Sweet Wines Flashcards
What is sweet wine? Name some examples.
Recioto
Vendange Tardive
Sélection de Grains Nobles
Moelleux
What’s Noble Rot?
Noble Rot = Botrytis Cinerea
Important classifications?
Classification of Sauternes (1855)Superior First Growth (Premier Cru Supérieur)
Château d’Yquem. What is it?
Do you know a couple of producers in each category for recommending in service?
Match the weight of the dessert and the wine.
The wine should be sweeter than the dessert being paired. Contrast sweet wines to fatty and salty foods such as foie gras and blue cheese. Really old wines become drier over time.
Business of the Sommelier?
Many of these wines are bottled in clear bottles. They can age for a very long time but should be kept out of direct light.
Full-sized bottles age better than half bottles.
Tokaji is often bottled in 500ml bottles, cost by the glass correctly.
Define noble rot and give examples of appellations.
Noble Rot (Botrytis)
Bordeaux: Sauternes
Alsace: Vendange Tardive (VT) and Sélection de Grain Nobles (SGN)
Germany: Auslese, Beerenauslese (BA), Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA)
Loire: Quarts de Chaume/Bonnezeaux/Vouvray Moelleux Hungary: Tokaji Aszú
Match the Noble Rot appellations with their larger regions and know they most common grape varieties for each.
Explain drying appellations
Italy: Vin Santo DOC, Recioto di Soave DOC, Recioto della Valpolicella DOC
Explain freezing appellations
Germany & Austria: Eiswein
Canada: Icewine (Ontario VQA ‘Vintners Quality Alliance’)
Grape growing info
Eiswein and Icewine must be free of noble rot.
Winemaking info
Stop the action of yeast by:
- Chilling and filtering
- Chilling and adding SO2
Noble rot grape varieties?
Sauternes: Sémillon
Alsace: Riesling, Pinot Gris, Gewürztraminer, Muscat
Loire Valley: Chenin Blanc
Tokaji: Furmint
Drying white wine grape varieties?
Vin Santo: Trebbiano
Recioto di Soave: Garganega
Recioto della Valpolicella: Corvina
Freezing white wine grape varieties?
Germany: Riesling
Canada: Riesling, Cabernet Franc, Vidal
