WSET 3: REGIONS AND GRAPES FINAL TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+

WSET 3: REGIONS AND GRAPES FINAL
TEST 2026 QUESTIONS WITH
CORRECT ANSWERS GRADED A+

◍ Chardonnay (Cool climate) Tasting Notes.
Answer: • Body: Medium to light• Acidity: high• Fruits: Green apple, pear
or green plum
◍ Popular Chardonnay Regions..
Answer: • France: Burgundy, Chablis & Champagne• California: Russian
River & Carneros• Australia: Adelaide Hills, Geeling & Mornington Pens•
New Zealand: Gisborne & Marlborough
◍ Chardonnay (Moderate climate) Tasting Notes.
Answer: • Body: Medium to light• Acidity: high• Fruits: Citrus, melon and
peach
◍ Chardonnay (Hot climate) Tasting Notes.
Answer: • Body: Full• Alcohol: high• Acidity: low• Fruits: Tropical &
exotic fruits
◍ Sauvignon Blanc (Cool or Moderate climate) Tasting Notes..
Answer: • Acidity: High acid• Fruits: Green herbaceous flavors, Passion
fruit or elderflower
◍ In what style of wine do SO2 levels tend to be highest?.
Answer: sweet white wines
◍ What is Brettanomyces?.
Answer: Spoilage yeast
◍ Sauvignon Blanc (Warm/Hot climate) Tasting Notes..
Answer: • Acidity: High• Flavours: Green herbaceous flavors; Peach,

, grapefruit
◍ In USA Sauvignon Blanc is known as....
Answer: Fumé Blanc (oaked)
◍ Popular Sauvignon Blanc Regions..
Answer: • France: Bordeaux, Loire, Sancerre, & Pouilly-Fumé• Australia:
Adelaide Hills & Hunter Valley• New Zealand: Marlborough• South Africa:
Constantia Ward & Robertson District• Chile: Casablanca• California: Napa
◍ Riesling (Cool climate) Tasting Notes..
Answer: • Acidity: High• Flavours: Fresh grape and apple; balanced with
sugar
◍ Riesling (Warm climate and late harvest) Tasting Notes..
Answer: • Acidity: High• Flavours: Citrus and peach, balanced with sugar
◍ Popular Riesling Regions..
Answer: • France: Alsace• Austria• Germany: Mosel, Nahe, Rheigau, & •
Australia: Clare & Eden Valley
◍ Pinot Gris/Pinot Grigio Tasting Notes..
Answer: • Sweetness: Dry• Alcohol: high• Acidity: Moderate to low•
Flavours: Exotic fruits, sometimes botrytis flavors
◍ What does reduction smell like?.
Answer: Stinky rotten eggs and boiled cabbage
◍ What ABV is considered medium for a light wine?.
Answer: 12.5%
◍ Popular Pinot Gris Regions..
Answer: • Australia: Tasmania• New Zealand: Marlborough; • USA: Oregon
◍ What best describes a wine that is medium-dry?.
Answer: There is a distinct presence of sugar but not sweet enough to pair
with dessert
◍ Popular Pinot Grigio Region..

, Answer: • Italy: Trentino
◍ Aromas that have their origin in the post-fermentation process are called...
Answer: secondary aromas
◍ Viognier Tasting Notes..
Answer: • Body: Full • Flavours: Aromatic fruit character; peach, pear and
violet aromas
◍ Popular Viognier Regions..
Answer: • France: Condrieu and Château Grillet in Northern Rhône
◍ Where do we look in a white wine to best assess the color?.
Answer: the rim
◍ Mousse is only relevant in which type of wine?.
Answer: sparkling
◍ Pinot Noir Tasting Notes..
Answer: • Color: Light• Tannins: soft, light• Flavours: Raspberries,
strawberries or red cherries developing into vegetal and farmyard with age
◍ Popular Pinot Noir Regions..
Answer: • France: Burgundy• California: Carneros & Sonoma• South
Africa: Walker Bay• Australia: Yarra Valley• New Zealand: Martinborough,
Marlborough & Central Otago
◍ If a wine shows primary aromas with light acid or tannin, it would be
classified as:.
Answer: drink now: not suitable for further ageing
◍ High acidity wines tend to be found in grapes from what climate?.
Answer: Cool climate
◍ Cabernet Sauvignon (Cooler climate) Tasting Notes..
Answer: • Body: Full• Acidity: High• Tannins: High• Flavours:
Blackcurrant with green capsicum, mint & cedarwood
◍ Which food elements increase the perception of body and decrease the