Prelude Flashcards
What are 3 taste in wine?
Sweet-and-sour and sometimes bitter
What are three sources I can effect wine flavor
Grapes
Fermentation
Aging
What is the species that makes the most wine?
Vitis vinifera
Three grapes with high tannins
Nebbiolo Cabernet and Syrah
What is terroir
Somewhereness of a particular region Soil Geography Sunlight Weather and climate Rainfall and plantlife
What is brix
Winemakers measure of sugar in the grape
What is phylloxera
A disease that can kill an entire plat
What is noble rot
When mold punctures the grape allowing water to decrease and sugar &a acid to increase
Sugar + _____ = alcohol + ______
Yeast and carbon dioxide
What is the ABV for:
Table wine
Sparkling
Fortified
Table wine 8-15%
Sparkling 8-12%
Fortified 17-20%
What is must
Juice and skin mixture
How do red grapes make white wine
Skins are removed
What is maceration
Soaking grapes to extract aromas, tannins, and colors
Also increases mouthfeel
What is chaptalization?
Adding sugar to wine before fermentation
What is residual sugar
Natural sugar that remains in the wine after fermentation aka sugar I digested by yeast
Where does tannin come from?
Barrels
Skins
Pits
Stems
What is a vintage
Indicates the year the grapes were harvested
What are two factors that will determine if a wine will last more than five years
Storage conditions
Where wine comes from
What is corked wine?
TCA comes into contact with wine creating musty odor
Why does sulfur dioxide get used
As a preservative and antioxidant and disinfectant to prevent unwanted oxidation
What is vertical tasting
Wines from different vintages
What happens to white wine as it ages?
Gains color
What happens to red wine as it ages
It loses color
What is aroma versus bouquet
Aroma = the smell of the grape Bouquet = total smell of the wine
Why do you swirl wine before smelling
Allows oxygen
