WSET LEVEL 3 FINAL EXAM 2026 QUESTIONS AND
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔what do appellations laws cover - ✔✔Production area
permitted vine varieties
ripeness and alcohol strength
Viticultural practices
yields
winemaking practices
✔✔Bordeaux climate - ✔✔moderate maritime
✔✔what geographical formations protect Bordeaux from a great deal of Atlantic ocean
storms - ✔✔the Landes forest
and
coastal dunes
✔✔average rainfall of bordeax - ✔✔high
about 950 mm per year
✔✔what problems can high rainfall cause - ✔✔disruption of flowering and fruit set
promotion of rot
dilution of flavors in grapes at harvest
✔✔biggest viticulture concerns of Bordeaux - ✔✔fungal disease
variable levels of ripeness
✔✔soil of Haut Medoc - ✔✔Gravel
✔✔why is gravel good for Cabernet in Bordeaux - ✔✔It reflects heat back into the
vineyard
✔✔What can happen if cabernet grapes are unripe - ✔✔The tannins can be too high
and flavors overly herbaceous
✔✔Where in bordeaux is cab franc grown - ✔✔Mainly st Emilion, some in medoc and
graves
✔✔Most widely planted grape in bordeaux - ✔✔Merlot
✔✔Which matures sooner cabernet sauvignon or merlot - ✔✔Merlot
✔✔What does petite verdot add to a bordeaux blend - ✔✔Tannin, color, and some
exotic spicy notes
,✔✔Most widely planted white varietal in bordeaux - ✔✔Semillon
✔✔What two rivers combine to form the gironde estuary - ✔✔The dordogne and
garonne rivers
✔✔Districts sw of the gironde - ✔✔Medoc, graves, sauternes
✔✔Entre deux mers mean - ✔✔Between two seas
✔✔Ne of the dordogne are what districts - ✔✔St emilion, pomerol, and fronsac
✔✔Cold bottling - ✔✔(Aseptic or sterile bottling) wine is passed through a filet to
remove all yeast and bacteria, then from that point all equipment it comes into contact
with must be sterilized
✔✔Hot bottling - ✔✔Pasteurizing the wine (heating to a temp that can kill bacteria)
✔✔Highest reputation commune appellations of the haut medoc ac North to South -
✔✔St estephe
Pauillac
St julien
Margaux
✔✔Left bank North to South - ✔✔Medoc
Haut medoc -
St estephe
Pauillac
St julien
Margaux
Pessac leognan
Graves
Cerons
Barsac
Sauternes
✔✔Where is chateau petrus and chateau le pin - ✔✔Pomerol ac
✔✔Main districts of libourne - ✔✔St emilion satellites
St emilion
St emilion grand cru
Pomerol
Fronsac/ canon-fronsac
,✔✔Satellite villages that can add their name before st emilion - ✔✔Lussac
Montagne
Puisseguin
Saint georges
✔✔Cotes de bordeaux are lesser known red wine producing areas consisting of -
✔✔Blaye
Cadillac
Castillon
Francs
✔✔Best dry whites in bordeaux - ✔✔Pessac leognan ac
✔✔Where are the top sweet wine appellations of bordeaux located - ✔✔Grouped on the
banks of the garonne and its tributary the ciron
✔✔Why are the rivers of bordeaux ideal for sweet wines - ✔✔Slow temperature
changes and the rivers create the ideal misty autumn conditions for botrytis to develop
✔✔Best sweet wines of bordeaux - ✔✔Sauternes ac
Barsac
✔✔Satellite appellations of sauternes - ✔✔Cerons ac
Loupiac ac
St-croix-du-mont ac
Premieres cotes de bordeaux ac
✔✔Named dry whites of bordeaux - ✔✔Entre deux mers
Graves
Pessac leognan
✔✔Classifications of bordeaux rank what specifically - ✔✔Individual producers, not
vineyards
✔✔To 5 medoc chateau - ✔✔Chateaux lafite
Chateaux latour
Chateaux margaux
Chateuax haut brion (graves)
Chateaux mouton rothschild (1973)
✔✔When were the wines of graves classified - ✔✔1959
✔✔Where are all of the cru classe chateaux in graves - ✔✔Pessac leognan
, ✔✔What are the levels of st emilion grand cru ac (within st emilion) - ✔✔St emilion
premier grand cru classe A
-chateau cheval blanc
-chateau ausone
St emilion premier grand cru classe B
St emilion grand cru classe
✔✔When was the original classification of st emilion - ✔✔1955
✔✔How often are the wines of st emilion re classified - ✔✔Every 10 years
✔✔La place de bordeaux - ✔✔The unique trade structure of bordeaux where producers
sell to courtiers rather than directly to negociants (merchants)
✔✔Major ac to the east of bordeaux - ✔✔Bergerac ac
✔✔Best botrytised sweet wines from Bergerac (good value) - ✔✔Monbazillac ac
✔✔Ac's within Bergerac - ✔✔Montravel (dry whites)
Rosette
Pecharmant (reds)
Monbazillac (sweet whites)
Saussignac
✔✔Grapes of Bergerac - ✔✔Bordeaux varietals
✔✔Non traditional Southwest wines ac' - ✔✔Cahors - malbec, merlot, tannat
Madiran - tannat
Cotes de gascogne - varied, including ugni blanc
✔✔What high acid grape is used in juracon ac - ✔✔Petit manseng
✔✔What are the wines of juracon ac like and how are they made - ✔✔Passerillage is
used to make sweet wines
With stong apricot, grapefruit aroma and new oak
✔✔Which ac is for reds only
A Bergerac
B saint emilion
C premieres cotes de bordeaux
