Northern Italyの練習問題①（英語版）です。１０問あります。WSETは過去問がなく、試験問題の情報が少ないです。こちらは、あくまでも自分の勉強のために個人的に用意した問題ですので、必ずしも正確性を保証するものではありませんが、記述問題の参考になれば幸いです。
Northern Italyの練習問題①（英語版）
- Name the grape variety of Barbaresco.
Nebbiolo
- What is the minimum aging for Barbaresco DOCG?
2 years (9 months in oak)
- List 4 typical primary aromas / flavors found in Barbaresco.
- Red fruits such as sour cherry, plum, redcurrant, cranberry.
- Floral notes such as rose, dried flower.
- Herbal notes such as lavender, fennel.
- Spice such as black pepper, licorice.
- Often Barbaresco are acidic, tannic and very astringent in their youth. What winemaking technique can be employed to soften this astringency?
- Gentler extraction techniques such as pumping over and punching down.
- Aging in either large oak cask or smaller new oak barrique.
- Explain why grapes of Barbaresco are harvested earlier than Barolo DOCG.
- The vineyard are at lower altitudes than Barolo and warmer than Barolo. Therefore, grapes ripens earlier.
- The vineyard is close to The Tamari river. The river creates warmer conditions which contributes to the earlier ripening.
- Explain what Passito method is.
- Passito is used to increase the structure and the flavor concentration, and the color, in case of a red wine.
- The grapes are picked early when they are still high in acidity, and dried indoors, concentrating the sugars and flavors.
- The fermentation will not be implemented until the winter months.
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