Learning Outcome II - Type, Characteristics, & Styles of Wine from Principal Grape Varieties Flashcards by Natalie Olufowoshe

What type of grape is Chablis made from?

Chardonnay

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warm climate Chardonnay

What wine is:

Dry
Acidity: medium
Body: medium to full
Aromas/Flavors: stone fruit (peach) and tropical fruit (pineapple, banana)

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Chateauneuf-du-Pape

What wine is:

dry, full-bodied, high-alcohol red wine from France.

It has red fruit (strawberry) and clove flavors from oak.

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What grape is used for making white wines in Burgundy?

Chardonnay

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What wine is:

Dry to sweet
Acidity: high
Body: light to medium
Aromas/Flavors: range from floral and green fruits (apple) to citrus (lime, lemon), to stone fruits (peach, apricot)

Riesling

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What wine is:

Dry
Acidity: high
Tannins: high
Body: Medium to full
Aromas/Flavors: black fruits (black currant, black cherry) and herbaceous notes (green bell pepper/capsicum, mint) can have cedar and vanilla

Cabernet Sauvignon

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Name two ways medium sweet wines are achieved

The yeast are removed before all of the sugar is converted into alcohol.
Unfermented grape juice is added to a dry wine.

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Name two key ways of making sweet wine

The grapes are so high in sugar the yeast stop fermenting before they eat all of the sugar.
In the case of fortified wines, the yeast are killed by the addition of high-strength distilled alcohol before they have eaten all of the sugar.

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Cabernet Sauvignon is often matured in oak (true/false)

True

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What wine is:

dry, medium-bodied red wine from France, with red fruit (strawberry, red plum) and white peppery flavors. It can be oaked or unoaked.

Cotes du Rhone

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White Zinfandel

What wine is:

Rosé wine from California.

It is unoaked and has low alcohol, a medium level of sweetness and flavors of red fruit (strawberry and raspberry).

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What wine is:

dry, medium-bodied Italian red wine.

It has high tannin and acidity, red fruit flavors (red cherry, red plum) and aromas of cloves from oak.

Chianti

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What wine is:

Dry
Acidity: High
Body: light to medium
Aromas/flavors: green fruit (apple), citrus (lemon, grapefruit), tropical (passion fruit ) and herbaceous notes *capsicum) asparagus, green bell pepper, cut grass

Sauvignon Blanc

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Wines that have had extra alcohol added

Fortified

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What wine is:

Dry
Acidity: medium
Tannins: medium
Body: full
Aromas/Flavors: ranging from red fruits (strawberry, plum) to black fruits (blackberry, black plum), can have vanilla

Merlot

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Types of Wine

Still
Sparking
Fortified

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What wine is:

Dry
Acidity: high
Tannins: low to medium
Body: light to medium
Aromas/Flavors: red fruit (strawberry, red cherry, raspberry), can have smoke, vanilla

Pinot Noir

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What type of sweetness is a French or Australian Riesling?

Dry

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Which characteristic do each of these wines have in common?

Beaujolais
Sancerre
Chianti
Rioja
Châteauneuf-du-Pape

Dry

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Rioja

What wine is:

dry, medium- to full-bodied red wine from Spain.

It typically has red fruit (strawberry) and vanilla flavors from oak.

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Cabernet Sauvignon

What wine is:

Dry
Acidity: high
Tannins: high
Body: Medium to full
Aromas/Flavors: black fruits (black currant, black cherry) and herbaceous notes (green bell pepper/capsicum, mint) can have cedar and vanilla

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What country is Pinot Grigio typically associated with?

Italy

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From the wines named below, select one or more that are typically classified as fully “sweet”. Be sure not to confuse “medium” wines with those that have a high level of sweetness.

A - White Zinfandel
B - Sauternes
C - Port
D - Rioja
E - Prosecco

B - Sauternes
C - Port

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Name the Notable structural characteristics

Sweetness
acidity
tannin
alcohol
body

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What is the principal black grape of New Zealand?

Pinot Noir

What does blending Cabernet and Merlot do the wine in the blend?

adds softness and body

# reversed prompt Beaujolais

What wine is: dry, light-bodied red wine from France. It is unoaked, with fresh flavors of red fruits (raspberry, red cherry) and low tannins.

