Wl Flashcards
Torzi Matthews Prosecco 2023
Vintage
Style
Winemaking
Vintage - cool, great acid vintage SA
Style - dry citrus, saline touch of bread, light carbonation
Winemaking - Charmat
Alpha Domus Blanc De Blanc NV
Style
Winemaking
100% Chardonnay - ripe and soft so perfect amount of dosage ( 0)
24 months on lees
Great value
Champagne Bollinger
Grapes
Style
Winemaking
Minimum 3 years on lees
55% reserve wine
Pinot, chardonnay, meunier
80% are grand and premier cru
Jerome Prevost LC15 blanc de noirs Les Closerie / Les Beguines
Style
Grapes
Winemaking
Village
Extra Brut
95% Meunier
80% from 2015
Extensive lees aging old vines sand and limestone clay over chalk
Gueux - Montagne de Reims
Weathercraft Pinot Gris 2024
Vintage
Style
Winemaking
King and Alpine valleys - warmer vintage
Small amount of barrel aging, dry style
Weathercraft Pinot Gris 2024
Vintage
Style
Winemaking
King and Alpine valleys - warmer vintage
Small amount of barrel aging, dry style
2024 Swinney Riesling
Vintage
Style
Winemaking
Very early start, good acid though
Style is dry mineral, savoury
Winemaking is simple, no gross less, no oak
2017 Crawford river Riesling
Vintage
Style
winemaking
Exceptional vintage, long cool enough rain at the start
Style is ripe as the site is quite warm but not too warm due to maritime influence
Winemaking is stainless with natural settling wild ferment
Gruner Hirsch 2023
Vintage
Style
Winemaking
Cool vintage, wet complicated but ripe with high acid
Style is classic Austria, loess soils stainless steel pepper and fruit
2021 Murgo Etna Bianco carricante blend
Vintage
Varieties
Style
Warm and wet but high quality
75 % carricante 25% cataratto
Style is dry with 100% stainless steel and distinct floral and chalky mineral notes
2015 Chenin Blanc Swan Valley Bella ridge
Vintage
Style
Oak or stainless
Lees aging?
Warm vintage
Style is Semillon esque with picked early neutrality but aromatics developing from bottle age.
2017 Vinelea Marsanne Blend Petit Blanc
Vintage
Varieties
Style
2017 was warm perfect for these varieties
60% Marsanne 40% roussane
Style is rich but aromatic, cool ferment and oak aging
Pycm Aligote 2022
Vintage
Winemaking
Region
2022 was a great vintage, warm fleshy but incredible balance
350L barrels and full Malo the only wine in the range
Neudorf Chardonnay tiritiri
Vintage
Winemaking
Region
Tricky with rain at harvest but still cool, if picked later incredible
Full Malo, 13% new wild ferment 10 months on lees
Nelson, top of the South island, founded by Neudorf
22 Besson Chablis
Vintage
Winemaking
Region
22 was a warmer vintage but excellent balance and structure
Entirely stainless
Les fruits Sauvignon Blanc 2023
Slightly higher Semillon than Sauvignon blanc oxidative nutty
2021 Athletes of wine Rosé
Sangiovese dominant blend, old oak lees
Thibaud rosé 2023 boudignon
Predominantly cabernet franc with groulleau and a little gamay from 25 year old vines no Malo
Tell me something about: 2022 mount majura silurian - name, grapes, years
comes from the geological period the vineyard wa formed. 75 chardonnay 25 pinot 2 years on lees
Tell me something about: NV daosa natural reserve, vineyards, grapes, reserve
old vines, old sites in the piccadilly valley that have always made sparkling. Mainly pinot with chardonnay and meuiner. 15% reserve
Tell me something about: NV Kumeau Cremant
Mainly Chardonnay 60% Pinot 40% 3 years on lees.
Tell me something about:Mainegra Cava Dosage, Grapes, Region
8G/l, Viura, Parellada, Chardonnay, Navarra, 16 months on lees.
Tell me something about: NV Jo Landron Atmospheres Grapes, Lees Time,
Folle Blanche, Pinot Noir, 24 Months Lees icon of loire
What is the synonym for Picpoul?
Folle Blanche