The Grape Explorer Flashcards
What does the pulp in grape provide
Sugar and acids
Tannins in wine comes from where
The grape skins
Identify what a vine requires to grow grapes
Warmth
Sunlight
Water
Nutrients
Carbon dioxide c02
What does a vine not require to grow grapes
Oxygen
Wet clay soil are better than dry stony soils providing warmth
False
The main factors affecting warmth are
Climate and weather
Identify the key stages of grape formation and ripening
Grape formation stages
Flowering
Fruit set
Veraison
Too much water in grapes cause what
Diluted flavour and sugars
Put the key stages formation in the right order
Fruit set flowering version
Fruit set veraison flowering
Flowering fruit set verasison
Flowering veraison fruit set
Flowering
Fruit set
Veraison
Identify the key stages formation and ripening
Ripeness
Unripe grapes
Ripe grapes
Extra ripe grapes late harvest raisined
Late harvest wine grapes would be considered
Extra ripe
As a grape ripens
Sugar increases
Acids decrease
Under ripe grapes will have softer tannins
False
Riper berries are likely to produce what type of aromas in white wine
Stone fruit and tropical fruit aromas
Under ripe berries r likely to produce what type of flavours in red wine
Bitter tannins and vegetal notes