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1
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What’s the minimum RS for Quarts de Chaume?

A
  • 85 g/l. (34 g/l prior to 2011)
  • Passerillage or bortrities in tries
  • 100% chenin blanc
  • min pot alc 18% (11% acquired)
2
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What’s the minimum RS for Sauterns?

A
  • 45 g/l
  • Muscadelle, Sauvignon blanc, Sauvignon Gris, semillon
  • min pot alc 15% (12% acquired)
  • Barsac can be labeled as Sauterns
  • Bortrities in tries
3
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What are the minimum RS levels for Rutherglen Muscat?

A

This will be the basic style,

  • 180-240 g/l
  • Muscat Blanc a petit Grains rouge aka rutherglen brown Muscat
  • 3-5 years
4
Q

What’s the RS for Classic Rutherglen Muscat?

A
  • 200-280 g/L

* 6-10 yrs

5
Q

What’s the minimum RS for Grand Rutherglen Muscat?

A
  • 270-400 g/l

* 11-19 yrs

6
Q

What’s the minimum RS for Rare Rutherglen Muscat?

A
  • 270-400 g/l

* 20+ yrs

7
Q

What’s the minimum RS for tokaj aszu eszencia?

A

AKA nectar

  • min 450 g/l RS
  • 2000 vintage 900+ g/l
8
Q

What’s the Min RS for Aszu?

A

Established on 2013 when all the puttonyos were abolished

•min 120 RS

9
Q

What’s the minimum RS for Aszu 3 puttonyos?

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•60 g/L RS

Abolished in 2013

Increments of 30 till 6 puttonyos @150 RS

10
Q

What the minimum RS for Aszu 4 puttonyos?

A

•90 g/L RS

Increments of 30 till 6 puttonyos @150 RS

11
Q

Minimum RS for Aszu 5 puttonyos?

A

•120 g/l RS

Increments of 30 starting at 3puttonyos (60 RS) till 6 @ 150

12
Q

What’s the RS for Aszu 6 puttonyos?

A

•150 g/L RS

13
Q

What’s the minimum RS for aszuezencia (all together one word)??

A

• 180 RS

One tier over the 6 puttonyos

14
Q

Explain what a rainwater Madeira is

A

It’s basically a semi-sweet Madeira, something like a milder, lighter Verdelho (Sercial =Seco=driest)

Not legally defined invente by an American, possibly no irrigation or diluted by rain

15
Q

What’s the RS for Malmsey?

A

This is the sweetest Madeira

Malvasia (red and white grapes)
Grown in the lowest and warmest areas around cámara de lobos

•96-135 g/L RS

16
Q

What’s Vin Santo Liquoroso?

A

It’s a fortified type of Vin Santo made in Tuscany (trebbiano and Malvasia) straw wine

17
Q

What does Amabile mean on a label of Tuscan Vin Santo?

A

This will be on a Vin Santo Rose AkA ochio di Pernice,

And indicates a wine med-sweet or below Dolce but above abbocato (off-dry)

Located in Chianti

18
Q

What does abbocato mean?

A

Off-dry

For Vin Santo rose aka ochio di pernice this is one category before Amabile

19
Q

Typical aging for Vin Santo

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3 years

Some qualify for riserva @ 4

20
Q

What’s the name for bortryties in Italian?

A

Muffa nobile

21
Q

Name a wine with bortryties from Italy

A

Muffato wines

Orvieto DOC in Umbria made of

  • Grechetto
  • Trebbiano

Can have some and be a muffato, they used to be known for that

22
Q

What does Rimage mean?

A

Often found on Banyuls, it simply means vintage

Banyuls -12mnths Oak aging
Grand Cru- 30 mnths

Colliure- dry wines from the same area

23
Q

Whats the name of the most regarded vineyard of tokaji?

A

Considered a grand cru,

Mézes Maly

24
Q

What’s the grape of Juraçon?

A

Sw France, one of the southernmost appellations made with petit manseng