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Varietal Characteristics Flashcards

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  • white
  • dry
  • high acidity
  • green fruit, citrus
  • smoky, flinty, mineral
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Chardonnay

Chablis

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  • white
  • full-bodied
  • citrus, white stone, tropical fruit
  • oak, spice, savoury notes
  • fermenting in small oak barrels
  • contact with lees
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Chardonnay

Côte du Beaune

  • Meursault
  • Puligny-Montrachet
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  • white
  • light, fruity (melon, citrus)
  • little/no oak
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Chardonnay

Mâconnais
- Mâcon

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  • white
  • full-bodied
  • tropical fruit (pineapple, melon)
  • oak
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Chardonnay

Mâconnais
- Pouilly-Fuissé

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  • white
  • citrus, melon
  • well-integrated oak
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Chardonnay

Australia

  • Yarra Valley
  • Adelaide Hills
  • Margaret River
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  • white
  • high acidity
  • citrus and tropical fruit
  • mineral
  • oak
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Chardonnay

New Zealand
- Malborough

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  • white
  • vary in style
  • very full-bodied
  • citrus, ripe peach
  • heavily oaked
  • others savoury
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Chardonay

California

  • Carneros
  • Sonoma
  • Russian River
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  • white
  • Banana, melon
  • barrel fermentation
  • oak
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Chardonnay

Chile
- Casablanca Valley

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  • white
  • intense fruit
  • spicy oak
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Chardonnay

Argentina
- Mendoza

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  • red
  • medium-bodied
  • medium-high acidity
  • light tannins
  • red fruit
  • savoury
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Pinot Noir

Bourgogne AC

  • Gevrey-Chambertin
  • Nuits-Saint-Georges
  • Beaune
  • Pommard
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  • red
  • light-bodied
  • light tannins
  • perfumed red berry
  • also: fuller-bodied, barrel aged
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Pinot Noir (Spätburgunder)

Germany

  • Pfalz
  • Baden
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  • red
  • full-bodied
  • lower acidity
  • intense red fruit (cherry, strawberry)
  • spicy notes
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Pinot Noir

New Zealand

  • Central Otago
  • Malborough (lighter, sparkling)
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  • red
  • style varies
  • light/delicate/fragrant
  • richer fruit (strawberry, plum, dark cherry)/structured/tannins
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Pinot Noir

Australia

  • Yarra Valley
  • Mornington Peninsula
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  • red
  • full-bodied
  • intense red fruit (red cherry, strawberry)
  • animal and vegetal (leather, meat, wet leaves)
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Pinot Noir

California

  • Carneros
  • Sonoma
  • Santa Barbara
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  • red

- intense fruit (strawberry jam)

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Pinot Noir

Chile

  • Casablanca Valley
  • San Antonio
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  • red
  • med-full bodied
  • high acidity
  • high tannins
  • med alcohol
  • long length
  • black fruit (blackcurrant, black cherry)
  • toasty oak (young)
  • vegetal, tobacco, cedar (aged)
A

Cabernet Sauvignon

Bordeaux

  • Médoc
  • Haut-Médoc
    • Margaux
    • Paulliac
  • Graves
    • Pessac-Léognan
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  • red
  • medium acidity
  • medium tannins
  • red fruit (plum, red berry)
  • cedar, tobacco (aged)
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Merlot

Bordeaux

  • Pomerol
  • Saint-Émilion
18
Q
  • red
  • medium-bodied
  • medium acidity
  • medium tannins
  • red and black fruit
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Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot

Bordeaux AC
Bordeaux Supérieur AC (higher alcohol)

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  • red
  • intense, structured
  • cassis, mint, eucalyptus
  • black fruit (black cherry)
  • oak notes (toast, vanilla)
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Cabernet Sauvignon

Australia
- Coonawarra

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Q
  • reds
  • high tannins
  • black fruit (blackcurrant)
  • herb (blackcurrant leaf)
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Cabernet Sauvignon, Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot

