Alsace Flashcards
Describe the traditional bottle
Slender Flute
What grape unique in France (in Germany)
Riesling
What grapes not used like in Germany
Pinot Gris, Gewurz, Muscat
Riesling dry or sweet traditional
dry
Dessert wine traditional true / fale
true
Why RS happening now
overripe grapes / climate change
Is there Premier Cru ?
no
2 new classifications for delineatation
Lieu-dit and communal
% consumed in France
75%
Sequence in France for BioD
first
Pinot Noir trend
increasing
First wine shipped when
2 CE
% Coops
40%
% growers making wine
19%
Cremant growth since 1977
1M to 33M
Areas x by y miles
75 x 3
Location lat
47 to 49 N
Climate
Continental
Climate Influence
Vosges rain shadow
Climate threats (4)
hail, t-storm, frost, drought
Autumn weather (good for)
Humid - botrytis
Winter weather (good for)
cold , dormancy
Located on what rift system
Rhine Graben
Paleozoic soil / resulted from
Igneous / Magma upthrust
Mesozoic soil / resulted from
sedimentary / inland sea
Cenozoic activity
Upheaval created dome
Vosges foothills formed
Soil types from which age to current exist
Paleo onward
mid slope locations /elevations / aspects, % vineyards
200-300m , less dramatic slopes, S / SE
most
Base of hills soil type / used for
fertile, Cremant
Lower elevations of peaks / soil (4) / aspect / elevations / slope % / % of vineyards
decomposed granite, schist, sandstone, volcanic
60% slopes
250-400M
S/SE
some
of soil types
13
Soil foothills (6)
Limestone
Calc Sandstone
Marly Clay
Marly sandstone
Marly Limestone
Calcareous-marl-sandstone
Rhine Plain / Alsace plain soil (3)
Alluvium
Loess / Loam
Calluvium
Most Grand Cru Soil Type (majority) 2 sub types for most
Sedimentary
Combo of marl / limestone
Combo marl / limestone / sandstone
Grand Cru Soil (dozen+) 4
3 places
Rocky
Granite
Schist
Volcanic
Schlossberg, Rangen, Brand
7 main grapes
P Gris
Riesling
Muscat
Gewurz
P Blanc
Sylvaner
P Noir
Ancillaries grapes (4)
Auxerrois
Chardonnay
Chasselas
Savignin Rose
Where are ancillaries noted
Alsace interprofessional org
Where is Auxerrois used
cremant
Riesling styles, rank
Dry, VT, SGN, #1
Pinot Blanc Syns
Klevner
Pinot Vrai
Pinot Blanc rank
2 due to Auxerrois inclusion