Wine Profiles, Red Wine, Excluding Italian Reds Flashcards
Thick Skin
High Acidity
High Tannins
Medium to Full Bodied
Black Fruit, Herbaceous, Mint Single varietal or blended
Oak Maturation is common
VERY GOOD examples dried fruit, earth, forest floor
Cabernet Sauvignon
Thick Skin
Medium to High Tannins
Medium to High Acidity
Black Fruit and Spice (Liquorice)
Medium to Full Bodied
Single Varietal or Blended Oak Maturation is common
VERY GOOD examples dried fruit, leather, meat and earth
Shiraz
Medium Acidity
Medium Tannins
Light to Full Bodied
Oaked or Unoaked
Fruit Characteristics depends on ripeness, green bell pepper, red fruits to black fruits
Single varietal but varietal or blended, simple or complex.
VERY GOOD examples can age dried fruit and tobacco.
Merlot
High Acidity
Low to Medium Tannin
Typically light bodied
Typically Unoaked
Red Fruit, raspberry, red cherry and red plum
Some techniques can introduce aromas and flavours of banana and candy
EARLY DRINKING
Gamay
Thin Skin
Low to Medium Tannins
Low Acidity
High Sugar Levels
Red Fruit, Strawberry, Red Plum, Red Cherry Spice: White Pepper and Liquorice
Often blended Oaked or Unoaked Red and Rose Wines
VERY GOOD examples earth, meat, dried fruit and caramel
Grenache
Medium Acidity Medium Tannins
Simple or Complex Light to Full Bodied
Oaked or Unoaked
Red Fruit: Strawberry and Red Cherry Black Fruit: Blackberry and Black Plum
Blended or Single
VERY GOOD dried fruit, leather and mushrooms
Tempranillo
Medium to High Acidity
High Tannin
Blended or Single Varietal
Full-bodied and often oaked
Herbaceous, Green bell pepper, herbal, eucalyptus, Black fruit, blackberry
VERY GOOD can age leather and earth
Carmenere
High Tannin
Blended or Single Varietal
Full Bodied
Often oaked
Black Fruit; Blackberry, black plum
VERY GOOD examples dried fruit and meat
Malbec
High Acidity
Medium Tannin
Blended or Single Variant
Medium to Full Bodied
Takes strong flavours from Oak, coffee, chocolate and smoke
VERY GOOD EXAMPLES CAN AGE
Pinotage
