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Alsace: Most northern GC

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Steinkoltz

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What are the ABVs for noble grapes in Alsace Grand Cru

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Riesling/Muscat = 11%
Gewurztraminer/Pinto Gris = 12.5%

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Alsace: Best vineyard locations

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east and south-east

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Alsace: How many geographical subzones

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10

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Alsace: Blanc geographical subzones

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  1. Blienschwiller
  2. Côtes de Barr
  3. Klevener de Heiligenstein
  4. Scherwiller
  5. Vallée Noble
  6. Val Saint Grégoire
  7. Wolxheim
  8. Coteaux du Haut Koenigsbourg
  9. Bergheim
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Alsace: All ABVs for Pinot Gris at the regular, GC, VT, SGN level

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Pinot Gris: 11.5% (regular), 12.5% (GC), 16% (VT), 18.2% (SGN)

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Alsace: Most southern village

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Rangen

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Summarize the ABV rules for Alsace AOP

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9.5%x2, 10%x2, 11%x2, 11.5%x2

9.5% = Blanc and Chasselas/Muscat/Sylvaner
10% = Riesling/Auxerrois/Pinot Blanc, Pinot; Rose
11% = Pinot Noir; Klevener de Heiligenstien
11.5% = Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris

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Alsace: What villages allows blends

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Altenberg de Bergheim
Kaefferkopf

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Alsace: All ABVs for Gewurztraminer at the regular, GC, VT, SGN level

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Gewurztraminer: 11.5% (regular), 12.5% (GC), 16% (VT), 18.2% (SGN)

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Alsace: When must GC, VT, SGN be declared and aging rules

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  • Declared March prior to harvest
  • Grand Cru = released 1 year after harvest
  • Grand Cru VT/SGN = released 2 years after harvest
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Alsace: All ABVs for Muscat at the regular, GC, VT, SGN level

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Muscat: 9.5% (regular), 11% (GC), 14.5% (VT), 16.4% (SGN)

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13
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Alsace: Rouge Subzones

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Ottrott, Rodern,Saint-Hippolyte

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Alsace: AKA of Chasselas

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Gutedel

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Alsace: AKA of Pinot Gris

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formerly Tokay Pinot Gris

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Alsace: How is the eau-de-vie made

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Two distillations (copper pot still). First, the rehydrated, fermented marc is distilled once to obtain a liquid of elevated alcohol <= 68.5% ABV. Second distillation, minimum of 45% ABV and aged for a minimum of three months prior to release.

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17
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Alsace: When were VT/SGN added

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1984

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Alsace: All ABVs for Riesling at the regular, GC, VT, SGN level

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Riesling: 10% (regular), 11% (GC), 14.5% (VT), 16.4% (SGN)

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Alsace: Lower slope soil

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Limestone

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Alsace: Training system

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Double or Single Guyot

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21
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Alsace: Blanc and Rouge Wines

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Côte de Rouffach

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Alsace: Talk about VT/SGN
- vintage req’d?
- hand harvested req’d?
- Chapitalization allowed?
- Alcohol of each
- release date

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Vintage-dated mandatory
Hand harvested
No Chapitalization
VT = Late Harvest, may be affected by botrytis; 14.5%/16%
SNG = affected by botrytis; 16.4%/18.2%
Released 2nd year

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23
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Alsace: What is Pinot and what also is it called?

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Klevner

Pinot Blanc, Auxerrois, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir (vinified as a white wine)

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24
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Bottle shape of Alsace AOP

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Vin du Rhin” / “Flûte d’Alsace

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Alsace: Blending recipe for Altenberg de Bergheim

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  • 50-70% Riesling
  • 10-25% each PG and Gew
  • 10% combined Chasselas, Muscat (Ottanel, Blanc), PN, PB
  • Commune: Bergheim
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Alsace: Blending recipe for Kaefferkopf

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  • 60-80% Gew
  • 10-40% Riesling
  • max 30% PG
  • max 10% Muscat
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27
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Types of wine made for Vin d’Alsace

