Sweet wines Flashcards
What wine regions make sweet wine from Botrytis?
Bordeaux - Sauternes
Alsace - Vendage Tardive (VT) and Selection de Grain Nobles (SGN)
Germany - Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese
Loire - Quarts de Chaume/Bonnezeaux/Bouvray Moelleux
Hungary - Tokaji Aszu
Where is Sauternes and what grape is used?
Southern end of Graves
Mostly made from Semillon and some Sauv B
Producer of Sauternes
Chateau d’Yquem
What grapes are used in Vendange Tardive (VT) and Selection de Grain Nobles (SGN)?
Riesling
Gewurztraminer
Pinot Gris
Muscat
What is the difference between VT and SGN?
VT wines are not exactly dessert wines but very concentrated dense wines. They grapes for these wines DO NOT have to be infected with Botrytis.
SGN are late harvested wines that ARE ALWAYS sweet. They are made from botrytised grapes that are hand picked berry by berry. These are very exclusive/rare wines.
Producers of VT and SGN
Leon Beyer
Albert Boxler
Domaine Weinbach
What type of grapes are primarily used in Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese wines?
Riesling
Where in Germany are a lot of the sweet wines made?
Rheingau
Producer of German botrytised wines
Schloss Johannisberg
What grapes are used in Quarts de Chaume, Bonnezeaux, and Vouvray Moelleux (Loire)?
Chenin Blanc
Where is Quarts de Chaume & Bonnezeaux?
Anjou-Saumur
Producer of Quarts de Chaume
Domaine de Boaumard
Producer of Bonnezeaux
Domaine de la Sansonniere
Where is Vouvray?
Touraine
What does Moelleux mean and how many grams of sugar per liter?
Moelleux means “mellow”
12-45 grams of sugar per liter of residual sugar
Producer of Vouvray Moelleux
Champalou
What grape is used in Tokaji Aszu?
Furmint
Producer of Tokaji Aszu
Alana-Tokaj
What wine regions make wine from drying grapes?
Italy -
Vin Santo DOC
Recioto di Soave DOC
Recioto della Valpolicella DOC
What grape is used in Vin Santo?
Trebbiano Toscano
(white grape)
How is Vin Santo made?
Using the appassimento process (grapes hung on rafters to dry/raisinate in an attic then crushed and combined with residue from former batch.
What grape is used in Recioto di Soave?
Garganega
(white grape)
Where is Recioto di Soave made?
Veneto
What grape is used in Recioto della Valpolicella?
Corvina
(red grape)
Where is Recioto della Valpolicella made?
Veneto
Producer of Recioto della Valpolicella
Zenato
Producer of Recioto di Soave
Bertani
Which wine regions produce Eiswein/Icewine?
Germany
Austria
Canada (Ontario VQA)
What must Eiswein/Icewine be free of?
Botrytis
What grape is used for Eiswein made in Germany?
Riesling
What grape is used for Icewine made in Canada?
Vidal
Riesling
Cab Franc
Producer of Icewine
Domaine Pinnacle (Canada)
How big is a typical pour of sweet wine?
2 oz
How long can a bottle of sweet wine be left open?
Up to a week in the fridge
What happens to sweet wines as they age?
They become drier
What size bottle is Tokaji typically bottled in?
500ml bottles - keep in mind for pricing by the glass
What kind of bottles are sweet wines typically bottled in?
Clear bottles
Should be aged out of sunlight
What is the #1 rule for pairing sweet wine?
The wine should always be sweeter than the dessert being paired
(Exception for fatty foods like foie gras and blue cheese)
