ch 7 review questions and answers rated A+ Sparkling wines are a kind of table or natural wine which contain large amounts of dissolved carbon dioxide gas. - correct answer True
Which is the most common method of producing sparkling wines? - correct answer Trap the CO2 from a second alcohol...
ch 7 review questions and answers rated
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Sparkling wines are a kind of table or natural wine which contain large
amounts of dissolved carbon dioxide gas. - correct answer ✔True
Which is the most common method of producing sparkling wines? - correct
answer ✔Trap the CO2 from a second alcoholic fermentation
You have just inherited a vineyard of Grenache grapes-a red variety which
has been used for mass-market blush varietal wines by some producers-and
you want to make an inexpensive, fresh, fruity sparking wine. You hire a
consulting enologist who recommends you build a winery for the
____________ process. - correct answer ✔tank fermentation (or Charmat
process)
According to the legend, the method champenoise was discovered by
____________ sometime during the period ______ to _______ - correct
answer ✔Dom Pérignon; 1668-1715
The term "champagne" may be used on the label for a wine made in any part
of France as long as the precise steps that are prescribed by the French law
for the methode champenoise process are followed. - correct answer
✔False. Champagne may only be used-in France and other countries who
agreed to follow this law-for wines produced in the Champagne district of
France. For the Champagne district, French label law sets a variety of general
grape growing and winemaking guidelines including the maximum yields of
juice per ton, and specifies which varieties may be used as well as other
general winemaking procedures, however, there is no precise legal definition
of "methode champenoise"
, Which grape variety below is NOT likely to be used for methode champenoise
sparkling wine production in France or California? - correct answer
✔Sauvignon Blanc
To emulate the characteristics of grapes produced under conditions in
France's Champagne district, __________ grape growing regions are
preferred and the grapes are harvested ___________ wherever methode
champenoise wines are made - correct answer ✔cool; early
Recognizable varietal aroma is not usually sought in grapes to be used for the
methode champenoise - correct answer ✔True
The blended wine that will be bottled for a second fermentation is called the
vin de __________ - correct answer ✔cuvée
Pressing whole clusters is one fruit-handling procedure which was originally
developed to minimize color extraction from dark skinned Pinot Noir grapes -
correct answer ✔True
Why are the fruit-handling techniques developed to minimize color extraction
from Pinot Noir also used to handle Chardonnay for methode champenoise? -
correct answer ✔Because those procedures minimize tannin extraction as
well
In sparkling wine production, as in white table wine production, the wines
produced from the free-run juices are of higher quality and those from the
harder pressings are distilled. - correct answer ✔True
The most prestigious wine of a sparkling wine producer may be called: -
correct answer ✔Tête de cuvée
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