Wine

Question 0

Meritage

Answer 0

The Meritage Alliance
To recognize wines of merit and heritage: from Bordeaux
Red: Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot,
Cabernet Franc, Petit Verdot, and Malbec. (Carmenere)
White: Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Muscadelle
No varietal may comprise more than 90%.

Question 1

A.V.A.

Answer 1

American Viticultural Area
A designated area with distinct geographic features.
Guidelines are set by the Alcohol And Tobacco Tax Trade Bureau.
198 AVA’s…
First was in Missouri.

Question 2

Yakima Valley

Answer 2

1st Washington AVA (1983)
40% of the state’s yield…
In southeast WA, part of the Columbia Valley AVA.
Sub regions: Rattlesnake Hills, Red Mountain…

Question 3

Wilammette Valley

Answer 3

AVA encompassing the drainage basin of the Williamette River.
Pinot Noir
Sub appellations:
Chehalem AVA
Dundee Hills AVA
McMinville AVA

Question 4

Varietal

Answer 4

The type of grape that comprises a wine.

Question 5

Columbia Valley

Answer 5

AVA of the drainage basin of the Columbia River

Question 6

Vintage

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Wines made from primarily a single year.
95% in US if designated with an AVA
85% US, European Union
75% Chile, South Africa

Question 7

Tannins

Answer 7

Poly phenols: compounds that affect the taste, color, and mouthfeel of wine.
Refer to p. 116 of the book “The Winemakers Dance”

Question 8

Maceration

Answer 8

Skin contact during and / or after pressing, which allows for more influence of phenols

Question 9

Oak aging

Answer 9

Adds vanillin, which adds vanilla aroma.

Question 10

D.O.C.

Answer 10

Doc laws:

Question 11

D.O.C.G.

Answer 11

D.

Question 12

A.C.

Answer 12

Laws which

Question 13

AOC

Answer 13

Laws

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Appellation

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The area

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Terroir

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The distinct character that a wine gains from a specific location.

Question 16

Napa Valley

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1861 Charles Krug is the first commercial vineyard.
Sub AVA's:
Mt. Veeder
Oakville
Rutherford
St. Helena
Stag's Leap

Question 17

Sonoma Valley

Answer 17

1st Wineries:
Buena Vista 1857
Gundlach Bunschu 1858
“The Valley of the Moon”
Between the Sonoma Mts. and Mayacamas…from San Pablo Bay to Santa Rosa.
(softer wines that Napa, more marine influence, wetter climate.)

Question 18

Cabernet Sauvignon

Answer 18

King of the Grapes.

Question 19

Cabernet Franc

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Added to Cabernet Sauvignon to provide different aromas.
As a single varietal in Chinon it is:
In Washington State it is:

Question 20

Merlot

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Softer than Cabernet.
Right Bank
Chateau Petrus
Napa
Washington Walla Walla

Question 21

Syrah

Answer 21

Hermitage
The Rhone
Rhone Rangers

Question 22

Nebbiolo

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Noble grape
Italian Varietal From the Piedmont Region that produces lightly colored wines that tend to be highly tannic in youth.
Makes the famous:
Barolo
Barbaresco
Gattinara
Ghemme

Question 23

Sangiovese

Answer 23

The blood of jove.
Chianti
Sour cherries and acid!

Question 24

Pinot Noir

Answer 24

Burgundy
Oregon
Carneros
Sonoma Coast

Question 25

Zinfandel

Answer 25

The American Grape
Ridge
Ravenswood
Storybook Mountain

Question 26

Chardonnay

Answer 26

Burgundy

California

Question 27

Sauvignon Blanc

Answer 27

Bordeaux
CA
Australia
New Zealand

Question 28

Pinot Grigio

Answer 28

Italy

Venetia

Question 29

Riesling

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Germany

Alsace

Question 30

Gewurtztraminer

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White pepper

Question 31

Burgundy

Answer 31

Pinot Noir
Gamay
Chardonnay
Pinot Meneir

Question 32

Barolo

Answer 32

Nice

Question 33

Piedmont

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Italian…

Question 34

Chianti

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From Sangiovese

Question 35

Chianti Classico

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The largest sub-region of Chianti.
Black rooster is the symbol.
80% minimum Sangiovese
And in 1995 it became legal to use 100% sangiovese
Other grape: Canaiolo. (Historically, also the white grape Malvasia Bianca.)

Question 36

Shane Cellars

Answer 36

North Coast
Unfiltered
500 cases
25% new oak for 10months