Wine names and regions Flashcards
Gavi’s full name is what?
Cortese de Gavi. It is grown in Piedmont and is popular in England
Zinfandel is the American name given to what Italian grape varietal?
Primitivo. It’s a black skinned grape form the heel of Italy-Puglia.
Picpoul means what?
Stings the lip as it has high acid
Mourvèdre is known by what name in Spain? and what name in Australia?
Monastrell in Spain and Mataro in Australia.
Muscadet is also known as what?
Melon de Bourgogne (mel-oh)
grape of the muscadet region.
Lean and minerally white wine perfect with seafood ie oysters and mussels.
High in acid
Flavours = Lime, seashell, green apple, green pear, bread dough
What is Marsala?
And where does it originate?
Fortified wine from Sicily.
It is used in cooking to create rich caramalised sauces but the top tiers also make exceptional sipping wines
Used on sweet desserts like zabaglione or as a reduction over ice-cream
Flavours = stewed apricot, vanilla, tamarind, brown sugar, tombacco
What is the French name for Malbec?
It is referred to as Cot in Cahors located in the French south west
Soave’s made of what grape varietal?
Garganega
Where would you find Colombard growing?
And what is it used for?
Preferred for brandy production in Armagnac, France
Other names for Chenin Blanc?
Steen, Pineau de la Loire
Baga is from what kind of wine and from where?
Portugal’s leading red wine
Where does Assyrtiko come from?
Greece.
Best examples from Santorini.
Flavours : Lime, Passionfruit, Beeswax, flint, Saline
Perfect with seafood and greek salad
Where does Arinto (ah-teen-to) come from?
Portugal.
Produces age worthy wines.
Very high acid 5/5
Flavours : lemon zest, grapefruit, hazelnut, beeswax, chamomile
Where is Agiorgitiko (ah-your-yeek-tee-ko) from?
Greece.
High tannin 4/5 Red wine.
Flavours: raspberry ,blackberry , plum sauce, black pepper, nutmeg
Pairs with middle eastern and indian dishes.
Where is Savatiano (Sav-vah-tee-ahno) from?
Greece’s most plantes varietal.
Low acid 2/5
Rich full bodied white wine that’s similar to chardonnay
Flavours: green apple, honeydew, lemon curd and resin
Cava is made from which grapes?
Macabeo (Viura), Xarello, Parellada, Garnacha (for rose) and Trepat (for rose)
Cava must be aged for how long?
Minimum 9 months on the lees
How long must Cava réserva be aged for?
15 months on the lees
How long must Cava Gran Réserva be aged for?
Minimum of 30 months on the lees and vintage dated
Spatlese means?
late harvest
typically half dry
often but not always sweeter and fruitier than Kabinett.
Auslese means?
selected harvest
made from very ripe, hand selected bunches
typically semi-sweet or sweet
beerenauslese means?
select berry harvest
made from overripe grapes individually selected from bunches often affected by noble rot
Kabinett means?
Cabinet
Fully ripened light wines from the main harvest
Typically semi sweet
Trokenbeerenauslese means?
sélect dry berry harvest
made from selected overripe shrivelled grapes often affected by noble rot making extremely rich sweet wines
troken meaning in this case dried on the vine not a dry style
What does Grosse Lage/ Grosses Gewachs? (grosses ge-vecks)
Great site, great growth
What wines are in a GSM blend?
Grenache, Syrah Mourvedre (Mataro, Monastrell)
The Itslian’s call it Trebbiano. What si the french call it?
And what do they use it for?
ugni blanc
brandy, balsamic vinegar
Where is Malbec’s French home?
Cahors
South west France
What is Durif also known as?
Petit Syrah in California/USA
What is the difference between Chablis and Petit Chablis?
Chablis is a distant northern region of Burgundy.
The main difference is the soil.
Chablis best grapes are grown on Kimmeridgian soil whip petit chablis are grown on portlandian soils.
What does Vin Santo mean?
Holy wine.
It’s a style of Italian desert wine.
Traditional in Tuscany
made with white grapes like - Malvasia , Trebbiano
Sangiovese may be used to produce a rise style called “Occhio di Pernice” or eye of the partridge.
What is Friesa?
Similar to Nebbiolo, Freisa produces wines with considerable tannins and acidity. It is most often encountered as a varietal.
Where is Friesa from?
Grape variety grown in the Piedmont region north-west Italy, primarily in Monferrato and in the Langhe, but also further north in the provinces of Turin and Biella.
What does Vitis Vinifera mean?
Grape vine.
The species Vitis, is native to the Mediterranean region, Central Europe, and southwestern Asia, from Morocco and Portugal north to southern Germany and east to northern Iran.
Where would you find Messina?
Sicily. North east coast next to Calabria mainland crossing
Where is Greco from?
Greco is an Italian wine grape that may be of Greek origin.
In the Campania region it produces Greco di Tufo.
In Calabria, it produces wine Greco di Bianco.
Where is Prosecco from and with what grape?
Glera grape. Veneto and Friuli-venezia Guilia.
Where do the best Prosecco´s come from?
Valdobiaaddene
Where is montepulciano from?
High acid 4/5 high tannin 4/5
Montepulciano d’Abruzzo is an Italian red wine made from the Montepulciano wine grape in the Abruzzo region of east-central Italy.
Red plum, blackberry, dried thyme, baking spices, mesquite
What is the name of a Tuscan wine made from Sangiovese and other grapes?
Vino Nobile di Montepulciano
Where is Prosecco from and with what grape?
Glera grape. Veneto and Friuli-venezia Guilia.
Georgian grapes?
Top Grapes: Saperavi and Rkatsiteli. Georgia has nearly 50,000 hectares of grapes, with 75% planted in white grapes and 25% in red.
Where is Cos winery located?
COS are an exciting natural winery in the Vittoria region of Sicily. Located in the south east.
