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Grape - Flavor Characteristics Flashcards

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Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Ripening?
  • Haut-Medoc
  • Pessac-Leognan
A

Late ripening

Haut Medoc: blackcurrant, cedar, grippy tannin

Pessac-Leognan: lighter in body, more fragrant

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Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Napa Valley styles
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Napa Valley: ripe versions cassis, fresher versions of blackcurrant

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Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Australia’s Best Region
  • Chile’s Best Region
  • NZ Best Region
  • South Africa’s Best Region
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Coonawarra: cassis, eucalyptus/menthol

Colchagua: ripe black fruit, herbaceous, minty

Hawke’s Bay Gimblet Gravels: cassis, Bordeaux blend

Stellenbosch: Bordeaux blends

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Cabernet Sauvignon

  • Generic New World Character
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New World: ripe blackcurrent, black cherry, smooth tannin

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Cabernet Franc

  • Saumur-Champginy
  • saint emilion
A

Saumur-Champigny: violet

Saint Emililon: contributes fruit and floral to blends

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Merlot

  • Early Harvest
  • Later Harvest
A

Buds earlier than Cab.

Early Harvest: Red fruit, vegetal, high acid

Later Harvest: aka “International Style”. blackberry, black plum, oak

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Sauvignon Blanc

  • Sancerre/Pouilly-Fume
  • Marlborough
  • South Africa & Chile
  • Margaret River
  • Fume-Blanc
A

Early ripening

Sancerre/Pouilly-Fume: apple, asparagus, wet stone

Marlborough: gooseberry, elderflower, grapefruit, passionfruit

South Africa & Chile: similarly fresh and fruity

Margaret River: blended with Semillon

Fume Blanc: California fermented in oak for creamy spicy flavor and rounder flavor. Pessac-Leognan often fermented with Semillon for body. Malo avoid. Lees aging for months.

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Semillon

  • Sweet Wine
  • Dry Blends
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Thin skin, botrytis bottom

Sweet Wine: apricot, citrus peel, toast, vanilla

Dry Blends: adds body

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Muscadelle

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Grapey, floral flavor. Adds exotic perfume to sweet wine blends

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Petit Verdot

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Only ripens in the hottest of years

Tannin and spice

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Malbec

P & T

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P: dark berry, spice

T: cedar, earth

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Tannat

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Black fruit and high tannin

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Ugni Blanc

A

Green apple

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Pinot Noir

  • Light Styles flavors
  • Complex Style flavors
  • Tertiary Flavors
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Light Style: red cherry, red fruit, floral

Complex: Earth, forest floor, spice

Tertiary: Forest floor, mushroom

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Petit Manseng

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Passilerage wines with apricot, grapefruit, and sometimes oak spice

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Riesling

Coolest Climates

A

Green fruit and floral

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Riesling

Warmer Climates

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Citrus and stone fruit

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Riesling

Bottle Age flavors

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Honey and Toast

Sometimes Petrol

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Noble Rot Flavors

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Honey, apricot, citrus zest, dried fruit

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Chardonnay

  • Budding?
  • Cool Climate
  • Moderate Climate
  • Warm/Hot Climate
A

Early budding

Cool Climate: green apple, lemon

Moderate Climate: white peach, melon

Warm Climate: peach, banana, pineapple, acidity risks

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Chardonnay

  • Chablis
  • Cote d’Or and Maconnais
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Chablis: high acid, green apple, citrus, wet stone/slate

Cote d’Or and Macconoias: stone fruit, oaky creaminess in the north, riper in the south. Tertiary of nuts and/or mushroom

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Chardonnay

California
- High Volume
- General Quality
- New Quality

A

high volume: fruity, low acid, oak chips

general quality: full body, high alc, low acid, oak, hazelnut, butter, peach, banana

new quality: less oak, more refined

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Pinot Noir

  • Budding?
  • Ripening?
A

Budding and ripening early

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Pinot Noir

  • Burgundy
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red fruit, sometimes floral, that evolves into earth, game, and mushroom. 16-18 month oak aging is common

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Pinot Noir

  • Oregon
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ripe red fruit, cinnamon, high acidity

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Pinot Noir

  • Chile regions
  • South Africa region
  • German Regions
A

Chile: casablanca

South Africa: walker bay

Ge4many: baden

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Pinot Noir

  • Australian style and regions
  • NZ Regions
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Australia: medium across the board
- Yarra Valley, Mornington Peninsula, Tasmania

New Zealand: vibrant red fruit, high alcohol
- Martinborough is medium to full with dark plum and spice
- Marlborough is medium with cherry and cranberry
- Central Otago: full bodied, juicy, concentrated red fruit

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Gamay

A

fragrant raspberry, cherry

can be served chilled

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Riesling

Budding?

A

Late, avoids frost

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Pinot Gris/Grigio

  • Gris
  • Premium Grigio
  • High Volume Grigio
A

Gris: Oily texture, tropical fruit, ginger, honey

Premium: Citrus and green in cooler areas. Stone fruit and tropical in warmer regions.

