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What are the options for vessels for storage or maturation? - ✔✔Stainless steel or oak barrels
State the production steps in the correct order for making red wine: - ✔✔Crushing,
alcoholic fermentation, draining, pressing, storage or maturation, packaging
What are two techniques for extracting colour and tannins from grape skins during red wine
fermentation? - ✔✔Punching down and pumping over
What are two techniques for making rosé wines? - ✔✔Short maceration and blending
State the production steps in the correct order for making white wine: - ✔✔Crushing, pressing,
alcoholic fermentation, storage or maturation, packaging
What are the 4 methods of making sweet wines? - ✔✔Using grapes with concentrated grape sugars
Removing the yeast
Killing the yeast
Adding sweetness to a dry wine
What are the 3 adjustments that winemakers can sometimes use to correct the balance of a wine?
- ✔✔Add sugar
Add acid
Reduce acid
,What is the typical temperature range for red wine fermentation? - ✔✔20°C to 32°C
What is the typical temperature range for white wine fermentation? - ✔✔12°C to 22°C
What materials are inert winery vessels made from? - ✔✔Stainless steel or concrete
What are two reasons a winemaker would use oak barrels? - ✔✔Oak can add flavours to wine (vanilla,
smoke, cedar). Oak can allow flavours of the wine to evolve as a result of interaction with oxygen
What are two oak alternatives to using barrels? - ✔✔Oak staves or oak chips
What does malolactic conversion do? - ✔✔Lowers the acidity of the wine and can give buttery flavours
What is the result of lees contact? - ✔✔Increases the body of the wine and can add flavours such
as biscuit and bread
What are reasons for blending a wine? - ✔✔Consistency, complexity
What does a wine need in order to mature in the bottle? - ✔✔Concentration of flavour, and high
acid, tannin or sweetness
What climates are best for Pinot Noir production? - ✔✔Cool to moderate
What is the typical acidity, tannin and flavour of a Pinot Noir? - ✔✔Acidity - high
Tannin - low to medium
Flavour - red fruits (strawberry, raspberry, red cherry)
What is the climate of Burgundy? - ✔✔Cool to moderate
, What style of wine would you expect from a red Bourgogne AOC? - ✔✔Light to medium body with
low tannins, high acidity, red fruit flavours, not suitable for aging
What are the most famous villages for Pinot Noir in the Côte d'Or? - ✔✔Gevrey-Chambertin AOC
Nuits-Saint-Georges AOC
Beaune AOC
Pommard AOC
What does 'premier cru' indicate on a wine from Burgundy? - ✔✔A high quality vineyard with south
or south-east facing aspect. Wines benefit from concentrated flavours
What does 'grand cru' indicate on a wine from Burgundy? - ✔✔A single vineyard wine of the highest
quality. The wines are concentrated and complex with the greatest potential for aging
What are the regions in California associated with top quality Pinot Noir production? - ✔✔Los
Carneros, Sonoma, Santa Barbara County
What are the moderating influences in California that help with the production of top quality Pinot Noir?
- ✔✔Morning fogs in Carneros and ocean breezes in Sonoma and Santa Barbara County
Outside of California, where is in the USA has a reputation for producing top quality Pinot Noir?
- ✔✔Oregon
What is the region in Chile that produces very good Pinot Noir? - ✔✔Casablanca Valley
What is the moderating factor that allows Walker Bay to produce very good to outstanding Pinot Noir? -
✔✔Strong southerly sea breezes
What are the regions in Australia associated with top quality Pinot Noir production? - ✔✔Yarra
Valley and Mornington Peninsula
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