Alsace

Question 1

Name all the AOCs of Alsace

Answer 1

• Alsace AOC
• Cremant de Alsace AOC
• Alsace Grand Cru AOC

Question 2

Name of the mountains that create a rain shadow effect in Alsace

Answer 2

•Vosges Mountains

Question 3

What are the 2 major regions of Alsace?

Answer 3

• Bas Rhin (north) lower quality

* Haut Rhin (south) better quality

Question 4

What’s the name of the river that divides Alsace from Baden?

Answer 4

Rhine river

Question 5

What’s the name of the soil in Alsace?

Answer 5

• Gres de Vosges

Local pink sandstone

Question 6

Name of the biggest Grand Cru in Alsace

Answer 6

•Schlossberg

Question 7

Name of the smallest Grand Cru in Alsace

Answer 7

•Kanzlerberg

Question 8

What’s the name of the newest grand cru in Alsace?

Answer 8

•Kaefferkopf

-Blend / Gewurtztraminer

Question 9

Which grand crus are not approved for muscat in Alsace?

Answer 9

• zotzenberg -Sylvaner
• Kaefferkopf -Gewurz/ newest gc
• Altenberg de Bergheim -Riesling

Question 10

Which grand Crus in Alsace are blends?

Answer 10

• Kaefferkopf -Gewurz/ newest

* Altenberg de Bergheim -Riesling / no muscat

Question 11

What’s special about Hugel’s Jubilee Cuvée?

Answer 11

Its a grand cru wine from

•Schoenberg (Riesling)

And

•Sporen (PG, Gewurz)

And they make both Riesling and gewurtz

Question 12

Who makes Clos St Hune?

Answer 12

•Trimbach

From the Rosacker Grand Cru Riesling

Question 13

Who makes cuvée Frederick Emile?

Answer 13

•Trimbach
From the grand crus of
-Geisberg and Osterberg and its a Riesling

Question 14

Who makes cuvee particuliere in Alsace?

Answer 14

• Leon Beyer
A grand cru from Pfersigberg and it’s Riesling

They also make cuvée des Comtes d’Eguisheim from Eichberg and its a Gewurz

Question 15

What’s Alsaces latitude?

Answer 15

47-49 N

Question 16

What are the noble grapes of Alsace?

Answer 16

• Riesling
• Gewurztraminer
• Pinot Gris
• Muscat

Question 17

What are the grapes of Alsace?

Answer 17

7 total varieties

• Riesling
• Gewurz
• Pinot Gris
• Muscat

•Pinot Blanc -mainly for Cremant/
aka Pinot vrai and Klevner
•Sylvaner
•Pinot Noir

Question 18

Which are blended wines within the Alsace AOC?

Answer 18

•Edelzwicker
-no vintage, any grapes for Alsace

•Gentil
-at least 50% noble grapes + sylvaner, chasselas and PB

•field blends or wines of terroir

•Creman
-PB and Chard

Question 19

What’s the difference between VT and SGN in Alsace?

Answer 19

VT =Vendage Tardives
NO BORTRITIES!

SGN= Selection de Grains Nobles
Bortyties

Question 20

What varietal percentage for wine varietally labeled in Alsace?

Answer 20

100%

Except for Pinot Blanc
-can be PB or Auxerrois or a blend of both

Question 21

What’s the varietal on “Pinot d’Alsace?

Answer 21

Same as Klevner on label could be labeled as either one and can be any Pinot + Auxerrois.

Klevner is a synonym for Pinot Blanc in Alsace

Question 22

What’s the max RS for dry wines in Alsace??

Answer 22

9 g/L or 9% since 2008,

Except for GC or lieu-dit