Grape Varieties Flashcards
Verdicchio
Natural high in acidity, flavours of green apples lemons fennel Almonds
Many are simple and fruity, the best have a greater concentration honey and almonds
Verdejo
White grape variety Highly susceptible to oxidation What are used to make sherry Predictive winemaking is light bodied Similar style to Sauvignon blanc Richer Fuller body style Undergone skin contact please barrel fermentation
Vidal
Hybrid Hardy Little character made into dry whites High-quality for ice wines, Without acid structure or aromatic complexity in coparisation w Riesling
Viognier
Full body
Perfume aromas such as blossom apricot‘s Stone fruits aroma
Low acidity
High alcohol
Cannot develop Signature romans until very late in the season when they have reached a very high level of sugar ripeness
Careful handling with new oak
Off dry styles is from Late harvested grapes is only a small number
Aligote
France burgundy
White grape neutral lines high acidity
Capable of high-quality where it is grown in sites where it can reach full ripeness
Agiorgitiko
Greece
Vineyards 230to 900 m
Is best suited for Rose wines
The best wines are deep will colour high levels of smote tannins low to moderate acidity Sweetspice red fruit flavours
Arien
Most widely planted Vast majority = La Mancha Cope heat + drought - One of the few varieties Most of the output - brandy de Jerez - main varieties in Cava
Albariño
Grown northwest Fashionable grape Thick Skin - resist fungal disease - useful in damp climates Natural high acidity Refreshing wines with hints of citrus and stone fruit Richer and full body
Auxerrois
Similar characteristics to PB Light simple refreshing not aromatic Slightly spicier More full-bodied Blends with PB
Baga
Dominant black grape variety small thick skins varies deep in colour high tannins later picking gentler crashing and maceration techniques rich black fruit
Bonarda
Second most planted Argentina
Late ripening deeply coloured high acidity high tannin high yields
Barbera
Black grape most widely planted late ripening grape medium to deep colour low to medium tannin is high acidity with cherries plums black pepper
- youthful and fruity with no oak
-barrel aged and spicy flavours
Northern Italy
Blaufrankisch
Most highly of the Austrian black varieties medium acidity peppery sour cherry flavour
Carmenere
Late ripening Successful on the warmest, sunniest sites Full-bodied, high levels of tannin Herbaceous aroma if not fully ripen Black fruit character, herbal aroma Chili’s signature grape variety
Cortese
White grape Natural high acidity Pale in colour Light bodied Citrus, green apples, pears Cool fermentation in stainless steel Also, old vessels + lees stirring to add complexity Wines from the best producers, age well
Corvina
Thin skin Colour moderate Low to medium tannins High acidity To increase colour and tannins, blends of local varieties
Cabernet franc
- Saint Emilion Less body and tannin than CS Herbaceous flavours when unripe Ripe = Vibrant fruitnotes, floral - Loire Flowers and ripens early Light, fruity Sandy soils Fuller bodied and tannicwith south facing slopes and limestone and clay soils
Carignan
Widely grown
Natural high in tannin, acidity, colour
Old vine with poor soils can produce quality wines
Cinsault
Southern Rhône
From supporting role In blends
Red fruit, rather than tannin + colour
Blending partner Grenache for fresh fruit rose
Smaller planting in southern France for Rose
Dolcetto
Widely planted in northern Italy
Earlier ripening then Nebbiolo or Barbera
- can be planted on the coolest sites
Dolcetto d’alba
- many of the finest wines
— deep often purple colour, medium high tannins, medium acidity, black plums, red cherries, dried herbs
Dornfelder
Germany
The other black Variety, widely planted
Deeply coloured wines
Palomino
Vast majority of the plantings in Jerez Low in acids Like various verietal aromas Ideal for sherry production Biological and oxidative maturation
Pedro Ximinez
Varietal flavour Skin is ideal suit skin dried Production of sherry Most of the groups are from the neighbouring region of Montilla Moriles There it grows more successfully
Muskat of Alexandria
Very small accounts, sweet wines
