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WSET Level 1 Award in Wines
Which type of climate and grapes produce green fruit &
citrus flavors/aromas? - ✔ ✔ Cool climate white grapes
Which type of climate and grapes produce jammy red
fruits flavors/aromas? - ✔ ✔ Warm climate black grapes
Which type of climate and grapes produce stone fruit &
tropical flavors/aromas? - ✔ ✔ Warm climate white grapes
Which type of wine typically has the highest abv? - ✔
✔ Fortified wine
Which wine would you expect to have the flavor/aroma profile blackcurrant, green bell pepper, mint, vanilla,
high acidity, high tannin? - ✔ ✔ Cabernet Sauvignon
White Zinfandel is an example of what style wine? - ✔
✔ Rose style
Wine can be fermented or matured in oak barrels. What flavors/aromas oak maturation or fermentation can give
wine. - ✔ ✔ Vanilla
Cedar
Cloves
Coconut
With regard to pairing wine with food, a "low risk" wine
might be a(n) - ✔ ✔ Simple; Unoaked wine with some residual sugar
WSET considers "light wines" to be - ✔ ✔
WSET Systematic Approach to Tasting Wine (SAT) -
✔ ✔ Appearance - colour
Nose - aroma characteristics
Palate - notable structural & flavour characteristics
Yeast - ✔ ✔ eat sugar and produce carbon dioxide and alcohol
You will most likely find which wines in a cooler
climate? - ✔ ✔ High acid, lower alcohol white wine.
Acidity in wine makes the wine ________. - ✔ ✔
refreshing
Aromas & Flavors: Pinot Noir - ✔ ✔ Dry and light- bodied, low tannin levels and high acidity. Flavors of red fruit (strawberry, red cherry, raspberry) and often matured in oak, vanilla and clove aromas. Grape used for red Burgundy and it is the principal black grape in New Zealand.
Aromas & Flavors: Sauvignon Blanc - ✔ ✔ Dry wine; refreshingly high acidity; medium-bodied and aromas of green fruit (apple), citrus (lemon, grapefruit) and herbaceous notes (asparagus, green bell pepper, cut grass). They are often fermented in stainless steel tanks and are usually not matured in oak, to retain their characteristic Sauvignon Blanc aromas
As grapes ripen - ✔ ✔ The grapes swell with water.
Sugar levels in the grapes rise.
Acid levels in the grapes fall.
Flavors become riper.
White grapes change in color from green to golden.
Black grapes change in color from green to purple.
As grapes ripen... - ✔ ✔ The grapes swell with water.
Sugar levels in the grapes rise.
Acid levels in the grapes fall.
Flavors become riper.
White grapes change in color from green to golden.
Black grapes change in color from green to purple.
As red grapes ripen their color changes from - ✔ ✔
green to red
At what alcohol % will yeast begin to die? - ✔ ✔ 15% --> once all the sugar is used
At what temperature should a light bodied red be
served? - ✔ ✔ slightly chilled
At what temperature should a light-bodied red like
Beaujolais be served? - ✔ ✔ Lightly chilled
Beaujolais - ✔ ✔ This is a dry, light-bodied red wine from France that is unoaked, with fresh flavors of red fruits (raspberry, red cherry) and low tannins.
Beaujolais is what style of wine? - ✔ ✔ light bodied, fresh and fruity red
Bitterness in food - ✔ ✔ Increases bitterness in wine
used on wine labels of both white and red wines from Burgundy.
Burgundy's white grape is - ✔ ✔ Chardonnay
Cabernet Sauvignon originates from - ✔ ✔ In the seventeenth century, in the southwest of France, a red Cabernet Franc grape plant and a Sauvignon blanc grape plant accidentally bred, creating the birth of what is now the most popular grape throughout the world
Cava - ✔ ✔ This is a dry, sparkling wine from Spain. It has flavors of green fruit (pear) and citrus (lemon).
Cava and Prosecco are examples of - ✔ ✔ Sparkling wines
Chablis - ✔ ✔ a white wine with high acidity
Chablis - ✔ ✔ This is a dry, light-bodied French white wine. It is unoaked with high acidity, green fruit (apple) and citrus (lemon) aromas. It is made from Chardonnay.
