Sweet wines Flashcards
Sugar < 20
Mateus rose 14
Halbtrocken 9-18
Vouray sec 6-10
Gewurztraminer - 10-12
Riesling - 8-9 GG style
Pinot Gris - 10-18 (up to 24 non-Euro)
Yellow Tail shiraz - 12
Apothic red - 15
Yellow Tail chard - 9-12
Amarone - max 12
Primitivo - max 18, gen 8-10
Sugar around 50
Vouvray demi-sec - 15-30
White Zin 35
Kabinett - 40-50
Riesling central otago 50
Sugar around 100
Spatlese - 80-90
Jurancon - 50-90
Vouvray moelleux - 45-100
VT - 50-90
Sugar 100-200
Auslese - 80-120
Beerenauslese - 140-200
Orange muscat - 110
Recioto - 80-120
5 putts - 120-160
6 putts - 150-180
Mt Horrocks cane cut - 140-170
Passito - 110-140
Coteaux du layon - 80-120
Bonnezaux - 125 -200
Quartes de Charme - 150
Sauternes/Barsac - 100-150
Ausbruch - 130-250
Vin de Constance 170-180
Sugar 200-300
SGN - 150-300
noble one - 230-250
Ice wine - 250-270
Vin Santo - 80-300
TBA - 230-335
Straw wine - 250
Sugar over 300
Escenzia - 450+
Ausbruch Escenzia - 380-400
Recioto di Soave
Garganega (poss Trebbiano di Soave)
Harv Sept, grapes dries 3-7 months, ferm in SS or oak. Mat oak 10-12m, poss lees
RS 100-190
Abv 12-14%
Entry level £20/50cl
Premium £30/half
Laterals - VDC, Passito, Straw wine
Marker - more VA than SA, piney herbal notes and bitter finish. More golden than passito
CP - Germany, domestic, tourism
Recioto della Valpolicella
Corvina, Corvinone, Rondinella, Molinara
Early harvest, dried 5 months, lost up to 40% weight, maceration 20-30 days, premium oak 12-18m
RS 80-100
Abv 12.5-15.5%
Entry level £20/50cl
Premium £40/50cl (top prodcuer £250)
Laterals - VDN
Marker - not fort
CP - Germany, USA, Switz, UK
Vin Santo
Generally Trebbiano and Malvasia, poss Sangiovese (Occhio di Pernice)
Dried grapes 3-5m, long slow fermentation (up to 8 years), ageing in small barrels (caratelli - chestnut and cherry) without opening (up to 7 years?)
Entry level - £18/half 2019 14% 3 years mat
Mid-range - £25-40/half 2014-18 14.5-15.5% 190 RS 7 years mat
Premium £70/half 11-14.5% 2011-14, 240-280g/l (up to 335 Fontodi) 7 years mat
Laterals - Passito di Pantelleria for lower qual, sweeter styles -?
Marker - v old, ox, VA, textured, poss more like Madeira
CP - domestic, restaurant
Passito di Pantelleria
Zibibbo (Muscat of Alexandria)
100-200g/l
14-14.5% (min 14%, up to 20%)
Fully dried or partially dried grapes 2-4 weeks, dried grapes added to fresh must during 4-6 week fermentation (extra sweetness, acid, concentration), aged SS or oak
Entry level - £25/half
Premium - £50/half 200g/l 14.5% Donnafugata Ben Rye
Laterals - Vin Santo (would have more VA, ox, less aromatic, gen sweeter), fortfied muscats (likely higher abv)
Marker - amber, floral, 14%
CP - fine dining, seasonal, ageing
Picolit
Friuli, Picolit grape
Dried 6 wks, part fermented in new fr oak, part SS 20C, long maturation in barrique
Gen 110-180RS (but 60-70 poss)
Entry level - £25/half, 12-13.5% 2021 8m oak, 6m bottle
Premium - £65/half 2017, 12-15%, 18m oak, 18m bottle
Laterals - Recioto, Passito
Marker - white flowers, ginger, date, mandarin, almond, chestnut - more oak?
CP - Italy, on trade
Straw wine
Chenin Blanc mainly, possible, Semillon, Muscat de Frontignan, Sauvignon Blanc
Grapes dried outside 4 weks, ferm old fr oak indigenous yeast, up to 1 yr, poss oak 2 yrs,
Generally 100-200g/l, possibly more (most Chenin 200-250)
8-11% abv
Entry level - £40-60/half
Premium - £100/half
Laterals - VDC, icewine
Marker - best examples about purity of fruit, not dried nature, super ripe, not ox, not phenolic but silky
CP - domestic, tourisn, FW collectors, seasonal
Vin de Constance
Muscat de Frontignan (BaPG)
Late harvest (can take place over 2 months), multiple passes, 2 wks skins, ferm stopped naturally, mat 1.5 yrs 50% new Hung and Fr 500l.
