WSET LEVEL 1 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND ANSWERS GRADED A+

WSET LEVEL 1 COMPREHENSIVE EXAM QUESTIONS AND
ANSWERS GRADED A+
✔✔Caberet Sauvignon - ✔✔Body - Medium to full
Acidity - High
Tannin - High
Oak - Often used
Flavor - Black fruits/herbaceous/spice/tobacco
Ages well
Blends

✔✔Merlot - ✔✔Body - Full
Acidity - Low
Tannin - Low to medium
Flavor - Red fruit/black fruit/spice/vanilla
Oak can be used
Blends

✔✔Pinot Noir - ✔✔Color - Lighter
Body - Light
Tannins - Low to medium
Acidity - High
Flavors - Red berry/barnyard/forest floor
Ages more savory

✔✔Syrah/Shiraz - ✔✔Color - Dark
Body - Full
Tannins - Medium to high
Flavor - Black fruits/spice/herbaceous/vanilla
Oak can be used

✔✔Chablis - ✔✔French white wine made from Chardonnay
Sweetness - Dry
Body - Light
Acidity - High
Flavor - Green Fruit
Unoaked

✔✔Champagne - ✔✔French sparkling wine made from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir
Acidity - High

✔✔Sancerre - ✔✔French wine made with Sauvignon Blanc
Body - Medium
Acidity - High
Flavor - Green fruits/herbaceous

, ✔✔Red Bordeaux - ✔✔French wine blend made from Caberet Sauvignon and Merlot
Body - Medium
Tannin - High
Flavor - Oak

✔✔Pinot Grigio - ✔✔Italian wine
Body - Light
Acidity - High
Flavor - Light

✔✔Sauternes - ✔✔Bordeaux white wine
Body - Full
Acidity - High
Flavor - Stone fruit/honey

✔✔Soave - ✔✔Italian wine
Body - Light
Acidity - High
Flavor - Citrus/apple

✔✔Cava - ✔✔Sparkling wine from Spain
Body - Light

✔✔Châteauneuf-du-Pape - ✔✔Red wine from France
Body - Full
Flavor - Red fruits/spicy

✔✔Rioja - ✔✔Red wine from Spain
Body - Full
Flavor - Red Fruit/spicy oak

✔✔Chianti - ✔✔Red wine from Italy
Body - Medium
Acidity - High
Tannin - High

✔✔Beaujolais - ✔✔Red wine from France
Body - Light
Tannins - Low
Flavor - Red fruit
Unoaked

✔✔White Grapes Winemaking Process - ✔✔Press
Ferment