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Alsace Flashcards

1
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What years did the Thirty Years War start and finish?

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1618-1648

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2
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What concluded the Thirty Years War in 1648?

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The treaty of Westphalia

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3
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Germany claimed territory with Lorraine of Alsace at the conclusion of the Franco Prussian War in what year?

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1871

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4
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What year marked the beginning of a divergence in French and German winemaking styles?

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1945

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5
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What year did Alsace finally achieve AOC status?

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1962

Alsace was the last major French winemaking region to do so.

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6
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What two departments is Alsace divided into?

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Haut-Rhin

Bas-Rhin

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7
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Over two thirds of Alsace’s Grand Cru Vineyards are located in what department?

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Haut-Rhin

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8
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Alsace is separated from the remainder of France by which mountains to the west?

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Vosges Mountains

The mountains provide a “rain shadow” effect.

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What is the capital of the Haut-Rhin department?

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Colmar

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10
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True or False?

Colmar is the driest city in France

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True

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11
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The better vineyards of Alsace enjoy which direction of exposure to maximize sunlight?

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Southern, southeastern, or warm eastern

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12
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What is the name of the local pink sandstone in Alsace?

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gres de Vosges

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13
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What are the soil types of Alsatian vineyards?

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The land is a geologic mosaic; granite, limestone, schist, clay, gravel, chalk, loess,

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14
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What are the four “noble” grapes of Alsace?

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Riesling, Pinot Gris, Muscat (either Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains, Muscat Rosé à Petits Grains or Muscat Ottonel), and Gewurztraminer

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15
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What are the 4 aforementioned noble grapes of Alsace AOP or Vin d’Alsace?

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Pinot Blanc (Klevner), Chasselas (Gutedel), Sylvaner, and Pinot Noir

These grapes are allowed to be bottled varietally

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16
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True or False?

Alsace AOP wines must contain 100% of the printed grape?

A

True

17
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What are the four grapes that white wines simply labeled “Pinot,” may contain?

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Pinot Noir, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, and Auxerrois.

18
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True or False?

Riesling is the most planted grape and Alsace’s last noble grape to ripen.

A

True

19
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What is the grape varietal formerly called Tokay d’Alsace or Tokay Pinot Gris?

A

Pinot Gris

20
Q

Gewurztraminer is a pink-berried clone of the traditional what grape?

A

Traminer

21
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Traminer is locally known as what grape around the commune of Heiligenstein in the Bas-Rhin?

A

Klevener

22
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What are the 5 communes that may bottle Savagnin Rose or Klevener de Heiligenstein under the existing Alsace AOP?

A

Heiligenstein itself, Bourgheim, Gertwiller, Goxwiller, and Obernai.

23
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What does the term Edelzwicker indicate?

A

(“noble mixture”) usually indicates its own inverse: an inexpensive blended wine.

24
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True or False?

Alsace AOP wines labeled Edelzwicker do not need to be vintage-dated, nor are they even legally obligated to contain more than one grape.

A

True

25
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What is “Gentil”?

A

A superior designation for blends, requiring a minimum of 50% noble grapes.

26
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What approach is advocate Marcel Deiss known for as a means of emphasizing Alsatian terroir?

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Field Blends, In this case, the grapes are typically vinified together and produced under a vineyard name.

27
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The Alsace Grand Cru AOP was first decreed in 1975 with what single named vineyard?

A

Schlossberg

28
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What year was the 51st Grand Cru Kaefferkopf added to the list of Grand Cru AOP wines?

A

2007

29
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What are the two AOP’s of Lorraine?

A

Côtes de Toul AOP

Moselle AOP

30
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Cuvée Frédéric Emile is a blend of which two grand cru vineyards?

A

Geisberg and Osterberg

31
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Alsace produces approximately what percentage of France’s still white wines?

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18%

32
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What producer owns the most hectares of grand cru vineyards in Alsace?

A

Domaine Schlumberger

33
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What is Vendanges Tardives?

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A designation for late harvest wine, May show botrytis character but emphasizes varietal purity. May vary in actual sugar, and can be quite dry.

34
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What is Sélections de Grains Nobles?

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Generally picked in tries, and suppress varietal character in return for the complexities of botrytis. In practice SGN wines are always dessert-like.

35
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What is the only red varietal permitted for Alsace AOP wines?

A

Pinot Noir

36
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Which varietal is the work horse for Cremant d’Alsace AOP wines?

A

Pinot Blanc

37
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Cremant d’Alsace is the only appellation in Alsace to allow which grape varietal?

A

Chardonnay

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