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WSET level 2 wine certification 100% VERIFIED ANSWERS 2024/2025 CORRECT STUDY SET main reason for looking at the appearance of a wine can warn us of faults if wine is too old, has been badly stored, or cork seal has failed, allowing air to damage wine, it is described as.. out of condition out of condition wines look like... dull in appearance, a hint of brown, haziness colors that are indication of age in white wines orange, amber and brown color for youth in red wine purple color for youth in white wine green how can out of condition wines smell? dull & stale, may have excessive oxidative aromas (toffee, caramel or sherry) place for sweetness to be most easily detected tip of tongue place for acidity to be tasted sides of tongue place for bitterness to be detected back of tongue good balance the sweetness, fruitiness , tannin and acidity will be in balance pairing wine with sweet food makes the wine seem to have more bitterness and acidity sweetness in food increases wine bitterness, acidity and burning effect of alcohol acidity in food makes the wine seem more body, sweetness & fruitiness , decreases the perception of acidity in wine pairing wine with salty food makes the wine increase the perception of wine, decreases bitterness and acidity your liver can only break down approx 10 g per hour best temp to serve sweet wine 6-8 Celsius in order to grow and produce healthy grapes, a vine needs.. co2, sunlight, water, warmth & nutrients climate describes they produce P.Noir with light body and red berry fruit P.Noir in germany is produced in large volumes New Zealand Pinots are more full bodied with lower acidity and more intense fruit than Burgunday New Zealand Pinots are grown in Central Otago and Marlborough Australian regions for Pinot Yarra Valley and Mornington Penninsula in Victoria Chile is one of the rare places where inexpensive ___ is produced P.Noir Cab Sauv and Merlot are often blended together bc merlot adds body and softness to the wine typical flavors of cab sauv black fruits (black currant, black cherry,) accompanied by herbaceous notes of bell pepper & mint left bank regions of bordeaux Haut-Medoc, Pauillac, Margaux, Graves, Pessac Leognan Bordeaux Superieure a higher level of alcohol than basic Bordeaux AC Cru Classe chateaux among the worlds most complex long lived wines Coonawarra, Australia produces Cab Sauv with distinctive cassis, mint and eucalyptus bulk production Cab Sauv and merlot are produced in Chili and Southern France Sauv Blanc has strong aromas of elderflower, bell pepper, asparagus in the LOire, S.Blanc is famous in Sancerre, Pouilly-Fume south africa produces sauv blanc in cooler coastal region sof Constantia and Elgin riesling countries Germany, France, Austria, Australia, New Zealand pradikatswein is categorized by the sugar level in the grapes low to high sugar germany kabinett, spatlese, auslese, bberenauslese, trockenbeerenauslese lightest bodied rieslings in Germany are produced in mosel 2 appellations in alscae Alsace AC and Alsace Grand Cru AC Clare Valley and Eden Valley are famous Riesling regions in Australia Grosses Gewachs is a high quality wine made from P.Noir or riesling and set up by the best producers welschriesling and olaszrisling are varieties unrelated to riesling typical syrah wine is full bodied with aromas of dark fruit and dark chocolate typical grenache light color (but full body), red fruit and spicy notes grenache is widely used for rose in france and spain Cote Rotie and Hermitage are wine regions in northern Rhone where they produce high quality wines Cotes du Rhone and Cote du Rhone Villlage are appellations in southern rhone Chateauneuf-du-pape high quality, famous wine region in the Southern Rhone famous australian wine regions for producing shiraz Hunter VAlley, Mclaren Vale, Barossa Valley classic region for Pinot Gris in France Alsace pinot gris is grown in these 3 countries New Zealand, Italy, Alsace best pinto grigio wines come from .. complex- full body, dry wine with high tannins, made from partially dried grapes, high alcohol Montepulciano d'Abruzzo wine made from montepulciano grape Taurasi DOCG (Campania) made from 100% Aglianico - full body, complex floral, dark fruit aromas, high tannin and acid zinfandel very important black grape for prem. quality wines in California, rich full body, high alcohol, black fruit, dried fruit, sweet spices unripe Carmenere pungent green bell pepper and green beans Malbec most important grape variety for Argentina the origin of Malbec and Carmenere Bordeaux most plantings for Malbec Mendoza nearly all sparkling wines are made using of of 2 methods bottle or tank 2nd fermentation is achieved by adding sugar and yeast yeast autolysis process that can last for months or years accounting for special flavors the sweetness of trad method sparkling is achieved by the dosage transfer method is not allowed in CHampagne or Cava transfer method is allowed in New Zealand and Australia cava traditional method sparkling wine in spain methode cap classique traditional method in South Africa 2 ways to make sweet wine interrupt fermentation or add sweet component to fortify a wine means to add alcohol part way through the fermentation muscat de beaumes de venise and Rutherglen (australia) are vin doux naturels Sherry achieves its sweetness by adding PX, grape juice and alcohol concentration of sugar in the grapes can be done by drying the grapes, noble rot, freezing the grapes trockenbeerensausle, sauternes and tokaji are sweet wines, produced by botrytis grapes that are susceptible to noble rot riesling, semillion, Chenin Blanc descriptive terms for aromas of noble rot honey, dried apricot, ryebread, sweet biscuits, cabbage, orange marmalade, pineapple, mushroom Sauternes sweet wine located in the south Graves AC in Bordeaux, Semillon is main grape eiswein flavors very pure, pronounced varietal fruity flavors, high acid, full body, syrupy sweetness Sherry and port town of Jerez de la Frontera in southern Spain and upper Douro in Portugal sherry is a dry wine that can be sweetened after aging from pale to amber to black - sherry FAOPX - Fino, amontillado, olorosso, PX LPV - late bottled vintage similar to reserve ruby but come from a single year's harvest vintage ports aged for short period in large oak vessels, benefit greatly from bottle age tawny ports lighter port, toffee and caramel flavors tawny ports can have an indication of age on the label 10, 20, 30, 40 years - average age, not a minimum