Sangiovese And Verdot Flashcards
What is Sangiovese?
Sangiovese is a red grape variety producing medium to full bodied wine and its purple in color.
Where doe Sangiovese comes from?
It’s an Italian red grape from a region Tuscany where it’s received its popularity throughout the globe.
What are the characteristics of sangiovese?
The characteristics of sangiovese are:
- It’s a bold wine
- It’s a medium plus bodied wine
- It’s has high tennins
- Medium acidity
- And that dry
What are the flovars of sangiovese?
Sangiovese has flovars like:
-Earthy
-Rustic
-Tomato
Its fruit forward.
What climate is sangiovese is grow?
A suitable climate for Sangiovese is a hot and dry climate. The area must be in favor of limestone soil which it make it grow better.
Something interesting about sangiovese?
Sangiovese is blended from Ciliegiolo and Calabrese di Montenuon. Its a mouth water with smoky aromatics and fruit forward.
Its creates excellent blends and easily adopts a new interior.
What is a Bordeaux in grape category?
It’s a grape caltival with many blends as Merlot, Cabinet Sauvignon, Cabinet Franc, Petti verdo, Malbec and Carmenere.
What is Petti Verdot?
It’s a variety of red grapes producing full bodied wine that originates in Bordeaux.
What are the characteristics of Verdot?
It’s carries characteristic such as High tannins Medium acidity Dry wine producing Full bodied making.
What are the flavours of Verdot?
Blueberry 🫐
Blackberry
Plums
Slightly light to black cherries 🍒
Aromatic profile?
Dried herbs
Violet
Lavender
Story about Petti verdo?
This is a classic blending grape special in Bordeaux style wine making because is adds colour, tannins and flavour.
It’s one of the sophisticated grape because it take it own time to fully ripens.
Climate of Verdot?
It’s grows well at a warm climate, rich soil with minerals and plenty of sunshine ☀️.
