midterm - regions Flashcards
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regions of loire valley
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- nantais
- anjou-saumur
- central vineyards
- Tourraine
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Nantais
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Muscadet = Muscadet or (Melon de Bourgone)
Muscadet Serve et Marne
Muscadet Serve et Marne Sur Lie
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Anjou – Saumur
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Anjou = Cabernet Franc for Reds & Rose
Saumur = known for sparkling wine
Quarts de Chaume = Botrytis Chenin Blanc
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Touraine
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Vouvray = Chenin Blanc
Chinon & Bourguel = Cabernet Franc
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Pouilly-Sur-Loire & Sancerre
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Sancerre & Pouilly Fumė = Sauvignon Blanc
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Bordeaux
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Known for blending grape varietals
Maritime Climate – 45th parallel
Moderated by the Atlantic ocean and protected by forest
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3 Rivers in Bordeaux
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Gironde, Garonne, Dordogne
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Entre Deux Mers
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(Between the two Rivers = Dry White Wine from Sauv Blanc & Semillon)
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Left Bank Districts
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Medoc (Cabernet/Merlot blends) Haut Medoc (Cab/Merlot blends) Graves (Red & White produced famous for dry whites) Pessac – Lėognan) Red & White (Dry Whites = Sauvignon/Semillon blends) Sauterne = Sweet White Wine from Botrytis Semillon/Sauv Blan
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Right Bank District
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St. Ėmilion (Merlot/Cab Blends)
Pomerol (Merlot blends)
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Communes of the Medoc
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Saint Estėphe, Pauillac, Saint-Julien, Listrac, Mouillis, Margaux
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Regional AOC Quality Levels
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ACO Bordeaux
AOC Bordeaux Superiur (Higher Alcohol)
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District AOC Quality Level
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AOC St. Emillon
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Commune Level
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AOC Pauliac
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1855 Classification: (5 Crus or Growths)
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Premier Crus (1sr Growths: Chateau Haut-Brion, Chateau Lafite-Rothschild, Chateau Latour, Chateau Margaux, Chateau Mouton – Rothschild)
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Burgundy District: Chablis
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Chardonnay
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Burgundy District: Cote D’or –> Broken into Cote Nuit and Cote Beaune
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Cote D’or 2. Grand Cruit
- *Cote Nuit (noted for the best reds) - 1. Pinot Noir
- *Cote Beaune (known for exceptional whites) - 1. Chardonnay
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Burgundy District:Cote Chalonaise
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Chardonnay
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Burgundy District:Cote Maconaise
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Chardonnay
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Burgundy District:Beajolais
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Gamay
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Burgundy Quality Levels
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- Grand Cru
- Premier Cru
- Village or Commune
- Regional
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Northern Rhone District: Chateau Grillet & Condrieu
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Viognier (White)
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Northern Rhone District: Hertiage Croz, Hermitage Cote Rotie
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Syrah (red)
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Le Mistral
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the wind that has heavy influences on the grapes grown in the northern and southern rhone regions
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Southern Rhone District:Tavel (Rosé)
Grenache/Cincault
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Southern Rhone District:Chateau Neuf de Pape
Grenache Syrah Mouvedre
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Southern Rhone District:Beaume de Veneise (Sweet -VDN)
Muscat
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Rhone Rangers
Grenache, Syrah, Mouvedre
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Southern Rhone Charateristics
Meditereanean Influence
Full body wines high in alcohol
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Galets
large pudding stones that cover the ground in CNDP
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Alsace
Northeast corner of France with strong Germanic influence
One of the driest growing regions in France as a result of the Vosges rain shadow
Riesling, Gewurztraminer and Pinot Gris are the primary white grapes
Known for Varietal Labeling – requiring 100%
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Edelzwicker
blend of grape varieties
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Alsace Wine Styles
Known for dry white wine and two (2) distinct styles of dessert wines:
Selection de grains nobles – botrytized dessert style wine
Vendange tardive – produced from late harvest grapes
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What are Alsace still wines bottled in?