Australia
- Margaret River

21
Q
  • reds
  • med-high acidity
  • med-high tannins
  • herb (cedar, blackcurrant leaf)
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Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon-Merlot

New Zealand
- Hawke’s Bay

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Q
  • red
  • deeply coloured
  • high, soft/ripe tannins
  • black cherry
  • oak
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Cabernet Sauvignon

California

  • Napa Valley
  • Rutherford
  • Oakville
  • Alexander Valley (soft-textured, full-bodied)

Washington State (and Merlot blends)

23
Q
  • red
  • full-bodied
  • soft black fruit
  • fruitcake
  • oak
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Merlot

California
- Washington State (and Cab Sauv blends)

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Q
  • red
  • pronounced herb (green bell pepper, blackcurrant leaf)
  • intense black fruit (black cherry, blackberry)
  • intense colour, spiced black fruit (blackberry, liquorice, pepper)
A

Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot
(blends)
Carmenère (intense colour, spiced)

Chile

  • Maipo Valley
  • Colchagua
  • Cachapoal
25
Q
  • red
  • meat, leather (traditional)
  • fruity (modern)
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Cabernet Sauvignon
Cabernet Sauvignon-Malbec

Argentina
- Mendoza

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Q
  • white
  • dry
  • medium bodied
  • high acidity
  • moderate-pronounced aromas
  • green fruit (gooseberry)
  • herb (grass, blackcurrant leaf, nettle)
  • steely
A

Sauvignon Blanc

Loire

  • Sancerre
  • Pouilly-Fumé
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Q
  • white
  • dry
  • medium-full-bodied
  • medium-high acidity
  • sometimes oak
  • honey, toasty (aged)
  • herb, grassy, elderflower
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Sémillon-Sauvignon Blanc

Bordeaux

  • Graves
    • Pessac-Léognan
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Q
  • white
  • dry
  • medium-bodied
  • high acidity
  • intense, pungent, clean (passion fruit, gooseberry, green pepper, blackcurrant leaf)
  • no oak
A

Sauvignon Blanc

New Zealand
- Marlborough

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Q
  • white
  • dry
  • intensely fruity
  • clean
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Sauvignon Blanc

Australia
- Adelaide Hills

30
Q
  • white
  • dry
  • herbaceous (grass, asparagus)
  • can be no, lightly, heavily oaked
  • oaky (toast, liquorice, vanilla)
A

Sauvignon Blanc

California
- Napa Valley (Fumé Blanc)

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Q
  • white
  • dry
  • herbaceous (grass)
  • highly aromatic
  • fruity (citrus, green apple)
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Sauvignon Blanc

Chile
- Casablanca Valley

32
Q
  • white
  • dry
  • pungent and fruit driven (no oak)
  • oaked, toast (aged), intense herb
  • fresh
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Sauvignon Blanc

South Africa

  • Constantia
  • Elgin
33
Q
  • red
  • deep colour
  • full-bodied
  • medium acidity
  • med-high tannins
  • black fruit (blackberry)
  • dark chocolate
  • hints herbs, smoked meat, spice (black pepper)
  • animal, vegetal (leather, wet leaves, earth) (aged)
  • oak (toast, smoke, vanilla, coconut)
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Syrah

Northern Rhone

  • Cote Rotie
  • Hermitage
  • Crozes-Hermitage (less intense/complex)
34
Q
  • red
  • medium-bodied
  • light tannins
  • simple juicy red fruit (strawberry, raspberry)
  • peppery spice (white pepper)
A

Grenache (SMC)

Southern Rhone
- Cotes du Rhone (+ Villages)

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  • red
  • full-bodied
  • low acidity
  • medium tannins
  • intense, complex character
  • red fruit (strawberry)
  • spice (pepper, liquorice)
  • animal (leather)
A

Grenache (SMC)

Southern Rhone
- Chateauneuf-du-Pape

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