Wine Flashcards
Mest kjente druetyper for Burgundervin (rød)
Pinot Noir and Gamay
Pinot Noir
Hovedsakelig for rødvin. Blå drue fra Burgunderdistriktet.
General: Light tannins
Cool climate: Cabbage, wet leaves
Medium climate: Strawberry, raspberry, cherry, mushroom, meaty
Mest kjente druetyper for Burgundervin (hvit)
Chardonnay og Aligoté.
Chardonnay. Basisdrue i hvilken vin? Farge?
Dryness, body, food pairing.
Cool vs med. climate.
Basisdruen i chablis (Burgundervin). Hvitvin. Dry, full-body. Food: Creamy dishes. Cool climate: Lean, crisp, high acidity Medium climate: Honey, tropical fruit
Sauvignon Blanc
Opprinnelig: Bordeaux
Dry, light-body.
Food: High intensity wine - More dishes.
Crisp, dry, and refreshing
What is Argentina’s most important wine region? Where is it? What is the primary grape? Characteristics of main wine? Body, tannins, acidity, flavours (3) Food pairing (3).
Region: Mendoza
Location: East of Andes, 600 - 1100 mas
Primary grape: Malbec.
Characteristics: Medium to full body, dry, high tannin, high alcohol, acidity. Plum, black cherry, blackberry. Food: Medium - Full bodied so full-flavoured foods. Leaner red meats. Blue cheese, creamy sause.
Bonus: Best areas: Lujan de Cuyo and Uco Valley
Malbec vs Cabernet Sauvignon
- Body, tannins, finish (length), flavours, food pairing.
Malbec: Med- to fullbody, high tannin, not super long finish, plum, black cherry, blackberry. Lean meat, creamy sauce, blue cheese.
Cabernet Sauvignon: Very full body, higher tannin, black current, blackberry, pencil lead, longer finish, grilled meat, peppery sauces, high flavour dishes.
Cabernet Sauvignon
Where is it grown?
Body, tannins, flavours, food.
The world’s most popular red wine grape.
Countries: France, Chile, USA, Australia, Spain.
Fullbody, high tannins, black current, blackberry, pencil lead.
Merlot How popular?
Where is it grown? Traditional vs new world?
Body, tannins, flavours, food
The second most popular red wine grape. France (earlier harvest - more acidity, med body, raspberry), Italy, new world Cali is top producer (often later harvest: more ripe, high alcohol, full body, plum, cherry).
Very dry, med-full body, med-high tannins (softer than cab. sauv.), cherry, plum, chocolate. Matches a variety of food. Pizza, bbq chicken, tomato sause, creamy, bacon. No go: Delicate fish dishes, salads.
What do tannins taste like?
Example of taste.
Where do they come from?
Tannins make the wine taste dry. You can feel it on the middle of your tongue. Example of taste: Black tea (pure tannins in water).
Sources: Grape skin, seed, stem, oak barrels (or oak chips)
Red wines with high (1) / low (3) tannin content.
High: Cabernet Sauvignon
Low: Pinot Noir, Gamay, Barbera
What makes wine age well?
Four aspects.
- Higher acidity (acidity will decrease)
- Higher tannin content (they break down)
- Alchohol below 13.5 % (turns into vinegar=
- High residual sugar (only for 100+ years, f.ex. port wine).
Chardonnay and Sauvignon Blanc: Full body, medium body or light body?
Chardonnay: Full-bodied.
Sauvignon blanc: Medium-bodied.
What factors contributes to a full-bodied wine?
It’s mostly about viscosity. Alcohol (main factor due to impact on viscosity and thererby perceived weight in mouth), glycerol, acid. Rich and comlex flavour that lingers in the mouth. Light-bodied: More watery.
Syrah grape is also known as… which color?
Shiraz. Red wine.
Shiraz. Body. Tannins. Flavours.
Full-bodied. A lot of tannins. Berries, pepper, tobacco.
Bonus: Very high level of antioxidants. Originally from Rone valley, France.
Syrah vs Carbernet Sauvignon
Difficult to differentiate.
Sangiovese grape is famous for which Italian wines?
Chianti wines in Italy.
Wine sweetness: Relationship between residual sugar, tannins and acidity…
More residual sugar: Sweeter
More tannins: Perceived as less sweet.
More acidity: Perceived as less sweet.
Sort by typical amount of residual sugar:
Pinot Noir, Cabarnet Sauvignon, Malbec, Sangiovese, Merlot.
Sangiovese (least), Cabarnet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Merlot, Malbec (most).
Sort by typical amount of residual sugar: Pinot gris (grigio), sauvignon blanc, chardonnay, muscadet.
Muscadet (least), Sauvignon blanc (always dry), pinot gris (always dry), chardonnay
Pinot Noir vs Gamay
Dryness, body, tannins, acidity, aging, price, food (2 each). Flavours (2 each).
Both: Similair in taste.
Both dry, both light-bodied, both low tannins (Gamay lowest), both high acidity.
Aging: Gamay 3-5. Pinot Noir 10+.
High quality gamay: Cheaper than pinot noir.
Food: Gamay: Sweet and sour salmon to beef stroganoff (versitile). Pinot Noir: Chicken, duck, pork, mushrooms.
Ideal food for gamay: Citrus and herbs with roasted chicken, grilled salmon, beef stroganof.
Flavours: Gamay: Pomegrenade, blackberry. Pinot Noir: Raspberry, cherry.
Hvorfor har Cabernet Sauvignon typisk mer body og garvestoff enn Merlot?
Fordi druene er mindre. Mer skall per liter vin.
Hvilke hvitviner passer uten mat (3)?
Light chardonnay or sauvignon blanc, such as those from Chablis or Pays d’Oc. Also Pinot Gris/Grigio.
Bonus: Vinho Verde, Portugal or Verejo, Spain.
Hvilke rødviner passer uten mat (2)?
Gamay, young Pinot Noir (except for most Burgundy).
What is the German Beer Purity Law?
Reinheitsgebot of 1516. State regulation imposed in Bavaria to improve quality of beer. Only use water, hops, malt and barley. Avoid conflict of interest between bakers and brewers - only one type of grain: Barley. Beer was an important constituent of peoples diet. The law was one of Bavaria’s preconditions for the unification of Germany in 1871.
Where is Amarone wine from?
Italy
What is the full name of Amarone wine?
Amarone Della Valpolicella (valpolitsjella)
What are the basic characteristics of Amarone wine?
Full body, high alcohol content.
