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Describe Chardonnay

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Cool climate: Apple, pear, citrus and cucumber
Moderate climate: White stone fruit, peach, citrus hints of melon.
Hot climate: Tropical fruit, peach, banana, pineapple

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What is malolactic fermentation:

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Bacterial conversion of MALIC acid into LACTIC acid. Creating DIACETYL which smells and tastes like butter.

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List all the place names that we studied where chardonnay is produced in Burgundy:

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  • Chablis
  • Cote de Beune (Cote d’Or):
    Meursault
    Puligny Montrachet
    Chassagne Montrachet
  • Macconais:
    Puilly-Fuisse
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Chardonnay in Australia

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Adelaide Hills
Victoria (Yarra Valley)
Margaret River

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Chardonnay in New Zealand

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Marlborough

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Chardonnay in USA

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California:
Russian River
Sonoma
Carneros

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Chardonnay in South America and South Africa

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  • Chile:
    Casablanca
  • Argentina:
    Mendoza
  • Walker Bay in South Africa
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Describe Pinot Noir

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Light in colour, low to medium tannins
Cool climate: Vegetable flavour (cabbage, wet leaves), strawberry, raspberry and cherry
Mushroom, gamey-meaty aromas with age.
Hot climate: Jammy

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Pinot Noir in Burgundy:

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Cote de Nuits:
- Gevrey-Chambertin
- Nuits-Saint-Georges
- Cote de Nuits villages
Code de Beune:
- Pommard
- Beune
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Pinot Noir in Germany:

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Pfalz

Baden

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Pinot Noir in New Zealand:

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Central Otago and Marlborough (Only for sparkling blending)

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Pinot Noir in Australia:

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Victoria:

  • Yarra Valley
  • Mornington Peninsula
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Pinot Noir in USA:

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California:

  • Carneros
  • Sonoma
  • Santa Barbara

Oregon

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Pinot noir in South America and South Africa:

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Chile:

  • Casablanca
  • San Antonio

Walker bay (South Africa)

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Describe Cabernet Sauvigon:

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High acid and high tannins
Blackcurrant, black cherry (black fruit)
Bell pepper, minit (Herbaceous notes)
Smoke, vanilla, coffee, cedar (when aged in oak )

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Cab-Sauv in Bordeaux (Left-bank)

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  • Medoc
  • Haut-Medoc:
    Margaux
    Puillac
  • Graves
    Pessac-Leognan
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Describe Merlot

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Less acid and tannins tha cab sauv but more body and alcohol.
Black berry, black plum and black cherry

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Merlot in Bordeaux (Right-bank)

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Pommerol

Saint-Emilion

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Cab Sauv and Merlot in Australia

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Coonawarra and Margaret River

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Cab Sauv and Merlot in New Zealand

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Hawke’s bay

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Cab Sauv and Merlot in USA

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- Napa Valley:
     Rutherford
     Oakville
- Sonoma:
     Alexander Valley
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Cab Sauv and Merlot in Chile

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  • Maipo valley
  • Central vlley
    Cochapoal
    Colchagua
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Cab Sauv and Merlot in Argentina

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Cab Sauv and Merlot in South africa

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Stellenbosch

25
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Describe Sauvignon Blanc:

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Green vegetables and green fruit

Gooseberry, elderflower, green bell pepper, asparagus

26
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Sauvignon Blanc in Loire Valley

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Sancerre

Puilly-Fume

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Sauvignon Blanc in Bordeaux

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Graves (Pessac-Legnon)

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Sauvignon Blanc in Australia

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Adelaide Hills

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Sauvignon Blanc in New Zealand

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Marlborough

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Sauvignon Blanc in USA

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Napa Valley in California

Referred as fume blanc

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Sauvignon Blanc in South Africa

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Constantia

Elgin

32
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Sauvignon Blanc in South America

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Casablanca in Chile

33
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Describe Syrah/Shiraz

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Medium or high levels of tannins
Medium acidity
Blackberry and dark chocolate, blackpepper, liquorice, leather wet leaves and earth.

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Describe Grenache/Garnacha

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Low acidity, red fruit characater, spicy notes.
Strawberry and raspberry.
White pepper, liquorice.
Toffee and leather with age.

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Grenache and Syrah in Northern Rhone

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Cote Rotie
Crozes-Hermitage
Hermitage

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Grenache and Syrah in Southern Rhone

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Cotes du Rhone

Chateneuf du Pape

37
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Grenache and Syrah in Spain

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Rioja
Navarra
Priorat

38
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Grenache and Syrah in Ausralia

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South-eastern Australia:
Barossa Valley
McLaren Vale
Hunter Valley

39
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Riesling

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High acid.
Green apple, grape.
Floral notes.
Citrus, lemon or lime.
Peach, apricot, pineapple, mango (tropical fruit in hot weather)
40
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Riesling in Germany

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Mosel
Rheingau
Pfalz

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Riesling in France

42
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Riesling in Australia

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Clare Valley

Eden Valley

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