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Wine Styles Flashcards

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Winemaking techniques gor Loire sauvignon blanc

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Gentle pneumatic pressing
Temp controlled ss ferment
Mature old oak vessels
Mlf in cooler vintages to lower acidiyy

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Style of sauvignon blanc in loire (sancerre/ pouilly fume)

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Dry
High acid
Green apple citrus, wet stones
Pouilly fume = smoky note

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Style of wine vouvray

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Chenin blanc
Sparkling, still dry & sweet
L-m body, fresh fruit, floral, Oak
(Cool climate clay soil)

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Style of wine samur

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Sparkling chenin made in traditional method

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Style of wine anjou

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Still dry chenin
Often oak matured

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Style of wine savennieres

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Fb chenin blanc
Dry
Late harvest (bc no noble rot due to circulation around well exposed vineyards)
Age worthy

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Coteaux du layon style of wine

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Sweet chenin blanc from noble rot
(Valley of river layon)

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Muscadet

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Melon blanc
Loire, nantais
Dry, Max 12% alcohol, high acid, light body, green fruit
Fermented in large old oak or ss
Drink Young

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Muscadet sur lie

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Bottled spring following vintage
Richer texture on lies
Handled very little to retain delicacy and freshness

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About melon blanc

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Aka muscadet
Aka melon de bourgogne
Ripens early and frost resistant so good for cool climates
Dry, light body, high acid, med alcohol, green fruit

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Chenin blanc

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High acid
Non aromatic
Fresh apples to tropical fruit
Dry have steely smoke character
Sweet have apricot and citrus peel
Graped in Bunches can ripen differently
Style depends on ripeness
Unripe = green, herbaceous aromas

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Style of sauvignon blanc in tourrraine

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Dry
Less complex
Fresh fruit, simple

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Pinot noir burgundy style

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Red fruit
Develops to earth, game, mushrooms
High acid, low to medium tannins

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Chablis style

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Chardonnay
Dry
High acid, austere
Green fruit
Premier/grand Cru can show citrus

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Wine style bourgogne hautes cotes de nuits/ beaune

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Due to higher altitude and more exposed vineyards, wines are lighter bodiedcand less complex than those from lower more premium locations in cote d or

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Style of chardonnay in burgundy

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Chablis is high acid, steely,
Cote d or - complex, oak, mlf, lees
Challonaise - lighter, mature earlier (less east facing)
Macon - fb, ripe, aplenty, citrus, med acid, m-fb, mlf

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Sparkling wine in challonaise

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Rully

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Style pouilly fuisse / Saint verant

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Ripe, tropical, stone fruit
Toasty oak
M-f body

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Pessac leognan

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Sauvignon sem blend
Dry
Oak ferment and maturationn
M-f body, toasty oak

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Dry whites in graves/ entre deux mers

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Unoaked dry sauvignon blanc

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Style Sauternes/ barsac

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Sweet White from bordeaux
Sem, sauvignon, muscadelle
Sem for noble tot, sauvignon for balancing acidity, musc for perfume
Fb, High alcohol, high acid, apricot, citrus peel, toast, vailla, honey

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Style mersault / montrachet

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Top chardonnay
Dry
complex, oak, mlf, lees
Rip peach melon

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Style of Riesling in Alsace

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M to f body
Med alcohol
High acid
Citrus, stone, steely

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Style of gewurz in Alsace

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Fb
Oily texture
Lychee rose baking spice
High alcohol
L-m acid
Aromatic

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Wine style pinot gris in Alsace

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Rich fb
High alc
Dried fruit honey
Textured
(More acid but less aromatic than gewurz)

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Wine style muscat in Alsace

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Muscat blanc a Petit grains and muscat ottonel
Aromatic
Orange blossom rose grape
L-m body, l-m acidity

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Types of rose in loire

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Rose de Loire - in toureaine and anjou, dry, min 30% cab franc or sauv
Cabernet d’anjou - med sweet style, blend cab sauvignon and franc
Rose d’anjou - less sweet, Grolleau and cab franc
Tourraine Rose - blend, dry, fruity
Sancerre rose- pinot noir, light

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Red grape in loire

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Cab franc
Range of styles
Sandy soils - light fruity
Limestone clay slopes - fb, tannic,
Oak

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Samur- champigny

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Cab franc loire Valley
Light body and tannin
Juicy Berry fruit, floral
Drink young or chilled

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Haut medoc

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Cab dominant blend
Black currant cedar oak
Grippy tannins, age worthy

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Saint estephe

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Haut medoc bordeaux left bank
Cab dominant blend
Black currant cedar oak
Grippy tannins, age worthy

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Paulliac

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Haut medoc bordeaux left bank
Cab dominant blend
Black currant cedar oak
Grippy tannins, age worthy

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Saint julien

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Haut medoc bordeaux left bank
Cab dominant blend
Black currant cedar oak
Grippy tannins, age worthy

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Margauex

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Haut medoc bordeaux left bank
Cab dominant blend
Black currant cedar oak
Grippy tannins, age worthy

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4 appellations in haut medoc

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Saint estephe
Paulliac
Saint Julien
Margaux

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Named places on left bank

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Medoc (bas-medoc in north)
Haut medoc
St estephe
Paulliac
Saint julien
Margaux
Graves
Pessax leognan

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Where is leognan pessac

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Bordeaux
Left bank
Graves

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Right bank towns

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Saint emillon
Pomerol

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3 soils and styles in St emillion

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2 most prestigious
M-h tannin, soft rich mouthfeel, red Berry plum tobacco cedar
Plateau, north = warm well drained gravel and Limestone, cab franc and sauvignon
Escapement, NE = clay Limestone

Foot of Escapement = sandy soils, light body

Merlot dom

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Pomerol

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Rich spicy black fruits
Merlot dom

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Cotes Dr Bordeaux

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Merlot based, drink early
Shared amongst less well known appellations

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Another word for halbtrocken

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Feinherb

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What does Petit verdict add to a blend

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Tannin, colour, spice

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What does cab franc add to a blend

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Vibrant fruit and floral notes
It’s less tannin and less body than cab sauv

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