WSET2 - Chapter 7 - Chardonnay

Question 1

What are (3) winemaking processes by which flavors are added to Chardonnay

Answer 1

Malolactic fermentation, lees stirring and oak treatment.

Question 2

What flavors are introduced by malolactic fermentation

Answer 2

Buttery, creamy and dairy based flavors

Question 3

How does malolactic fermentation work

Answer 3

Malo acids are transformed to Lactic acids by yeasts

Question 4

What flavors are introduced by oak into chardonnay

Answer 4

Toast, vanilla and coconut

Question 5

Is Chablis oaked? What grape is used?

Answer 5

No, 100% Chardonnay

Question 6

Chardonnays can/cannot be aged

Answer 6

Can

Question 7

Chardonnays are full/medium/light bodied

Answer 7

Full bodied

Question 8

What helps chardonnays develop a honeyed, nutty and savory complexity

Answer 8

Ageing - possible in the best ones

Question 9

What climate does Chablis have?

Answer 9

Cool climate

Question 10

A wine with a green fruit/citrus flavor and a smoky, flinty or mineral quality is a ______

Answer 10

Chablis

Question 11

Describe two fruit flavors in a Chablis and three secondary flavors

Answer 11

Green fruit and citrus. Secondary: smoky, flinty and mineral

Question 12

What region is in the heart of Burgundy

Answer 12

Cote d’Or

Question 13

Chardonnay wines are mainly made in the South or North of the Cote d’Or?

Answer 13

South

Question 14

What are the two main parts of the Cote d’Or? Which is North/South?

Answer 14

North: Cote de Nuit, South: Cote de Beaune.

Question 15

Mersault is a white burgundy from _______

Answer 15

Cotes de Beaune

Question 16

Puligny Montrachet is a white burgundy from _____

Answer 16

Cotes de Beaune

Question 17

Malolactic fermentation and oak are/are not common in Mersault wines

Answer 17

ARE

Question 18

What are the fruit flavors in a Puligny Motrachet wine as well as secondary characteristics

Answer 18

White stone fruit into tropical with vanilla, spice and savory notes

Question 19

What vineyard in the Bourgogne is judged by many to produce the best Chardonnay wines?

Answer 19

Le Montrachet

Question 20

The Maconnais produces what kind of chardonnay?

Answer 20

Large volume - its the most southernly location

Question 21

Wines from Maconnais are/are not oaked

Answer 21

ARE NOT

Question 22

What is the flavor profile of a chardonnay from Maconnais

Answer 22

Light and fruity - melon and citrus

Question 23

Pouilly-Fuisse is/is not oaked

Answer 23

IS

Question 24

What is the flavor profile of a Pouilly-Fuisse?

Answer 24

Tropical fruit- pineapple and melon - plus oak

Question 25

Name three regions for premium Chardonnay in Australia

Answer 25

Margaret river, Adelaide hills, Yarra valley

Question 26

Where is chardonnay made in New Zealand

Answer 26

Marlborough

Question 27

Name two regions in California for premium chardonnay

Answer 27

Carneros and Sonoma

Question 28

Where in Chile are they making premium chardonnay

Answer 28

Casablanca Valley

Question 29

Where in Argentina are they making premium chardonnay

Answer 29

Mendoza

Question 30

Where in South Africa are they making premium chardonnay

Answer 30

Walker Bay

Question 31

What grape(s) can chardonnay be blended with

Answer 31

Semillion and Vigonier