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Tasting and Pairing Flashcards

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Table wine - Germany

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tafelwein

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Brett

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Brettanomyces A yeast found on winery equipment that infect wine with flavours of barnyard, sweaty saddle, smoke, bacon, wild game, bandaid, sweaty gym socks, rancid cheese. Usually considered a fault, is a key characteristic of some wines.

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Table wine - Portugal

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Vinho de mesa

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Varietals well known for phenolic bitterness.

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Pinot Grigio / Gris

Albarino

Gurner Veltliner

Gewurztraminer

Torrontes

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Basic thick skin varietals

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Cabernet Sauvignon

Cabernet Franc

Merlot

Malbec

Syrah

Carminere

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Table wine - Greece

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Epitrapezios oinos

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Right Bank Bordeaux / Merlot Markers

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Softer tannin, more herbal/vegetal characteristics

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Percentage alcohol range in sparkling wine

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8% - 12%

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Sight: Garnet to medium ruby with garnet to orange rim. None to slight stain.

Nose / Palate: Cherry, raspberry, cranberry, pomegranate, rose, violet, potpourri, tar, leather, sandlewood, balsamic, voilatile acidity, oxidation, dry and wet soil, truffle, mushroom, compost.

Also dry bitter herbs, tea, tobacco, licorice, anise, dust, rock.

Structure: Medium plus to high tannin, acidity, alcohol. Medium plus to long finish. Moderate to complex.

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Nebbiolo

Italy - Piedmont, Barolo / Barbaresco

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Sight: Pale straw to light gold; Green, gold, brass rim variation.

Nose / Palate: Apple - green, yellow. Citrus - lime.

Pronounced chalky sea shell minerality, struck flint, oyster shell.

Structure: Alcohol: medium to medium-plus; acidity: medium-plus to high; finish: medium to long; Complexity - moderate to complex.

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Chardonnay

France, Burgundy, Chablis

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Table wine - France

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Vin de table

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Mouthfeel

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The weight and texture of the wine in your mouth

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Burgundy Markers

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Cote de Nuits - lighter in colour, concentrated flavour, bright red fruit, tea-spice, earth, oak

Cote de Beaune - as above but earther with firmer tannin

Note: New World Pinots have fruit thatis not as bright red and have less earthiness.

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Percentage alcohol range in fortified wine

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17% - 22%

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Varietal Character

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The usual or expected taste and aroma of a particular grape

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Sight: light to deep ruby with purple or pink rim variation. Minimal if any staining.

Nose / Palatte: Red fruit - strawberry, cherry, raspberry, current. Red and purple flowers. pear drop, banana, cotton candy. Stony, mineral.

Structure: Acidity: medium-plus; alcohol: medium to medium-plus, tannin: medium-minus to medium. Finish, medium to medium plus. Moderate to complex.

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Gamay

France - Burgundy - Beaujolais

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Aroma vs. Bouquet

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Aroma is derived from the varietal and can denote youth. Typically fruit, herbal, floral. Bouquet is derived from the winemaking process and can denote age. Bouquet is typically associated with tertiary aromas including cream, butter, mushroom, game, aged cheese, etc.

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Table wine - Italy

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vino de tavola

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Sight: pale yellow to deep yellow

Green hue

Nose/Palate: Citrus - orange, grapefruit, lemon; Stone fruit - peach, nectarine. Green apple, pear.

Orange blossom

Saline, sea spray, oyster shell

Lees, bread dough, beer

Less common - lemongrass, swet herb, wet stone, dusty rock.

Slight phenolic bitterness

Structure: Medium to medium plus alcohol, acidity, finish

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Albarino

Rias Baixas, Spain

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Sight: light to medium straw with green highlights.

Nose / Palate: apple/pear and citrus fruit with mushroom-earth and mineral notes; also butter/cream aromas from malolactic and vanilla, yeast and brioche notes from lees contact, and baking spices, toast, and wood notes from oak aging.

Structure: Medium to full-bodied and bone dry to dry. Alcohol: medium to medium-plus; acidity: medium-plus to high.

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Chardonnay

France, Burgundy, Cote d’Or, Cote d’Beaune

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Aromatic Varietals

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Viognier

Gewurztraminer

Torrontes

Muscat*

*not examinable

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Sight: Deep garnet to dark ruby with garnet to putple rim variation. Slight to medium staining.

Nose/Palate: Strawberry, cherry, raspberry, thyme, rosemary, anise, black tea, brown and curing spices, Brett (smoked meat, musk), mushtroom, truffle, potting soil, barnyard, hay.

Also black plum, black cherry, smoke, toast, vanilla, stones, mineral.

Structure: Medium plus to high tannin, acid, alcohol; medium to long finish, moderate to complex.

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Grenache

France, Rhone, Southern Rhone (Chateauneuf du Pape, Gigondas, Cotes du Rhone-Villages)

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Sight: moderate to deep ruby or purple with pink to purple rim variation.