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red, white, rose
blends or varietal
VT/SGN

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Alsace: Mountain slope soil

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schist, granite and volcanic sediment

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Alsace: 3 types of Muscat for noble grapes

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Blanc, Rose, Ottonel

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30
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Alsace: Where are vineyards planted

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thin strand along the lower slopes and foothills

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Alsace: Departments, what comes first/second, where is the division

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Two departments: Bas-Rhin, Haut-Rhin

  • Bas-Rhin (top), between Selestat and Ribeauville it becomes Haut-Rhin (bottom) near the Saint-Hippolyte Grand Cru
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32
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Edelzwicker
is it vintage dated?
are grape % req’d?

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may or may not be vintage dated.

The label does not require grapes listed or their percentages. Can also be one grape only but generally they are blends.

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33
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Gentil rules

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blends that contain minimum 50% noble grapes.
Base wines must be vinified separately.

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34
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Where is Marcel Deiss based

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Bergheim, Schoenenbourg vineyard, Mambourg, Altenberg de Bergheim

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35
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The Alsace 11

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  1. Pinot Gris
  2. Riesling
  3. Muscat (White, Rose, Ottonel)
  4. Gewurztraminer
  5. Pinot Blanc
  6. Sylvaner
  7. Chasselas
  8. Auxerrois -> typically labeled as Pinot Blanc
  9. Chardonnay
  10. Pinot Noir
  11. Savagnin Rose
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36
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Alsace: what is the exception for varietal wine

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“Pinot” or “Pinot Blanc” labels because PB is often blended with Auxerrois.

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Alsace:If a bottle is labeled as Auxerrois, what could the title be

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Pinot Blanc

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Alsace: If a bottle is labeled as Pinot or Klevner, what could it be

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A blend of PB, PG, PN, or Auxerrois

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39
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Alsace: AKA of Pinot Blanc

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Klevner

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40
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Alsace: What is the minimum must with for SGN Muscat/Riesling

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276 g/l

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Alsace: Foot of the mountains soil

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alluvial clay and gravel

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42
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Alsace: What is French pomace called

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marc, which is dry skins and pips

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Alsace: Discuss the concept of clos vineyards

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have been around longer than GC. Most have been around since Middle Ages. Not all have a wall. It means it’s a vineyard of great significance and often they are monopoles. May or may not be in a GC vineyard.

44
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Alsace: Benefit of Vosgues

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protect against winds, rain shadow

45
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Alsace: Which vineyards can make blends

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Kaefferkofp, Altenberg de Bergheim

46
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Alsace: Clos of Trimbach

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Clos Saint-Hune (within Rosacker GC)

47
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Alsace: Clos of Zind-Humbrecht

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Clos Hauserer, Clos Jebsal, Clos Windsbuhl

48
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Alsace: Soil of Rangen and wine style

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volcanic, rich and full-flavored

49
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Alsace: Soil of Steinkoltz and wine style

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limestone, delicate with high acid

50
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Alsace: Date of Cremant d’Alsace

51
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Alsace: Clos of Weinbach

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Clos des Capucins

52
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Alsace: Are Cremant d’Alsace wines blends or SV

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both. Also blanc and rose (PN only)

53
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Alsace: What is Marc d’Alsace

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appellation in Alsace for a spirit made out of marc, made out of Gewurztraminer

54
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Alsace: Other Marc appellation examples

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Marc de Bourgogne, Marc de Champagne

55
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Alsace: Where can Savagnin Rose/Klevener de Heiligenstein/Roter Traminer be made as a varietal wine and what is the ABV

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11%
1. Heiligenstein
2. Bourgheim
3. Gertwiller
4. Goxwiller
5. Obernai

56
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Alsace: Which vineyards can make Pinot Noir

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Kirchberg de Barr, Hengst, and Vorbourg

57
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Alsace: What is Traminer

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Two things. A family of grapes AND a synonym for Gewurztraminer and Savagnin

58
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Alsace: What is the pink-skinned variant of Traminer called