What is an example of a cool climate Chardonnay

Chablis

What wine is: dry, full-bodied, high-alcohol red wine from France. It has red fruit (strawberry) and clove flavors from oak.

Chateauneuf-du-Pape

\_\_\_\_\_produces Syrah/Shiraz that are full bodied with jammy black fruit (black cherry) and licorice flavors.

Australia

Examples of "other" Principal White grape varieties

Sancerre Chablis White Burgundy

What wine is: fortified wine from Portugal. Sweet and high in alcohol, it is made in a range of styles. It is typically red, full-bodied, with high tannins and black fruit (blackberry) flavors.

Port

\_\_\_\_\_produces Syrah/Shiraz that are medium bodied with fresh black fruit and black pepper aromas

Northern Rhone in France

White wines can also be made from black grapes. (true/false)

True

Two popular places Sauvignon Blanc is grown

New Zealand and France

# reversed prompt Cava

What wine is: dry, sparkling wine from Spain. It has flavors of green fruit (apple) and citrus (lemon).

What French Sauv Blanc is: Dry Acidity: High Body: medium Aromas/Flavors: pronounce green fruit (apple) and herbaceous (grass) aromas

Sancerre

Champagne is made up of which two grape varietals?

Pinot Noir and Chardonnay

# reversed prompt Sauvignon Blanc

What wine is: Dry Acidity: High Body: light to medium Aromas/flavors: green fruit (apple), citrus (lemon, grapefruit), tropical (passion fruit ) and herbaceous notes \*capsicum) asparagus, green bell pepper, cut grass

Name the Principal White Grape Varieties

Chardonnay Sauvignon Blanc Pinot Grigio Riesling

What wine is: dry, light-bodied red wine from France. It is unoaked, with fresh flavors of red fruits (raspberry, red cherry) and low tannins.

Beaujolais

Name the typical aromas and flavors to identify in a wine

fruit oak other

# reversed prompt Prosecco

What wine is: light-bodied, sparkling wine from Italy It has green fruit (pear) and floral aromas. It can be either dry or medium in sweetness.

Characteristics of wines

Colour Notable structural characteristics Typical aromas and flavors

# reversed prompt Sancerre

What French Sauv Blanc is: Dry Acidity: High Body: medium Aromas/Flavors: pronounce green fruit (apple) and herbaceous (grass) aromas

What other varietal is blended with Cabernet or than Merlot? and What characteristic does it add?

Shiraz - aromas of spice

What wine is: sweet white wine made in the Bordeaux region of France. It is full-bodied with flavors of stone fruits (apricot), honey and vanilla (from oak), honey and balancing high acidity.

Sauternes

Name two places where Merlot is typically grown?

Chile California

Examples of Still Wines include Sancerre and Burgundy from \_\_\_\_\_\_

France

What grape is used for red Burgundy?

Pinot Noir

# reversed prompt White Burgundy (Bourgogne Blanc)

What French Chardonnay is : Dry Acidity: high Body: medium Aromas/Flavors: citrus (lemon) and stone fruits (peach)

What grape is used to make Sancerre?

Sauvignon Blanc

What type of sweetness is a German Riesling?

Range from dry to sweet styles

What wine is: dry, medium- to full-bodied red wine from Spain. It typically has red fruit (strawberry) and vanilla flavors from oak.

Rioja

# reversed prompt Cotes du Rhone

What wine is: dry, medium-bodied red wine from France, with red fruit (strawberry, red plum) and white peppery flavors. It can be oaked or unoaked.

# reversed prompt Chianti

What wine is: dry, medium-bodied Italian red wine. It has high tannin and acidity, red fruit flavors (red cherry, red plum) and aromas of cloves from oak.

What wine is: dry, sparkling wine from Spain. It has flavors of green fruit (apple) and citrus (lemon).

Cava

Name four places where is Cabernet typically grown?

California Australia Chile South Africa

What is the classic grape of Germany?

