Grape varieties

Types of Grapes and their characterstic.

1. Types of Grape Varieties Presentation by:- Madhusudan Adhikari

2. COMPOSITION OF GRAPES

3. WHITE GRAPES ALIGOTE – Mostly used in Burgundy district for Mediocre wine. BOAL(BUAL) – Used for making Madeira Sweet wine in Portugal CHENIN BLANC – Known as Steen in South Africa. Deep golden white grape , Produces dry white wine. GEWURTZTRAMINER – It’s a native of Alsace. It produces fruity, floral, dry & spicy wine.

4. WHITE GRAPES MUSCAT- It is high scented grape, used for making dessert wine & also for blending purpose.. It has raisin like flavour and bouquet. PALOMINO- It is used for making Sherry(Fortified wine) in Jerez, Spain. PINOT BLANC- Known as Pinot Chardonnay as well. It produces high quality Burgundies.

5. WHITE GRAPES SAUVIGNON BLANC –Together with Semillion used for making finest sauternes. Produces white Graves and Barsac . Its grown in New Zealand, Australia, California and Chile. Produces Dry white wine. TREBBIANO – Grown in Italy which produces fresh light white wine. It is one of the two grapes used in making Soave, Orvieto , Frascati & is present in Chianti in a little quantity .

6. WHITE GRAPES RIESLING – Grape of Germany, Alsace, Hungary used for making finest Hock and Mosels . CHARDONNAY – It is able to adapt to every soil. It’s a grape of Burgundy & Champagne. Thrives well in soil which is rich in Calcium. It produces Dry white wine most of the time. Chablis, Pouilly Fuisse , Montrachet , Champagne & Meursault are the example of Chardonnay grape wine. SEMILLION - This grape attracts Botrytis Cinerea (Noble Rot). Used for making sweet wines of high quality in Australia & California.

7. RED GRAPES BARBERA – Grown in Argentina and Italy , its high in acidity. Produces Dry wine with Light or Medium Body. CABERNET – There are two varieties , Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Cabernet Franc is used for making Bordeaux red wines. Cabernet Sauvignon is used for making red wines of Medoc. Usually produces wine in high in acid and tannin .

8. RED GRAPES GRENACHE – Grown in Southern Cote du Rhone & Spain. It is most important grape used in Blend of Chateauneuf -Du- Pape . Its is used to make Rose wine like Tavel Rose and Lirac . MAlBEC – It is used for making red Bordeaux blend. Produces dry wine, Medium to Full bodied and Medium to high in tannin and acidity. MERLOT – It is important grape in Bordeaux, it has thin skin and small in size. It is used to make Pomerol and St. Emillion wines.

9. RED GRAPES NEBBIOLO – It’s a main grape variety of piedmont region in Italy. Known as Spanna , which produces dry red wine i.e. Barolo and Barbaresco . PINOT NOIR – It is small in size and bunches are small as well, one of three grape used in making Champagne and finest wine in Burgundy. Produces Light to medium body, Medium dry red wine. Flavours of dark cherries, red currants, and berries are common.

10. RED GRAPES SYRAH – It is used for making strong wines of Rhone valley . It is an important blend used for Chateauneuf -du pape . Syrah is a dry, full-bodied, opaque wine, with brisk acidity. ZINFANDEL – It is a Indigenous grape variety of California and used for making varietal red Zinfandel wine. It is dry, semi-sweet to sweet wine. GAMAY – It is grown in many parts of the world. Mostly used in Burgundy for making Beaujolais (soft & light fruity wines).

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