Wine 2 Flashcards
Vin de pays
Country wine
Vin de table
Table wine
Vin delimite de qualite superieure
Delimited wine of superior quality
Appellation d’origine controlee
Area of controlled origin
Vin rouge
Red wine
Vin blanc
White wine
Vin rosé
Rose wine
Cru
Vineyard or growth
Sec
Dry
Doux
Sweet
Cote
Hill or slope
Chateau
Wine estate
Domaine
Vineyard estate
Classifications in Burgundy
(Low) regional, commune/village, premier cru vineyard, grand cru vineyard
Carbonic maceration
In crushed grapes in vats filled with carbon dioxide and grapes at the bottom are crushed by the weight of grapes on top. As more CO2 is produced from fermentation it envelopes all grapes and fermentation continues inside the whole grape. They burst releasing juice until all fermentation of sugar is complete and wine is pressed
Degorgement
Dosage (referring to adding liquid to top bottle off)
Cuvée
Blend of several component base wines from a number of different vintages
Blanc de blancs
Champagne made from Chardonnay
Blanc de noirs
Champagne made from Pinot noir
Vin doux naturels
Naturally sweet wine
Vin jaune
Late harvest savagnin grapes picked, fermented, and aged in large barrels for 6+ years
4 Italian classifications
Vino da tavola, indicazione geografica tipica, denominazione di origine controllata, denominazione di origine controllata e garantita
Gallo negro
Black rooster
Recioto
Grapes harvested, dried out into partial raisins for several weeks, then crushed and fermented
Demi-sec
Semisweet
Moelleux
Sweet
Brut
Dry
Extra brut
Bone dry
Aspersion
Spraying vines with a fine mist of water so when the temperature drops they are protected from low temps by the ice cover as the spray freezes
Tete de cuvée
First pressing
Taille
Second pressing
Vignerons
Wine growers
Saignage
Concentrated wine that is produced by drawing clear juice from red grapes leaving a smaller amount of juice to extract color, pigment, and flavor from the skins
Mistral
Powerful wind in southern part of Rhone valley, France
Oidium
Powdery mildew
Spumante
Sparkling
Frizz ante
Semi-sparkling
Secco
Dry
Amabile
Sweet wine