KEY WINE STYLES Flashcards
White Zinfandel
Medium-sweet
low in alcohol
Fruity
Mosel Spatlese
Dry to medium sweet
Floral, Citrus and stone fruit aromas (peach and apricot)
Barossa Shiraz
Full-bodied
soft tannins
ripe black fruit, sweet american oak
leather and spice as it ages
Crozes H Shiraz
Medium to high level tannin
black fruit, black pepper or floral
oak
Can add 15% Marsanne or Roussane
Can add Viognier for aromatic intensity
Margaux
Mainly Cab Sav
blackcurrant. cedar notes
high tannins with aging potential
Sancerre
High acidity
green apples and wet stones
Can undergo oak, MLF
Chablis
Lean steely, high acid
green apple to citrus flavour
can do oak
GR Rioja
Tempranillo
red fruit
medium tannin
vanilla
Valpolicella
Corvina
low to medium colour
low to medium tannin
high acidity
simple and fruity, red cherry
no oak
Barolo
nebbiolo
high acid and tannin
sour cherries, herbs, dried flowers
full-bodied
oak and bottle ageing
truffles, tar, leather
Brunello di Monti
Sangiovese
five years ageing - two in oak
Coonawarra Cab
Cassis, blackcurrant and black cherry and eucalyptus or menthol
toasty oak
high acidity
firm tannins
Eden V Riesling
lemon, lime and grapefruit, steely character
unoaked
medium body
medium alcohol
high acidity
Age = marmalade and toast, honey, petrol
Yarra V Pinot
Strawberries, plums and dark cherries
ripe and soft tannins
careful oak
Margaret R Chardonnay
Fresh, vibrant peach flavours
flavours from MLF, lees and oak
