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Wine Grape Varieties and Styles

Major wine grape varieties matched with their typical flavor profile and wine style, one grape per card.

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What red grape variety, originally from Bordeaux, is one of the most widely planted in the world and known for full-bodied, tannic wines?
Cabernet Sauvignon
What red grape variety, also from Bordeaux, is softer and fruitier than Cabernet Sauvignon and often blended with it?
Merlot
What red grape variety is the sole grape of red Burgundy and is known for its light color but complex, earthy flavor?
Pinot Noir
What red grape variety, native to the Rhone Valley, produces bold, peppery wines and is also called Shiraz in Australia?
Syrah (Shiraz)
What white grape variety, originally from Burgundy, is one of the most widely planted white grapes and ranges from crisp to buttery depending on style?
Chardonnay
What white grape variety, from the Loire Valley and New Zealand, is known for crisp acidity and herbaceous, citrus flavors?
Sauvignon Blanc
What white grape variety, mainly from Germany, produces wines ranging from bone dry to very sweet, with high acidity and floral notes?
Riesling
What red grape variety, native to Italy's Piedmont region, is used to make Barolo and Barbaresco wines?
Nebbiolo
What red grape variety, Italy's most widely planted, is the basis for Chianti wines from Tuscany?
Sangiovese
What red grape variety, from Spain's Rioja region, is known there as Tempranillo but has different names in other countries?
Tempranillo
What red grape variety, native to Argentina by way of France, produces Argentina's signature deep, fruity red wines?
Malbec
What white grape variety, originally from Alsace and Germany, produces aromatic, floral wines often with a hint of lychee?
Gewurztraminer
What red grape variety, a parent of Cabernet Sauvignon, is grown widely in the Loire Valley and Bordeaux, producing herbaceous, medium-bodied reds?
Cabernet Franc
What white grape variety, widely planted in Italy, produces the crisp base wine for Prosecco?
Glera
What red grape variety, native to Spain, is the primary grape in Rioja blends alongside Tempranillo and produces jammy, high-alcohol wines?
Garnacha (Grenache)

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