Prelude to Wine Flashcards
What are the 3 flavors in wine?
sweet, sour, bitter
What are 3 sources that can affect a wine’s taste?
Grapes, fermentation, and maturation
Which varietal makes the most wine?
Vitis Vinifera
Name 3 grapes high in tannin.
Nebbiolo, cab sauv, syrah
What is terrior
all factors affecting wines. Soil, geography, sunlight, weather, climate, surrounding plant life, other
What is Brix?
measure of sugar in grapes
What is Phylloxera?
a grape louse that can kill the vine
What is Noble Rot?
Botrytis cinera. Mold that pierces grape skins allowing water to evaporate
Sugar + ____=_____+CO2
Yeast, Alcohol
The %s of ABV in sparkling, table, and fortified wine?
Sparkling: 8-12%
Table wine: 8-15%
Fortified: 17-22%
What is must?
mixture of skins and juice
How do red grapes make white wine?
winemakers remove the skins from the pulp
What is maceration?
soaking skins to extract aromas, tannins and color
What is chaptalization?
the process of adding sugar to the must so the yeast generates more alcohol
Name at least 2 factors that affect whether a wine will age well?
grape, vintage, geography, technique, storage
What is a corked wine?
when TCA from the cork has spoiled a wine
Why do vintners use sulfur dioxide in the winemaking process?
as an antioxidant, preservative, and disinfectant to prevent unwanted oxidation and inhibit the action of bacteria and wine yeast
What is vertical tasting?
comparing wines from different vintages
The difference between aroma and bouquet
aroma: smell of the grapes in the wine
bouquet: the total smell of the wine (usually found in older wines)
