White wine must know points

Question 1

Riesling Grid

Answer 1

Sweetness=Dry-OffDry=Medium-Sweet
Acid=High
Body=Light to Full Bodied
Flavour=Depend in ripeness and ranges from…….
* Green Apple
* Pear
* Lemon
* Lime
* Floral (White Blossom)
* Peach
* Apricot
* Mango
* Pineapple
Sometimes Dried fruit (Dried Apricot)

Question 2

Characters of a typical cool climate Chardonanny

Answer 2

Acidity=High
Body=Light to Medium
Flavour=Green Fruits and Citrus
* Green Apple
* Pear
* Lemon
* Lime
* Wet Stones

Question 3

Characters of a typical **moderate **climate Chardonanny

Answer 3

Acidity=Medium to High
Body=Medium to Full
Flavour=Citrus, Stone fruits and sometimes tropical
* Lemon
* Peach
* Melon

Question 4

Characters of a typical** Warm** climate Chardonanny

Answer 4

Acidity=Medium
Body=Full
Flavour=Stone fruits and Tropical Fruits dominate
* Peach
* Pineapple
* Banana

Question 5

Sauvignon Blanc Grid
Aroma Intensity-Sweetenss-Acid-Body-Flavours

Answer 5

• Aroma Intesity=Pronounced
• Sweetness=Dry
• Acid=High
• Body=Light to Medium
  Flavours cool to warm in order
• Grass
• Green Pepper
• Asparagus
• Apple
• Gooseberry
• Grape fruit
• Wet Stones
• Peach
• Passionfruit

Usually unoaked

Question 6

Sauvignon Blanc Climate

Answer 6

1. Cool to Moderate

Question 7

Sauvignon Blanc
* Winemaking
* Blend?
* Fermentation Vessels?
* Oak?
* Age?

Answer 7

• Usually single varietal. (If blended with semillion)
• Stainless inhert is the norm to preserve freshness of the fruit
• Not normally as oak would overpower the herbaceous charachters
• Even top quality Sauv Blanc will develop unattractive vegetal notes after a few years in the bottle

Question 8

Pinot Grigio high yield picked early grid
* Sweetenss
* Acid
* Body
* Flavours

2 flavours

Answer 8

• Sweetness=Dry
• Acid=Medium to High
• Body=Light
• Flavours=Pear and Lemon

Question 9

Pinot Gris controlled yield picked later Grid
* Sweetness
* Acid
* Body
* Flavours
* Complexity

4 flavours

Answer 9

• Sweetness=Dry-Off Dry-Medium
• Acid=Medium
• Body=Full
• Flavours=Pronounced Citrus-Stone and Tropical fruits
• Lemon
• Peach
• Mango
• Banana
  Complex wine

Question 10

Typical Gewurtzraminer Grid

Aroma Intensity-Acid-Alcohol-Body-Flavours (4)

Answer 10

• Aroma Intensity=Pronounced
• Acid=Low to Medium
• Alcohol=High
• Body=Full
  Flavours=Floral, Stone fruits and tropical
• Rose
• Peach
• Apricot
• Lychee

Aged wines can have honey and dried fruit in the bottle

Question 11

Gewurtzraminer
1. Climate
2. Aging flavours (2)

Answer 11

1. Cool to Moderate
2. Honey and dried fruit

Question 12

Pinot Grigio
1. Climate
2. Aged flavours

2 flavours

Answer 12

1. Cool to Moderate
2. Honey and Ginger

Question 13

Semillion typical grid

Acid-Body-Flavours

Answer 13

• Acid=Medium to High
• Body=Light to Full
• Flavours=Apple
• Lemon
• Grass

Question 14

Tokaji Aszu Grid

Aroma Intesitiy-Sweetness-Acid-Body-Flavours

Answer 14

Aroma Intesity=Pronounced
Sweetness=Sweet
Acidity=High
Body=Full
Flavours
* Apricots and Citrus
* Vanilla and Smoke from oak ageing
* Dried fruit
* Caramel
* Nuts
(Intense long finish)

Question 15

What is the typical grid for Viognier

Sweetness-Acid-Alcohol-Body-Flavours (3)

Answer 15

• Sweetness=Dry
• Acid=Low to Medium
• Alcohol=High
• Body=Medium to Full
  Flavours=Floral and Stone fruit
• Blossom
• Peach
• Apricot

Question 16

What is a typical Albarino like

Sweetness-Acid-Body-Flavours (4)

Answer 16

• Sweetness=Dry
• Acidity=High
• Body=Medium
• Flavours=Citrus and Stone Fruits
• Lemon
• Grapefruit
• Peach
• Apricot