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Wine Chemistry & Faults Flashcards

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1
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List the 5 major components of wine.

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Water, alcohol, sugar, acid, phenolic compounds

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2
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Other compounds that are found in wine what have been aged or sur lie (found in very small amounts) are

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Yeast and proteins

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3
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Water makes up _____% volume of wine.

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80%-90%

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4
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Alcohol makes up ____% volume of wine.

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10 - 15%

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5
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What is the primary alcohol found in wine?

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Ethyl alcohol

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6
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What 3 other types of alcohol are found in wine?

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Glycerol, methanol and fusel

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7
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Acid give wine much of it’s

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Structure, balance & thirst quenching qualities

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8
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Acids make up ____% volume of wine

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.5 -.75%

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9
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What are the 6 principal acids found in wine?

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Tartaric, malic, citric, lactic, succinic, acetic

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10
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What is the most prevalent acid found in wine?

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Tartaric

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11
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What acid is the strongest in terms of pH?

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Tartaric

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12
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The sharp tasting acid frequently associated with green apples is

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Malic

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13
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Under ripe and cool climate grapes are typically high in ____ acid.

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Malic

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14
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Which acid exists in such minute amounts that special equipment is required to measure it?

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Citric

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15
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Lactic acid is created in wine by lactic acid bacteria. T or F

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True

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16
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The acid found in most types of vinegar is

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Acetic

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17
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Acetic acid is volatile. T or F

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True

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18
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Acetobactor is the result of a chemical reaction between oxygen &

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Ethanol

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19
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What acid has a sharply bitter and salty taste?

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Succinic

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20
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What are the 3 grape acids?

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Tartaric, malic & citric

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21
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What are the 3 grape fermentation acids?

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Lactic, acetic & succinic

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22
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Total Acidity (TA) refers to

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the volume of all acids in the wine.

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23
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The pH level of a wine represents

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the combined chemical strength of the acids present.

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24
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The combined chemical strength of the acids present in wine is measured by

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The pH level

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25
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The volume of all acids present in wine is measured by

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The Total Acidity (TA)

26
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Grapes contain ___% to ___% of sugar at harvest

A

15% - 28%

27
Q

Grapes contain roughly equal amounts of what two sugars?

A

Fructose and glucose

28
Q

List the 5 phenolic coumpounts found in wine?

A

Anthocyanins, flavanols, vanillin, tannin, resveratrol

29
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Which phen compound gives red wine it’s color?

A

anthocyanins

30
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Which phen compound gives white wine it’s color?

A

Flavanol

31
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The phen compound that gives big red wines “backbone” is

A

Tannin

32
Q

Which phen compound is a natural preservative?

A

Tannin

33
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Which aromatic phen compound is found in oak?

A

Vanillin

34
Q

The phenolics of a grape are concentrated primarlily in its _____ and ______.

A

Skin and seeds

35
Q

When some phen compounds combine into longer molecule chains it’s called

A

Polymerization

36
Q

List 4 other minor compounds of wine.

A

Aldehydes, esters, sulfites, dissolved gasses.

37
Q

Oxidized alchohols that are formed when wine is exposed to air are called

A

Aldehydes

38
Q

The most common aldehyde found in wine is

A

acetaldehyde

39
Q

Esters are molecules that result in the joining of a _____ and _______.

A

Acid & alcohol

40
Q

The most common ester found in wine is

A

ethyl acetate

41
Q

Ethyl acetate is the ester of _______ and ______.

A

Ethanol and acetic acid

42
Q

In high concentrations ethyl acetate imparts faulty aromas of

A

nail polish remover, varnish, glue

43
Q

What dissolved gas is routinely found in wine?

A

Carbon dioxide

44
Q

“Contains Sulfites” must be on US labels that contain more than ______ of sulfur dioxide.

A

10ppm

45
Q

Wines with a musty, moldy, dank basement, wet cardboard aroma are often found to have what fault.

A

2,4,6 TCA or cork taint

46
Q

Another term for TCA is

A

cork taint

47
Q

TCA is a mold. T or F

A

True

48
Q

Most people can detect TCA at concentrations of ____ to ____ parts per ______.

A

2 to 7 parts per trillion

49
Q

Wines with the off odor of burning matches is a result of high concentration of

A

Sulfur dioxide

50
Q

Hydrogen sulfide (H2S) gives off the odor of

A

Rotten eggs

51
Q

The odor associated with wine that’s sat too long in a barrel or sur lie and absence of oxygen is

A

Rotten eggs, Hydrogen sulfide

52
Q

Mercaptan is the result of the combination of sulfur and

A

ethanol

53
Q

Mercaptan smells like

A

garlic and onions

54
Q

What 2 bacterias can live in wine?

A

Acetobactor and lactic bacteria

55
Q

The odor of vinegar is _________ acid.

A

Acetic

56
Q

The odor of rancid butter or spoiled cheeses is ____ acid.

A

Butyric

57
Q

The odor of sauerkraut or goat is _______ acid.

A

Lactic

58
Q

The odor of nail polish remover is ______ acid.

A

Ethyl acetate

59
Q

The odor of crushed geranium leaves is normally caused by

A

an incomplete malolactic fermentation

60
Q

The odor of band aid, medicinal, horsey or sweat is called

A

Brett

61
Q

Brett is a yeast. T or F

A

True

62
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Odors occurring in conditions that lack oxygen are termed

A

Reductive

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