WSET 2 exam Flashcards
Where in Chile produces entry level single varietal merlot?
Central Valley
Where in France can you find two of the highest quality Sauvignon Blancs? and what are they? + what is the third
Loire Valley,
Sancerre AOC
Pouilly Fume
Touraine
What are the categories of quality of Spanish wine and some description on flavour?
Joven (Fruity)
Crenza (Oak)
Reserva (Figs and Prune)
Gran Reserva (Mushrooms)
Where in New Zealand are cabernet Sauvignon and merlot produced and why is that area good?
Hawkes Bay - because it has stony soil and is dry
Los Carneros produces excellent Pinot Noir, what climate factor helps it? Specific name
The sea breezes from San Pablo Bay
What is the key fruit note in merlot?
Red Peach
Pinot Noir can be grown in which areas of New Zealand? and why is the area suited to Pinot Noir?
Central Otago - because it is central and therefore continental in climate and at higher altitude helping to reduce temperature
Where in Europe is premier Sauvignon blanc found and give an example?
Bordeaux’s moderate climate
Pessac-Leognan
What is the style of wine that White Zinfandel produces?
Rose, Low alcohol, off-dry, low-med acidity
What flavours are most recognisable as Pinot Noir?
Red fruits (Strawberry, raspberry, red cherry) (thin skinned, single varietal) Cool moderate climate
Pinot Noir is famously produced in Burgundy, where in the Cote D’or produces two of the finest Pinot Noirs and what are they?
Cote de nuit
- Nuits Saint george
- Gevrey-Chambertin
Which areas in Californiat produce the highest quality Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon?
Napa Valley (Rutherford and Oakville)
Where in Chile produces high quality Sauvignon Blanc and why?
Casablanca (Sea breazes)
What is the Spanish labelling term for Grenache Rose?
Rosaro (Navara)
Where in the US produces high quality Chardonnay / Sauvignon blanc and why?
Sonama,
Napa Valley,
Los Carneros
Santa Barbera
What is the key area in Eastern Australia for production of merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon?
Coonawarra
What unique flavour can be associated with Verdicchio in central italy?
Fenel
Which area in Australia produces traditional Australian Style Shiraz? Which are produces EU style?
Shiraz - Barossa Valley (v full bodied wine)
EU style - Hunter valley (more pepper / spice)
Which region of Italy is famous for Garganega ? and what are the two wines associated?
A) Veneto
1) Soave
2) Soave Classico
Where does Primatevo (Zinfandel) come from in Italy?
Pulgia
What is the key fruit in cabernet sauvignon?
Blackcurrent
How does a vine benefit from small amount of nutrients?
It forces the vine to work harder (e.g. longer roots) meaning more concentrated grapes
What is the most famous high quality Beajoulais Village?
Fleurie
What are lees and what role can they play?
They are dead yeast. They can be stirred in to add body to a wine, flavours of bread, pastry and biscuits
Bordeaux term ‘Grand crus classe’ applies to which side of Bordeaux and who does it apply to?
Left side, the producer
Translate the Hungarian word Aszui ?
Rotten
What red grape variety is specifically suited to growing in Oregon US
Pinot Noir
What are two distinct notes you associate with Gewürztraminer?
A) Floral rose
B) Lychee
What latitude is best for growing wine?
30 - 50 degrees (north and south)
Where in South Africa produces high quality Sauvignon blanc
Elgin (near sea)
Excellent wines of chardonnay can be found in which appellations of Burgundy?
Within the Cote D’ore, they are found in the South Cote de Beaune and are
- Mersault
- Puligny Montrachet
What is the colour of a mature left bank Margeaux and Pauliac?
Garnet
What two types of wine pinot grigio / pinot gris can be produced?
1) Light, dry and high acid,
2) Medium acid, full bodied, complex
Where is Malbec from?
Argentina, Maldoza
What is the appassimanto technique and what 2 wines does it produce?
Drying the grapes off the vine
- Amerone della vallepolicella
- Reciato della Vallepolicella
What is the best area for growing quality Garnacha in Spain?
Priorat
Which grape variety unusually has a positive association with petrol aromas?
Riesling
Chennin blanc can be famously found in which region in EU and what is the most famous of wines associated?
France, Loire Valley
Vouvray
Oldest vines in the world are from where and how old roughly (grenache?)
Australia, Barossa Valley (150 years ish)
What flavours do you associate with Chardonnay from South Eastern Australia?
Lots of peach
What two regions, only, have DOCa in Spain?
Rioja and Priorat
Where in South Africa produce high quality Chardonnay and why?
Walker Bay (near sea)
Semillon likes a moderate and warm climate where outside of Boudreaux can you find two distinct styles and what are they?
Australia - Hunter Valley
Style 1) Youthful and easy to drink
Style 20 Fully developed, more complex, full bodied
What is the best appellation for Verdicchio?
Verdicchio dei costeli di jesi
Which winds affects the Rhone and how to vineyards mitigate it?
Mistrel - by tying all vines to a post
What is Botrytis?
It is a fungal which increases the concentration of acid and sugars through breaking the skins and the water evaporating
Where can you find high quality Alberino?
Rias Biaxos
Which grape in Spain and France is important for making Rose and why?
Grenache / Garnacha (because it has thin skins)
What happens at veraison ?
Grapes begin to change colour:
1) Red - Green turns to purple
2) White - Green turns to gold
Where in New Zealand produces high quality sauvignon blanc and chardonnay?
Marlborough (passion fruit)