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Savagnin Rose or Klevener de Heiligenstein or Roter Traminer

59
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Alsace: What is Savagnin Rose

60
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Alsace: What is Klevener de Heiligenstein

61
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Alsace: What is Roter Traminer

62
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Alsace: When was the first GC awarded and which vineyard

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1975, Schlossberg

63
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Alsace: When were the second set of vineyards added

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1983, 24 vineyards

64
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Alsace: When were the third set of vineyards added

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1992, 25 vineyards

65
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Alsace: When were all vineyards made GC

66
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Alsace: What is the largest GC

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Schlossberg (80 HA)

67
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Alsace: What are the ABVs for the GC noble grapes

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1% Riesling/Muscat; 12.5% Pinot Gris/Gewurztraminer

68
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Alsace: Which vineyard makes Sylvaner

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Zotzenberg

69
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What colors of wine of Cotes de Toul AOP

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red, white, rose, vin gris speciality

70
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Alsace: What is Trimbach’s greatest wine

A

Clos St. Hune

71
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Alsace: Which vineyards can’t use Muscat

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Kaefferkofp, Altenberg de Bergheim, or Zotzenberg

72
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Alsace: When was the last vineyard added

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2007, Kaefferkopf

73
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Alsace: Who makes Clos St. Hune

74
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Alsace: Which vineyard is Clos St. Hune in

75
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Alsace: What is the minimum must with for VT Muscat/Riesling

76
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Alsace: What is the minimum must with for VT Pinot Gris/Gew

77
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Alsace: Where is Colmar between

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Ribeauville and Rouffach, then Guebwiller

78
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Alsace: What is the minimum must with for SGC Pinot Gris/Gew

79
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Alsace: What is the smallest GC

A

Kanzlerberg (3 HA)

80
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Alsace: What styles can be Cremant de Alsace AOP

A

Mousseux Blanc/Rose

81
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Alsace: What grapes are in Mousseux Blanc

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

82
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Rose wines of Moselle

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min 70% PN + Gamey

83
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Alsace: What are the winemaking steps

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  1. grapes are whole-cluster pressed (whites) and whole-cluster or destemmed for red, crushed and clarified
  2. fermented in stainless steel around 64F for 3-4 weeks
  3. Racked to eliminate lees
  4. No MLF
  5. Filter/stabilize before bottling
  6. Aging in bottles
84
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Rose wines of Cotes de Toul

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PN + Gamey mainly

85
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What colors of wine does Moselle AOP made

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red/white/rose

86
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White wines of Moselle

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50% Auxerrois with PG, PB, Muller Thurgau, Riesling

87
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Red wines of Moselle

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Pinot Noir

88
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What parallel is Alsace at

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above the 48th, with long days and protected by the Vosgues rainshadow

89
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Cotes de Toul: How is vin gris made

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direct press creates a pale rose

90
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Alsace: What grapes are in Mousseux Rose

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Pinot Noir

91
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Where is Cotes de Toul AOP in relation to Moselle AOP

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south of Moselle near the town of Nancy

92
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White wines of Cotes de Toul

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Auxerrois, Aubin

93
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Red wines of Cotes de Toul

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Pinot Noir

94
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Alsace: Where is Guebwiller between

A

Rouffach and Mulhouse

95
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Alsace: Where is Obernai between

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Molsheim and Barr

96
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Alsace: Capital of Bas-Rhin

A

Strasbourg

97
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Alsace: Capital of Haut-Rhin

98
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Alsace: Where is Molsheim between

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Strasbourg and Obernai

99
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Alsace: Where is Barr between

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Obernai and Selestat

100
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Where is Selestat between

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Barr and Ribeauville

101
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Alsace: Where is Ribeauville between

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Selestat and Colmar

102
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Alsace: What main city is Riquewhir by

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Ribeauville

103
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Alsace: Where is Thann

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below Guebwiller and near Mulhouse

104
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Alsace: What is the furthest south village

105
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When was Alsace AOC established

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