Learning Outcome 2: Understand how winemaking and aging influence the style of quality of wine

Question 1

The alcohol levels in most dry wines are between
a. 11.4% abv and 16% abv
b. 17% abv and 20% abv
c. 5% abv and 8% abv
d. 9% abv and 10.5% abv

Answer 1

a. 11.4% abv and 16% abv

Question 2

What is the correct sequence of events for most red winemaking?
a. Crushing, pressing, alcoholic fermentation
b. Crushing, alcoholic fermentation, pressing
c. Pressing, alcoholic fermentation, crushing
d. Pressing, crushing, alcoholic fermentation

Answer 2

b. Crushing, alcoholic fermentation, pressing

Question 3

Which part of winemaking gives red wines their colour?
a. Fermentation in contact with just the pips and stalks
b. Pressing juice from the grapes
c. Fermentation in oak barrels
d. Fermentation in contact with the grape skins

Answer 3

d. Fermentation in contact with the grape skins

Question 4

Which of the following techniques are used to produce sweet wines?
1. Juice is extracted from grapes with high levels of concentrated sugar
2. Yeast is removed after fermentation has completed
3. A dry wine is blended with a sweet wine

a. 1 and 2 only
b. 1 and 3 only
c. 2 and 3 only
d. 1, 2, and 3

Answer 4

b. 1 and 3 only

Question 5

Old-oak vessels
1. Add pronounced flavours of oak to a wine
2. Allow oxygen to interact with the wine
3. Allow the tannins in red wine to soften

a. 1 and 2 only
b. 1 and 3 only
c. 2 and 3 only
d. 1, 2 and 3

Answer 5

c. 2 and 3 only

Question 6

Which of the following can be used to add complexity to dry white wines?
1. Bending
2. Malolactic conversion
3. Lees-stirring
4. Barrel fermentation

a. 1 and 2 only
b. 2, 3 and 4 only
c. 1 and 4 only
d. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Answer 6

d. 1, 2, 3 and 4

Question 7

Which one of the following best describes a white wine that has matured in bottle?
a. Pale gold with aromas of leather and meat
b. Pale tawny with aromas of vanilla and prune
c. Medium gold with aromas of honey and dried apricot
d. Medium gold with aromas of leather and wet leaves

Answer 7

c. Medium gold with aromas of honey and dried apricot

Question 8

Outstanding-quality red wines age well for several years because they have
a. High tannins, low alcohol and low acidity
b. Low tannins, high alcohol and low acidity
c. Low tannins, concentrated fruit and low acidity
d. High tannins, concentrated fruit and high acidity

Answer 8

d. High tannins, concentrated fruit and high acidity