Wset 2 Flashcards
Describe Pinot Nior
Pale-medium
Thin Skin
High Acidity
Low-med tannin
Careful use of oak
What is the Climate for Pinot Nior
Cool to moderate
What does Pinot Nior gain with age
Mushroom
Forest Floor
Where do you find Pinot Nior in France
Burgundy
Where are the best sites for PN in Burgundy
Côte d’Or
What is the name of Northern Côte d’Or and what are the 2 places inside of it
Côte de Nuits
Nuits Saint Georges
Gevery Chambertain
What is the name of the Southern part of Côte d’Or and what are the 2 smaller parts
Côte De Beaune
Beaune
Pommard
Where do you find PN in USA
Cali
Los Carneros
Sonoma
Santa Barbra
Oregon
Where do you find PN in Chile
Casablanca Valley
Where do you find PN in South Africa
Walker Bay
Where do you find PN in NewZealand
Martinbourough
Marlborough
Central Otago
Describe Zinfandel/Primitivo
High Sugar
Med-high acid
Med-high tannin
Red fruit to black fruit to prune/raisin
What does Zinfandel get with age
Earth and meat
Where do you find Zinfandel/ Primitivo
California
Puglia Italy
Describe Riesling
High acid
Aromatic
Dry-sweet
Light- full
green fruit to citrus and blossom to stone fruit to tropics fruit to dried apricot
What climate is suitable for Zinfandel
Warm
What climate is suitable for Riesling
Cool to Moderate
Where do you find Riesling
Germany
France
Australia
Where do you find Riesling in Germany
Mosel- North - light/med sweetness/ high acid
Rheingau- N bank of Rhine River - fuller body than Mosel
Pfalz- dry and sunny/ dry med body
Where do you find Riesling in France and how do they taste
Alsace AOC/ best planted E or SE facing
Dry and Sunny/ wine is Dry with pronounced flavor and aroma of citrus stone fruit med body and high acidity
Where do you find Riesling in Australia how do they taste
Eden valley
Clare valley
Dry lime lemon sometime petrol
Where do you find Chenin Blanc
France - Vouvray
South Africa - most planted white grape- western Cape
What Climate does Chenin Blanc Like
Cool to moderate
What is Chenin Blanc profile
High acid
Susceptible To Nobel Rot
Dry-sweet
Oaked and unoaked
Where do you find Chenin Blanc in France and what does it taste like
Vouvray
Dry- fresh apple
Off dry to med. labeled Demi sec
Sweet- extra ripening or noble rot- stone and tropical fruit
Where do you find Chenin Blanc is South Africa// profile
Western Cape
Dry and medium body with peach pineapple and sometimes oak
Where do you find Semillon
Sauternes Bordeaux
Hunter and Barosa Valley Australia
What is Semillon profile
Med to high acid
Light to full body
In youth apple lemon grass
Ages dried fruit nut and honey
What is the climate for Semillon
Moderate to warm
What is the Profile for Furmint
High acid
Developes amber color fresh stone fruit dried fruit caramel and nut
Sweet and full body
Describe Chardonnay
Versatile and depends on climate
Med to high acid
Dry
Light to full body
Ages hazelnut and mushroom
Describe cool climate Chard
Med to high acid
Med to full body
Lemon
Stone fruit
Tropical fruit (melon)
Describe a moderate climate Chard
Med to high acid
Med to full body
Lemon/ stone fruit/ tropical fruit (melon)
Describe a warm climate Chard
Full body
Med acidity
Stone and tropical fruit
When is acidification common in Chard
In warm climate Chards with med acidity
Where is Chard the Maine white grape in France
Burgundy
Where do you find Chard in France and what do they taste like
Chablis AOC
Cool climate dry light to med body with high acid
Lemon apple wet stone
Côte d’Or - moderate climate
Focused in Côte de Beaune
Mersault and Puligny Montrachet
Maconnais - S Burgandy
Fruity and unoaked
Lemon peach melon - Macon
Use oak more concentrated stone and tropical fruit - poully fuisse
Languedoc Rousillon
Pays d’oc IGP
Warm climate
Peach pineapple and banana
Where is chard in USA
Central Valley - high volume
Los Carneros
Sonoma
Napa Valley
Santa Barbra
Oregon
Where do you find chard in Australia
Adelaide Hills
Yarra Valley
