Alsace

Question 1

Alsace Soil

Answer 1

Gres de voges

chalk/clay
limestone
schist
granite
volcanic soil

Question 2

Best Alsace soil

Answer 2

Gres de voges- pink sandstone

Question 3

Edelzwicker

Answer 3

In expensive blended wine

No vintage date or even blending required

Question 4

Pinot Blanc may be blended with

Answer 4

Auxerrois

Question 5

Passerillage

Answer 5

Wine making technique- Leave bunches on vine to dry and concentrate sugars to make VT

Question 6

Gentil (on label)

Answer 6

superior designation for blends

minimum 50% Noble Grapes

(alsace)

Question 7

3 types of wine producers make

Answer 7

Regular

Reserve

Late harvest (only certain years)

Question 8

Alsace geography

Answer 8

Best vineyards face south

Voges mountains rain shadow

Rhine river to the east (Ill is closer)

Bas-Rhin north
Haut Rhin south (higher elevation and better wine)

Question 9

Alsace climate

Answer 9

Continental

Question 10

Alsace Grand crus that may produce blends

Answer 10

Kaefferkopf

Altenberg de Bergheim

Question 11

Cremant d’Alsace AOP grapes

Answer 11

*Pinot Blanc (Workhorse grape)
Auxerrois
Pinot noir
Pinot gris
Chardonnay (Only allowed in Cremant in Alsace)

Question 12

Cremant d’Alsace minimum aging

Answer 12

12 Months

9 Sur lie
3 bottle

Question 13

Grand Cru that Allows Sylvaner

Answer 13

Zotzenberg

Question 14

Number of Grand Cru’s

Answer 14

51 (25 in 1983)

Question 15

1st Grand Cru, and year

Answer 15

Schlossberg 1983

Question 16

Alsace Noble Grapes

Answer 16

Riesling
Pinot gris
Gewurztraminer
Muscat (Muscant blanc a petit grains and Muscat ottonel)

Question 17

Non noble grapes of Alsace

Answer 17

Pinot Blanc (Klevner)
Chasselas
Auxerrois
Sylvaner
Savagnin (Klevener)
Chardonnay (only in Cremant)
Pinot Noir- Only red

Question 18

VT and SGN

Answer 18

Vendange Tardive- could have botrytis

Selection de grains nobles- always has botrytis

Question 19

Alsace producers

Answer 19

Trimbach
Hugel
Domaine Weinbach
Lucien Albrecht