CHARDONNAY

Question 1

IS CHARDONNAY IS A AROMATIC GRAPE VARIETY

Answer 1

NOO

Question 2

IN COOL CLIMATE ( LIKE CHABLIS) WHAT MAIN FLAVOURS CHARDONNAY SHOWS ?

Answer 2

IT CAN OFFER GREEN FRUITS( PEAR , APPLE ) WITH CITRUS

AND OCCASIONALLY VEGETABLE NOTES LIKE ( CUCUMBER)

Question 3

IN MODERATAE REGIONS LIKE BURGUNDY WHAT FLAVOURS WE CAN EXPECT FROM CHARDONNAY?

Answer 3

IT OFFERS WHITE STONE FRUIT ( PEACH) WITH CITRUS NOTES AND A HINT OF MELON .

Question 4

IN HOT REGIONS WHAT FLAVOURS WE CAN EXPECT FROM CHARDONNAY?

Answer 4

MORE OF TROPICAL FRUITS LIKE ( PEACH, BANANA, PINEAPPLE, MANGO, FIG)

Question 5

BY WHAT PROCESS CHARDONNAY GIVES DAIRY FAVOUR NOTES?

Answer 5

MALOLACTIC FERMENTATION ( IT IS USED TO SOFTEN THE HARSH ACIDS)

ALSO LEES HELPS THE CHARDONNAY TO GET THE CREAMY TEXTURE AND SAVOURY FLAVOURS

Question 6

WHAT IS LEES?

Answer 6

DEAD YEAST CELLS LEFT BEHIND AFTER FERMENTATION HAS FINISHED.

Question 7

WHAT FLAVOURS WE GET THROUGH OAK TREATMENT?

Answer 7

TOAST
VANILLA
COCONUT

Question 8

EXPALIN CHARDONNAY?

Answer 8

QUITE FULL BODIED
WEIGHTY
CREAMY TEXTURE

Question 9

WHAT FLAVOURS CHARDONNAY DEVELOPS WITH AGE ?

Answer 9

HONEYED
NUTTY
SAVOURY COMPLEXITY

Question 10

WHICH LABELLING TERM IS USED IN BURGUNDY ( FRANCE ) FOR CHARDONNAY WINES.

Answer 10

BOURGOGNE

Question 11

IMPORTANT CHARDONNAY GROWING REGIONS OF FRANCE?

Answer 11

CHABLIS ( IT HAS A COOL CLIMATE )
Cote d’ or ( is the heart of burgundy , IT HAS A MODERATE CLIMATE ) MOST OF THE WINES COMES FROM THE SOUTHERN PART OF IT WHICH IS CALLED Cote de beaune .
MACONNAIS ( SOLD AS MACON )

Question 12

NAME THE IMPORTANT VILLAGES OF COTE DE BEAUNE?

Answer 12

MEURSAULT

PULIGNY- MONTRACHET

Question 13

WHICH IS THE MOST FAMOUS APPELLATION IN MACONNAIS?

Answer 13

Pouilly-Fuissé

Question 14

MAIN REGIONS FOR PREMIUM CHARDONNAYS FROM AUSTRALIA ?

Answer 14

YARRA VALLEY
AEDELAIDE HILLS ( SOUTH OF AUSTRALIA)
MARGARET RIVER ( WESTERN AUSTRALIA )

Question 15

WHAT EXPRESSION WE CAN EXPECT FROM AUSTRALIAN CHARDONNAY ?

Answer 15

PRONOUNCED FRUITS ( FRESH CITRUS AND MELON )
AND WELL INTEGRATED WITH OAK FLAVOR
BUT MORE TOWARDS FRUIT FLAVOUR THAN A OAK

Question 16

PREMIUM CHARDONNAY GROWING REGION OF NEW ZEALAND ?

Answer 16

MARLBOROUGH

Question 17

WHAT EXPRESSION WE CAN EXPECT FROM MARLBOROUGH CHARDONNAYS ?

Answer 17

HIGH NATURAL CRISP ACIDITY WITH PRONOUNCED CITRUS AND TROPICAL FRUIT FLAVOURS AND MINERAL NOTES.
MOST OF THE BEST WINES HAVE PRONOUNCED OAK FLAVOURS.

Question 18

WHAT EXPRESSION WE CAN EXPECT FROM USA CHARDONNAY ?

Answer 18

HEAVILY OAKED

FULL BODIED WITH INTENSE, RICH CITRUS AND RIPE PEACH FLAVOURS.

Question 19

IMPORTANT WINE GROWING REGIONS IN USA ?

Answer 19

RUSSIAN RIVER

CARNEROS

Question 20

IMPORTANT WINE GROWING COUNTRIES OF SOUTH AMERICA?

Answer 20

CHILE ( CASABLANCA VALLEY)

ARGENTINA ( MENDOZA)

Question 21

FROM WHERE YOU GET A VER PREMIUM CHARDONNAYS IN SOUTH AFRICA ?

Answer 21

WALKER BAY ( ITS A COOLER COASTAL PART )

Question 22

CHARDONNAY IN BLENDS

Answer 22

SEMILLON AND CHARDONNAY
CHARDONNNAY AND CHENIN BLANC ( MOSTLY IN SOUTH AFRICA )
VIOGNIER AND CHARDONNAY