Chablis is an example of what style of wine? - ✔ ✔
Still, white wine from France made from Chardonnay grapes; come from the coolest part of Burgundy and have high acidity and a light body with flavors of green fruits
(apple) and citrus (lemon). These wines are typically unoaked.
Chablis is an example of which style of wine? - ✔ ✔
Still white
Champagne - ✔ ✔ This is a French sparkling wine made from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir. It is typically dry and has high acidity with aromas of green fruits (apple) and citrus (lemon) and bread notes.
Chardonnay from a warm climate is often described as
having which fruit character? - ✔ ✔ Tropical fruits
Chardonnay from the new world is often described as
having which fruit characteristic? - ✔ ✔ tropical fruit
Chardonnay originates from... - ✔ ✔ Burgundy
Châteauneuf-du-Pape - ✔ ✔ This is a dry, full-bodied, high-alcohol red wine from France showing red fruit (strawberry) and clove flavors from oak.
Châteauneuf-du-Pape is a __________. - ✔ ✔ full- bodied still red wine
Dishes high in bitterness will - ✔ ✔ emphasize bitterness in wine. Consider white wines or low-tannin reds.
Dishes high in chili heat should be paired with - ✔ ✔
white wines or low-tannin reds, both with low alcohol (as bitterness and alcohol burn can be highlighted for sensitive tasters). Fruitiness and sweetness can also be reduced so think about wines with higher levels of these qualities to mitigate this effect.
Dishes high in sugar should be paired with - ✔ ✔
Wine that has at least as much sugar
Dishes high in umami should be paired with wines that
are - ✔ ✔ more fruity than tannic as the umami in the food will emphasize the bitterness of the tannins. High levels of umami in a dish can be balanced by the addition of acid or salt.
Does the skin of the grape taste sweeter or more bitter
when compared to the pulp? - ✔ ✔ More bitter
Draining - ✔ ✔ Once the fermentation is finished, the newly made red wine is drained off the skins.
Dry wine - ✔ ✔ The yeast needs to convert all of the sugar in the grape juice into alcohol.
During fermentation yeast converts __________. - ✔
✔ sugar into alcohol
Examples of cooler climate regions - ✔ ✔ Germany and northern France. The average temperatures are low, and the sunlight can be weaker than in regions nearer the Equator. In some years, grapes can struggle to ripen at all. In cool climate regions, it is common to grow white grapes
Examples of dry wines - ✔ ✔ Chablis from France
Sauvignon Blanc
Côtes du Rhône from France
Chianti from Italy
Cabernet Sauvignon
Examples of fortified wines are: - ✔ ✔ Sherry from Spain and Port from Portugal
Examples of red wines with high tannin levels include -
✔ ✔ Red Bordeaux from France, and Chianti from Italy.
Fermentation takes sugar and yeast and creates alcohol
and - ✔ ✔ Carbon Dioxide
Flavor characteristics of the white wines of Burgundy in
France - ✔ ✔ Chardonnay is the grape used and the wines are medium-bodied with high acidity and aromas of citrus (lemon) and stone fruits (peach). They may also have vanilla notes from maturation in oak.
