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Other Grapes Flashcards

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Petit Verdot (b)

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Bordeaux
Only ripens in hot years
Blended with other Bordeauxs for colour/tannins/spice notes

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Muscadelle (w)

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Bordeaux

Grapey floral flavour for blends

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Ugni blanc (w)

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Cotes de gascogne (SW France)

Dry, light body, green apple

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Tannat (b)

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Madiran (SW France)

Deep colour, high tannin, black fruit, needs aging

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Petit manseng (w)

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Jurancon (w)

Usually passerillage, high acid, apricot and grapefruit, spicy new oak

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Aligote (w)

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Burgundy (not in Chablis)

Neutral wine, high acid

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Pinot Blanc (w)

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Alsace

Usually used for sparkling, as a still wine it’s light, simple, refreshing, and non aromatic

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Marsanne and Roussane (w)

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Northern Rhone (also southern) 
Usually blended together, m for richness and r for acid and perfumed fruit characteristics, can age to hazelnut
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Mourvedre (b)

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Southern Rhone (and southern france, especially bandol) 
Deeply coloured and high in tannins, black fruit and gamey/meaty aromas -> prized by many producers like chat-de-pape
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Cinsault (b)

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Southern Rhone and southern france

Red fruit, blended with grenache for fresh and fruity rosés or red blends

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Carignan (b)

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Southern france
Carinena in Spain (mazuelo in Rioja)
High in tannin, acid, and colour, but can lack fruit finesse.
Large yields

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Picpoul (w)

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Southern france (picpoul de pinet) 
High acid, green fruit, citrus
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Muller-thurgau (w)

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Germany
Riesling x madeleine royale
Ripens earlier than Riesling, high acid and flavour, fruity and floral wines

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Silvaner (w)

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Germany (particularly rheinhessen and franken!)

Dry-sweet, less acidic and fruity than riesling, earthy

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Dornfelder (b)

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Germany

Deeply coloured

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Gruner veltliner (w)

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Austria

If yields are capped, full bodied, concentrated flav, high acid, citrus and stone fruit, white pepper

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Zweigelt (b)

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Austria
Deep colour, soft tannins, bramble
Blaufrankish x st laurent
B - med tannins, high acid, peppery Sour cherry
Sl - similar to Pinot noir
All of these wines are usually oaked
18
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Furmint (w)

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Tokaj (Hungary)
Concentrated, high acid, apples, ages to nuts and honey.
Susceptible to botrys
For aszu it gets blended with harslevelu for perfume, and sarga muskotaly (Muscat blanc a petit) for aromatics

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Xinomavro (b)

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Naoussa (Greece)
Similar to nebbiolo
High tannin and acid but med colour. Lack fresh fruit flav but develop to complex earthy spice

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Agiorgitiko (b)

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Nemea (Greece)

High acid and fine tannins - jammy red fruit, enjoys oak

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Mencia (b)

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Spain

Fresh fruit, med-high acid, hint of herbaceousness

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Verdejo (w)

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Spain
Susceptible to oxidation, used in sherry like wines
With protective it can be light, high acid, melon and peach (similar to sauv blanc)

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Albarino (w)

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Rías baixas (spain)

Think skinned, resistant to fungal (damp in rb), high acid, citrus and stone fruit

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Airen (w)

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La mancha (spain)
Can cope with heat and drought, can be a dry wine, but usually used for brandy de jerez
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Viura (w)

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Rioja (spain)
Known as macabeo outside Rioja
Unoaked with subtle herb and spice

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Vinho verde (w)

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Doc vinho verde (NW Portugal)
Made from local grapes such as loureino and artino
Also vinho verde alvarinho (albarino), more tropical
Usually Pale lemon colour, high in acid and low in alcohol

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Dao doc
(this is the location)
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Dao is in Portugal
Touriga national, tinta roriz, Jaén (mencia in Spain), alfrocheiro (deep colour, blackberry and strawberry)
Usually all red fruit, soft tannins, and high acid

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Baga (b)

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Bairrada (Portugal)

Small thick skin, black fruit

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Alentejo doc
(this is a location)
A

In portugal
Red blends with aragonés (tempranillo), trincadeira (spicy Red berry and high tannins), and Alicante bouschet (high colour and tannin)

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Vidal (w)

A

Niagara or okanagan (Canada)
Commonly used for icewine
Hearty grape but with little character

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Carmenere (b)

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Chile

Full body, high tannins, black fruit and herbal characters

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Bonarda (b)

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Argentina

Deep colour, high acid and tannin, raspberry and blackberry

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Torrentes (w)

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Argentina
Best from cafayete
Floral with stone fruit and melon, med body and acid

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