Alsace

Question 1

What are the quality levels of French wine

Answer 1

• Vin de Table
• Vin de Pays
• Vin Delimeté de Qualite Superieure (VDQS)
• Appellation d’Origine Contrôlèe (AOC)

Question 2

What is a Negociant

Answer 2

A négociant is a wine merchant who assembles the produce of smaller growers and winemakers and sells the result under its own name. Négociants buy everything from grapes to grape must to wines in various states of completion. ((a middle man of sorts))

Question 3

Identify Alsace AOCs

Answer 3

Alsace AOC (white still wines)
Crémant d’Alsace AOC (Sparkling white and rosé wines)
Alsace Grand Cru AOC (Limited special vineyard wines)

Question 4

What do AOCs regulate

Name at least four

Answer 4

• Origin of grapes
• Grape Variety
• Yields
• Harvest dates
• Vini/Viti techniques
• Classifications

Question 5

Name Alsaces “noble” grapes

Answer 5

• Riesling
• Pinot Gris
• Muscat
• Gewurztraminer

Question 6

Describe typical style of Alsatian wine

Answer 6

• Mostly white
• Dry
• Little to no oak
• Medium-high acidity
• Medium-high alcohol

Question 7

Define Vandange Tardives

Answer 7

Late Harvest

Question 8

Define Selection de Grains Nobles

Answer 8

“selection of noble berries”

Dessert wine from botrytis fruit //wines made from grapes affected by noble rot //

Question 9

Define Edelzwicker

Answer 9

Blended alsace wine composed of noble grapes
//considered a low quality table wine.

Question 10

Define Gentil

Answer 10

Blended alsace wine composed of atleast 50% noble grapes.

Question 11

Name an Alsace Grand Cru vineyard

Answer 11

Brand
Eichberg
Geisberg
Osterberg
Rangen
Rosacker
Saering
Schœnenberg

Question 12

What river runs through Alsace?

what direction in which does the river flows?

Answer 12

Ill River, a triburarie to the rhine