Winemaking - Vinification Flashcards
What is vinification?
What are the decisions and practices made in the winery from harvest to when the wine is bottled?
What is the basic chemistry of wine and how it relates to cause and effect?
Malolactic conversion, acids in wine, and sugars in wine.
What is malolactic conversion in wine? What are acids in wine? What are sugars in wine?
What are the factors in decision making in vinification?
What is the goal of the winery?
What style of wine will be produced?
What will the price point of the wine be?Are there regional wine laws the winery must adhere to?
Sustainability.
Breakdown of how sustainability is implemented in the winery.
Explain the winemaking steps.
Harvest
Sort
Destem
White Wines: Crush, Press, Fermentation, Fining/Filtering, Bottling/Packaging.
Red Wines: Crush, Maceration, Fermentation (with skin contact), Pressing, Ageing, Fining/Filtration, Bottling/Packaging, Bottle Ageing.
Rosé Wines: (simple version)Crush (red grape varieties), Maceration skin contact (for a short time), Pressing, Fermentation, Fining/Filtration, Bottling/Packaging.
What are three types of Rosé production?
Maceration time
Blending Method - often used for sparkling wine production.
Saignée*
*Saignée or “bleeding” method (this essentially doesn’t exist anymore. It was a concentration technique for red wine production with rosé being the byproduct.)
Aging: Can be on the lees or without.Can be in concrete, stainless steel, or oak.
What is alcoholic fermentation?
Sugar + Yeast –> Alcohol, CO2, Heat, Aromas, Flavors
Saccharomyces cerevisiae = species of yeast for wine fermentation
What are the types fermentation vessels?
Wood
Stainless steel
Concrete
Why oak and what are its various origins?
What are the other types of wood used for barrels?
Acacia
Cherry
Chestnut.
What are the barrel sizes?
Barrique = 225 liters
Puncheon = 300 liters
Demi-muid = 600 liters
Foudre/Botti = 1,000+ liters
What is cause and effect of the different types of vessels and which has more flavor impact?
Which major areas of the world use different types of vessels and why such as botti in Piemonte or barriques in Rioja?