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WSET Session 8 Flashcards

Sparkling wines and Fortified

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1
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What happens to sugar and yeast when making sparkling wine?

A

Converted into alcohol and carbon dioxide

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What happens to carbon dioxide during a sparkling wine’s second fermintation

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Beomes trapped and is dissolved in the wine

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what are the two methods of fermentation for sparkling wine?

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Bottle fermentation and tank fermentation

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4
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Which method of fermentation is considered the traditional method?

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Bottle fermentation

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What happens during bottle fermentation?

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Base wine is bottled with yeast and sugar, then undergoes a second fermentation and yeast autolysis, then riddling, disgorgement, dosage and realsealing

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What is disgorgement?

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Wine is frozen and lees are trapped in ice. When the bottle is opened the ice is forcefully ejected

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7
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What is dosage?

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a mixture of wine and sugar that is added to the bottle of sparkling to control sweetness level

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8
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What are the two most famous examples of traditional method sparkling wines?

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Champagne and Cava

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9
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Which grapes are usually in Champagne?

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Pinot Noir, Chardonnay and Meuiner

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10
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What grapes are usually in Cava?

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Local varieties, Chadonnay, and Pinot Noir

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11
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Where is Cava made?

A

Catalunya

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Where are traditional sparkling wines made?

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USA, France, Spain, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand

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13
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Brut

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Only a small amount of sugar added

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Demi-Sec

A

Medium Sweetnes

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Vintage

A

Grapes from a particular year

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Non-Vintage

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Wine made from a blend of grapes from previous years

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17
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Cap Classique

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Traditional method sparkling wine from South Africa

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18
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How are sparkling wines made through tank fermentation?

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Yeast and sugar are added to a dry base wine, then sealed in a tank for a second fermentation, lees are removed, bottled under pressure and the result is a dry sparkling wine

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19
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Where is known for tank fermentation sparkling wines?

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Prosecco

20
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What grape is used to make prosecco?

A

Glera

21
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What is the body fullness of Prosecco?

A

Light to medium

22
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What is the sweetness level of Prosecco?

A

Dry to off-dry

23
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What are some flavor characteristics of Prosecco?

A

Pear, melon and blossom

24
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What is the Asti method of making sparkling wines?

A

Grape juice is partially fermented in a pressurized tank and sealed to retain carbon dioxide, fermentation is stopped by filtration and the result is a low-alcohol sparkling wine

25
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Where are sparking wines made using the Asti Method

A

Asti, Piemonte

26
Q

How do you open a bottle of sparkling wine?

A

Remove foil, remove cage, twist bottle not cork

27
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How do you asses sparkling wines?

A

On color, aromas, flavors and quality

28
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Fortified wine

A

Wines that have additional alcohol added to them

29
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How do you get a sweet fortified wine?

A

Fortify during fermentation

30
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How do you get a dry fortified wine?

A

Fortify after fermentation

31
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Where is Sherry made?

A

Jerez, Spain

32
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What is used to make dry Sherry?

A

Palomino grapes

33
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What is used to make Sweet Sherry?

A

Dried Pedro Ximénez grapes or a blend of dry Sherry and a sweet component

34
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How do you make Fino Sherry?

A

Biologically aged a dry white wine to 15% abv under flor in solera system

35
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Solera

A

System of oak casks containing wines of different ages

36
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How do you make Amontillado Sherry

A

Biologically aged a dry white wine to 15% abv under flor in solera system, the refortify to 17% abv and age without flor in solera system

37
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How do you make Oloroso Sherry?

A

Oxidatively age a dry white wine without flor under the solera system

38
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What are the four styles of sweet Sherry?

A

Pale Cream Sherry, Medium Sherry, Cream Sherry, PX

39
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Where is Port from?

A

Port, Portugal

40
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How is Port made?

A

Rapid extraction of color and tannin, partial fermentation, fotification, and maturation

41
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What are the the three styles of Port?

A

Vintage Port, Ruby Port, and Tawny Port

42
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What are the three styles of Ruby Port?

A

Ruby Port, Reserve Ruby Port, Late Bottle Vintage Port

43
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Ruby Port

A

Sweet, simple, fruity Port with lower tannins

44
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Reserve Ruby Port

A

Better quality Port with strong flavor intensity

45
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Late Bottled Vintage (LBV) Port

A

Like Reserve Ruby but from a particular vintage

46
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How do you asses Fortified wines?

A

Color, aroma, flavor and quality

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