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WSET Level 3 Exam Questions and
answers, 100?curate, graded A+
continentality - ✔✔-temperature difference between the coldest and hottest month
Diurnal Range - ✔✔-difference between the day time and night time temperatures
spring frost mitigation - ✔✔-heaters placed through vineyard
wind machines
sprinklers
vineyard design - plant on slopes or trained high
water hazards - ✔✔-once a sufficient canopy has grown, important to limit water to promote grape
ripening rather than shoot growth. this would leave less sugar for the grapes. also increases canopy
growth - more shade - less ripening.
droughts risk photosynthesis stopping, killing the vine
rainfall during flowring and fruitset can disrupt.
Pinot Noir Characteristics - ✔✔-color intensity: light
Tannins: low
Acidity: high
Flavour characteristics: strawberry, raspberry, red cherry
Burgundy - entry level - light, high acid, hint of oak. Cote D'Or have intensity and complexity. Range from
delicate and floral to tannic and spicy. cool vintage risk of vegetal notes like cabbage and wet leaves. if
too hot, jammy and unattractive.
Baden, Carneros, Sonoma, Martinborough, Marlborough, Central Otago (NZ), Yarra Valley, Mornington
Peninsula, Tasmania (Australia), Walker Bay (South Africa), Casablanca Valley (Chile).
Pinot Noir can be amove 30F ferment to extract more flavor, color and tannin
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