Moderate to heavy stain

Nose / Palate: Black fruit: cassis/currant, blackberry, plum, cherry. Green herbs - thyme, rosemary, tobacco, mint/eucalyptus. Pyrazine - bell pepper. Oak - smoke, toast, vanilla, baking spice, cedar, sawdust, dill, coconut, vanilla.

Also - red fruit - raspberry, cherry; Blue fruit - blueberry; purple flowers; darkchocolate, coffee, dust, leaves.

Structure: Medium plus to high tannin, alcohol, med to medium plus acidity, medium plus to long finish, moderate to complex.

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Cabernet Sauvignon

New World - California - Napa; Washington - Columbia Valley

Chile - Valle Central

Australia: Coonawarra, Margaret River, McLaren Vale

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Sight: Red to deep ruby with light to moderate staining

Nose/Palate: Red fruit - raspberry, currant, cranberry, some black fruit (blackberry, currant)

Tobacco, green herbs/tea, black pepper, pyrazine - bell pepper, beet, salad greens

Soil, compost, dust, stony, pencil lead, graphite

Structure: Dry with med to med plus tannin and alcohol, med plus to high acidity.

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Cabernet Franc

Loire - Bourgueil, Chinon

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Pinot Noir - New World Markers

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California, Oregon - Supple red berry, spice, new wood. Ripe attack, stem tannin, lack of earthiness.

New Zealand - similar to California and Oregon but with pronounced herbal notes. May have a chalky, mineral quality.

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Medium - thick skin

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Zinfandel

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Sur Lie ageing flavours

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Bread dough Yeast Toast Subtle white flowers Nuts

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Table wine - Spain

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Vino de mesa

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Flavours added by Botrytis

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Honey Beeswax Ginger Saffron

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Sight: yellow to deep gold with silver to green rim variation.

Nose / Palate: lychee, pineapple, mango, apricot, peach, nectarine, gardenia, rose, jasmine, lilac, honesuckle, potpourri, juniper, cardamom,cinnamom, clove, ginger, saffron, star anise, allspice.

Also apple/pear - yellow apple, pear, tea, soap, soil (dry or wet), stony minerality.

Structure: Medium minus to medium acidity, medium plus to high alcohol, medium to long finish, moderate to complex.

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Gewurztraminer

France - Alsace

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Non-Aromatic Varietals

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Pinot Grigio

Chardonnay

Melon de Bourgogne*

*not examinable

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Sight: pale to medium yellow with green highlights;

Nose/Palate: tart green apple/pear, tropical fruit (mango, papaya, pineapple), and tart citrus notes. Butter/cream/buttered popcorn aromas. Cream and yeast as
well as vanilla, baking spices and wood.

Structure: Medium to full-bodied; alcohol: medium-plus to high; acidity: medium to medium-plus.

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Chardonnay

United States - California

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Thin Skin Varietals

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Pinot Noir

Sangiovese

Nebbiolo

Grenach (Garnacha)

Tempranillo

Gamay

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Sight: Ruby to deep purple with pink, blue, purple rim variation. Moderate to deep staining.

Nose / Palate: blueberry, boysenberry, fresh mint, tobacco, licorice, black pepper.

Also - blackberry, cherry, plum, currant, raisins, raspberry, red and purple flowers, smoke, bitter chocolate, coffee, smoke, toast, vanilla, baking spices, chocolate, dill, coconut, vanilla, slight dust, potting soil, graphite.

Volitale acidity.

Structure: Medium to medium plus tannin and acidity. Medium plus to high alcohol, medium to long finish, moderate complexity.

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Malbec

Argentina - Mendoza

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Sight: Straw to yellow with green/gold/silver rim variation.

Nose/Palate: Apple/Pear - green, yellow apple, pear. Quince. Lime, Lemon, Orange, Tangerine. Apple and citrus blossom. Satled greens, fresh herbs, hay, straw. Wax, honey/botrytis, oatmeal, lanolin, wet wool, cheese rind. Mineral, chalk.

Also - stone fruit, peach, apricot. Compost, barnyard, mushroom, some lees.

Structure: Medium plus to high acidity and alcohol, medium to long finish. Moderate to complex.

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Chenin Blanc

France, Loire - Savenniere, Vouvray

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Left Bank Bordeaux / Cabernet Sauvignon markers

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Left Bank - deep black fruit, green herb, earth, dry forest floor (note: wet forest floor is a marker for Italian reds)

California - riper and richer without the earth/mineral

Coonawarra - strong pyrazines, mint, eucalyptus

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Sight: deep ruby, pink/purple/garnet rim variation. Light to moderate stain.

Nose / Palate: cherry, plum, current. Anise, mint, eucalyptus, tobacco. Pyrazines - olive, fennel. Dark chocolate, Brett, forest floor, compost, barnyard.