D pessac leognan - ✔✔B saint emilion
SOLUTIONS RATED A+
✔✔what do appellations laws cover - ✔✔Production area
permitted vine varieties
ripeness and alcohol strength
Viticultural practices
yields
winemaking practices
✔✔Bordeaux climate - ✔✔moderate maritime
✔✔what geographical formations protect Bordeaux from a great deal of Atlantic ocean
storms - ✔✔the Landes forest
and
coastal dunes
✔✔average rainfall of bordeax - ✔✔high
about 950 mm per year
✔✔what problems can high rainfall cause - ✔✔disruption of flowering and fruit set
promotion of rot
dilution of flavors in grapes at harvest
✔✔biggest viticulture concerns of Bordeaux - ✔✔fungal disease
variable levels of ripeness
✔✔soil of Haut Medoc - ✔✔Gravel
✔✔why is gravel good for Cabernet in Bordeaux - ✔✔It reflects heat back into the
vineyard
✔✔What can happen if cabernet grapes are unripe - ✔✔The tannins can be too high
and flavors overly herbaceous
✔✔Where in bordeaux is cab franc grown - ✔✔Mainly st Emilion, some in medoc and
graves
✔✔Most widely planted grape in bordeaux - ✔✔Merlot
✔✔Which matures sooner cabernet sauvignon or merlot - ✔✔Merlot
✔✔What does petite verdot add to a bordeaux blend - ✔✔Tannin, color, and some
exotic spicy notes
,✔✔Most widely planted white varietal in bordeaux - ✔✔Semillon
✔✔What two rivers combine to form the gironde estuary - ✔✔The dordogne and
garonne rivers
✔✔Districts sw of the gironde - ✔✔Medoc, graves, sauternes
✔✔Entre deux mers mean - ✔✔Between two seas
✔✔Ne of the dordogne are what districts - ✔✔St emilion, pomerol, and fronsac
✔✔Cold bottling - ✔✔(Aseptic or sterile bottling) wine is passed through a filet to
remove all yeast and bacteria, then from that point all equipment it comes into contact
with must be sterilized
✔✔Hot bottling - ✔✔Pasteurizing the wine (heating to a temp that can kill bacteria)
✔✔Highest reputation commune appellations of the haut medoc ac North to South -
✔✔St estephe
Pauillac
St julien
Margaux
✔✔Left bank North to South - ✔✔Medoc
Haut medoc -
St estephe
Pauillac
St julien
Margaux
Pessac leognan
Graves
Cerons
Barsac
Sauternes
✔✔Where is chateau petrus and chateau le pin - ✔✔Pomerol ac
✔✔Main districts of libourne - ✔✔St emilion satellites
St emilion
St emilion grand cru
Pomerol
Fronsac/ canon-fronsac
,✔✔Satellite villages that can add their name before st emilion - ✔✔Lussac
Montagne
Puisseguin
Saint georges
✔✔Cotes de bordeaux are lesser known red wine producing areas consisting of -
✔✔Blaye
Cadillac
Castillon
Francs
✔✔Best dry whites in bordeaux - ✔✔Pessac leognan ac
✔✔Where are the top sweet wine appellations of bordeaux located - ✔✔Grouped on the
banks of the garonne and its tributary the ciron
✔✔Why are the rivers of bordeaux ideal for sweet wines - ✔✔Slow temperature
changes and the rivers create the ideal misty autumn conditions for botrytis to develop
✔✔Best sweet wines of bordeaux - ✔✔Sauternes ac
Barsac
✔✔Satellite appellations of sauternes - ✔✔Cerons ac
Loupiac ac
St-croix-du-mont ac
Premieres cotes de bordeaux ac
✔✔Named dry whites of bordeaux - ✔✔Entre deux mers
Graves
Pessac leognan
✔✔Classifications of bordeaux rank what specifically - ✔✔Individual producers, not
vineyards
✔✔To 5 medoc chateau - ✔✔Chateaux lafite
Chateaux latour
Chateaux margaux
Chateuax haut brion (graves)
Chateaux mouton rothschild (1973)
✔✔When were the wines of graves classified - ✔✔1959
✔✔Where are all of the cru classe chateaux in graves - ✔✔Pessac leognan
, ✔✔What are the levels of st emilion grand cru ac (within st emilion) - ✔✔St emilion
premier grand cru classe A
-chateau cheval blanc
-chateau ausone
St emilion premier grand cru classe B
St emilion grand cru classe
✔✔When was the original classification of st emilion - ✔✔1955
✔✔How often are the wines of st emilion re classified - ✔✔Every 10 years
✔✔La place de bordeaux - ✔✔The unique trade structure of bordeaux where producers
sell to courtiers rather than directly to negociants (merchants)
✔✔Major ac to the east of bordeaux - ✔✔Bergerac ac
✔✔Best botrytised sweet wines from Bergerac (good value) - ✔✔Monbazillac ac
✔✔Ac's within Bergerac - ✔✔Montravel (dry whites)
Rosette
Pecharmant (reds)
Monbazillac (sweet whites)
Saussignac
✔✔Grapes of Bergerac - ✔✔Bordeaux varietals
✔✔Non traditional Southwest wines ac' - ✔✔Cahors - malbec, merlot, tannat
Madiran - tannat
Cotes de gascogne - varied, including ugni blanc
✔✔What high acid grape is used in juracon ac - ✔✔Petit manseng
✔✔What are the wines of juracon ac like and how are they made - ✔✔Passerillage is
used to make sweet wines
With stong apricot, grapefruit aroma and new oak
✔✔Which ac is for reds only
A Bergerac
B saint emilion
C premieres cotes de bordeaux
D pessac leognan - ✔✔B saint emilion
