WSET Diploma D5 Mock Test: 30 Free Questions
Free WSET Diploma D5 mock test: 30 fortified wine questions from a bank of 40 on Port, Sherry, Madeira, and the VDNs, with full explanations.
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30 questions drawn at random from the 40 in Sommo's WSET Level 4 bank that cover D5 fortified wines. Explanations on every answer. Free, no sign-up, unlimited retakes.
D5 is the smallest unit of the Diploma and the one most often left until the last three weeks. That is a mistake, because it is also the most self-contained: learn when the spirit goes in and what happens to the wine afterwards, and most of the unit follows.
These questions cover the Douro, Jerez, Madeira, and the French Vins Doux Naturels, along with Marsala, Rutherglen, and the aromatized wines.
Common questions
D5 is Fortified Wines: the principle of fortification and its timing, Port and the Douro, Sherry and the Jerez solera system, Madeira and its heat-aging regimes, the French Vins Doux Naturels, Marsala, Rutherglen Muscat, vermouth and aromatized wines, plus service and pairing.
Start with timing of fortification, because it explains sweetness across the whole unit. Spirit added partway through fermentation leaves residual sugar, as in Port. Spirit added after a complete fermentation leaves a dry wine, as in most Sherry. Almost every style difference in D5 hangs off that one axis.
Yes. Like D4, the unit combines a theory paper with a tasting paper, so you need calibrated experience of biological versus oxidative aging, and of the sweetness and acid structures that separate Sercial from Malmsey or Fino from Oloroso.
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