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Level 1 sommelier exam questions wellanswered already passed
What is the main species of wine grapes - correct answer ✔✔Vitis vinifera
What is a green harvest - correct answer ✔✔Pruning bad grapes in order to send nutrients to the
healthy ones
Name 4 vineyard pests - correct answer ✔✔Phylloxera, mealybug, mites, glassy winged sharpshooter
Name 4 vine diseases - correct answer ✔✔Powdery mildew, downy mildew, leaf roll virus and fanleaf
degeneration, pierces disease
What is brix - correct answer ✔✔Sugar measurement of grapes
Sugar+ yeast= - correct answer ✔✔Co2+alcohol+flavor+aroma+heat
What is chaptalization - correct answer ✔✔Adding sugar to unfermented grape must to increase the
alcohol content after fermentation
What is carbonic maceration - correct answer ✔✔Whole grapes are fermented in a co2 rich environment
prior to crushing
What is malolactic fermentation - correct answer ✔✔The conversion of malic acid into softer lactic acid,
can often give a buttery taste
What is a stelvin - correct answer ✔✔A screw cap
Wines in burgundy are defined mainly by what - correct answer ✔✔Their producers
, Negociant - correct answer ✔✔Merchants who do not own the vineyard land, but will buy grapes and or
finished wine for blending and bottling under their own label
Domaine - correct answer ✔✔The entire process from growing the grapes to bottling and ageing the
wines takes place at the domaine itself
What are the main grapes in burgundy - correct answer ✔✔Pinot noir and chardonnay
Chablis climate - correct answer ✔✔Continental (high in acid)
Chablis soil - correct answer ✔✔Kimmeridgian clay/limestone (mineral)
What are the five distinct regions of burgundy - correct answer ✔✔Chablis, cote d'or, maconnais, cote
chalonnaise, Beaujolais
Soil of cote d'or - correct answer ✔✔Marl and limestone
What grape dominates cote de nuits - correct answer ✔✔Pinot noir
What grape dominates cote de beaune - correct answer ✔✔Chardonnay
What aoc has the most grand crus in cote de nuits - correct answer ✔✔Gevrey-chambertin (9)
Highly regarded vintages of cote de nuits - correct answer ✔✔02,05,09,10,11,12
Highly regarded vintages of the cote de beaune - correct answer ✔✔02,05,09,10,11,12
What region of the cote chalonnaise makes the wine from aligote - correct answer ✔✔Bouzeron
Famous region in maconnais that makes wine from chardonnay - correct answer ✔✔Pouilly-fuisse
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