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Sweet Wines Flashcards

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What are the methods to make sweet wines?

A

Following method can be use to produce sweet wines :-

  1. Interrupting the fermentation
  2. Adding sweet component in wine for example unfermented grape juice
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How to interrupt the fermentation?

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Fermentation can be interrupted from the following ways :-

  1. By using fine filter and to ensure that nothing is remaining inside
  2. Fortify the wine (add alcohol)

Fortify technique is used to produce port wines as well as many fortified muscat wines

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Tell me the characteristics of Muscat de Beaumes de venise and Muscat de Rivesalts Southern France

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Unaged

# Best when they are young
# fruity aromas ( grape , peach , perfume)
# Medium or full body
# Sweet
# High Alcohol
# Medium or low acidity

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Rutherglen Muscat wine comes under which category?

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Sweet wine

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Rutherglen Muscat sweet wine is from which region ?

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Hot region in northern Victoria

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What is the aging period of Rutherglen Muscat sweet wine

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Aged for long period Upto 5 years in oak

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What are the flavours of Rutherglen Muscat

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Dried fruit and kernal( fig , raisin , prun ,dried apricot , coffee , toffee)

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Rutherglen Muscat is full body or medium body?

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Full body

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Rutherglen Muscat is High Alcohol or low alcohol ?

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High Alcohol

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What is the acidity level in Rutherglen Muscat sweet wine?

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Medium or Low

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Traditional style of sherry (Fino , Amontillado, and oloroso) are dry or sweet?

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Dry

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How to concentrate the sugar level to reach above 15% abv?

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  1. Dry the grapes
  2. Noble rot
  3. Freez the grapes
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What are the famous wines which are made by dry grapes?

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  1. Recioto from Italy
  2. PX(Pedro Ximenez) sherry
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Sauternes, Tokaji , Austrian and German Auslese , beerenauslese , tricked beerenauslese(TBA) and sweet wines of the Loire are made by which grapes?

A

Noble Rot wines or botrytis cinerea

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Which grape variety is susceptible to noble rot?

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Riesling , chenin Blanc , semillon

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What are the characteristics aromas of noble rot grapes?

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Honey , dried apricot , rye bread , sweet biscuits , cabbage , orange marmalade , pineapple , mushroom

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Where is Sauternes AC located?

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South of Graves AC in Bordeaux

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18
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Main grape variety in sauternes is?

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Semillon

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What kind of characteristics Sauvignon Blanc provide to sauternes?

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Acidity and fruity aromas

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Sauternes is full body or medium body?

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Full body

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Sauternes is contain high Alcohol or low alcohol

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As sauternes is a sweet wine so it contain high Alcohol

22
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What are the flavours of sauternes?

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Citrus stone fruit , botrytis flavours (lemon peach)

23
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Which oak flavours does sauternes shows?

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Vanilla , toast , coffee

24
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While aging in bottle which flavour Sauternes attracts?

A

Honeyed complexity

25
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What kind of a wine is Tokaji?

A

Sweet

26
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Tokaji is from region?

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North-Eastern Hungary

27
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What does puttonyos indicates in Tokaji wine?

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Puttonyos indicates sweetness level of wine (ranging from three to six)

28
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What is the sweetness level of Tokaji wine?

A

6 puttonyos

29
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The color of Tokaji wine is ?

A

Amber due to long period of ageing in oak.

30
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Define the body of Tokaji sweet wine

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Full body

31
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In Tokaji sweet wine alcohol level is medium or high?

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Medium

32
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How do you define the acidity level in Tokaji?

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High acidity

33
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What kind of flavours Tokaji wine contain?

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Dry fruit , sweet spices( orange marmalade, orange peel , dry apricot, cinnamon , raisins , rye bread)

34
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During the aging process which flavour Tokaji will show?

A

Coffee , caramel , honey

35
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In Austria and Germany Beerenauslese(BA) and Trockbeerenauslese(TBA) are categorized according to sweetness under which category

A

Pradikatswein

36
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To classified as BA and TBA what should be the level of sugar?

A

High

The level of sugar can be achieved by botrytis.

37
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Is alcohol level is high or low in BA or TBA?

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Low alcohol

38
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Body of BA and TBA is?

A

Medium

39
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Sweetness level in BA and TBA are?

A

Very sweet

40
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What kind of flavours BA and TBA contain?

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Botrytis flavours (dry apricot , raisin)
High acidity

41
Q

In Germany finest BA and TBA are made up with which grape?

A

Riesling

42
Q

Vineyard of Riesling in Germany are on steel site or plane site of Rhine and mosel?

A

Steep

43
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What is Coteaux du layon ?

A

Coteaux du layon is an Appellation d’origin controlee which is use to describe sweet wines in loire valley wine region of France.

44
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Coteaux du layon AC and Vouvray AC botrytis affected sweet wine are made with which grape?

A

Chenin blanc

45
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In Alsace AC botrytis affected sweet wine made with which grape?

A

Riesling , Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris or Muscat.

46
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Australia uses which grape to produce botrytis affected sweet wine?

A

Semillon and Riesling

47
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What do you know about Frozen grapes?

A

In Canada, Germany, Australia healthy grapes are left on vine in winter time water inside the grape is frozen.

48
Q

When Frozen grapes are crushed what they leave?

A

Sugary syrup

49
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What do you mean by Eiswein and icewine?

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In Germany and Austria Eiswein is related to that wine which is made by frozen grape. Similarly icewine term is use in Canada.

50
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What are the flavours and aroma of frozen grape wine?

A

Fruity flavours
High acidity
Full body
Syrupy sweetness

51
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In Germany which grape is use to make sweet wine from frozen grape?

A

Riesling

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