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What are the three methods used to make sweet wines?
-Interrupt fermentation
-add sweet component
-concentrate grape sugar
Name three sweet wines where alcohol during fermentation (not including port)
Moscatel de Valencia
Vins doux naturels
Liqueur Muscat
Where is Moscatel de Valencia from?
Valencia, Spain
Where is liqueur Muscat from?
Australia
Flavors of Liqueur Muscat?
Complex dried fruit and nutty oxidative aromas
Sweet, full body, high alcohol
Amber, brown color
Flavors of Vins Doux Naturels?
Fresh floral and fruity aromas
Sweet, full body, high alcohol
Gold color
Flavors of Moscatel de Valencia?
Pronounced floral and fruity flavor
full body
What grape is used for Moscatel de Valencia, Vins Doux Naturels and Liqueur Muscat?
Muscat grapes
What are some sweet liquids that can be added to sweeten wines?
Grape concentrate
Sussreserve
What are the three ways used to concentrate sugar in grapes?
-Noble rot/botrytis
-Drying grapes
-Freezing
What are the 4 names of sweet wines made from noble rot?
Sauternes
Tokaji
BA and TBA
Botrytis Semillon
Where is Sauternes from and what grape variety is it made of?
From Bordeaux, Semillon-Sauvignon Blanc blend
What country makes Tokaji?
Hungary
What are the flavor characteristics of Tokaji?
dried fruit and botrytis
sweet medium alcohol with high acidity
Where is Botrytis Semillon made?
Australia
What are the flavor characteristics of BA and TBA?
tropical dried fruit and botrytis
golden color
sweet, high acidity, low acohol, light body
What countries is Icewine made in?
Canada, Austria, Germany
What are the flavor characteristics of Icewine?
Concentrated pure fruit flavors and aromas
high acidity and very sweet
How is Sherry made?
From a neutral wine base that is forfitied and aged in solera
What are the three major styles of Sherry?
Fino
Amontillado
Oloroso
What is present in Amontillado and Oloroso Sherry but nor in Fine because of the flor that is added?
Oxidative aromas
What is the style of Sherry Amontillado?
nutty oxidative aromas
dry or medium sweet
amber color
What is the style of Sherry Oloroso?
meaty nutty oxidative aromas
full-bodied and dry, medium or sweet
brown color
What is the style of Sherry Fino?
Yeasty aromas
medium-bodied and dry
What is Cream Sherry?
Combination of all three Sherries and sweetened
What is Pale Cream Sherry?
A sweetened Fino Sherry
How is Port made?
Addition of grape spirit to interrupt fermentation to leave some sugars. Aged in oak.
What are the three types of Port?
Ruby Port
Vintage Port
Tawny Port
What is PX (Pedro Ximenez)?
A style of Sherry that is intensely sweet made from sun dried Pedro Ximenez grapes
What are the characteristics of Ruby ports?
Ruby color
Red and black fruit and spice aromas
full body, sweet with high alcohol
little or no tannin
What are the characteristics of Vintage Port?
Ruby color
more intense,complex fruit
med/high tannin
What are the characteristics of Tawny Port?
Tawny color
complex nutty fruity aromas
sweet with little or no tannin
What are the two distillation process for making spirits?
Pot distillation
Continuous distillation
What is pot still mostly used for?
relatively low strength spirits
What are the characteristics of all spirits coming direct from the still?
Water-white and bone dry
What are the spirits diluted with to reduce the alcohol content to 40%?
Water
What is the difference in taste in a lower strength spirit from higher strength spirit?
Lower strength spirit have more character of base material but harsher alcohol.
What is Brandy made of?
grapes
What are the two french variety of Brandy?
Armagnac and Cognac
How is the age indicated on Brandy, and that is only legally controlled by Armangnac and Cognac?
VS, VSOP, XO, Napoleon
What are the flavor differences between Armagnac and Cognac?
Cognac: Fruity, floral, elegant
Armagnac: robust, dried fruit aromas
Where is Brandy de Jerez from?
Spain
What are the characteristics of Brandy de Jerez?
Dried fruit, robust medium sweetness
What is Whisky made from?
Cereal grains (some malted)
Scotch Whisky can only be made in --------------- and has to be aged for a minimum of ------------- years.
Scotland, 3.
Irish Whisky can only be made in --------------- and has to be aged for a minimum of ------------- years.
Ireland, 3.
What are the 3 American Whiskey?
Bourbon
Tennessee
Canadian
What is the grain mostly used in Bourbon and Tennessee Whiskey?
Maize
What is the difference between Bourbon and Tennessee Whiskey?
Tennessee whiskey is charcoal filtered which adds smokey aromas.
Are American Whiskeys oaked?
Yes, American oak
What is Rum made of?
Sugar cane or molasses
What are the three colors of Rum?
White
Golden
Dark
What are the flavor differences between golden rum and dark rum?
Dark rum will be more complex with dried fruit aromas, spice and oak.
Is the color in Rum due to aging?
No, added caramel
What is the base material for vodka?
Any fermentable base material. Grains, potatoes, grapes.
What are the two styles of vodka?
Neutral
Characterful-base material aromas
What is a characteristic of Gin compared to other spirits?
Botanical flavoring- juniper, coriander, citrus peel
What does London Dry Gin mean?
Better quality because done with botanicals not extract.
What is the basic ingredient in tequila?
Agave
What are the three styles of Tequila?
Plata
Golden
Reposado