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15 Cards in this Set
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France Pinot Grigio |
Alsace (full- bodied dry to off-dry, medium and sweet white wines with spicy tropical fruit (ginger, banana, Melon) hints of honey |
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Italy Pinot Grigio |
dry, medium or light in body, medium acidity and neutral character. Trentino-Alto Adige and Friuli- Venezia Giulia |
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Verdicchio |
Italian Variety. High acid, med body white with flavours of lemon, fennel and bitter almond. - Marche - bests from Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi DOC |
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Trebbiano |
Italy's most widely planted white grape variety. with high levels of acidity. - inexpensive neutral white wines |
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Soave and Soave Classico DOC |
whites from northern Italy from Garganega (chamomille, pear, red apple, white pepper) - Med body, and unoaked |
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Gavi DOCG |
West of Piemonte, Cortese. Light, high- acid white nose of green apple and citrus |
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Chenin Blanc (France) |
Touraine in the Loire Valley- Medium body, Med sweet, high acid, unoaked. citrus green and tropical fruit (lemon, apple, pineapple) some herbaceous aromas (green leaf) Susceptible to noble rot - Vouvray AC |
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Chenin Blanc (South Africa) |
large volume. med body, dry or off- dry, citrus and tropical fruit notes. Chenin and Chardonnay blend. oaked. |
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Melon Blanc |
Muscadet- Loir Valley, Unoaked. Light, neutral med+ acid. - Muscadet AC- Muscadet Sevre et Maine AC is a subregion |
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viognier |
soft, full bodied and aromatic wines. - Northern Rhone- low acid, high alcohol, delicate fruit and floral aromas (peach, pear, apricot, violet) ad spicy notes - Southern France- - chile, Argentina, Australia, California |
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Albarino |
- Rias Baixas - light to med body, with fresh green and citrus fruit (apple, pear, grapefruit) unoaked, high acid |
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Semillion France |
important in Bordeaux where it is blended with SB. - used to make dry wines and used to make sweet wine. |
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Semillon Australia |
Hunter Valley- dry, light in body and alcohol, high in acidity. Delicate citrus aromas in youth, verging on neutral. Toast, honey, nut with age. Other area- range from Med body to vegetal and pungent |
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Gewurztraminer
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Alsace- intensely perfumed white that can be dry or off dry. full body, high alcohol and low acidity. - flavors or floral (rose, orange blossom) tropical and stone fruit ( Lychee, peach grape) Ginger |
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Torrontes |
Argentinian white. aromatic, med body, dry wine and high alcohol, med acidity. Pronounced fruity and floral aromas. (peach grape) - Cafayate region northern province of Salta |
