the Finos?

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Pale Lemon wines with aromas of almonds and herbs

Should be consumed fresh

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Describe Oloroso?

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Deep brown wines with oxidative aromas - toffee, leather, spice & walnut

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17
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Describe Amontillados

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Amber or brown wines with oxidavtive aromas

18
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Describe Palo Cortados

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These are rare and are considered the finest sherries made.

19
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What are the three levels of blended sherries?

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  1. Pale Cream
  2. Medium Sherries
  3. Cream Sherries
20
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What are the wines that are matured in the coastal town of Sanlucar de Barrameda?

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Manzanilla

21
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What are the 4 categories of age for Sherries?

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  1. 12 year old
  2. 15 year old
  3. Vinum Optimum Rare Signatum / Very old Rare Sherry
  4. Vinum Optimum Signatum / Very Old Sherry
22
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How many years is are VOS aged?

23
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How many years of VORS?

24
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What is the climate of port producing Douro Valley?

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Hot continental

25
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What is the climate of port maturation lodges in Vila Nova de Gaia?

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Warm Maritime

26
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What is the soil type of the Douro Valley?

27
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What are the 5 top black varietals of the 80 authorized for port production

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  1. Touriga Nacional
  2. Tinta Roriz
  3. Touriga Franca
  4. Tinta Cao
  5. Tinata Barroca
28
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Describe the grape growing in Port?

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Steep terraced vineyards that require hand harvesting

29
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Define Socalcos?

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Narrow flat terraces that were supported by walls where rows of three vines were planted. They require manual harvesting and are costly to maintain

30
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Define Patamares

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Wider sloping terraces with road access

31
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Define Vinha ao alto

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An unterraced layout developed and accessed by roads cutting across

32
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How many hours are required in the rapid extraction of color and tannin for port production

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24 to 36 hours with a team of workers treading the grapes

33
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What are the two systems of autovinifiers used in mechanized port production

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  1. Piston Pungers

2. Robotic Lagar

34
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When do you fortify Port?

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When sugars of the wine have been converted to 6& to 9%

35
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What is the proportion of grape based spirit is added to fortify Port?

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1 part spirit

4 parts wine

36
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Describe white ports

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Made of white grapes, golden in color, low in acid, with honey, nut and oxidative character

Most are NV with 2 - 3 years of aging

37
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What are the three ruby port categories

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  1. Ruby Port
  2. Reserve Ruby Port
  3. Late Bottle Vintage Port
38
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What are the two styles of the Late Bottled Vintage Port?

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  1. Modern LBV

2. Bottled Mature LBV

39
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What are the 4 styles of Tawny Port?

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  1. Tawny Port
  2. Reserve Tawny Port
  3. Tawny Port with Indication of Age
  4. Colheita
40
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Describe Colheita Ports

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Rare and best known in portugal

These wines are single vintage that have been aged in wood until sale. They are aged a min of 8 years but most are considerable older

41
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What are the two categories of Vintage Port?

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Vintage Port

Single Quinta Vintage Port

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