Production, Terroir And Grapes

Question 1

What is Clarification

Answer 1

The process of removing haze and particulate matter from wine.

Question 2

What is Racking

Answer 2

Racking: A clarification process that involves moving wine from one vessel (tank, barrel) to another in order to separate the wine from sediment
Uses gravity by allowing the suspended matter to settle at the bottom of a fermentation vessel.
Several rankings may take place, resulting in a brighter, cleaner wine.

Question 3

What is Fining?

Answer 3

Fining: A clarification procedure in which a nonreactive material such as gelatin or bentonite clay is added to wine to attract suspended and electrically charged particles in order to draw them out of the
liquid

Question 4

What is Filtering?

Answer 4

Filtering
Filtering involves straining the wine through a barrier with very fine openings in order to trap any particulates over a certain size. With modern technology, filters can eliminate contaminants as small as bacteria. This process, known as sterile filtering, removes all microbes
(yeast and bacteria) that could cause spoilage later. Filtering must be carefully monitored, as it comes with
the risk of reducing some desirable flavor molecules along with the unwanted particles.

Question 5

What is Centrifuge?

Answer 5

Centrifuge
Some wineries may use a centrifuge to clarify their wines. A centrifuge is a modern piece of laboratory equipment that uses accelerated gravity to separate the wine from the heavier solids.

Question 6

What type of soil is Kimmeridgian marl

Answer 6

• Kimmeridgian marl: A type of clay - or /limestone - based soil derived from a seabed of the late Jurassic era.

Question 7

What is Less

Answer 7

• Less: Sediment found in wine during and after fermentation, consisting of dead yeast cells and grape solids.

Question 8

Define Charmant

Answer 8

• Charmant: A method used in making the sparkling wines that involves the use of large pressurized tanks at all stages of production.

Question 9

What is must?

Answer 9

• Must: unfermented grape juice, may include skins, seeds and stems.

Question 10

Describe Cuvée

Answer 10

• Cuvée: French 1. A blend of many different wines. 2. The first juice to emerge from the press in the production of traditional method sparkling wine.

Question 11

Define Monopole

Answer 11

• Monopole - monopole (French for ‘monopoly’) is an area controlled by a single winery (wine company) and can be as small as a named vineyard (lieu-dit) or as large as an entire appellation d’origine contrôlée (AOC).

Question 12

Describe what “Round” means when tasting a wine

Answer 12

A very desirable character of wines, roundness occurs in fully mature wines that have lost their youthful, astringent tannins, and also in young wines that have soft tannins and low acidity.