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Appearance
clarity of wine; first step in the evaluation of deductive tasting
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Nose
second step in deductive tasting; detect aroma
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Pallate
third step in deductive tasting; detect taste and texture
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Varietal
- the grape name of the wine (i.e. Merlot)
- -New World: non-western Europe (90% named by varietal)
- -Old World: Europe (90% name from origin)
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Appellation
- growing area where grapes are from
- -more $ = smaller appellation (taste what area has to offer)
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Viticulture
science of growing grapes
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Viniculture
synonym for enology (the study of winemaking); the science of turning grapes to wine
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Estate Bottle
- grapes were grown, made, and bottled at the winery
- -more reliable
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Irrigation
- system apply the right amount of water
- -illegal in Europe (believe they grow perfect grapes in the right area)
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Organically Grown
- -sustainably farmed = no pesticides used, some use owls, lady bug, or bees
- -no sulfides in wine making process (no sulfite = makes wine deteoriate quiclkly)
- -biodynamic = do all, (Mendocino) don't check sugar content, rely on moon
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Propriotary
made up words; blend of different things
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Full Body
fall in pallate; "big wine"; due to tannin or weight of wine in the mouth; concentration
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Tannin
feeling of extangency (dry mouth)
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Weight
Heavy = milk like = move full body
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Crush/Press
Separation of wine from the skin; skin loaded in a press which squeezes remaining liquid
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Basket Press
oldest and simplest design of press; cylinder made of stainless steel screen or wood with small gaps -> fruit loaded on top and a plate pushes it down to drip out jice
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3 Ways to Filter Wine
- 1. Ferment in a tank
- 2. Fining --> add fining agent (coaulant) to fermented juice in a tank
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Vintage
the year the wine was produced/harvested
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