Food high in umami makes a red wine taste __________
. - ✔ ✔ more bitter and less fruity
Fortified wine have what added to them? - ✔ ✔
Extra Alcohol
Fortified Wines are - ✔ ✔ wines with alcohol levels of 15-22%
Fortified wines tend to have have alcohol levels (ABV) of
Germany's leading white grape is - ✔ ✔ Riesling
Give an example of a dry white wine from New Zealand -
✔ ✔ Sauvignon Blanc
Give an example of a dry, full-bodied red wine from
France w high level of alcohol - ✔ ✔ Chateauneuf- du-pape
Give an example of a light bodied red wine from France -
✔ ✔ Beaujolais
Give an example of a light bodied white wine from Italy -
✔ ✔ Pinot Grigio
Give an example of a medium rosé from California with a
low level of alcohol - ✔ ✔ White Zinfandel
Give an example of a sweet wine from France - ✔ ✔
Sauternes
Give an example of a sweet wine from Italy - ✔ ✔
Asti
Give an example of a sweet wine from Portugal - ✔ ✔
Port
Give an example of an oaked Sauvignon Blanc from
California - ✔ ✔ Fume Blanc
Grape growing cycle - ✔ ✔ Flowering in spring; flowers become grapes which ripen in summer; grapes are picked late summer
finishes fermentation without the skin), Maturation (wines are rarely stored in oak, but some may do a short maturation in stainless steel), Bottling ( bottled soon after draining or after a short maceration)
How White wine is made - ✔ ✔ Crushing, Pressing, Fermentation (steel tanks or oak barrels), Maturation (stored in steel tanks or oak barrels), Bottling
If a bottle of wine is sealed with a cork, the correct
position it should be stored - ✔ ✔ On its side
If all of the available sugar has turned into alcohol. The
wine would be categorized as what? - ✔ ✔ Dry
If Chardonnay is grown in a cool climate what
characteristics can you expect it to have? - ✔ ✔ High in acidity, light- to medium-bodied and have green fruit (apple) and citrus (lemon) aromas, usually unoaked.
If Chardonnay is grown in a warm climate what
characteristics can you expect it to have? - ✔ ✔
Medium acidity, and a medium to full body, with stone fruit (peach) and tropical fruit (pineapple, banana) flavors, usually oaked.
If the food is Acidic, wine seems... - ✔ ✔ less drying and bitter, less acidic
more sweet and fruity
If the food is Fatty/oily, wine seems... - ✔ ✔ less acidic
If the food is Highly flavored, wine seems... - ✔ ✔
overwhelmed by the food flavors
If the food is Hot (chili), wine seems... - ✔ ✔ to increase the heat from the chili, alcohol in the wine seems more noticeable
If the food is Salty, wine seems... - ✔ ✔ less drying and bitter, less acidic
more fruity, more body
If the food is sweet, wine seems... - ✔ ✔ more drying and bitter, more acidic
less sweet and fruity
If the food is Umami (savory taste), wine seems... - ✔
✔ more drying and bitter, more acidic
less sweet and fruity
In alcoholic fermentation, sugar plus yeast create - ✔
✔ alcohol and CO
What best describes the character of New Zealand
Sauvignon Blanc? - ✔ ✔ Fruity and high acidity.
What characteristics are associated with Cabernet
Sauvignon? - ✔ ✔ Dry; high levels of tannins and acidity; range between medium and full-bodied, and have aromas and flavors of black fruits (blackcurrant, black cherry) and herbaceous notes (green bell pepper, mint). The wines are often matured in oak, which adds flavors of cedar and vanilla.
What characteristics are to be expected with Sauv.
Blanc? - ✔ ✔ Medium-bodied, high acidity, intense fruity & vegetal flavours. Occasionally oaked.
What effect does sweet food have on wine? - ✔ ✔
More drying and bitter, more acidic, & less sweet and fruity.
What effect will the sweetness of a cake likely have on a
dry wine? - ✔ ✔ the wine will seem more drying and bitter, more acidic, less sweet and fruity
What grape is used in Chablis? - ✔ ✔ Chardonnay
What grape variety is used for Sancerre from France? -
✔ ✔ Sauvignon Blanc
What is another name for Sauvignon Blanc? - ✔ ✔
Fume Blanc, Fumé Blanc refers to Sauvignon Blanc made in the United States, and has likely gone through some oak ageing but does not have to.
In which climate do black grapes ripen best? - ✔ ✔
hot
Levels of alcohol in Fortified wine range from _____. -
✔ ✔ 15% to 22% abv.
Maturation - ✔ ✔ Once fermentation has finished, the wines can be stored in steel tanks or oak barrels.
Medium Sweet Wines are made two key ways - ✔ ✔
- The yeast are removed before all of the sugar is converted into alcohol.
- Unfermented grape juice is added to a dry wine.
Examples - white or rose, no red.
Most wines are part of one particular category type of
wine. Which type is this? - ✔ ✔ Still wine
Name a few characteristics of Riesling - ✔ ✔
Produced in Germany, France, and Australia; high levels of acidity which help balance sweetness; range
