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When did Alsace receive AOC status?

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1962 - it was the last major French region to do so

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When percentage of Cremant d’Alsace Rosé must be Pinot Noir?

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100%

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Where are the vineyards of Alsace located? What is the best exposure?

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  • Thin strand along the lower slopes and foothills of the Vosges
  • Aspect is very important
  • Southern, southeastern, & warm eastern exposures
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Alsace is said to be a geological mosaic, what different soil types are located there?

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  • Granite
  • Limestone
  • Schist
  • Clay
  • Gravel
  • Chalk
  • Loess
  • The local-pink sandstone (Grés de Vosges)
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5
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Can VT wines show bortytis?

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Yes, but emphasize varietal purity

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Are Vendange Tardive wins required to be dry?

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Not obligated by statute to be sweet, the wines can vary in actual sugar, and can be quite dry

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What is the workhorse for Cremant d’Alsace?

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Pinot Blanc

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Since when must standard Alsatian AOP Riesling be dry?

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2008 vintage forward

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What was Pinot Gris formerly known as in Alsace?

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Tokay d’Alsace or Tokay Pinot Gris

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What are the major requirements in the vineyard for Grand Cru wines?

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  • Hand-harvesting
  • Min sugar must be higher than Alsace AOP
  • Yields are more restrictive than Alsace AOP
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What are the min ABV’s for Alsatian Grand Cru wines?

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  • Riesling & Muscat - 11%

- Gewurztraminer & Pinot Gris - 12.5%

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What is France’s smallest “région”?

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Alsace

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What are the two departments of Alsace? Which is generally considered the best?

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  • Bas-Rhin

- Haut-Rhin (Best)

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What steadily replaced Traminer through the latter half of the 19th century?

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Gewurztraminer (a pink berried clone of Traminer)

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What is the synonym for Savagnin in Alsace?

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Klevener

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16
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What is “Grés de Vosges”?

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A local pink sandstone that can be found throughout Alsace

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What soil is generally found on the steeper mountain slopes?

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  • Schist
  • Granite
  • Volcanic Sediment
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What AOP in Alsace allows for noble and some non-noble grapes to be bottled varietally? What percentage must it contain? What is the exception?

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  • Alsace AOP aka Vin d’Alsace AOP
  • 100%
  • Except Pinot Blanc - often blended w/the similar, but non synonymous, Auxerrois
  • Even if Auxerrois is bottled as a single variety, it may be labeled Pinot Blanc
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What non-noble varieties may be bottled varietally as Alsace AOP?

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  • Pinot Blanc
  • Chasselas
  • Sylvaner
  • Pinot Noir
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What are the permitted varieties for Cremant d’Alsace?

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  • Pinot Blanc
  • Pinot Noir
  • Riesling
  • Pinot Gris
  • Auxerrois
  • Chardonnay
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What are the min must weights for VT wines?

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  • Muscat & Riesling - 235 g/l

- Pinot Gris & Gewurztraminer - 257g/l

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What is the smallest & largest Grand Cru vineyards in Alsace?

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  • 3ha (Kanzlerberg)

- 80ha (Schlossberg)

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What are the main points of controversy for the Alsatian Grand Cru system?

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  • Rapid development of the system

- The lack of intermediary premier cru level

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Klevener vs Gewurztraminer

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Klevener is less intensely aromatic than GW but higher in acidity

25
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What is edelzwicker?

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An inexpensive blend

  • Do not need to vintage dated
  • Not required to be more than one grape (in practice they are blends)
  • Do not need to indicate any % of grapes on the label
26
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What portion of Alsatian production is sparkling?

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Nearly a quarter

27
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Where is Lorraine located?

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Neighboring region to Alsace

28
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What Grand Cru does Trimbach’s Clos-Ste-Hune Riesling come from?

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Rosacker

29
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What is the synonym for Pinot Blanc in Alsace?

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Klevner

30
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What is the synonym for Chasselas in Alsace?

