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WSET Level 2 Newest 2024 Actual Exam Test Bank Questions and Detailed Answers (Verified Answers) Already Graded A+ Where is Touraine and which grape variety is used? - Answer- Loire Valley; Chenin Blanc Describe a Chenin Blanc from Touraine - Answer- medium bodied wines, medium sweetness, hig...

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Where is Touraine and which grape variety is used? - Answer- Loire Valley; Chenin
Blanc

Describe a Chenin Blanc from Touraine - Answer- medium bodied wines, medium
sweetness, high acidity, unoaked, citrus, green and tropical fruit (lemon, apple,
pineapple) and some herbaceous aromas (green leaf)

Where in the Loire Valley is sweet wine made and which grape varietal is used? -
Answer- Vouvray AC, Chenin Blanc

What are the tasting notes of Melon Blanc? - Answer- medium-bodied, dry, unoaked
white wines with light almost neutral fruit and medium or high acidity

What are the appellations in the Nantais region? - Answer- Muscadet, Muscadet Sevre
et Maine

What is sur lie? - Answer- wine has been bottled from a vessel containing the dead
yeast left over fermentation. Gives a little more body and complexity

What are the main appellations of the Northern Rhone Valley, and the grape variety
used? - Answer- Cote Rotie, Hermitage, Crozes-Hermitage; Syrah

What are the main appellations of the Southern Rhone Valley, and the grape variety
used? - Answer- Chateauneuf-du-Pape, Cotes du Rhone, Cote du Rhone Villages;
Grenache, Syrah

Where is the majority of IGP wines made in France? - Answer- Languedoc Roussillon:
Minervois, Fitou

What grape varieties are used in IGP - Answer- Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc,
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Syrah

What is Deutscher Wein? - Answer- Basic geographical indication

,What is PGI? - Answer- Landwein

How are PDO wines labelled in Germany? - Answer- QbA (Qualitatswein bestimmer
Anbaugebeite) or Pradikatswein

What is the hierarchy of Pradikatswein? - Answer- Kabinett; Spatlese; Auslese; BA
(beerenauslese), and Eiswein; TBA (Trockenbeerenauslese)

What does Grosses Gewachs indicate? - Answer- high quality dry wine made from riper
grapes

What are high quality dry wines called in the Rheingau? - Answer- Erstes Gewachs

What is pinot noir called in Germany? - Answer- Spatburgunder

What is Anbaugebiete? - Answer- Term for Germany's 13 quality regions

Where is Riesling made in Germany? - Answer- Mosel, Rheingau, and Pfalz

Where is Spatburgunder made? - Answer- Pfalz and Baden

What is Classico refer to? - Answer- Historic center of many DOC and DOCG regions.
Located on hills, best sites and produce the best wines

What does Riserva wine mean in Italy? - Answer- indicates that a DOC or DOCG wine
has achieved a higher minimum level of alcohol and has been aged for at least a
minimum number of months before release

What are the most famous wines from Piemonte? - Answer- Barolo DOCG, Barbaresco
DOCG

What grape variety is used to make Barolo DOCG and Barbaresco DOCG? - Answer-
Nebbiolo

What tasting notes does Nebbiolo give Barolo DOCG and Barbaresco DOCG? -
Answer- Full bodied, high tannins, alcohol and acidity. Red fruit flavors, floral and earth
elements, sweet spice (licorice), vegetal (mushroom, meat, leather)

What other grape variety is produced in Piedmont? - Answer- Barbera

Describe Barbera from Piedmont - Answer- Light tannins, high acidity red fruit and
gamey aromas. Often aged in oak, which add toast and vanilla flavors

Where is red wine made in Veneto and the grape variety? - Answer- Valpolicella and
Valpolicella Classico DOC; Corvina dominating

, What are the tasting notes from Valpolicella - Answer- light body, color, low tannins,
high acidity with notes of sour cherry

What are the tasting notes from Valpolicella behind Verona like? - Answer- More
concentration, complexity, baked fruit including plums, dried cherries and prune

What does Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG indicate? - Answer- full bodied, complex
dry wine. Alcohol levels are among the highest in Italy

Where is Chianti and is dominated by which grape? - Answer- Tuscany; Sangiovese

What was Italy's first DOCG wine? - Answer- Brunello di Montalcino; Sangiovese

What type of wine does Sangiovese produce? - Answer- medium to full bodied red with
high levels of tannin, acidity. Plum, earth, tomato and tea

Where is Abruzzo located? - Answer- east-central Italy

What are the tasting notes of Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC? - Answer- high levels of
acidity, tannin, alcohol, color, black pepper, blackberry, raisin, jamminess

True or False: Montepulciano d'Abruzzo DOC and Vino Nobile di Montepulciano DOCG
are the same thing. - Answer- Falso, Vino Nobilie di Montepulciano DOCG is a Chianti-
style red wine made from Sangiovese near Montepulciano, Tuscany

What does IGT Sicilia allow? - Answer- less stringent laws allow IGT Sicilia to produce
blending across a huge area and the grape varieties to be clearly stated on the label

Where are Primitivo, Negroamaro grown? - Answer- Sicily, Puglia

What is Taurasi DOCG? - Answer- 100% Aglianico, full bodied complex floral and dark
fruit aromas and high levels of tannin and acid

Where is Taurasi DOCG? - Answer- Campania

Describe Primitivo - Answer- fatter with high alcohol and a pronounced jammy note

True or False: Pinot Grigio is grown throughout Italy - Answer- True

Describe Pinot Grigio - Answer- Dry, medium, light in body, with medium acidity, neutral
character. Better examples show ripe nuttiness, honey character

Where is Pinot Bianco grown? - Answer- Friuli

Where is Soave and Soave DOCG grown? - Answer- near Valipolicella

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