750 Technical Enology Reference Modules: Vinification Chemistry Self-Assessment Toolkit

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CMS – CERTIFIED SOMMELIER EXAM / WSET
ADVANCED EXAM BANK 2025 ACTUAL EXAM
QUESTIONS AND CORRECT DETAILED ANSWERS
(VERIFIED ANSWERS) ALL ANSWERED {750 Q & A}
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What is the minimum residual sugar level for Vendenge Tardive
for Gewurtztraminer and Pinot Gris? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 257g/L


What is the formula of alcoholic fermentation? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer
> Sugar + Yeast = Alcohol + Carbon Dioxide

(C6H12O6 -> 2C2H5OH + 2CO2)


What is the minimum residual sugar level for Vendenge Tardive
for Riesling and Muscat? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 235g/L


What is the minimum residual sugar level for Sélection de Grains
Nobles for Riesling and Muscat? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > 276g/L


What is the minimum residual sugar level for Sélection de Grains
Nobles for Gewurtztraminer and Pinot Gris? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer >
306g/L

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What is Vendenge Tardive in
Alsace wine? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Wines made out of late
harvested grapes which is partially affected by Botrytis Cinerea.


What is Sélection de Grains Nobles in Alsace wine? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > Wines made out of late harvested grapes which is largely
affected by Botrytis Cinerea.


What is the unofficial designation of high quality Sélection de
Grains Nobles wine in Alsace that far exceeds the legal
requirement for Sélection de Grains Nobles, regarded as
equivalent or higher in quality to German Trockenbeerenauslese
or Hungarian Tokaji Eszencia? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Quintessence
de Grains Nobles (Domaine Weinbach)
Trie Spéciale (Domaine Zind-Humbrecht)


Name one each from red and white grape varietals permitted in
Jura? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > *Red Grapes
Poussard
Trousseau
Pinot Noir (Gros Noirien)
*White Grapes
Savagnin (Naturé)

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Chardonnay (Melon d'Arbois)


What is Vin Jaune and how is it made? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > It
literally translates to Yellow Wine. It is wine that is made from
Savagnin (Naturé) grapes. The wine is not filled to the brim of the
barrel so that it allows for the growth of yeast film called Fleur
du Vin developing on the surface of the wine protecting it from
excessive oxidation. Gradually the wine turns yellow and starts
to develop a flavour profile called Goût de Jaune (Yellow Taste)
which are often described as walnuts, roasted almond, and
hazelnut. A few strict rules are imposed on producing this wine.


What are the notable legal requirements of Vin Jaune? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > *It has to be produced exclusively from Savagnin
(Naturé).
*Ouillage (Topping-up) and Soutirage (Racking) are prohibited.
*Minimum six years maturation in the wood. (Longest legal
requirement for maturation for French wine.)
*It must be sold in a 620ml bottle called Clavelin.


What is the AOP that is only allowed to produce Vin Jaune? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > Château-Chalon AOP




l'Etoile AOP is allowed to produce red an rosé wine. True or
false? - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > False

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l'Etoile AOP is only permitted to produce white, Vin Jaune, and
Vin de Paille wines.


What is the legal requirement for Crémant de Jura? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > Secondary fermentation must take place in the bottle.

It must be aged for 9 months after Tirage (removal of sediment).
It must be aged for one year before the release.


What is the aging requirement for Crémant d'Alsace? - ✔✔✔ Correct
Answer > It must be aged for nine months after Tirage (removal of
sediment).


What is the name of the Vin de Liquer AOP produced in Jura? -
✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Macvin de Jura AOP




Name one of the varietals permitted to produce wine in Savoie
wine region. - ✔✔✔ Correct Answer > Mondeuse
Chasselas
Rousette (Altese)


What is the name of the grape permitted in Crépy AOP? - ✔✔✔
Correct Answer > Chasselas