Wine Profiles, White Wines, Excluding Italian Wines Flashcards
High Acidity
Citrus Fruit (lemon and grapefruit)
Stone fruit (peach and apricot)
Typically Dry Medium Bodied
Oaked or Unoaked
Single variant
EARLY DRINKING
Albarino
High Acidity
Susceptible to Nobel rot,
Varying flavours depending on ripeness
Dry to sweet
VERY GOOD example dried fruit, honey and nuts`
Chenin Blanc
Thin Skin
High Acidity
Low to Medium Tannins
Red Fruit: Strawberry, raspberry, red cherry
VERY GOOD examples can age, mushroom and forest floor
Pinot Noir
High Acidity
Susceptible to Nobel rot
Aromatic Variety
Fruit Characteristics vary according to ripeness
Many Harvest options,
Light to full bodied but unoaked
VERY GOOD examples have honey and petrol
Riesling
Low to Medium Acidity
High Alchol
Aromatic variety Floral (blossom) Stone Fruit (peach and apricot)
Typically Dry Medium to Full Bodied
Oaked or Unoaked
Single Variant or Blended
Viognier
Low to Medium Acidity
Aromatic variety Floral (rose) Stone fruit (peach and apricot) tropical fruit (lychee)
Dry to sweet Full Bodied
Typically unoaked
VERY GOOD examples honey and dried fruit
Gewurztraminer
High Acidity
Aromatic,Herbaceous and Floral
Typically Dry Light to Medium Bodied
Typically Unoaked
Typically single Variant EARLY DRINKING
Sauvignon Blanc
Dry to Medium Medium Acidity Full Bodied Complex Tropical Fruits VERY GOOD example honey and ginger
Pinot Gris
Medium to High Acidity
Dry
Light to Full Bodied
Used to make sparkling wines
VERY GOOD example Hazelnut and Mushroom
Chardonnay
Dry
High Acidity
Light Bodied
Simple Green Fruit
Pinot Grigio
High Acidity
Mostly grown in Tokaj
Susceptible to Nobel rot
Dry to Sweet
Unoaked or Oaked
VERY GOOD dried fruit, caramel, nuts
Furmint
Medium to High Acidity
Susceptible to Nobel rot
Dry to Sweet
Light to Full Bodied
Sometimes blended, and can be oaked or unoaked
Semillion
High Sugar Levels
Ripens unevenly
Med to High Acidity
Med to High Tannins
VERY GOOD examples can age, earth and meat
Zinfandel/Primimitivo
