Sweet Winemaking

Question 1

What are 3 winemaking methods of making sweet wine?

Answer 1

1. Stop Fermentation
2. Add sweet component
3. Concentrate grape sugars

Question 2

What are 3 ways to stop fermentation to make sweet wines?

Answer 2

1. Chill wine to left than 5c
2. Fortify with a spirit
3. Add high levels of so2

Question 3

What are 3 types of sweet wine make by stopping fermentation?

Answer 3

1. Kabinett
2. Spatslese
3. Asti

Question 4

What are 2 sweet components you can add to make a sweet wine?

Answer 4

Sussreserve

RCGM

Question 5

What are 4 ways of concentratin grape sugars?

Answer 5

1. Noble Rot
2. Passilerage (dry on vine)
3. Passito (dry after picking)
4. Icewine

Question 6

What are 3 types of wine made with Noble rot?

Answer 6

1. Sauternes
2. Tokaji
3. BA/TBA

Question 7

What are the flavours of noble rot sweet wine?

Answer 7

Honey
Apricot
Citrus peel

Question 8

What 3 things does the evaporating water in noble rot grapes concentrate?

Answer 8

Acidity
Sugar
Flavour

Question 9

What weather is required to perform passillerage(dry on vine)?

Answer 9

Warm, dry

Question 10

What is the flavour & texture of passillerage wines?

Answer 10

Over ripe fruit & rich mouthfeel

Question 11

What are passillerage wines often labelled as?

Answer 11

Late Harvest

Question 12

What conditions are required for passito(dry after picking)?

Answer 12

Dry, warm

Question 13

What is the most famous wine made with passito?

Answer 13

Recioto della Vallpolicella

Question 14

What is the type of flavour for icewine?

Answer 14

Pure varietal