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Alsace Flashcards

1
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When did Alsace enter its modern era of winemaking as we know it today. What shifted, stylistically?

A

1945, they started fermenting to dryness.

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In what year did Alsace achieve AOC staus?

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1962

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3
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Alsace is split into what 2 departments?

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Haut Rhin and Bas Rhin

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4
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Describe the climate of Alsace in a couple sentences.

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Its dry and sunny, Colmar in fact, is the driest city in all France. The Vosges Mountains provide a rainshadow effect.

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What are the 3 soil types/groups that you see in Alsace, dependent on elevation of the vineyards?

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On the flat lower areas, alluvial clay and gravel

On the lower slopes you’ll find limestone and calcareous marl

On the upper slopes you’ll find a mix of schist, granite, and volcanic

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What percent of Alsatian production is white?

How much of France’s total white wine production does this represent?

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90%

20%

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What are the 4 noble grapes of Alsace?

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Riesling, Muscat, Pinot Gris, and Gewurztraminer

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8
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Name that grape

a) klevner
b) klevener
c) gutedel

A

a) pinot blanc
b) savagnin
c) chasselas

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9
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What grapes may be bottled varietally other than the noble grapes under Alsace AOC?

What % must the wine be if so?

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Auxerrois/Pinot Blanc, Muscat Ottonel, Chasselas, Sylvaner, Pinot Noir

100%

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In the Bas Rhin, 5 communes may also bottle which grape varietally?

Name the 5 communes

A

Savagnin/Klevener

Heiligenstein, Bourgheim, Gertwiller, Goxwiller, Obernai

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a) What does Edelzwicker mean?

b) What does Gentil mean?

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a) noble mixture, although a blend isn’t required, generally an inexpensive wine.

b) also a mixture, but 50% noble grapes are required and generally is a higher quality wine.

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12
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What producer champions blending in expressing terroir over varietal in Alsace?

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Marcel Deiss

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13
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How many Grand Cru are there in Alsace?

Which was first, and in what year?

A

51

Schlossberg in 1975

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14
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Which 2 Grand Cru allow for blending?

Whats the blend for each?

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Altenberg de Bergheim: Riesling (50-70), Gewurz and Pinot Gris (10-25), others

Kaefferkopf: Gewurztraminer (60-80), Riesling (10-40), Pinot Gris and Muscat

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In what year did Alsace recognize each Grand Cru as its own AOC, switching from the ‘Chablis’ model to the ‘Burgundian’?

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2011

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16
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Which Alsatian Grand Cru is the only one that allows a non noble grape? Name that grape.

A

Zotzenberg, Sylvaner

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17
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What is the largest Alsatian Grand Cru?

The smallest?

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Schlossberg 80ha

Kanzlerberg 3ha

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18
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Stylistically, whats the difference between a Vendanges Tardive (VT) and Selection de Grains Nobles (SGN)?

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VT wines are more about varietal characteristic and vary in sweetness whereas SGN wines are dessert wines, featuring botrytis flavors

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19
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What is the minimum must weight for a VT Riesling or Muscat?

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244

20
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What is the minimum must weight for VT Pinot Gris or Gewurztraminer?

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270

21
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What is the minimum must weight for SGN Riesling or Muscat?

A

276

22
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What is the minimum must weight for SGN Pinot Gris or Gewurztraminer?

A

306

23
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What is the preferred vine training method in Alsace?

A

Both single and double guyot are used, double is preffered.

24
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What grapes are permitted for Alsace AOC red wines?

A

Pinot Noir

25
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What % of Alsatian production does the Cremant category account for?

A

25%

26
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Name the nearby region where I’d find the Cotes de Toul AOC.

What styles of wine are made there?

A

Lorraine

light reds from pinot, white wines from auxerrois and aubin, vin gris from gamay and pinot

27
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In Alsace, what grape produces the most wine by volume?

And which grape is the most planted?

A

Pinot Blanc/Auxerrois

Riesling

28
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A Cremant d’Alsace rose must be what % Pinot Noir?

Is blending permitted?

A

100%

No, saignee method

29
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What grapes are approved for Cremant d’Alsace AOC?

A

Pinot Noir/Gris/Blanc, Auxerrois, Riesling, Chardonnay

30
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What methods are allowed for Cremant d’Alsace production?

Minimum time on the lees?

A

Traditional method only

9 months minimum

31
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Who produces Clos Sainte Hune? From which Grand Cru does it hail? Grape?

A

Trimbach, Rosacker, Riesling

32
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Trimbach has long eschewed the Grand Cru names, arguing they were way to big. However, in the last decade, they relented, naming 3 Grand Crus on their labels, name them by inaugural vintage.

2009
2014
2016

A

‘09 Geisberg
‘14 Schlossberg
‘16 Mandelberg

33
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Who produces ‘Schoelhammer’?

Which Grand Cru is it from? Grape?

A

Hugel, Schoenenbourg, Riesling

34
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Who produces Clos Saint Urbain?

From what Grand Cru is it? Grape?

A

Zind Humbrecht

Rangen de Thann, Pinot Gris

35
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Who produces Clos Saint Landelin?

What Grand Cru is it in?

What style wine is most famous from here?

A

Rene Mure

Vorbourg

SGN wines, but they also make expensive pinot noir under AOC Alsace

36
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Who makes Cuvee Sainte Catherine?

From which Grand Cru?

A

Weinbach

Schlossberg

37
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What is Quintessence, and who makes it?

A

SGN Gewurztraminer, Weinbach

38
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What Alsace Grand Cru is the only one to allow a red grape in its blends??

Name, arguably, the most notable producer of this Grand Cru.

A

Altenberg de Bergheim

Marcel Deiss

39
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Who produces Cuvee Frederic Emile, and of what 2 Grand Cru is it a blend of?

A

Trimbach

Geisberg and Osterberg

40
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Valentin Zusslin’s priciest Riesling comes from this Grand Cru.

A

Pfingstberg

41
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What is Gres des Vosges?

Is there anything else from Alsace going by the same name?

A

A pink sandstone found in Alsace.

A type of raw cow’s milk cheese (think Meunster) served at the end of an Alsatian meal.

42
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If named by variety, Alsace wines must be what % of that grape?

A

100%

43
Q

Pinot gris used to be known by what name in Alsace, before another country complained about the use of the name.

A

Tokay d’Alsace

44
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Which of the noble grapes of Alsace ripens last?

A

Riesling

45
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Les Sainte Claires is made by which producer and from what grape?

A

Albert Mann, pinot noir

46
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Who makes ‘Jubilee’ and what grapes can it be?

A

Hugel

Riesling, Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer, or Pinot Noir

Alsace, Jura, and Savoie (2 decks)

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