Just before the end of the academic year received word of the Unit 1 course work assignment: passed it with merit. So now indeed only two more exams to go: Sparkling Wines in november, unit 1 (Global Business of Alcoholic Beverages) case study this spring?
Some confusion with regards to the unit 3 tasting exam of Jan last. In the "guess the varietal" flight, I missed out on this being pinot noir, mainly because of the very dark (almost completely opaque, I thought) third wine, a very full-bodied, stewed fruit wine, which turned out to be, according to the WSET key, the Mount Difficulty Pinot Noir from Central Otago (NZ). I managed to get two bottles of the 2007 (the exam wine was the 2006) and low and behold: a completely different experience! Still good, as the one in the exam, but contrary to that one, very recognizable as pinot noir. Did the first two pinot noirs (not terribly good wines) make the third one seem bigger then it was? Still: how then to account for the opaqueness of the latter?
Maybe you can help. Anyone out there that knows these wines and has tasted both the 2006 and the 2007 vintage?
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