Wine Flashcards
Fermented grapes?
Wine
Smaller than table grapes, they have seeds, and much sweeter
Wine grapes
Made with one grape variety.
Single-varietal wine
Mde by mixing several wine together
Wine blend
Where grapes grows best.
Temperate climate.
Where wine taste more tart.
Cooler Climates.
Regions where wine taste more ripe.
Warmer Climates
Standard bottle size and servings
750 ml contains 5 servings
Standard wine pour
5 oz (150ml)
3 examples how wine is labeled
by variety, by region, by name
5 characteristic that help define the profile of wine
sweetness, acidity, tannin, alcohol and body
Alcohol added to wine called?
Fortifying.
Serving temp of Sparkling or Light wine
Ice-cold 38-45F
Full white temp; aromatic wine temp
Cold 45-55F
Light red, Medium red & Full red Temp
Cellar Temp 55-60F
Wine flavors comes from?
Grapes, Fermentation, Maturation and Aging
Major wine grapes used in winemaking?
Vitis Vinefera and Vitis Labrusca.
Formula for fermentation?
Sugar + Yeast = Alcohol + Carbon Dioxide
2 most common Sparkling winemaking methods?
tank “charmat” method & traditional method
Cava’s category, method, origin, grapes, flavors?
Sparkling wine, traditional method, Spain, Grapes: macabeo, xarello, parellada. Flavors: lime, yellow apple, pear.
Champagne, category, method, origin, grapes, flavors?
Sparkling wine, traditional method, Champagne, France, Grapes: chardonnay, pinot noir, pinot meunier. Flavors: apple, raspberry, peach.
what is blanc de blancs, blanc de noirs, rose, vintage and special cuvee?
blanc de blanc (100% chardonnay wines)
blanc de noirs ( p.noir and p.meunier )
rose ( rose’ wines w/ red fruitflavors )
vintage ( aged champagne wines )
Lambrusco category, method, origin, grapes?
Sparkling wine, tank method, Place: emilia romagna and lombardy, italy, Grapes: 13 indigenous wine grapes. Flavors: strawberry, cherry, blackberry.
Prosecco category, method, origin, flavors?
sparkling wine, tank method, veneto and fruili, italy. Flavor: venetto, pear, apricot.
AlbariNo category, origin, flavors, profiles?
light bodied wine/ Portugal / melon and grapefruit / fruity and high in acidity
Gruner veltliner category, origin, flavor, profile?
light bodied wine / Austria / Green pear and peach / fruity, high acidity
Muscadet a.k.a, category, origin, flavor, profile?
melon de burgogne/ light bodied wine / Loire, France / green apple, lemon / high acidity
“sur lie” means?
“on the lees” wine aged on the dead yeast particles that adds oily mouthfeel and yeasty bread like flavors of wine
Pinot Gris a.k.a., category, origins, flavor?
pinot grigio, Grauburgunder / light bodied wine / france and italy / lime, melon, peach /
Sauvignon Blanc a.k.a., category, origins, flavors, profiles?
Fume blanc / light bodied wine / France / grapefruit, peach, lime, passion fruit /
parent of cabernet sauvignon?
Sauvignon blanc
Soave (swa-vay) a.k.a., origin, flavors?
Garganega grape / Venetto,Italy / honeydew melon
Vermentino a.k.a., origin, flavors?
Rolle, Favorita, Pigato / italy / grapefruit and green apple
Chardonnay origin, profile, flavor?
France / Profile : fruity, full bodied, high in alcohol / Flavor: yellow apple and pineapple, butter, vanilla
Marsanne blend a.k.a., profile, origin, flavors?
a.k.a Chateauneuf-du-Pape Blanc, Cotes du Rhone Blanc / Rhone Valley, France / Full-Bodied Wine / Citrus, Pear, Peach
Semillon (sem-ee-yawn) profile, origin, flavor?
full bodied / France / Flavor: Lime, yellow apple, papaya
Viognier (vee-own-yay) profile, origin, flavor?
full body, fruity, high in alcohol / southern, france / orange, peach, apricot
