TRICKY QUESTIONS Flashcards
Describe the palate of a vendages tardives Pinot Gris
Dry with medium body
Which off these wines is likely to have low to medium acidity, high alcohol, with stone fruit aromas?
Graves, Condrieu, Minervois, Pouilly-Fuisse
Condrieu - Viognier
Which of the following is an Australian region famous for its Semillion?
Adelaide Hills, McLaren Vale, Margaret River, Hunter Valley
Hunter Valley
Which of the following has NOT been made following the Appassimento process?
Valpolicella Classico, Amarone del Valpolicella, Recioto del Valpolicella, Recioto di Soave
Valpolicella Classico
A Late Bottled Vintage Port (LBV) is characterised by what body and what aromas?
Full body, black fruit aromas
Which Sherry has both oxidative and and biological aromas?
Fino, Amontillado, Oloroso, Pedro Ximenez
Amontillado
Umami in food is likely to make wine taste?
More drying & bitter, less drying and bitter, more sweet, less sweet
More drying and bitter
Sweet food is likely to make wine taste?
More drying & bitter, more acidic, less sweet and fruity
Salty food is likely to make wine taste?
Less drying and bitter, less acidic, more fruity + more body
Highly flavoured food is likely to make wine taste?
Overwhelmed by food flavours
Fatty/oily food is likely to make wine taste?
Less acidic
Hot/spicy food is likely to make wine taste?
Alcohol more noticeable
Wine regions situated near large bodies of water are more likely to experience what types of winters and summers?
Cooler summers, mild winters
What does the term PDO guarantee?
The area where grapes are grown, winemaking techniques and permitted grapes
When making rose, what would a winemaker always seek to limit?
Extraction, levels of acidity, alcohol, must weight
Extraction
