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Wine Making & Viticulture Flashcards

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1
Q

What is “Cap and Drain”? Explain.

A

It is the saignée Method for making rosé wines.
Harvested, crushed and short maceration; once the cap starts to float the grape must is removed for alcoholic fermentation.

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2
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Name major steps of Winemaking.

A

Crushing-Maceration-Fermentation-Aging-Bottlling

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3
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What is maceration?

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The contact of grapes juice with skins before fermentation.

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4
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What are the methods for fermentation control?

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Temperature Control
Limit Oxygen exposure
Add SO2

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5
Q

Warmer fermentation temperatures help the extraction of __, __, __.

A

Color
Tannin
Flavour Compounds

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6
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What is MLF?

A

Malolactic fermentation

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7
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What causes Malolactic fermentation?

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Lactic acid bacteria

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8
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What is Mutage?

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Addition of high degree alcohol to stop fermentation

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9
Q

Name the ways of stopping alcoholic fermentation

A

Mutage
Cold Stabilization
Filtering
SO2

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10
Q

What are the Sparkling wine making methods?

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Traditional (Champagne)
Charmant (Tank)
Ancestral
Carbonation

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11
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What is “élevage”?

A

The process of aging after fermentation

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12
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What is “Bâtonnage”?

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Stirring the settled yeast back into the wine

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13
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What is Racking?

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Transferring the must to different vessels leaving the sediment.

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14
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What is the French term for Racking?

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Soutirage (sutiraj)

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15
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What is the French term for Fining?

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Collage (kolaj)

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16
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Name three Fining agents

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Egg White
Bentonite
Casein
Gelatin
Isinglass
17
Q

What is the name of the yeast causing Brett?

A

Brettanomyces bruxellensis

18
Q

Name descriptors of Brett;

A

Band-Aid (Yarabandı)
Clove (Karanfil)
Barnyard (Ahır)

19
Q

What is a Clone?

A

Identical genetic reproduction of a single vine with different characteristics

20
Q

Name major methods of vine training.

A

Head Training

Cordon Training

21
Q

What are head-training methods?

A

Gobelet and Bush methods

22
Q

What is VSP short for?

A

Vertical Shoot Positioning

23
Q

Explain the difference between VSP and Geneva.

A

In VSP the cordon is trained on the bottommost wire and shoot/canes grow upwards. In Geneva Cordon is trained on the topmost wire and the shoot/canes grow downwards.

24
Q

What are the major benefits of VSP?

A

Sunlight Exposure
Aid Rot prevention
Efficient Harvesting

25
Q

What are the major benefits of Geneva?

A

Canopy Exposure

Lower Canopy Density

26
Q

What are the phases of a growing season?

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Weeping
Budbreak
Bloom
Fruit set
Veraison
Harvest
27
Q

What is Selection Massale?

A

Replanting of vine with an old vine cutting from near by vineyard

28
Q

What is “coulure”?

A

The inability to bear grapes after flowering caused by weather conditions

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