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WSET level 1 Wine test with Solutions 2024/2025
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WSET level 1 Wine test with Solutions 2024/2025full bodied wine - ✔✔Powerful and more concentrated and heavy. Usually due to the ripeness
of the
grape and for white wine, the use of oak
Oaky - ✔✔Wine has been fermented or matured in oak and will have gained flavors, tannin &
texture
White wines - ✔✔_____become buttery and gain vanilla flavors when have contact with
wood
Red wines - ✔✔Become smoother, with added spicy character when come in contact with
wood
Tannin - ✔✔Substance found in black grape skins, felt on teeth, gums and tongue to make the
mouth
feel dry
Tannin - ✔✔Same substance that makes cold black tea feel dry, can make young wed wine
seem harsh
Tannin - ✔✔The positive aspect: gives structure and complexity to a wine and helps it mature
Acidity - ✔✔Gives wines it's refreshing qualities; detected by a mouth watering sensation.
acidity - ✔✔To much makes the wine tart, to little makes the flabby and flat.
,acidity - ✔✔Stops sweet wines from being cloying and sickly by cleansing the palate and
giving balance
Grapes - ✔✔Require enough sunlight and heat to ripen so the level of acid drops and the level
of sugar
increases
Black Grapes - ✔✔When ripening, the skins change color from green, to red then deep purple
Not enough sunlight - ✔✔Grapes remain to acidic and do not become sweet enough causing
the wine to
be thin and sour
To much sunlight - ✔✔Grapes do not keep enough acid and become too sweet and taste
overly
alcoholic, flabby and lacks balance
Climate - ✔✔The amount of sunlight and heat a region normally gets
Cool Climate Wines - ✔✔Mainly white
High acidity
Lower alcohol
Refreshing
Hot climate wines - ✔✔Mainly red b/c black grapes need more heat to ripen
, High in alcohol
Rich in flavor
Noble varieties - ✔✔The seven grape varieties that have the established reputation for
making
outstanding wines
Principle grape varieties - ✔✔The variety or blend of varieties used to make a wine has the
biggest
influence on the style of wine produced
Chardonnay grapes - ✔✔Best known in the world
-in cool regions it can develop flavors of green fruits, citrus notes and high acidity i.e. Chablis
and
champagne
-in warmer regions, can develop flavors of stone fruit and tropical fruit like those from new
world wines
Chardonnay Wines - ✔✔Full bodied, with a rich creamy texture. Many of the best spend time
in oak
barrels
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