White wine
By colour
White wine ferments pressed juice without the skins, so it carries little tannin. Styles run from lean and crisp to full and creamy, and from bone dry to sweet.
Base grapes
- Chardonnayapple to tropical, creamy when oaked
- Sauvignon blancgrassy, citrus, zesty
- Rieslinglime, petrol, dry to sweet
- Pinot grislight, pear, neutral
- Chenin blancquince, honey, dry to sweet
- Gewürztraminerlychee, rose, spice
- Viognierapricot, honeysuckle, oily
- Albariñosaline, peach, brisk
- Grüner Veltlinerwhite pepper, green apple, lean
- Sémillonwaxy, lemon, honeyed with age
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Sources
Facts: Wikipedia, White wine (CC BY-SA 4.0) and Wikidata Q10210 (CC0). The description, the grape list and the bands are ours.