WSET Level 3: Vocabulary VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2023//2024

WSET Level 3: Vocabulary VERIFIED SOLUTIONS 2023//2024 Abboccato - ANSWER Medium-sweet Full-bodied Italy Accolage - ANSWER Tying the vine branches to the horizontal wires Acetic Acid - ANSWER The acid component of vinegar Excessive amounts result in vinegary nose and taste. Aerobic - ANSWER Requiring oxygen to operate Alcoholic Fermentation - ANSWER Conversion of sugar to alcohol by yeast operating in anaerobic conditions Anaerobic - ANSWER Able to operate without Oxygen Aspersion - ANSWER Method of protection against Spring frosts Vines sprayed with water which freezes Coating buds with ice Buds saved b/c latent heat of freezing Assemblage - ANSWER Blending a number of different parcels of wine Bordeaux, Champagne Ausbruch - ANSWER Austria Quality category for sweet wines Minimum weight required between: *Beerenauslese and Trockenbeerenauslese Barrique - ANSWER Case 225 Liters Bâttonage - ANSWER Lees stirring France Beerenauslese - ANSWER Pradikat wine category Made w/o chaptalisation Grapes within specific range of must weights Botrytis Blended Whiskey: Scotland - ANSWER Blend of grain whiskey and malt whiskey Blended Whiskey: US - ANSWER Blend of stgraight whiskey and neutral spirit Bonne Chauffe - ANSWER The second distillation in Cognac Converts the Brouillis to eau-de-vie Brouillis - ANSWER The product of the first distillation in Cognac Bordeaux Mixture - ANSWER Solution of copper sulfate and lime in water Used to spray against fungal disease