Types And Styles Of Wine Flashcards
Still wines alcohol content
8 - 15 percent, majority is 11.5 - 14 percent
Special thing about sparkling wines
Carbon dioxide released during fermentation is trapped
Italy and Spain’s answer to Champagne
Prosecco, Cava
Fortified Wines characteristics
Extra alcohol (brandy) is added (usually during Fermentation)
Because the extra alcohol kills the yeast, fortified wines usually sweeter
15-22%
Examples of Fortified Wines
Sherry (Spain) , Port (Portugal), Madeira (Portugal)
Red Wines - colour, tannin comes from where?
Colour, tannin comes from skins, juice is fermented with the skins
White wines - basic characteristics
Juice is fermented without skins
Rose characteristics
Made using black grapes, short contact with skins before juice is drained off
Example is white Zinfandel (rose)
What is dry?
Not sweet, all sugar is converted into alcohol and carbon carbon dioxide
Examples - Côtes du Rhône, Sauvignon Blanc
Sweetness - Medium
Usually white or rose
German tend to be medium or off-dry
Sherry is from Spain
Either
- yeast is removed with low temperatures and then filtered to stop the fermentation process
- Unfermented grape juice is added to a dry wine
Sweet wines
High sugar, some white wines, some fortified wines
Examples
Sauternes (white wine from bordeaux), some german rieslings, port, some sherries
Tannins types of wine with high of low tannins
High
- Red bordeaux
Chianti
Low
- Beaujolais,
Pinot noir
Alcohol content
Generally 11.5-14 percent
High - Chaeatneuf-du-pape
Low - White Zinfandel from California
Body and examples
Light-bodied wines
- Italian Pinot Grigio
-Beaujolais (this is a red wine)
Medium-bodied Wines
- Sancerre
- Côtes du Rhône
Full-bodied Wines
- Sauternes
- California Cabernet Sauvignon
New barrel flavours
Vanilla, coconut, cedar
