Merlot supplement Flashcards
Red fruit and green bell pepper are characteristics of Merlot with just-ripe or more ripe grapes?
just-ripe
More black fruit flavors are found in Merlots with just-ripe or more-ripe grapes?
more ripe
This grape softens the harder-edged tannins of other grapes like Cabernet Sauvignon.
It also adds red fruit flavors and approachability allowing the wine to be drunk younger.
Merlot
Garonne and Dordogne Rivers flow into the Gironde Estuary in this French region
Bordeaux
Médoc AOC
Haut-Médoc AOC
Pauillac AOC
Margaux AOC
Graves AOC
Pessac-Léognan AOC
Sauternes AOC
Are in Left or Right Bank of Bordeaux?
Left Bank
Saint-Émilion Grand Cru AOC
Saint-Émilion AOC
Pomerol AOC
Are in Left or Right Bank of Bordeaux?
Right Bank
Dry
Full body
Concentrated black fruits
Oak
Describe Merlot-based blends from Pomerol AOC and Saint-Émilion AOC in which Bank of Bordeau
Right Bank
Grenache
Syrah
Cabernet Sauvignon
3 grapes usually blended with Merlot from this region
south of France
United States
Chile
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
Grow a fair amount of Merlot outside of which country?
France
Napa Valley
Sonoma
Make fuller-bodied, robust styles of this style wine than the rest of California
Merlot
Do Bordeaux’s right bank red blends have higher or lower Merlot than Cabernet Sauvignon?
Higher Merlot in Right Bank.
Central Valley, Chile, has these 2 valleys known for Merlot
Maipo Valley and Colchagua Valley
This region in Western Cape, South Africa is known for Merlot
Stellenbosch
This region in southwestern Australia is known for Merlot
Margaret River
This region in New Zealand is known for Merlot
Hawke’s Bay