Also, black plum, blackberry, slight red and purple flowers, baking spices, cofee, cedar.

Structure: medium to medium plus tannin and acidity, medium to high alcohol, medium to long finish, moderate to complex.

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Merlot

France, Bordeaux

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Sight: Deep Ruby, Purple. Pink to purple rim. Slight to moderate staining.

Nose / Palate: Cherry, plum, current, dark chocolate.

Also black plum, cherry, slight purple flower, slight mint and eucalyptus, slight pyrazines. Toast, baking spice, coffee, dill, coconut, vanilla.

Structure: Medium minus to medium plus tannin, medium to medium plus acid, medium plush to high alcohol. Medium to long finish. Moderate to complex.

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Merlot

United States, California and Washington

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Percentage alcohol range for still wine

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8% - 15%

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Semi-Aromatic Varietals

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Pinot Gris

Chenin Blanc

Sauvignon Blanc

Riesling

Albarino

Gruner Veltliner*

*not examinable

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Sight: Straw with copper, silver, or green rim variation.

Nose / Palate: Lemon, lemon seed, red and yellow apple, yellow and white flowers, wet stone, honey, wool, fruit cup, hay, lees, phenolic bitterness.

Also melon, slight ginger, vanilla.

Structure: Medium to medium plus acidity and alcohol, medium to long finish, moderate to complex.

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Pinot Gris

Italy, Trentino-Alto Adige / Fruili

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Sight: deep garnet to dark ruby with garnet to purple rim variation. Slight to medium staining.

Nose / Palate: Strawberry, cherry, cranberry. Sweet herbs - mint, eucalyptus, tea. Sweet brown spice, clove, ginger, pepper, licorice.

Also, blackberry, plum, fig, blueberry, orange, violet, rose, Brett - smoked meat, slight wet earth, potting soil.

Structure: Medium minus to medium plus tannin, medium to medium plus acid, medium plus to high alcohol and finish. Moderate to complex.

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Grenache

America - Washington, Columbia Valley

Australia - South Australia

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Sight: moderate to deep ruby or purple

Pink to purple rim variation

Moderate to moderate plus staining.

Nose / Palate: Black fruit - cassis/currant, blackberry, plum, cherry

Fresh and dried herbs - thyme, rosemary, tobacco. Pyrazine - bell pepper, fennel; Spice - anise, light pepper; Coffee, chocolate, cedar, Brett (band-aid, clove, leather); graphite, iron, stoney.

Also - purple flowers, mushroom, forest floor, smoke, toast, vanilla, baking spices.

Structure: Medium plus to high tannin and alcohol. Medium to Med Plus acidity, med to long finish, moderate to complex.

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Cabernet Sauvignon

France, Bordeaux, Medoc or Graves

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Three tastes in wine

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Sweet Sour Bitter

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Sight: Straw to gold with copper, silver, or green rim variation.

Nose / Palate: White peach, apricot, Lemon, red and yellow apple, yellow and white flowers, dark stone, ginger, honey, wool, fruit cup, hay, lees, phenolic bitterness, nuts, wax, botrytis

Also melon, vanilla.

Structure: Medium acidity, medium to medium plus alcohol, medium to long finish, moderate to complex.

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Pinot Gris

France, Alsace

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Sight - Garnet to ruby with no staining.

Nose - Cherry, raspberry, plum, cranberry, pomegranate. Anise, licorice, black tea, dark cork, tarragon, thyme, rhubarb, beet, tomato leaf, smoke, game, leather, mushroom, truffle, forest floor, compost.

Palate - Dry, medium minus to medium plus tannin, medium plus to high acidity.

Structure - medium to medium plus alcohol, moderate to complex with a long finish.

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Pinot Noir

France - Burgundy - Cote d’Or

  • Cote de Nuits* - richer and firmer, often echibiting black fruit notes in warmer vintages, often with new oak.
  • Cote de Beaune* - lighter in body with more acidity, firmer tannin, less use of new oak.
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Sight - medium to deep ruby, slight colour extraction.

Nose - Strawberry, cherry, raspberry, black plum, black cherry, ripe to overripe. Wild savory herb, thyme, black tea, anise, rosemary, black pepper, mushroom, dried meat, soy/jerky.

Palate - Dry, medium plus to high tannin, medium to medium plus acid.

Structure - full bodied, medium plus to high alcohol, moderate to complex, medium to long finish.

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Grenache Blend (GSM)

France - Rhone - Southern Rhone

Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Gigondas, and other high quality wines combine ripe-baked red and black fruit and considerable tannin.

  • Chateauneuf* tends to be the most powerful and concentrated.
  • Gigondas* lacks the depth and may be slightly fruiter.
  • Cotes du Rhone-Villages* is more simple and direct, lacks the poewr and concentration of Chateauneuf de Pape and Gigondas.

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