Tasting Tips Flashcards by Tomy Gil

Q

Sight White wines

Light to pale color

A

Youth

Cooler climate

Cooler vintage

Lack of new oak aging

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Whites wines

Deep yellow or gold
Color

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Warmer climate

Warmer vintage Lack

Overall age

Extended new oak aging

Botrytis affected fruit

Extended skin contact

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Q

Sight white wines

Green secondary color

A

Cooler climate

Cooler vintage

Youth

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Red wines lighter color

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Thinner skinned, light pigmented

Cooler climate

Cooler vintage

Red fruit dominant wine

Less overall ripeness of fruit

Higher natural acidity

Lower alcohol

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Red wines

Garnet color

A

Overall age and degree of oxidation

Oxidative winemaking

Extended oak aging

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Red wine

Deeper color

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Thicker skinned- deeper pigmented

Warmer climate

Warmer vintage Lack Overall

Dark fruit dominant wine

Riper fruit qualities

Lower natural acidity with possible acidularion ( tartaric acid )

Higher alcohol

Possible higher tannin

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Red wine

Rum variation pink or purple

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Youth

Lack of extended oak aging

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Red wine

Rim variation Salomon orange yellow or brown

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Overall age or oxidation

Oxidative winemaking

Extended oak aging

Grape showing oxidation when young like ( Nebbiolo )

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Legs/tearing

Quickly forming / thinner

A

Cooler climate

Cooler vintage

Lower alcohol

Lower dry extract

Higher natural acidity

Lack of residual sugar

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Red wine

Slower forming / Thicker legs

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Warmer climate

Warmer vintage

Higher alcohol

Lower acidity

Higher dry extract

Possible presence of residual sugar

Possible fortification

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Red wine

Staining of the tears in red wine

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Thicker skinned , deeper pigmented grape

Concentrated wine from low yielding vineyard

Higher dry extraction

Possible warmer climate

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Brettanomyces fault

A

Possible old world growing season

Minimal intervention winemaking

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Volatile acidity

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Possible old world growing season

Minimal intervention winemaking

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Fruit dominant

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New world region.

New world style

Youth

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Lack of over fruit

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Old world region

Old world style

Wines with age

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Fresh vibrant fruit

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Youth

Lack of oak aging

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Dried of preserved fruit

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Wine with age

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Abundance of riper fruit

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Warmer region

Warmer vintage

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Abundance of tart or otherwise unripe fruit

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Cooler vintage

Cooler growing season