2020 - 13.5%, 172g/l £70 50cl
Laterals - straw wine (VDC less sugar, more oak), icewine?
Marker - purity of fruit, oak on nose, oak tannin on palate
CP - fine dining, fine wine retail
Mount Horrocks cane cut Riesling
Riesling
Clare Valley
Cane cut when grapes ripe, no bot
140-170gl
11.5-12%
£27/half current vintage
Laterals - VDC (more alc, more dried fruit)
Marker - linearity to acid, silky, mineral - density without dried fruit
CP - cellar door, on trade, mixologists
De Bortoli Noble One
Semillon
Harvest over 5 weeks for bot grapes, ferm tank, mat Fr oak 12m
RS 175-240
Abv 9-12%
£20/half for current vintage 2020, £85 for older
Laterals - Tokaji (has more purity)
Marker - botrytis, oak with tropical smoky barley sugar
CP - domestic, asia
Ausbruch
Coteaux du Layon
Min 34 RS (gen 50-120)
Min 11%
Entry level - £16 11.5%
Mid-range £25 11.5% named village
Premium - £40 12% (mature, top producer)
Laterals - Vouvray, Riesling
Marker - generally mid-range quality, intensity
Coteaux du Layon Chaume 1er Cru
Min 80 RS (gen 150-200)
Min 12%?
£30/50cl 11% 2020 (or older)
Laterals - Sauternes/ Tokaji - would both have more oak, Riesling BA
Marker - bruised apple, quince, honey, building acid
Bonnezeaux
Min 51 RS
Min 12%
Entry level - £30, 13.5% 2020 12m Fr oak
Mid-range - £42/50cl 140g/l 2015 15m Fr oak, 12.5%
Premium - £70-100+ 14% 2017-19
Laterals - Sauternes/ Tokaji - would both have more oak, Riesling BA
Marker - bruised apple, quince, honey, building acid
Quarts de Chaumes Grand Cru
Min 85 RS (gen 150-200)
Min 12%
Entry level - £30/50cl 12% 2020
Mid-range - £50 120g/l 12-13.5% 2016-2018
Premium - £90/half 200g/l 12.5% 2018 (top producer)
Laterals - Sauternes/ Tokaji - would both have more oak, Riesling BA
Marker - bruised apple, quince, honey, building acid
Vouvray
Demi sec - 4-12g/l (Huet 18-20) 12-13.5%
Moelleux - 12-45g/l (Huet 30-60) 12.13.5%
Doux - over 45g/l 11.5+
Entry level - £15, 11.5% 2023
Mid-range - £50, 13%, 2022
Premium - £100+ older vintage moelleux
Laterals - Riesling
Marker - not so ripe fruit, honey and quince
Alsace VT
Gewurz most common, Muscat rarest, R, PG poss
Botrytis possible, lees possible, oak unlikely, min 18m mat
Gen 30-90 RS
Gen 12-15%
Entry level - £25/50cl 13.5% 2022 Gewurz
Mid-range - £40 2012 PG
Premium - £70, 10.5%, 100g/l 2012 Gewurz
CP - off trade specialist, mainly domestic, exp Belg, Germ, Neth, USA
Laterals - Auslese
Marker - not fruit purity, generally more aromatic if Gewurz
Alsace SGN
Only in best years, only botrytis, long press, slow ferm 18-24C, lees 10-12m
RS 90-300 (gen 180-220)
7-13% abv
Entry level - £50
Premium - £175
CP - often half bottles, domestic, special occasion
Laterals - BA
Marker - more alc, less sugar than BA, riper richer style
Sauternes
120-140g/l RS
13-14%
Gen 80% Semillon, max 20% SB, poss Muscadelle
Botrytis varies, more in better qual, several tries, ferm oak 30-100% new, aged 2-3 yrs oak (12-18m lighter styles)
Entry level - £30 younger vines, less bot
Mid-range - £60-90
Premium - £300, 1er cru
Younger - 2017-22
Older - 2000-2010
Barsac slightly lighter, lower price
Satellites - Cadillac, Loupiac, Sainte Croix du Mont, Monbazillac (less RS), lower price
Laterals - Tokaji (Saut sweeter finish, less acid), De Bortoli (has higher RS), Ausbruch (higher acid, less oak), Coteaux du Layon 1er Cru (less oak)
Marker - Oak, moderate acid
CP - domestic, UK, USA, Asia, apertif styles, mixing
