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Grapes in detail Flashcards

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List the key flavour attributes of Chardonnay when picked for sparkling wine

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Chardonnay:
apple
citrus
complimentary to autolysis
high acid
low potential alcohol
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List the key growing attributes of Chardonnay

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Chardonnay:

  • early budding - vulnerable to spring frost
  • prone to coulure and millerandage
  • susceptible to powery mildew, grapevine yellows and botrytis

high yield in good years without loss of quality

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List the key growing attributes of Pinot Noir

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Pinot Noir:

  • early budding - vulnerable to spring frost
  • early ripening - easier to grow in cooler climates for sparkling
  • Disease prone: susceptible to downy mildew (especially); powdery mildew, botrytis, bunch rot, fan leaf, leaf roll
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List the key flavour attributes of Pinot Noir

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Pinot Noir:
gives body to a blend
red fruits flavour, esp in Crémant
Only grape permitted for Crémant d’Alsace Rosé

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List key attributes of growing Meunier

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Meunier:

  • Black mutation of Pinot Noir
  • white hairs on leaves gives it a floury appearance (meunier = miller)
  • early budding (but later than Chardonnay and Pinot Noir), so grown in cooler Vallée de la Marne
  • grows on heavier clay soils
  • sensitive to botrytis
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List key flavour attributes of Meunier

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Meunier:

  • fruity
  • softness to Champagne blend, good for NV, with shorter ageing. Often drunk on release
  • is used for ageing by Krug
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List attributes of Pinot Blanc

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Pinot Blanc:
early budding - spring frost
prone to fungal disease

contributes pear and apple aromas
high acidity in Crémant

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List the attributes of Macabeo

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Macabeo:

late budding
high yield
susceptible to botrytis bunch rot and bacterial blight

light intensity apple and lemon

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List the attributes of Xarel-lo

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Xarel-lo:

mid-budding
susceptible to powdery and downy mildew

Greengage, gooseberry, and
herbal (fennel) notes

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List the attributes of Parellada

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Parellada:

  • lowest yield, latest ripening
  • plant at altitude, to get ripeness without too high alcohol
  • Adds ‘finess’ and floral notes
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List the attributes of Garnacha Tinta

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Garnacha Tinta:

  • tendency to oxidise
  • ripe red fruit
  • spicy notes
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List the attributes of Trepat

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Trepat:

  • local to Conca del Barberà
  • Strawberry flavours
  • Rosada only
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List the attributes of Glera

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Glera:

  • semi-aromatic
  • very high yields

Susceptible to powdery and downy mildew, drought, grapevine yellows

has to be trained long to get fruit, with 8-12 buds (first 2 don’t give much fruit)

low to medium density planting due to vigour

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List the attributes of Muscat Blanc à Petit Grain

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Muscat Blanc à Petit Grains:

  • Aromatic
  • early budding
  • mid-ripening
  • small berries
  • thick skin
  • attractive to flying insects due to scent (they eat it)

prone to powdery mildew, botrytis bunch rot

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List the attributes of Lambrusco Salamino

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Lambrusco Salamino:

  • fragrant, deep coloured, full bodies wines
  • mostly blended with other Lambrusco varieties
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List the attributes of Lambrusco Grasparossa

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Lambrusco Grasparossa:

  • grows best on clay/silt
  • only variety grown on hillsides
  • deep coloured/ full bodies wines
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List the attributes of Lambrusco di Sorbara

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Lambrusco di Sorbara:

  • pale, light bodies wines
  • high acidity
18
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List the attributes of Reisling in sparkling

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Reisling:
floral, apple, lemon primary notes

18 months on lees can develop smokey notes (rather than biscuit/brioche)

19
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What sparkling grape varieties are early budding?

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Early budding:
Chardonnay
Pinot Noir
Meunier (albeit later than Chardonnay and Pinot Noir)
Pinot Blanc
Muscat Blancs a petit grains
20
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What sparkling grape varieties are aromatic or semi-aromatic and where are they made into wine?

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Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains (Muscat Bianco, Muscato) (Asti)
Glera (semi, Prosecco, Australia)
Sauvignon Blanc (Chile)

21
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What sparkling varieties are late budding?

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Late budding:

Macabeo

22
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What sparkling varieties are early ripening?

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Early ripening:
Pinot Noir
Pinot Blanc

23
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What sparkling varieties are late ripening?

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Late ripening:

Parellada

24
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What sparkling varieties are susceptible to botrytis or rot?

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Botrytis:
Chardonnay
Pinot Noir
Pinot Meunier
Pinot Blanc
Macabeo
Moscato Bianco
25
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What sparkling varieties are susceptible to coulure?

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Coulure:
pinot Noir
Chardonnay

26
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Set out common diseases for the most common Champagne grape varieties

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All here are prone to botrytis

1 - Meunier: Botrytis

3 - Chardonnay: Botrytis, Powdery mildew, grapevine yellows

6 - Pinot Noir: Botrytis; Powdery mildew; Downy mildew (esp.) bunch rot; fan leaf, leaf roll

1 - Pinot Blanc: Botrytis

27
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When do the common Champagne varieties bud?

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All early, with Meunier slightly later than Chardonnay or Pinot Noir

28
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Set out the favour profiles for common Champagne grape varieties

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Apple/Pear - Chardonnay /Pinot Blanc

Body, red fruits - Pinot Noir

Fruity, soft - Meunier

29
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Set out the flavour attributes that common grapes bring to Cava blends

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Macabeo - light intensity apple and lemon

Xarel-lo - greengage, herbal (fennel)

Parellada - floral, finess

Garnacha Tinta - red fruit, spicy notes

Trepat - strawberry

30
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Set out the common diseases with Cava grapes

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Macabeo - botrytis, bunch rot

Xarel-lo - powdery and downy mildew

31
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Set out the main growing considerations of Cava grapes

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Macabeo - highest yield

Parellada - lowest yield. Grown at altitude as it ripens later and need to avoid sugar accumulation

32
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List the flavour attributes of common Lambrusco grape varieties

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Salamino - deep coloured, fragrant, full bodies wines

Grasparossa - deep coloured, full bodied wines

Sorbara - pale, light bodied, high acid wines

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Which grapes are known for developing a toasty/smoky aroma with autolysis (as opposed to creamy or pastry)

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Reisling - needs 18 months or so on lees

Xarel-lo

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