Wines written description Flashcards
Riesling
Aromatic white grape; late-budding and mid- to late-ripening; ability to accumulate sugar without losing its naturally High Acidity;
Green fruit flavours and floral notes in cool climates;
Citrus and stone fruit character with richer flavour in warmer climates; flavours of honey, toast, and petrol as it ages; one of the most long-lived white wines
Saint Emilion High End
Red wines that are based on Merlot and some Cabernet Franc.
Medium to High tannins with a soft, rich mouthfeel and complex red berry fruit and plum aromas that evolve into tobacco and cedar.
Muscadet Sèvre et Maine
White wine made from the Melon Blanc grape with a maximum 12% alcohol. The wine displays high acidity, light body, and subtle green fruit flavours.
Pouilly-Fuissé / Saint-Véran
Made from Chardonnay in the Mâconnais region of Burgundy. Typically displays ripe notes of tropical and stone fruits, and most are matured in barrel to enhance textures and add flavours of toasty oak.
Among the richest and ripest Chardonnays in Burgundy
Describe a wine from Côte-Rôtie
Syrah (up to 20% Viognier may be added). Deeply coloured elegant wines, Full bodied, Med-High Tannins with Blackfruit and Black pepper aromas.
The best show Floral aromatics and a textural elegance that distinguishes them from Hermitage.
Viognier
Full-bodied white wine with perfumed aromas of blossom and apricots, peach, LOW ACID and HIGH ALCOHOL with an oily texture; can reach very high sugar levels but looses its acidity
Late ripening.
Bandol Wine
Mourvèdre-based red wine that is dark, full-bodied with powerful tannins, bramble, meat, and liquorice-spice flavours and requires bottle age before they show their best.
Carignan
Cariñena
Mazuelo
Deep Color red wine, High Tannin, High Acidity
Lacks Fruit Finesse
Best from Old Vines / Poor Soils
High yielding
Blaufränkisch
Best regarded Austrian Red wine with medium tannins, high acidity, and a peppery, sour cherry flavour
Weinviertel DAC
Grüner Veltliner. Klassik indicates a wine that is light, fresh, and fruity with no discernable oak flavours. Reserve wines must have a higher minimum alcohol and may be matured in oak
Gavi DOCG
Cortese grape to produce wines that are pale and light-bodied with high acidity and aromas of citrus, green apples, and pears.
Taurasi DOCG
Aglianico grape that is deeply coloured with High Acidity and High Tannin, and flavours of black fruit. It is matured in oak and develops earthy, forest floor flavours in the bottle.
Orvieto DOC
Grechetto and Trebbiano that is Light Body with Medium to High acidity and flavours of ripe grapefruit and peaches.
Sangiovese
High Acidity, High Tannin, aromas of red cherries, plums, and dried herbs, often oaked with soft tannins and spicy flavor.
Priorat DOQ
Red wines from Garnacha and Cariñena that are deeply coloured with high tannins, medium to high alcohol, and concentrated black fruit often accompanied by toasty aromas from new French oak.
OLD VINES
Vinho Verde
White wines that are pale lemon in colour, high acidity, and low in alcohol. They may be off-dry and often have a slight sparkling sensation that enhances their freshness.
Mouvèrde / Monastrell
Thick Skinned, Drought tolerant needs hot/sun
Powerful Deep Color, Full Body, High Tannin, High Alcohol, Low-Med Acidity
Ripe Blackberry, Bramble, Meat, Liquorice
Requires ageing
Rías Baixas
Alvarino, Refreshing, unoaked with High Acidity, stone fruits
Zinfandel
Red wine that is Full-bodied with high alcohol and sometimes small amounts of residual sugar. Flavours include red and black fruits, dried berries, and liquorice.
Carmenère
Full bodied High Tannin, with black fruit and herbal aromas
Elqui = peppery
Colchagua = Intense Black Fruit, Fuller Body
Late Ripening, most successful in warm sunniest spots
Torrontés
Aromatic
Medium-bodied and medium acidity, Intense Fruity, Floral perfume. Flavors Stone fruits, and melon
Hunter Valley Semillon
Hunter Valley Semillon is Light Body, Low Alcohol and has High Acidity from being harvested early. The wine is un-oaked and quite neutral when it is young but develops complex flavours of honey, nut, and toast as it ages.
Prosecco
Typically produced by Tank Method with Medium Acidity and fresh aromas of green apple and melon. They are generally dry but may have slightly higher sugar levels than a Champagne or Cava.
Rutherglen Muscat
Sweet to luscious and amber to brown in colour, these wines are aged oxidatively and show flavours of caramel, nuts, and raisin while still retaining some of the floral, grapey character of the Muscat grape.
Muscat grape
Orange blossom, rose and grape
Valpolicella Ripasso
Made with Amarone skins, medium to full body, with medium to high tannin, flavors of stewed red cherries and plums
Palo Cortado
Rare style of Sherry, that has charater of Amontillado, but body of an Oloroso. Thus full body, dry, drive by yeast aromas of bread, and oxidative aromas of toffee, walnut, leather and spice
Tokaji Aszu
deep amber, high acidity, intense aroma of orange peel, apricot and honey
Coteaux de Layon
A sweet Chenin Blanc with High Acidity and flavors of lemon, pineapple and marmalade and apricot from botrytisis.
The most famous are Quarts de Chaume & Bonnezeaux and have their own appellation
Savernnieres
A late harvest. dry Chenin Blanc that is Full Body, High Acidity with lemon, green apple, and pineapple flavors and can evolve for decades.
Muscat de Beaumes de Venise
Intensely Aromatic, Unaged Sweet, medium gold in color, low-medium in acidity with floral and aromatic aromas of orange blossom, rose and grape from Southern Rhône
Manzanilla
Manzanilla is a Fino sherry, but Manzanillas can only come from the seaside village of Sanlúcar de Barrameda.
Manzanillas are lighter, brighter, more saline, and more delicate than Finos due to the cooler climate of Sanlúcar.
Oloroso Sherry
Oxidative ageing and are brown in color, FULL BODY and dominated by oxidized aromas of toffee, leather spice and walnut.
Old Olorosos canb be very concentrated and astringent and balanced in SOLERA with younger Sherrys
Fino Sherry
Under gone biological ageing, Dry, pale lemon in color have citrus, almond and herb aromas with bread notes from the Flor. Flavors can be tangy and salty
Drink immediately since they do not improve in the bottle
Amontillado Sherry
Biological and Oxidative ageing.
Once bio complete, fortified to 17% ABV and moved to Amontillado Solera
Amber or Brown in Color, Less Full Bodied than Oloroso and combined Yeast aromas of bread with Oxidative aromas of toffee, leather, spice & walnut.
Yeast notes fade over time.
An Amontillado Sherry started off as either a Fino or Manzanilla, but the flor died off leaving the wine exposed to oxygen. Therefore, an Amontillado undergoes both biological and oxidative aging.
Amontillado Sherries are pale amber-slightly yellowish in color, dry, and intensely nutty with a deep dried fruit character.
Pale Cream
Short bio ageing before sweetened with RCMG
Similar to FINO but less pronounced FLOR notes