Alsace Flashcards
Intent to produce GC wines in Alsace AOP must be declared by
Before March 1st of harvest year
Clos-Ste-Hune Labels as Alsace AOP without any mention to this grand cru
Rosacker Grand Cru
Trimbach Pinot Gris Reserve Cuvee
PG “Reserve Personnelle”
some grapes copme from GC Ostertag
Alsace AOP
Subzone from Savagnin Rose
Klevener de Heiligenstein
Alsace Grand Crus
smallest-
Largest-
smallest- Kanzlerberg
largest- Schlossberg
Alsace GC must be bottled in this type of bottle
Vin du Rhin AKA Flûte d’Alsace
ONly red varietal allowed in Alsace
Pinot Noir
This producer released a Geisberg Grand Cru bottling in 2009
Trimbach
What happened in 2011 with the grand cru system?
1 Grand Cru (like Chablis Grand Cru AOP) turned into 51 Grand Cru (like the rest of Burgundy)
______ is Mandatory for all GC wines from Alsace
Hand Harvesting
Alsace field blend producers
Marcel Deiss
Blended wines of Alsace, name both and explain
Edelzwicker “Noble Mixture”
Anything
No vintage required
“Gentil”
- 50% nobel varieties required
- Base wines vinified separately
Two pin varieties of Traminer
Gewurztraminer
Savagnin
Pinot Gris formerly known as_____
Tokay d’Alsace
Alsace AOP mandate 2008 forward
All standard rieslings must be dry
Alsace
Largest production volume vs most planted varietal
Pinot Blanc & Auxerrois Production
Riesling- Planted
If labeled “Pinot” what varieties may be in the blend?
Pinot- Noir, Blanc, Gris
and Auxerrois
These two Alsace Grand Cru vineyards are allowed to blend.
-Explain
Altenberg de Bergheim
May be 100% Variety- Riesling-Gewurtz-PG
Blend: 50-70% min Riesling & 10-25% PG, 10-25% Gewurz
Max 10% muscat, chasslass, PN, PB
Kaefferkopf
May be 100% (same as above)
Blend: 60-80% Gewurztraminer, 10-40% Riesling, Max 30% Pinot Gris
Max 10% Muscat
Note 100% Muscat not allowed in either
Alsace AOP
two subzones for Sylvaner
Blienschwiller & Cotes de Barr
VT vs SGN
Min sugar levels (must weights)
Muscat/Riesling VT:244 g/l SGN:276 g/l
Gewurz/P.Gris VT:270 g/l SGN:306 g/l
NOTE: 306 g/l is the highest in France
MIn alc % for VT & SGN
Riesling & Muscat VT:14.5% SGN:16.4%
Gewurz/Pinot Gris VT:16% SGN:18.2%
Domaine Zind Humbrecht produces wines from these Grand Crus
Brand Hengst Goldert Rangen (de Thann) Sommerberg
Clos Saint Urbain is a walled vineyard monopole in what GC?
What commune does this cru reside?
Producer?
Rangen Grand Cru
Thann commune
Three different Muscat varieties
Muscat Blanc a petit grains
Muscat Rose a petit grains
Muscat Ottonel
Alsace Soils -Pink Sandstone AKA \_\_\_\_\_\_\_\_ -Steeper mtn slopes lower slopes flat plains
Grès de Vosges
Steeper mtn- Schist, granite, volcanic
lower slopes- Limestone
Plains- Alluvial clay, gravel
Alsace AOP
Max RS: Riesling, Rose, Rouge
Riesling: 6 g/l (if wines been chaptalized)
9 g/l if tartaric acid is less than 6 g/l
12 g/l if tartaric acid is greater than 6g/l
Does not apply for SGN or VT
Rose: 4 g/l
Rouge: 2 g/l
list four other varieties and their AKA that are found in Alsace besides nobel grapes
Pinot Noir: Only red
Chasslass: AKA Gutedel
Sylvaner
Pinot Blanc: AKA Klevner, Auxerrois may be blended
1st GC
most recent GC
1975 Schlossberg
2007 Kaefferkopf
Cremant d’Alsace
- Varietals
- Rose
- Aging
- Pressure
4 Atoms of pressure 9 months on lees- 12 mth total Manuel harvest -Riesling - Pinot Blanc (workhorse) - Pinot Noir -Auxerrois - Chardonnay
Pinot Noir only for rose
Southernmost Alsace Grand Cru vineyard
Rangen
SGN - requirements & Aging
Hand Harvest in tries
affected by Botrytis
June 1st second year
Cuvee Frederic Emile
- The two GC vineyards
- commune that encompasses both GC
Commune- Ribeauville
Crus- Osterberg & Geisberg
Trimbach makes single cru wines with crus labeled
Geisberg & Schlossberg
Is Chardonnay allowed in Alsace
only in cremant
Vendanges Tardives & Selections de Grains Noble
may be listed on either Alsace AOP or GC labels provided the wines?
contains a single noble grape
pass blind tasting panel
handharvest
SGN-must see Botrytis
