Wine glossary and wine facts, A-part 4

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ARNO-AZIE

Only 4,5 and 5,0 NJP-wines (Nenad Jelisic Points) are presented as the best vintages.

If for some wine behind “the best vintages” stands “none”, it means that none of the wine's vintages got 4,5 NJP or 5,0 NJP.

Artadi, Grandes Anadas (red dry wine; 100% Tempranillo), Rioja, Spain, the best vintages, 1994, 1998 and 2001. (2019-12)

Artadi, Pagos Viejos (red dry wine; 100% Tempranillo), Rioja, Spain, the best vintages, 1998, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2009; not 2010 and 2011. (2019-12)

Artadi, Vina El Pison (red dry wine; 100% Tempranillo), Rioja, Spain, the best vintages, 1995, 1996, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016 and 2017. (2019-12)

Artadi, Vinas de Gain (red dry wine; 100% Tempranillo), Rioja, Spain, the best vintages, until vintage 2016 none. (2019-12)

Aszú, Hungarian, sweet must of noble rot (Botrytis cinerea) affected grapes, see Puttony.

Ata Rangi, Craighall (Chardonnay, white dry wine), Wairarapa, Martinborough, New Zealand, the best vintages, until vintage 2015 none. (2019-02)

Ata Rangi, Pinot Noir (red dry wine), Wairarapa, Martinborough, New Zealand, the best vintages, until vintage 2015 none. (2019-02)

Ausbruch, sweet wines from the Austrian wine region Neusiedlersee. The following grapes are used for the production of these wines: Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Chardonnay, Muskat Ottonel, Gelber Muskateller, Gewurtztraminer and Furmint. Botrytis cinerea’s (Noble rot) attack on the grape skins is crucial in the production of these wines. Without fog and high humidity would not be Botrytis cinerea and Ausbruch sweet wines, and in the autumn, when the climate is hot and dry and the temperature difference between the air and the lake Neusiedl is greatest, when the Botrytis cinerea develops. The more the grapes are affected by Botrytis cinerea, the more they are susceptible to rain and, therefore, a heavy rain can destroy the entire vintage. Before, these sweet wines had a sugar content of 90 grams per litre and today, they have the sugar content of between 130 and 150 grams per litre. Note that the Sauternes-wines themselves have a sugar content of between 120 and 130 grams per litre. (2012-06)

Auslese, a wine class in the German highest wine classification "Qualitätswein mit Prädikat (QmP)" where the wines are divided into six different quality classes depending on the must weight (Öchlese; one Öchlese-degree corresponds to 2-2,5 grams of sugar per litre of wine). Auslese has a must weight of about 90 Öchlese-degrees, i.e. 180-225 g sugar per litre of wine.

Australian wine regions, Australia as wine country is divided into 65 wine regions: Adelaide Hills, Adelaide Plains, Alpine Valleys, Barossa Valley, Beechworth, Bendigo, Blackwood Valley, Canberra District, Clare Valley, Coonawarra, Cowra, Currency Creek, Eden Valley, Geelong, Geographe, Gippsland, Glenrowan, Goulburn Valley, Grampians wineries, Granite Belt wineries, Great Southern wineries, Gundagai, Hastings River, Heathcote wineries, Henty, Hilltops wineries, Hunter Valley wineries, Kangaroo Island, King Valley wineries, Langhorne Creek wineries, Macedon Ranges wineries, Manjimup, Margaret River, McLaren Vale, Mornington Peninsula, Mount Benson, Mount Gambier, Mudgee, Murray Darling, New England Australia, Orange, Padthaway, Peel, Pemberton, Perricoota, Perth Hills, Pyrenees, Riverina, Riverland, Robe, Rutherglen, Shoalhaven Coast, South Burnett, Southern Fleurieu, Southern Flinders Ranges, Southern Highlands, Strathbogie Ranges, Sunbury, Swan District, Swan Hill, Tasmanian, Tumbarumba, Upper Goulburn, Wrattonbully och Yarra Valley. (2016-08)

Austrian grapes, of the white wine grapes dominate Grüner Veltliner (29,4%) followed by Welschriesling (7,8%), Müller Thurgau (4,6%), Weissburgunder (Pinot Bllanc) (4,3%), Riesling (4,1%) and Chardonnay (3,1%). Of the red wine grapes dominate Zweigelt (13,9%) followed by Blaufränkisch (7%), Blauer Portugieser (3,5%), Blauburger (2%), St Laurent (1,7%) and Blauburgunder (Pinot Noir) (1,4%). (2012-06)

Austrian wine regions, Austria as wine country consists of 19 wine regions: Burgenland, Carnuntum, Eisenberg and Südburgenland, Kamptal, Kremstal, Leithaberg and Neusiedlersee-Hügelland, Mittelburgenland, Niederösterreich, Neusiedlersee, Steiermark, Südoststeiermark, Südsteiermark, Thermen, Traisental, Wachau, Wagram, Weststeiermark, Wien and Weinviertel. Of these 19 wine regions, 3 wine regions are so-called main regions: Burgenland, Niederösterreich and Steiermark. The 19 regions cover 45,820 ha, which are planted with vines. (2012-06)

AVA, abbreviation for American Viticultural Area, see American Viticultural Area. (2011-10)

Avignonesi & Capannelle, 50 & 50, see Capannelle, 50 & 50.

Avignonesi, Occhio di Pernice, Vin Santo di Montepulciano (red dry wine; 100% Sangiovese), Tuscany, Italy, the best vintages, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001 and 2002. (2018-05)

Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa, Barbaresco, Asili (red dry wine; 100% Nebbiolo), Piedmont, Italy, the best vintages, until vintage 2015 none. (2019-04)

Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa, Barbaresco, Rabaja (red dry wine; 100% Nebbiolo), Piedmont, Italy, the best vintages, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2001, 2004 and 2014. (2019-04)

Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa, Barbaresco, Santo Stefano (red dry wine; 100% Nebbiolo), Piedmont, Italy, the best vintages, until vintage 2011 none. (2019-04)

Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa, Barbaresco, Santo Stefano, Riserva (red dry wine; 100% Nebbiolo), Piedmont, Italy, the best vintages, 1964, 1971, 1978, 1985, 1989 and 1990. (2019-04)

Azienda Agricola Falletto di Bruno Giacosa, Barolo, Falletto (red dry wine; 100% Nebbiolo), Piedmont, Italy, the best vintages, until vintage 2014 none. (2019-04)

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