WSET2 Week 5 Flashcards
1) Adding yeast and sugar to base wine in bottle
2) 2nd fermentation and autolysis
3) Riddling
4) Disgorgement
5) Dosage
6) Resealing
Are ordered steps in this sparkling wine making method
traditional method
1) Base wine
2) Yeast and sugar added to base wine in tank
3) Tank sealed to retain CO2 during fermentation
4) Lees removed by filtration
5) Wine bottled under pressure and sealed with cork
Are ordered steps in this sparkling wine making method
tank method
Fino
Amontillado
Oloroso
3 ___ Sherry styles
dry
Pale cream
Cream
Medium
Px (Pedro Ximenez)
4 ___ Sherry styles
sweet
___ Port is made from the highest-quality grapes and will need to be decanted off its sediment before serving.
Vintage
___ Port is a sweet, simple fruity fortified wine with lower tannins.
Ruby
___ Port is oxidatively aged so it has aromas of walnuts & caramel and a browner color.
Tawny
___ Port uses better quality grapes and is matured longer than Ruby Port, but comes from a single vintage.
LBV late bottled vintage
___ Ruby Port uses better quality grapes and is matured longer than Ruby Port, but can be from different vintages
Reserve
a system of older oak casks containing wines of varying ages for Sherry production
solera
Ruby-style Ports are usually made in these kinds of casks
large, old oak casks
These Ports
can mature in-bottle for 20+ years
turn from ruby to garnet over time
form a thick sediment
develop complex tertiary aromas
Vintage
How much does the alcohol level increase after the second fermentation during sparkling wine production?
1.5% abv
cube-shaped machine that can riddle hundreds of bottles at a time
gyropalette
What is the climate in Champagne?
cool
A sparkling wine with a blend of base wines from several vintages is called
non-vintage
What is the name of the traditional method sparkling wine from Spain?
Cava
The process of adding a mixture of wine and sugar after disgorgement of traditional method sparkling wine.
Also, the amount of mixture added
dosage
a mixture of wine and sugar added to traditional method sparkling wine after disgorgement
liqueur d’expédition
What determines the final sweetness of a traditional method sparkling wine
dosage
Which method of sparkling wine production does not begin with a dry base wine?
Asti method
1) Almost all Sherry wines are made from this grape:
2) What color is it?
Palomino - white grape
Which sparkling wine is made from the white Glera grape variety
Prosecco DOC
A Fino Sherry is fortified to about this abv
15%
What purpose does the flor serve in a Fino Sherry
protects the wine from oxygen
This style Sherry is a sweetened Fino that is probably the sweetest Sherry on a list
Pale Cream
Medium & Cream on a Sherry wine label signify sweetened ___ and ___ Sherries
Amontillado and Oloroso
This style Sherry and grape is
made from sun-dried, concentrated white grapes,
used as a sweetening component for Cream Sherries,
wine is deep brown in color and sweet with dried fruit, licorice, and molasses flavors
Pedro Ximénez (PX)
Where is Port produced?
Upper Douro, Portugal
Where is Sherry produced?
Jerez de la Frontera, Spain
How are Port wines made sweet?
they are fortified before fermentation is complete
dry Sherry style aged under a layer of flor
Fino
Amontillado starts under flor before being refortified
South African term for traditional method sparkling wine
Cap Classique
Demi-sec sparkling has more or less sugar from liqueur d’expédition than brut?
more sugar
Tawny Ports are aged in large or small barrels?
small, to oxidize faster
Ports are made from a blend of Upper Duoro grapes that are this color
black
A Oloroso Sherry is fortified to about this abv
17%, where flor can’t survive. Oloroso darkens and develops walnut and caramel flavors from deliberate oxidation
Because ___ Sherry has flor to protect from oxidation, it usually is pale lemon color with aromas of apple, almonds, and flavors of bread dough from the flor
Fino
