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WSET 2 exam Flashcards

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1
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Where in Chile produces entry level single varietal merlot?

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Central Valley

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Where in France can you find two of the highest quality Sauvignon Blancs? and what are they? + what is the third

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Loire Valley,
Sancerre AOC
Pouilly Fume

Touraine

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3
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What are the categories of quality of Spanish wine and some description on flavour?

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Joven (Fruity)
Crenza (Oak)
Reserva (Figs and Prune)
Gran Reserva (Mushrooms)

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4
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Where in New Zealand are cabernet Sauvignon and merlot produced and why is that area good?

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Hawkes Bay - because it has stony soil and is dry

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5
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Los Carneros produces excellent Pinot Noir, what climate factor helps it? Specific name

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The sea breezes from San Pablo Bay

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6
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What is the key fruit note in merlot?

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Red Peach

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7
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Pinot Noir can be grown in which areas of New Zealand? and why is the area suited to Pinot Noir?

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Central Otago - because it is central and therefore continental in climate and at higher altitude helping to reduce temperature

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8
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Where in Europe is premier Sauvignon blanc found and give an example?

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Bordeaux’s moderate climate

Pessac-Leognan

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9
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What is the style of wine that White Zinfandel produces?

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Rose, Low alcohol, off-dry, low-med acidity

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10
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What flavours are most recognisable as Pinot Noir?

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Red fruits (Strawberry, raspberry, red cherry) (thin skinned, single varietal) Cool moderate climate

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Pinot Noir is famously produced in Burgundy, where in the Cote D’or produces two of the finest Pinot Noirs and what are they?

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Cote de nuit

  • Nuits Saint george
  • Gevrey-Chambertin
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12
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Which areas in Californiat produce the highest quality Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon?

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Napa Valley (Rutherford and Oakville)

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13
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Where in Chile produces high quality Sauvignon Blanc and why?

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Casablanca (Sea breazes)

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14
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What is the Spanish labelling term for Grenache Rose?

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Rosaro (Navara)

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15
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Where in the US produces high quality Chardonnay / Sauvignon blanc and why?

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Sonama,
Napa Valley,
Los Carneros
Santa Barbera

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16
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What is the key area in Eastern Australia for production of merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon?

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Coonawarra

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17
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What unique flavour can be associated with Verdicchio in central italy?

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Fenel

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18
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Which area in Australia produces traditional Australian Style Shiraz? Which are produces EU style?

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Shiraz - Barossa Valley (v full bodied wine)

EU style - Hunter valley (more pepper / spice)

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19
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Which region of Italy is famous for Garganega ? and what are the two wines associated?

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A) Veneto

1) Soave
2) Soave Classico

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20
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Where does Primatevo (Zinfandel) come from in Italy?

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Pulgia

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21
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What is the key fruit in cabernet sauvignon?

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Blackcurrent

22
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How does a vine benefit from small amount of nutrients?

A

It forces the vine to work harder (e.g. longer roots) meaning more concentrated grapes

23
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What is the most famous high quality Beajoulais Village?

A

Fleurie

24
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What are lees and what role can they play?

A

They are dead yeast. They can be stirred in to add body to a wine, flavours of bread, pastry and biscuits

25
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Bordeaux term ‘Grand crus classe’ applies to which side of Bordeaux and who does it apply to?

A

Left side, the producer

26
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Translate the Hungarian word Aszui ?

A

Rotten

27
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What red grape variety is specifically suited to growing in Oregon US

A

Pinot Noir

28
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What are two distinct notes you associate with Gewürztraminer?

A

A) Floral rose

B) Lychee

29
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What latitude is best for growing wine?

A

30 - 50 degrees (north and south)

30
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Where in South Africa produces high quality Sauvignon blanc

A

Elgin (near sea)

31
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Excellent wines of chardonnay can be found in which appellations of Burgundy?

A

Within the Cote D’ore, they are found in the South Cote de Beaune and are

  • Mersault
  • Puligny Montrachet
32
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What is the colour of a mature left bank Margeaux and Pauliac?

A

Garnet

33
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What two types of wine pinot grigio / pinot gris can be produced?

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1) Light, dry and high acid,

2) Medium acid, full bodied, complex

34
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Where is Malbec from?

A

Argentina, Maldoza

35
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What is the appassimanto technique and what 2 wines does it produce?

A

Drying the grapes off the vine

  • Amerone della vallepolicella
  • Reciato della Vallepolicella
36
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What is the best area for growing quality Garnacha in Spain?

A

Priorat

37
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Which grape variety unusually has a positive association with petrol aromas?

A

Riesling

38
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Chennin blanc can be famously found in which region in EU and what is the most famous of wines associated?

A

France, Loire Valley

Vouvray

39
Q

Oldest vines in the world are from where and how old roughly (grenache?)

A

Australia, Barossa Valley (150 years ish)

40
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What flavours do you associate with Chardonnay from South Eastern Australia?

A

Lots of peach

41
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What two regions, only, have DOCa in Spain?

A

Rioja and Priorat

42
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Where in South Africa produce high quality Chardonnay and why?

A

Walker Bay (near sea)

43
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Semillon likes a moderate and warm climate where outside of Boudreaux can you find two distinct styles and what are they?

A

Australia - Hunter Valley
Style 1) Youthful and easy to drink
Style 20 Fully developed, more complex, full bodied

44
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What is the best appellation for Verdicchio?

A

Verdicchio dei costeli di jesi

45
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Which winds affects the Rhone and how to vineyards mitigate it?

A

Mistrel - by tying all vines to a post

46
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What is Botrytis?

A

It is a fungal which increases the concentration of acid and sugars through breaking the skins and the water evaporating

47
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Where can you find high quality Alberino?

A

Rias Biaxos

48
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Which grape in Spain and France is important for making Rose and why?

A

Grenache / Garnacha (because it has thin skins)

49
Q

What happens at veraison ?

A

Grapes begin to change colour:

1) Red - Green turns to purple
2) White - Green turns to gold

50
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Where in New Zealand produces high quality sauvignon blanc and chardonnay?

A

Marlborough (passion fruit)

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