WSET Diploma D5 Mock Test: 30 Free Questions

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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.

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D5 is one of the smallest units 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 aromatised wines.

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What does WSET Diploma D5 cover?

D5 is Fortified Wines: fortification and its timing, Port, Sherry, Madeira, French Vins Doux Naturels and Rutherglen Muscat, together with the growing, production, maturation and business factors that shape these wines.

What is the fastest way into D5?

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.

Is D5 examined with a tasting paper?

Yes. Like D4, the unit combines a theory paper with a tasting paper, so you need calibrated experience of biological versus oxidative ageing, and of the sweetness and acid structures that separate Sercial from Malmsey or Fino from Oloroso.

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