Tasting Wine Pairing March Flashcards
1st Hors d’Oeuvres Pairing
Varietal: Sparkling
Type of sparkling: Brut
Producer: Victorine de Chastenay
- (Vic-torr-een De Shasta-nay)
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Appellation: Crémant de Bourgogne
- (Crem-mahnt de Bur-gun-ya)
Vintage: NV
Grape: 75% Pinot Noir, 10% Gamay, 10% Aligote, 5% Chardonnay
Sweetness: Brut
ABV: 12.5%
Glass: Tulip
Pour: 1.5oz
- Crémant is a group of sparkling wines made with the same technique as Champagne, but from outside the Champagne region.
Winemakers notes:
Bright, sculpted and beautifully lifted with notes of blood orange, lemon confit and hazelnut. Crispy and mouth-watering.
2nd Hors d’Oeuvres Pairing
Varietal: Sauvignon Blanc
Producer: Pascal Jolivet
(Pah-skell Joh-Lee-vay)
Name of Wine Series: Attitude
Country: France
Region: Loire Valley
Appellation: Sancerre
Vintage: 2021
Grape: 100% Sauvignon Blanc
Terroir: Limestone and Clay with Flint
ABV: 14%
Glass: Port
Pour: 1.5oz
Winemakers notes:
Floral, elegant, fruity, dry and mineral.
1st Course Pairing
Varietal: Riesling
Producer: Friedrich-Wilhelm-Gymnasium
(Free-drick Will-helm Gim-nah-zee-um)
Country: Germany
Region: Mosel (Moh-zel)
Designation: Schiefer (She-faw)
(In wine designations, “Vom Schiefer” refers to wines grown on schistose soils, which are soils composed of slate and other metamorphic rocks.)
Vintage: 2018
Grape: 100% Riesling
ABV: 12%
Glass: AP
Pour: 3oz
Wine notes:
Tart tangerine on the nose is accented by bolder tones of slate and salt in this refined white. While dry in style, ripe grapefruit and nectarine.
2nd Course Pairing
Varietal: Red Blend
Producer: Domaine Tatsis (taht-sis)
Country: Greece
Region: Macedonia
(Meh-si-doh-nee-uh)
Appellation: Goumenissa
(Goo-meh-knee-suh)
Vintage: 2009
Grape: Xinomavro - Negoska
(Ksee-NOH-mah-vroh Nehg-oht-SKAH
(percentage of each grape is unknown)
Terrior: Limestone and Sand
ABV: 13%
Glass: Bordeaux
Pour: 3oz
Wine Notes:
Notes of ripe red and black cherries mingled with spice, along with fresh and dried fruit, herbaceous, savory notes, thyme, cedar, leather, and tobacco.
3rd Course Pairing
Varietal: Pinot Noir
Producer: Domaine Besson (Beh-son)
Vineyard: Les Grands Pretans
(Le Grahn Preh-taw
Country: France
Region: Burgundy
Subregion: Côte Chalonnaise
(Coh-t shall-in-nay-s)
Appellation: Givry (Jsi-vree) the g sounds like jus (sauce) but instead of the oo sound it’s a soft I
Designation: 1er Cru
Vintage: 2022
Grape: 100% Pinot Noir
Terroir: Clay and Limestone
ABV: 13%
Glass: Burgundy
Pour: 3oz
Wine Notes:
Red-cherry, plum and raspberry palate. Although intensely fruity and sun-drenched, the wine is etched by complexities of earth, blossom and animal.
4th Course Pairing
Varietal: Cabernet Sauvignon
Producer: Ulysses
Country: USA
State: California
Region: Napa Valley
AVA: Oakville
Vintage: 2015
Grape: Ulysses is a distinctive Cabernet Sauvignon with a touch of Cabernet Franc and Petit Verdot. The percentage of each is not given.
ABV: 14.5%
Glass: Bordeaux
Pour: 3oz
Winemakers Notes:
Offering tremendous opulence, Ulysses 2015 marries lavender and sage in voluptuous layers of blond tobacco and blue plum. A wine of great potential.
Dessert Pairing
Name of Drink: Game, Set and Matcha
What the Drink is Comprised of: Matcha infused Bourbon with a touch of Citrus to balance it. (Not sure of all the ingredients)
Bourbon: Buffalo Trace (3/4 oz used)
Glass: Nick & Norah
