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Sweet wines Flashcards

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1
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What wine regions make sweet wine from Botrytis?

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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

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Where is Sauternes and what grape is used?

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Southern end of Graves
Mostly made from Semillon and some Sauv B

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Producer of Sauternes

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Chateau d’Yquem

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What grapes are used in Vendange Tardive (VT) and Selection de Grain Nobles (SGN)?

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Riesling
Gewurztraminer
Pinot Gris
Muscat

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What is the difference between VT and SGN?

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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.

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Producers of VT and SGN

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Leon Beyer
Albert Boxler
Domaine Weinbach

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What type of grapes are primarily used in Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese wines?

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Riesling

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Where in Germany are a lot of the sweet wines made?

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Rheingau

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Producer of German botrytised wines

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Schloss Johannisberg

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What grapes are used in Quarts de Chaume, Bonnezeaux, and Vouvray Moelleux (Loire)?

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Chenin Blanc

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Where is Quarts de Chaume & Bonnezeaux?

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Anjou-Saumur

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Producer of Quarts de Chaume

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Domaine de Boaumard

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Producer of Bonnezeaux

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Domaine de la Sansonniere

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Where is Vouvray?

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Touraine

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What does Moelleux mean and how many grams of sugar per liter?

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Moelleux means “mellow”
12-45 grams of sugar per liter of residual sugar

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Producer of Vouvray Moelleux

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Champalou

17
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What grape is used in Tokaji Aszu?

A

Furmint

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Producer of Tokaji Aszu

A

Alana-Tokaj

19
Q

What wine regions make wine from drying grapes?

A

Italy -

Vin Santo DOC
Recioto di Soave DOC
Recioto della Valpolicella DOC

20
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What grape is used in Vin Santo?

A

Trebbiano Toscano

(white grape)

21
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How is Vin Santo made?

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Using the appassimento process (grapes hung on rafters to dry/raisinate in an attic then crushed and combined with residue from former batch.

22
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What grape is used in Recioto di Soave?

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Garganega

(white grape)

23
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Where is Recioto di Soave made?

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Veneto

24
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What grape is used in Recioto della Valpolicella?

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Corvina

(red grape)

25
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Where is Recioto della Valpolicella made?

A

Veneto

26
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Producer of Recioto della Valpolicella

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Zenato

27
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Producer of Recioto di Soave

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Bertani

28
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Which wine regions produce Eiswein/Icewine?

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Germany
Austria
Canada (Ontario VQA)

29
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What must Eiswein/Icewine be free of?

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Botrytis

30
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What grape is used for Eiswein made in Germany?

A

Riesling

31
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What grape is used for Icewine made in Canada?

A

Vidal
Riesling
Cab Franc

32
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Producer of Icewine

A

Domaine Pinnacle (Canada)

33
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How big is a typical pour of sweet wine?

A

2 oz

34
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How long can a bottle of sweet wine be left open?

A

Up to a week in the fridge

35
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What happens to sweet wines as they age?

A

They become drier

36
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What size bottle is Tokaji typically bottled in?

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500ml bottles - keep in mind for pricing by the glass

37
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What kind of bottles are sweet wines typically bottled in?

A

Clear bottles
Should be aged out of sunlight

38
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What is the #1 rule for pairing sweet wine?

A

The wine should always be sweeter than the dessert being paired

(Exception for fatty foods like foie gras and blue cheese)

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