WSET Tasting Standards & Notes Flashcards
WSET Tasting Standards for Grenache varietal?
Pale to Medium Ruby
Medium to Full Body wine with juicy, fruit forward, ripe Red Fruit - R Cherry, R Plum.
Also, W Pepper on Licorice.
What is WSET tasting standard for Chat du Pape?
Medium Ruby
Full body (Hi Alcohol)
Med Acid & Tannin
Blended BR Fruit with Thyme, Rosemary, Tomato Leaf & Lavender (Oaked)
What is WSET tasting standard for bottle aged Grenache?
Earth
Mushroom
Meat
Dried Red Fruit
What are the common Grenache blends for S Rhone, Minervois (Langudec), Navarra, Rioja, Priorat, and Australia?
S Rhone - GSM
Minervois - GS
Navaara - G,Tepmranillo, X
Rioja - G, Tepmranillo, X
Priorat - G, Carignan, X
Explain the GSM blend.
Grenache adds the juicy red fruit flavors to the bold black fruits of S & M - and also balances their high acid and tannin levels.
What is WSET standard for California Zinfandel?
Red & Black Fruit; Dried Fruit (some grapes raisin-ate) & Oak:
Raspberry
Blackberry
Blueberry
Raisin
Prune
Coffee & Mocha
What is WSET standard for Puglia Zinfandel?
WSET Standard for Gamay?
Hi Acid
Low - Med Tannin
Red Fruits
WSET flavor profile for N Rhone Syrah?
Mod Body
Med to High Acid, Tannin, Alcohol
Black fruits
B Pepper
Herbal
WSET profile for warm climate Shiraz (Australia)?
Full Body
High Alcohol
Med to Hi Acid & Tannin
Ripe Cooked Fruit
Anise/Licquorice
WSET Syrah aging flavor profile?
Earth
Mushroom
Meat/Bacon
Leather
WSET flavor profile for Pinot Noir?
WSET flavor profile for Cab Franc?
WSET flavor profile for Nebbiolo?
WSET flavor profile for Sangiovese?
WSET flavor profile for Corvina blend?
WSET flavor profile for Nero d’Avola?
WSET flavor profile for Aglianico?
WSET flavor profile for Negroamaro?
WSET flavor profile for Pinotage?
WSET flavor profile for Malbec?
WSET flavor profile for Carmenere?
WSET flavor profile for just ripe Merlot?
Low to Med Body
Med Alc, Acid, Tannin
Red Fruit
Green Bell Pepper
WSET flavor profile for Riper Merlot?
Med to High Body
Med Acid & Tannin
Black Fruit
Bell Pepper
WSET flavor profile for Robusr Style” Napa & Sonoma Merlot?
High Body
Med Acid & Tannin
Black Fruit
Bell Pepper
WSET flavor profile for Merlot based Pomerol and St Emilion?
Full Body
Concentrated Black Fruid
Oak
WSET flavor profile for Tempranillo?
Med Body, Acid, Tannin
Red & Black Fruit (cherry, blackberry)
Oak - Cedar, Vanilla, Smoke
WSET flavor profile for Cab Sav?
Med to Full Body
Hi Acid & Tannin
Black Fruit (currant, plum) .. to cooked fruit in warm climates
Herbaceous (Bell Pepper)
Herbal (Mint)
What tertiary flavors does Cab Sav develop?
Earth
Mushrooms
Wet Leaves on forest Floor
Dried Fruit
