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Most important Varieties Flashcards

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Chardonnay
Budding / Ripening

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Early / Early

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Chardonnay
Prone to

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  • Grey rot
  • Powdery mildew
  • Millerandage
  • Grapevine yellows
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Chardonnay
Characteristics

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  • Can produce relatively high yields of good quality
  • Needs vigor management
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Pinot Gris
Budding / Ripening

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Early / Early

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Pinot Gris
Prone to

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  • Botrytis bunch rot
  • Downy mildew
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Pinot Gris
Characteristics

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  • Moderate yields
  • Can accumulate high sugar levels
  • Acidity drops fast
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Pinot Noir
Budding / Ripening

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Early / Early

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Pinot Noir
Prone to

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  • Millerandage
  • Downy / powdery mildew
  • Botrytis bunch rot
  • Fan leaf / leaf roll virus
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Pinot Noir
Characteristics

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Thin skin -> cold maceration to extract colour

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Cabernet Sauvignon
Budding / Ripening

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Late / Late

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Cabernet Sauvignon
Prone to

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  • Powdery mildew
  • Esca
  • Eutypa dieback
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Cabernet Sauvignon
Characteristics

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  • Small berries
  • Thick skin
  • High tannins
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Chenin Blanc
Budding / Ripening

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Early / Late

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Chenin Blanc
Prone to

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  • Powdery mildew
  • Botrytis bunch rot (noble rot)
  • Trunk diseases
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Chenin Blanc
Characteristics

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  • Vigorous -> can carry high yields
  • Ripens unevenly -> several harvest passes for quality
  • Can produce range of styles
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Grenache Noir
Budding / Ripening

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Early / Late

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Grenache Noir
Prone to

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  • Coulure
  • Downy mildew
  • Phomopsis
  • Botrytis bunch rot
  • Bacterial necrosis/blight-> kills leaves and shoots then plant
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Grenache Noir
Characteristics

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  • High yielding
  • Upright growth-> suitable for bush training
  • Does well on dry, low fertility soils
  • Good drought resistance
  • Accumulates high sugar quickly
  • Prone to oxidation and premature loss of colour-> reductive winemaking
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Merlot
Budding / Ripening

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Early / Mid

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Merlot
Prone to

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  • Coulure
  • Drought
  • Botrytis bunch rot
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Merlot
Characteristics

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  • Large berries
  • Can ripen on cooler soils
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Riesling
Budding / Ripening

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Late / Late

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Riesling
Prone to

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  • Powdery mildew
  • Botrytis bunch rot
  • Esca, eutypa dieback if cordon trained
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Riesling
Characteristics

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  • Aromatic
  • Relatively frost resistant -> thick wood
  • Retains acidity even when fully ripe
  • Can produce high levels of natural sugar
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Sauvignon Blanc
Budding / Ripening

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Late / Early

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Sauvignon Blanc
Prone to

27
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Sauvignon Blanc
Characteristics

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  • Vigorous -> careful canopy management
  • Row orientation + canopy management can influence flavor profile: more shade -> greener
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Semillon
Budding / Ripening

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Mid-ripening

29
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Semillon
Prone to

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Botrytis bunc rot (noble rot)

30
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Semillon
Characteristics

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  • Can carry high yields
  • Affinity to sweet spice given by new oak
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Syrah
Budding / Ripening

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Late-budding

32
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Syrah
Prone to

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  • Mites
  • Botrytis bunch rot
  • Syrah decline-> leaves turn red, graft point breaks, dies
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Syrah
Characteristics

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  • Vigorous
  • Thick skins
  • Needs moderate/warm climate to ripen
  • Prone to reduction in winemaking-> more frequent pump overs, often aged in oak
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Viognier
Budding / Ripening

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Early-budding

35
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Viognier
Prone to

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Poor flowering and fruit set

36
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Viognier
Characteristics

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  • Low yields
  • Needs full ripeness for pronounced aromas
  • Rapidly looses acidity and flavors and gains sugars
  • Oily texture
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Sangiovese
Budding / Ripening

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Early / Late

38
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Sangiovese
Prone to

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  • Botrytis
  • Esca
  • Wild boars
39
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Sangiovese
Characteristics

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  • High vigor / yields
  • Thin skin
  • Difficult to grow
40
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Gamay
Budding / Ripening

A

Early / Early

41
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Gamay
Prone to

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  • Spring frost
  • Millerandage
  • Rot (delicate skin)
  • Wind
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Gamay
Characteristics

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  • Ripeness of skins and seeds influences style (green leafy vs. intense fruity)
  • Yield control for higher quality (restrain number of buds)
  • Trained as bush vines on steeper slopes, to protect it from winds
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Cabernet Franc
Budding / Ripening

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Early / Mid

44
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Cabernet Franc
Prone to

45
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Cabernet Franc
Characteristics

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  • Wines can taste excessive leafy if not fully ripe -> better canopy management
  • Winter hardy
46
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Gewürztraminer
Budding / Ripening

A

Early / Early

47
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Gewürztraminer
Prone to

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  • Coulure
  • Chlorosis
  • Powdery mildew
  • Grape vine moth
  • Grey rot
48
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Gewürztraminer
Characteristics

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  • Rapid sugar accumulation
  • Vigorous variety (pruning needed)
49
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Malbec
Budding / Ripening

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Mid ripening

50
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Malbec
Prone to

51
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Torrontés
Budding / Ripening

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Early ripening

52
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Torrontés
Characteristics

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  • Native, natural cross of Muscat of Alexandria and Criolla Chica
  • Strong floral aromas (from Muscat)
  • Vigorous
  • Early ripening -> tends to get overly alcoholic and lacking acidity if not controlled
  • -> Reducing yields, earlier harvesting and careful temperature control during fermentation
53
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Melon Blanc
Budding / Ripening

A

Early / Early

54
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Melon Blanc
Prone to

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  • Tight bunches
  • Botrytis
  • Downy mildew
55
Q

Melon Blanc
Characteristics

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  • High yielding
56
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Corvina Veronese
Budding / Ripening

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Mid to late ripening

57
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Corvina Veronese
Prone to

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  • Downy mildew
  • Botrytis
  • Esca
  • Sensitive to drought
58
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Corvina Veronese
Characteristics

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  • Vigorous -> Pergola (air circulation + avoids sunburn)
  • Thick skin -> good for drying

WSET Level 4 - D3 (56 decks)

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