AHR Region Flashcards
What’s the percentage of red varieties that grows in the region and name them
88%
Spatburgunder
Portugieser
Fruhburgunder
Dornfelder
Whats the soil type in Ahr
Basalt, Sandstone and Greywacke
The entire territory is protected by what?
Eifel Range
Hohe Venn natural area
whats the famous striking cliffs of Ahr
the Bunten Kuh
In which village the Exceptional Rosenthal vineyards is located
Ahrweiler
In which village the Exceptional Eck vineyatds is located
Altenahr
In which village the Exceptional Pfarrwingert vineyard is located
Dernau
In which village the Exceptional Landskrone vineyard is located
Heimersheim
In which village the Exceptional Sonnenberg vineyard is located
Neuenahr
In which village the Exceptional Gärkammer vineyard is located
Walporzheim
J J Adeneuer (monopole)
In which village the Exceptional Kräuterberg vineyard is located
Walporzheim
In which village the Silberberg vineyard is located
Ahrweiler
In which village the Hardtberg vineyard is located
Dernau
In which village the Burggarten vineyard is located
Heimersheim
In which village the Trotzenberg vineyard is located
Marienthal
In which village the Mönchberg vineyard is located
Mayschoss
In which village the Kirchtürmchen vineyard is located
Neuenahr
In which village the Schieferlay vineyard is located
Neuenahr
In which village the Herrenberg vineyard is located
Rech
In which village the Domlay vineyard is located
Walporzheim
Name the German’s smallest anbaugebiete
The Ahr is one of Germany’s smaller anbaugebiete and is the world’s most northerly wine region dedicated to red wine production.
Name Ahr bereichs and grosslage
The region has only one bereich, Walporzheim-Ahrtal,
and one grosslage, Klosterberg.
Name the 10 Major Villages in Ahr (west to east):
Altenahr,
Mayschoss,
Rech,
Dernau,
Marienthal,
Walporzheim,
Ahrweiler,
Bad-Neuenahr,
Heppingen,
Heimersheim
Name the Ahr Leading Producers
Meyer-Näkel (Dernau),
Jean Stodden (Rech),
Weingut Deutzerhof - Cossmann-Hehle (Mayschoss),
J.J. Adeneuer (Ahrweiler)
In 2011, the Pinot Noir, Lange Goldkapsel from Jean Stodden won what?
won Gault & Millau’s ‘German Red Wine of the Year’
what Meyer-Näkel introduce to Ahr winemaking?
. He prolonged the pre-fermentation maceration to improve the tannic structure in the wine and was one of the first vintners to introduce French barriques.
What’s the German Barrique Forum.
A vintners association, founded in 1991 in Germany. The main objective is to foster, develop and perfect the Barrique .
Name JJ Adeneuer specialty wines
No. 1 Spätburgunder-Auslese which is bottled directly from steel tanks rather than barrels; and the house speciality, a 1997 Walporzheimer Garkammer Spätburgunder-Spätlese-trocken which also is not barreled.
