Wine Quiz 17

Made from Verdejo and sometimes Sauvignon Blanc, these wines come from the north of Spain.

These three grapes are found together in Rioja, with Tempranillo the most prominent of the three for most bodegas.

Though Appellation Controllee is still permitted on labels, officially across Europe this classification of wines is now AOP (Appellation d’Origine Protegee).

Extra-Dry is actually sweeter than ‘Brut’ but a little less sweet than ‘Dry’. Confused? You should be!

Coulure is a viticultural problem, a metabolic reactions to weather conditions where grapes fail to develop.

Though many wines are aged in small oak barrels, most are feremented in steel or concrete tanks and transferred to barrels after fermentation. Chardonnay is one variety that is often fermented and aged in barrels.

This is in eastern Austria, not far from Vienna.

This is the remote region of Margaret River, two hours south of Perth.

Legally, Chianti wines had to contain some white grapes until relatively recently. One of the reasons for the development of the ‘super-Tuscans’.

These rotating palates replace the skilled manual job of ‘riddling’ – rotating bottles in preparation for disgorgement.

Pinot Blanc is the third variety permitted in the Italian sparkling wines of Franciacorta.

Use of others in the list may be discouraged or minimized, but the use of cultured yeasts is not permitted.

Negrette is almost uniquely used in Fronton to make red and rose wines.

These are free-standing bush vines, looking soemthing like gobolets.

The wine is being cold stabilised, which will stop the formation of tartaric crystals in the bottle.

Beaujolais is famously on granite, with some areas rich in maganese too.

Savagnin Musque is the same grape as Gewurztraminer with a similar pink skin.

One of the most expensive sub-regions of Tuscany and home to several ‘super-Tuscans’.

The super-expensive Pomerol wine, Petrus is the answer.