Ch15 Sparkling Wine

Question 1

What are two methods to make sparking wine

Answer 1

Bottle-fermented and tank method

Question 2

What do you start with when making sparkling wine

Answer 2

Still Base Wine, low alcohol

Question 3

What do you add during the second fermentation to create sparkling wines?

Answer 3

Sugar and yeast

Question 4

When in the wine making process do you do second fermentation?

Answer 4

Before bottling

Question 5

What is yeast autolysis?

Answer 5

What happens to yeast during slow second fermentation and ageing - it digests itself

Question 6

When do you disgorge? (bottle only)

Answer 6

You remove the yeast - traditionally you tip and jiggle so yeast cells slide into the bottle neck (RIDDLING)

Question 7

How does the yeast come out in the traditional method

Answer 7

It gets blown out by the increase in pressure.

Question 8

What is dosage?

Answer 8

The amount of sugar added after yeast removal

Question 9

What does the term Brut mean?

Answer 9

Dry

Question 10

Is sugar added during the second fermentation of a Brut wine?

Answer 10

Yes, but we don’t taste it because of the high acidity of most sparkling wines

Question 11

What do you call the method of removing yeast that relies on using a stainless steel tank and a filter?

Answer 11

The transfer method

Question 12

What flavours do you develop in a sparkling wine because of bottle fermentation?

Answer 12

Yeasty, bready and biscuity

Question 13

What do you see on a wine label if it was bottle fermented?

Answer 13

Bottle fermented, method traditional

Question 14

What is Champagne?

Answer 14

It is an AC in France and the only region that can label a bottle as champagne

Question 15

What are base wines for Champagne?

Answer 15

Pinot Noir, Meunier, and Chardonnay

Question 16

What is the flavour profile of a premium champagne?

Answer 16

Green and citrus fruit notes (green apple, lemon) with high acidity and bready notes from yeast autolysis (bread, biscuit, toast)

Question 17

What is the flavor profile of a premium champagne that has been aged?

Answer 17

You develop in addition to fruit and autolytic flavours, also vegetal, nutty or honeyed complexity

Question 18

What does Cremant designate?

Answer 18

A sparkling wine made in France not in Champagne

Question 19

Where are sparkling wines made in France outside of Champagne, and from what grape?

Answer 19

Samaur in the Loire valley, Chenin Blanc

Question 20

What is Cava?

Answer 20

Sparkling wine made in Spain - must be the traditional method

Question 21

Where is Cava grown?

Answer 21

In Spain in Catalyuna

Question 22

The tank style for second fermentation is ideal for making what style of wine?

Answer 22

Fresh and fruity

Question 23

Where is Prosecco made?

Answer 23

North east Italy

Question 24

What grape is Prosecco made from?

Answer 24

Glera

Question 25

What do the terms Spumante and Frizzante mean?

Answer 25

Spumante is fully carbonated

Frizzante is lightly sparkling

Question 26

Where is the Asti DOC and what grape is used?

Answer 26

Northwest Italy Piemonte and the Muscat grape

Question 27

What is Moscata d’Asti

Answer 27

Like an Asti but less alcohol, less carbonation, more sweet

Question 28

What is Sekt and where does it come from?

Answer 28

This is the German word for sparkling wine and it can come from any EU country

Question 29

How is a Prosecco different in profile than an Asti?

Answer 29

Prosecco is medium body with stone fruit while Asti is light body with floral and fruity flavours