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Gutedel

31
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What is Gentil?

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  • A designation for blends
  • Min 50% noble grapes - any other Alsace AOP grape may make up the rest
  • Base wines are vinified separately
32
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Who is the staunchest advocate for field blends as the best approach for emphasizing Alsatian terroir?

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Marcel Deiss

33
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What soil do the lower slopes of Alsace sit on?

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Limestone base w/rich alluvial clay and gravel

34
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What portion of Alsace AOP wine is white?

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  • 90%

- 18% of France’s still white production (2008)

35
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Wine simply labeled “Pinot” may contain any proportion of what related varieties?

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  • Pinot Noir
  • Pinot Blanc
  • Pinot Gris
  • Auxerrois
36
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What varietal is the largest volume of production for Alsace?

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Pinot Blanc & Auxerrois - when considered collectively

37
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What house chooses not to promote admissible wines as Alsace Grand Cru AOP?

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Hugel

38
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What is the only red variety permitted to be Alsace AOP?

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Pinot Noir

39
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What are the AOPs of Lorraine?

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  • Côtes de Toul AOP

- Moselle AOP

40
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What is Côtes de Toul AOP?

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(Lorraine)

  • Red - Pinot Noir (light)
  • Rosé - pale vin gris style
  • From a high proportion of Gamay & Pinot Noir
  • White - Auxerrois & Aubin
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Describe Alsace’s climate. What is the major moderating influence?

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  • Vosges Mountains - provides a rain shadow
  • Semi-continental
  • One of France’s driest & sunniest climates
42
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When are the two designations for late-harvest wines? When were they created?

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  • 1984
  • Vendanges Tardive
  • Sélections de Grain Noble’s
43
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What are the major requirements for VT and SGN to be labeled either Alsace AOP or Grand Cru AOP?

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  • Contain a single, noble variety

- Pass a blind tasting panel

44
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What is the capital of Haut-Rhin?

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Colmar

45
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What is Alsace’s most planted noble grape?

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Rielsing

46
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What is last noble grape to ripen?

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Riesling

47
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When was Alsace Grand Cru system first proposed? When did the first appear? When were the rest promoted?

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  • 1975 - first proposed
  • 1983 - First 25 vineyards received the designation
  • 1985 - Another 25 vineyards promoted
  • 2006 - 51st was promoted - Kaefferkopf
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What is the Moselle AOP?

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(Lorraine)
Red, white, rosé
-Principally from Auxerrois and Pinot Noir

49
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Klevner vs Klevener

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  • Klevner - Pinot Blanc

- Klevener - Savagnin

50
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What is the only AOP in Alsace to allow Chardonnay?

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Cremant d’Alsace AOP

51
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What is Savagnin Rose?

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A pink berried clone of Traminer - aka Klevener

  • Five communes may bottle this varietally under the Alsace AOP
  • but vineyards may not be replanted
  • designation expires in 2021
52
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What are the noble grapes of Alsace?

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  • Riesling
  • Pinot Gris
  • Muscat
  • Gewurztraminer
53
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What clones of Muscat are permitted as a noble variety?

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  • Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains
  • Muscat Rosé à Petits Grains
  • Muscat Ottonel
54
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Where are there still a few plantings of Klevener?

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Heiligenstein in the Bas Rhin

55
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Are SGN wines required to be sweet?

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No, but in practice are always dessert-like

56
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What are the min must weights for SGN?

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  • Muscat & Riesling - 276g/l
  • Pinot Gris & Gewurztraminer - 306g/l

(@306 amongst the highest min must weights in France)

57
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What 2 Grand Cru vineyards allow for blending according to prescribed proportions?

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  • Altenberg de Bergheim

- Kaefferkopf

58
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What is the historical site for Sylvaner?

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  • Zotzenberg

- Allows for Sylvaner varietal Grand Cru wines

59
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What are the two designations for Alsatian blends?

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Gentil & Edelzwicker

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