Riesling

# reversed prompt Champagne

What wine is: Dry Acidity: High Sparkling Aromas/Flavors: green fruits (apple) and citrus (lemon) and notes of toasted bread

# reversed prompt Riesling

What wine is: Dry to sweet Acidity: high Body: light to medium Aromas/Flavors: range from floral and green fruits (apple) to citrus (lime, lemon), to stone fruits (peach, apricot)

# reversed prompt Port

What wine is: fortified wine from Portugal. Sweet and high in alcohol, it is made in a range of styles. It is typically red, full-bodied, with high tannins and black fruit (blackberry) flavors.

Examples of other red wines made from the principal grape varietals

Red Burgundy Bordeaux

What wine is: Dry Acidity: medium Body: medium to full Aromas/Flavors: stone fruit (peach) and tropical fruit (pineapple, banana)

warm climate Chardonnay

# reversed prompt Bordeaux

What French wine is: Dry Acidity: high Tannins: high Body: medium to full Aromas/Flavors: black fruits (blackberry, black currant), cedar

What wine is: Dry Acidity: medium to high Body: Light Aromas/Flavors: simple pear and lemon

Pinot Grigio

Name the Principal Red Grape Varieties

Cabernet Sauvignon Merlot Pinot Noir Syrah/Shiraz

# reversed prompt Merlot

What wine is: Dry Acidity: medium Tannins: medium Body: full Aromas/Flavors: ranging from red fruits (strawberry, plum) to black fruits (blackberry, black plum), can have vanilla

# reversed prompt Pinot Grigio

What wine is: Dry Acidity: medium to high Body: Light Aromas/Flavors: simple pear and lemon

What wine is: Rosé wine from California. It is unoaked and has low alcohol, a medium level of sweetness and flavors of red fruit (strawberry and raspberry).

White Zinfandel

The majority of \_\_\_\_\_\_Wines are between 11.5% and 14% abv.

Still

What are Sauvignon Blancs matured in?

Stainless Steel

What is Bordeaux typically made up of?

Cabernet and Merlot

What wine is: light-bodied, sparkling wine from Italy It has green fruit (pear) and floral aromas. It can be either dry or medium in sweetness.

Prosecco

# reversed prompt Pinot Noir

What wine is: Dry Acidity: high Tannins: low to medium Body: light to medium Aromas/Flavors: red fruit (strawberry, red cherry, raspberry), can have smoke, vanilla

Wines have carbon dioxide gas that is produced by fermentation and trapped in the wine.

Sparkling

# reversed prompt What wine is: Dry Acidity: High Body: light to medium Aromas/Flavors: green fruit (apple) and citrus (lemon)

cool climate Chardonnay

# reversed prompt Sauternes

What wine is: sweet white wine made in the Bordeaux region of France. It is full-bodied with flavors of stone fruits (apricot), honey and vanilla (from oak), honey and balancing high acidity.

An example of Fortified Wine is ______ from Portugal.

Port

Sancerre is a Sauvignon Blanc from\_\_\_\_\_

France

What French Pinot Noir is: Dry Acidity: high Tannins: low to medium Body: light to medium Aromas/Flavors: red fruits (raspberry, red cherry), sometimes vanilla and smoke

Red Burgundy (Bourgogne Rouge)

What wine is: fortified white wine from Spain. It is made in a range of styles and can be dry, medium or sweet.

Sherry

What French wine is: Dry Acidity: high Tannins: high Body: medium to full Aromas/Flavors: black fruits (blackberry, black currant), cedar

Bordeaux

# reversed prompt Syrah/Shiraz

What wine is: Dry Acidity: medium Tannins: medium to high Body: medium to full Aromas/Flavors: black fruits (blackberry, black cherry), with spice (black pepper, licorice), can have vanilla or coconut

# reversed prompt Sherry

What wine is: fortified white wine from Spain. It is made in a range of styles and can be dry, medium or sweet.

Syrah/Shiraz

What wine is: Dry Acidity: High Body: light to medium Aromas/Flavors: green fruit (apple) and citrus (lemon)

cool climate Chardonnay

What wine is: Dry Acidity: High Sparkling Aromas/Flavors: green fruits (apple) and citrus (lemon) and notes of toasted bread

Champagne

What French Chardonnay is : Dry Acidity: high Body: medium Aromas/Flavors: citrus (lemon) and stone fruits (peach)

White Burgundy (Bourgogne Blanc)

Merlot is often matured in oak (true/false)

True