Prelude & Wine Basics Flashcards
What are Three Flavors in Wine?
Sweet, Sour, and Bitter
What are three sources that can affect a wine taste?
Grapes, fermentation, and maturation and aging
What species of grape makes the most wine?
VITIS VINIFERA
Name Three grapes that have high tannin.
Nebbiolo, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah
What is Terroir?
The typicity of wine, a particular region’s taste including: soil, geography, sunlight, weather, climate, surrounding plant life, and other elements including the winemakers influence.
What is Brix?
The measure of sugar in grapes
What is phylloxera?
A grape louse that can kill the entire plant
What is Noble Rot?
BOTRYTIS CINERA, a mold that slowly pierces grape skins, allowing their water content to evaporate and giving the wine a more intense flavor.
Sugar + _________ = _________ + Carbon Dioxide
Sugar + YEAST = ALCOHOL + Carbon Dioxide
What are the percentage ranges of alcohol in sparkling wine?
8% - 12%
What are the percentage ranges of alcohol in table wine?
8% - 15%
What are the percentage ranges of alcohol in fortified wine?
17% - 22%
What is must?
The mixture of grape juice and skins
How do red grapes make white wine?
Winemakers remove the skins of red grapes to make white wine from the pulp
What is maceration?
Soaking the skins to extract aromas, tannins, and color.