White grapes varieties.
There are hundreds of grapes varieties growing all over the world and not all of them produces good quality wine.
To appreciate a good wine, we should need to know the various types of grapes used in wine making.
Knowledge of grape varieties will help to identify wines, as many of them are labelled according to the type of grapes.
The character of the grapes will decide the taste of the particular wine.
Let’s see in details about
White grape Variety Characteristics
Chardonnay Grape
Chardonnay is a classic grape variety comes from Burgundy of France.
It is also one of the three grape varieties used in the production of champagne.
It produces light, crisp,dry wine with a flavour of a lot of tropical fruits.
Most of the chardonnay wines are fermented and matured in oak casks.
Some well know popular Brands made from chardonnay grape wines are
Chablis
And
Meursault
Chardonnay is grown through out the wine producing regions of the world.
It is grown in
USA
Australia
South Africa
New Zealand
Italy
Riesling Grape
Riesling grapes are mainly from Germany.
Popular wine brands from germany Riesling grape are
Mosel wine
And
Rhine wine
Riesling has a hard, resilient character.
It grows well in cool climate but not in hot climate.
Most of the Riesling wines are dry to medium with hint of citrus.
Riesling grapes are popular in producing finest sweet dessert wine and goes well with desserts.
Riesling grapes are matured in stainless steel cask to retain its delicate floral aroma.
USA and south Australia cultivate this variety of grapes.
Sauvignon Blanc Grape
This grape variety from Bordeaux and Loire valley in france, produces excellent white wines.
This grape is a constituent of the sweet white wine of Barack and sauternes in bordeaux in France.
Sauvignon Blanc is used to make some fine wine such as pouilly- fume
And
Blanc fume.
Sauvignon Blanc wines has a grassy flavour and the character of acidic fruit
and
gooseberry.
It requires cool climate and limestone soil.
Sauvignon Blanc grows widely in most of the countries
USA
Chile
South Africa
New Zealand
Italy
Chenin Blanc grape
Chenin Blanc grape is from Loire valley of france.
Chenin Blanc produces dry, medium and sweet sparkling wine.
Chenin blanc has high level of acidity,
With an aroma of lemon
Baked apple
Honey
And
Toffee apple.
It is important grape in south africa called as Steen.
USA also has this type of grapes.