Volume: neutral, simple, fruity

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Gewurstraminer

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Spicy nose, lychee, rose, oily

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Muscat

  • Dry
  • Unaged Fortified
  • Aged Fortified
A

Dry: orange blossom, rose, grapey

Unaged: varietal flavors preserved

Aged: varietal flavors hang on, but oxidative aromas introduced

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Pinot Blanc

A

Simple, non-aromatic

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Melon Blanc

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Ripens Early. Frost resistant

Subtle green fruit, drink young

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Chenin Blanc

  • Dry
  • Sweet
  • Aged
A

Ripens Unevenly

Dry: range from apple through tropical with ripeness. Can show steely smoky character

Sweet: apricot, citrus peel, noble rot

Aged: honey, toast, hay

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Grolleau

A

Rose blending in Loire

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Syrah/Shiraz

  • Generic traits
  • Northern Rhone
  • Languedoc
  • Hunter & Barossa
  • Great Southern, Geelong, Heathcote
  • Elqui vs Colchagua
  • Hawke’s Bay
  • Washington
A

Has trouble ripening in cool climates

Generic: fresh black fruit and pepper when young, ripe black fruit and licorice when fully ripe

Northern Rhone: berry flavor, pepper, and meat and leather with age

Languedoc: makes ripe blends

Hunter & Barossa: earthy, spicy, concentrated black fruit, develops leather

Great Southern, Geelong, Heathcote: leaner style, more peppery

Elqui is lighter and peppery (like cooler Australia) Colchagua is black fruit and body (like Hunter & Barossa)

Hawke’s Bay: premium concentrated on the Gimblett Gravels

Washington: Premium concentrated

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Grenache/Garnacha

A

Late Ripening

Drought tolerant and needs heat

Red fruit, but can get jammy

Offers perfume, body, and spice to blends

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Mourvedre/Monastrell

Premium Bandol?

A

Drought tolerant and needs heat

ripe blackberry

Bandol: bottle ages, bramble, meat, licorice

40
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Carignan/Carinena/Mazuelo

A

Lacks fruit and finesse

Has good structure and blends well

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Cinsault

42
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Piquepoul

A

Green fruit and citrus

43
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Viognier

A

Late Ripening

blossom, apricot, stone fruit

can get oily if not protective

44
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Marsanne & Rousanne

A

Marsanne is rich. Rousanne is perfumed fruit.

Can age into hazelnut

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Silvaner

A

Not super fruity, sometimes earthy

46
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Muller-Thurgau

A

Early ripen

Floral and fruity

47
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Dornfelder

A

Doesn’t say

48
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Welschreisling

A

Citrus, green apple

49
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Blaufrankisch

A

Peppery, sour cherry

50
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Zweigelt

A

Bramble fruit

51
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Saint Laurent

A

Similar to Pinot Noir

52
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Furmint

P & T

A

P: apple

T: honey and nut

53
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Harslevelu

54
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Xinomavro

A

Lacks fresh fruit, develops earth and spice

55
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Agiorgitiko

A

Red fruit and spice

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Assyrtiko

  • Dry wines
  • Sweet Wines
A

Dry: ripe citrus, stone fruit

Sweet: caramel and nuts

57
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Corvina

A

Red cherry young

Concentrated red berry and spice for passito wines

58
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Garganega

P & T

A

P: pear, red apple, stone fruit, sometimes white pepper

T: almonds and honey

59
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Trebbiano

60
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Nebbiolo

P & T

A

Slow ripening at altitude

P: sour cherry, herbs, dried flowers

T: mushrooms, leather, tar

61
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Dolcetto

A

Earliest ripener in Piemonte

black plums, red cherries, dried herbs

62
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Barbera

A

Late ripening

Red cherry, red plum, sometimes black pepper

63
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Cortese

A

Slow ripening preferred

Floral, citrus, green apple, pear

64
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Sangiovese

A

Late Ripening

red cherry, red plum, herbs

65
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Verdicchio

A

green apple, lemon, sometimes fennel and almond

66
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Grechetto (Orvieto)

A

grapefruit and peach

67
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Malvasia (Frascati)

A

citrus, orange blossom, fresh

68
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Montepulciano

A

Black plums and black cherries

69
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Aglianico

P & T

A

P: black fruit

T: earth, forest floor

70
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Greco (Tufo)

P & T

A

P: green apple, stone fruit, passion fruit

T: honey, mushroom

71
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Fiano (Avellino)

P & T

A

P: stone fruit, melon, mango

T: wax, honey

72
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Negroamaro

A

Baked red and black fruit

73
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Primitivo/Zinfandel

A

Primitivo: ripe berry fruit

Zinfandel: red/black fruit, dried berries, licorice, sometimes herbaceous

74
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Nero d’Avola

A

Plum, black cherry

75
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Tempranillo/Tinto Roriz/Aragona

A

Medium acidity & Medium Tannin

Red Fruit

(Joven Strawberry Carbonic)

76
Q

Graciano

A

Challenging to grow

Adds black fruit, acidity, and tannin to blends to help them age

77
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Verdejo

A

Melon, peach

Sometimes Lees

78
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Albarino

A

Thick skin fungal resistant.

citrus, stone fruit

79
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Airen

A

1 grape in Spain. Used for Brandy.

Cope with extreme heat and drought

80
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Loureiro

81
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Arinto

82
Q

Touriga Nacional

A

Low yield

Ripe tannin, black fruit. Toasty oak aroma

83
Q

Alfrocheiro

A

Blackberry, strawberry

84
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Mencia/Jaen

A

Moderate climate

Fresh fruit, herbaceousness

85
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Baga

A

Late ripening, thick skin

Black fruit, tannins needs to be managed carefully

86
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Trincadeira

A

Drought tolerant

spicy red berry flavor, used for blends

87
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Alicante Bouschet

A

High color and tannin, for blends

88
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Vidal

A

Hardy, low character

89
Q

Carmenere

A

Late ripening

Full body, herbaceous (capsicum), black fruit

90
Q

Bonarda

A

Late ripening

Raspberry, blackberry,

91
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Torrontes

A

Aromatic, protective handling

Fruity, floral, stone fruit, melon

92
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Pinotage (and what are parents?)

  • Blends
  • Light style
  • Old Bush Vine
A

Pinot Noir x Cinsault

Blend: Cape blend

Lighter style: red berry

Old Bush Vine: full body, spiced berry fruit, sometimes oak stave for coffee and chocolate

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