WSET level 2

main reason for looking at the appearance of a wine - can warn us of faults if wine is too old, has been badly stored, or cork seal has failed, allowing air to damage wine, it is described as.. - out of condition out of condition wines look like... - dull in appearance, a hint of brown, haziness colors that are indication of age in white wines - orange, amber and brown color for youth in red wine - purple color for youth in white wine - green how can out of condition wines smell? - dull & stale, may have excessive oxidative aromas (toffee, caramel or sherry) place for sweetness to be most easily detected - tip of tongue place for acidity to be tasted - sides of tongue place for bitterness to be detected - back of tongue good balance - the sweetness, fruitiness , tannin and acidity will be in balance pairing wine with sweet food makes the wine - seem to have more bitterness and acidity sweetness in food - increases wine bitterness, acidity and burning effect of alcohol acidity in food makes the wine - seem more body, sweetness & fruitiness , decreases the perception of acidity in wine pairing wine with salty food makes the wine - increase the perception of wine, decreases bitterness and acidity your liver can only break down approx - 10 g per hour best temp to serve sweet wine - 6-8 Celsius in order to grow and produce healthy grapes, a vine needs.. - co2, sunlight, water, warmth & nutrients climate describes - the weather conditions we might expect in a typical year sunlight - the source of energy that allows the grape to combine co2 and water into sugar climate - weather conditions (temps, rainfall, sunshine) we may expect in a typical year. latitude is determine by - altitude, latitude and oceans ideal warmth for grapes is - not too little, not too much the most important time of the weather condition is when.. - the grapes are ripening. yields influence quality.. - lower yields give better quality fermentation temp of white wine - 12-22 sweetness in wine is mostly caused by - unfermented sugars in the wine fermentation temp in red wine - 20-32 extraction of colors in red wines can be done by - pumping over or punched down skins american oak compared to European oak - less expensive with aromas of coconut and vanilla TBA - sweet wine affected by noble rot A cave cooperative is a - winemaking facility shared by a number of grape farmers malolactic fermentation - softens harsh acids 2 famous regions in Cote d'Or are - Meursalut and Puligny-Montrachet Pouilly-Fuisse is the name of - a wine in the Macconais region of Burgundy yarra Valley, adelaide river & margaret river are regions in - Australia Sonoma and CArneros are regions in - California most well known region in Argentina - Mendoza charldonnay grapes - can tolerate wide ranges of soils and climates gevrey-chambertin and Nuits-St.Georges are - villages known for pinot noir grape growing pfalz and Baden are famous wine regions in Germany bc - they produce P.Noir with light body and red berry fruit P.Noir in germany is - produced in large volumes New Zealand Pinots are - more full bodied with lower acidity and more intense fruit than Burgunday New Zealand Pinots are grown in - Central Otago and Marlborough Australian regions for Pinot - Yarra Valley and Mornington Penninsula in Victoria Chile is one of the rare places where inexpensive ___ is produced - P.Noir Cab Sauv and Merlot are often blended together bc - merlot adds body and softness to the wine typical flavors of cab sauv - black fruits (black currant, black cherry,) accompanied by herbaceous notes of bell pepper & mint left bank regions of bordeaux - Haut-Medoc, Pauillac, Margaux, Graves, Pessac Leognan Bordeaux Superieure - a higher level of alcohol than basic Bordeaux AC Cru Classe chateaux - among the worlds most complex long lived wines Coonawarra, Australia produces Cab Sauv with - distinctive cassis, mint and eucalyptus bulk production Cab Sauv and merlot are produced in - Chili and Southern France Sauv Blanc has strong aromas of - elderflower, bell pepper, asparagus in the LOire, S.Blanc is famous in - Sancerre, Pouilly-Fume south africa produces sauv blanc - in cooler coastal region sof Constantia and Elgin riesling countries - Germany, France, Austria, Australia, New Zealand pradikatswein - is categorized by the sugar level in the grapes low to high sugar germany - kabinett, spatlese, auslese, bberenauslese, trockenbeerenauslese lightest bodied rieslings in Germany are produced in - mosel 2 appellations in alscae - Alsace AC and Alsace Grand Cru AC Clare Valley and Eden Valley are famous Riesling regions in - Australia Grosses Gewachs is a high quality wine - made from P.Noir or riesling and set up by the best producers welschriesling and olaszrisling are - varieties unrelated to riesling typical syrah wine is - full bodied with aromas of dark fruit and dark chocolate typical grenache - light color (but full body), red fruit and spicy notes grenache is widely used for rose - in france and spain Cote Rotie and Hermitage are wine regions - in northern Rhone where they produce high quality wines Cotes du Rhone and Cote du Rhone Villlage are appellations in - southern rhone Chateauneuf-du-pape - high quality, famous wine region in the Southern Rhone famous australian wine regions for producing shiraz - Hunter VAlley, Mclaren Vale, Barossa Valley classic region for Pinot Gris in France - Alsace pinot gris is grown in these 3 countries - New Zealand, Italy, Alsace best pinto grigio wines come from .. - trentino-alto adige and Fruiuli-Venezia-Giulia Verdicchio is a white grape variety in the Marche region - with high acidity and flavors of lemon, fennel, and bitter almond best examples of VErdicchio are found in - VErdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi DOC Trebbiano is used mostly for - inexpensive neutral white wines soave and soave classico DOC are - white wines from north-east Italy made from garganega GAVI DOCG - light white made from Cortese, high acid with notes of green apple and citrus