Flute d'Alsace bottles
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Alsace classifications
AOC Alsace - 76%
Alsace Grand Cru - 4%
Crémant d'Alsace (Sparkling) - 20%
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Méthode Rurale/ Méthode Ancestral
incompletely fermented wines that have been store in the chill of winter began to re-ferment when temperatures rose in the spring
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Méthode Champenoise (Classic, Traditional Method)
method of producing a base wine, adding a measured amount of sugar and yeast, and initiating a second fermentation in the sealed bottle
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débourage
juice settling
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saignée
running off some of the juice from a red wine fermentation to obtain a lightly pink colored juice or wine (also used as a rosé production method)
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dégorgement
disgorging
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prise de mousse
(setting the foam), the second alcoholic fermentation
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Pupitre
riddling rack
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remuage
riddling
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réserve
still wine from earlier vintages, used in blending
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transverage
transfer between bottles
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Prestige (tete de cuvee)
the brand's very best wine made from only the earliest part of the first pressing of the most exceptional fruit and treated with extraordinary care.
It is also a vintage of wine that is often sold in uniquely shaped or decorative bottles and at high prices
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vintage
a cuvée of base wines from grapes harvested in the same year
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nonvintage
a cuvee that contains wines from more than one year's harvest
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blanc de blanc
white from white - a cuvee made only from white grapes
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blanc de noirs
white from black - a cuvee made from only red grapes
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rosé
produced either through the saignée method or by creating a cuvewe that includes red wine in the blend to produce a pinkish base wine
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liquer de tirage
a mixture of yeast and sugar
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riddling
involves turning the bottles upside down and gently shaking it to get the yeast to collect near the crown cap
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disgorging
the bottle is opened, the yeast is extracted and the bottle is resealed as quickly as possible
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assemblage
the process or stage of blending wines
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liquer d'expedition
sugar-based liquid used to top up sparkling wines after disgorging
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cuvée
to blend
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Champagne grapes
1. Chardonnay,
2. Pinot Noir
3. Pinot Meunier
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Crémant
french sparkling wine from outside the champagne region
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Aging Sur Lie
Autolysis or decomposition of the yeast imparts toasty, nutty flavors in the wine
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Aging Requirements: Prestige
6+ years
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Aging Requirements: Vintage
36 months
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Aging Requirements:Non-vintage
15 months
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Levels of champagne sweetness
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brut natue/brut sauvage - no sugar added
extra brut - very dry
brut - dry
extra dry/extra sec - off-dry
sec - slightly sweet
demi-sec - sweet
doux - very sweet
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German Grape Varieties
Mostly whites (Riesling) Spatburgunder (Pinot Noir) for red
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German Quality Levels: Tafelwein
table wine
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German Quality Levels: Landwein
wine with geographical indication
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QBA
(Quality wine from a designated Anbaugebiete (region) – can be Chaptalized
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QMP
Pradikate wine with ripeness level indicated
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Kabinett
lowest ripeness level
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Spatlese
later harvest
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Auslese
selected late harvest
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Beerenauslese
hand selected berries - dessert style wine - can be affected by Botrytis
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Trockenbeerenauslese
(TBA) – selected dried out berries often affected by
Botrytis – intense dessert style wine
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Eiswein
Ice Wine - produced from frozen grapes of BA ripeness or higher
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Trocken
Dry
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Halbtrocken
off-dry
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suss
sweet
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sekt
sparkling
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classic dry wine
12% ABV or higher
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selection
Dry Auslese level wine from an einzellage
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grosslagen
Grouping of vineyards (Village)
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einzellage
single vineyard, can have multiple owners
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gutsabfrullung
estate bottled
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Mosel
Light, crisp Riesling bottled in Green glass
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Rhine wines
bottled in brown glass (Rheingau – produces elegant, full-bodied Riesling)
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Ahr, Baden and Württemberg
known for red wine production
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Oechsle
scale used to measure must density
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Main Regions of Austria
Lower Austria
Burgenland
Styria
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Austria grape varieties
Gruner Veltliner: Indigenous white grape variety
| Zweigelt & Blaufrӓnkisch: Red varieties
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Austrian classification system
Same as Germany with the exception of Kabinett which is considered qualitatswein not pradikate and Ausbruch is a ripeness level between BA and TBA
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KMW
Austrian measure for must weight
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Switzerland
Chasselas (white grape variety)
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Hungary
Tokaji = sweet botrytized wine made from the aszú of the Fermint grape
Puttonyos = Sweetness level measurement
Tokaji Aszú Essencia (Sweetest level of 7 puttonyos)
