Ahr

Question 1

Where is Fruhburgunder popular?

Answer 1

Ahr

Question 2

What percentage of the Ahr acreage is Fruh- and Spatburgunder?

Answer 2

70%

Question 3

Name three producers of the Ahr.

Answer 3

Jean Stodden
JJ Adeneuer
Meyer-Nackel

Question 4

What is the soil of the Ahr? How does this influence the flavor of the wine?

Answer 4

Slate (unusual for PN)

Smoky undertone to the spatburgunder

Question 5

Who started the trend to red wine production in the Ahr? When?

Answer 5

Meyer-Nackel in the 1980s

Question 6

What allows the far north Ahr to ripen PN?

Answer 6

Canyon protected by the Eifel mountains
East-west orientation, so lots of south-facing vineyards
Moderated by the Gulf Stream
Long growing season
Dark slate soil

Question 7

What is Mariafeld?

Answer 7

A Swiss PN clone once popular in the Ahr for being high yielding and cold hardy

Question 8

Where are the Ahr’s best vineyards located?

Answer 8

Steep slopes on the north bank of the river

Question 9

Why are Ahr wines rarely whole cluster?

Answer 9

The stems don’t ripen

Question 10

What is Fruhburgunder called in France?

Answer 10

Pinot Noir Precoce

Question 11

What are the Bereiches of the Ahr?

Answer 11

just one:

Walporzheim-Ahrtal

Question 12

What is JJ Adeneuer’s Alleinbesitz?

Answer 12

Walporzheim Garkammer

Question 13

Botrytis is uncommon in the Ahr. What GL vineyard makes nobly sweet riesling?

Answer 13

Altenahr Eck

Question 14

What village is Meyer-Nackel based in? Name a GL there.

Answer 14

Dernau

Pfarrwingert and Hardtberg

Question 15

What are the GG grapes of Ahr?

Answer 15

Spatburgunder
Fruhburgunder
Riesling, but only sweet

Question 16

In what anbaugebiete must Riesling be sweet to be Grosse Lage?

Answer 16

Ahr