Alsace CMS Crunch Preparation Flashcards
Is there any IGP in Alsace?
How many Grands Crus are there respectively in the département of Haut- and Bas-Rhin?
No, just 3 DOP: Alsace AOP (splits in to two, AOP Alsace communales and AOC Alsace lieux-dits) and Crémant d’Alsace AOP, covering the entire region, and the more restrictive Alsace Grand Cru AOP (~4% of the regional production, that covers 51 Alsatian named vineyards, from Rangen de Thann in the south to Steinklotz almost 100 km further north, and from the 3,2 ha vineyard of Kanzlerberg to the 80 ha of Schlossberg. There are 37 Grand Cru in the département of Haut Rhin -south to Saint-Hyppolyte-, 14 in the département of Bas Rhin, northern).
Which is one of the exceptional Alsatian Grand Cru that permits the use of other grapes, apart the four grain nobles?
Grand Cru Zotzenberg (within the village of Mittelbergheim) with Sylvaner, since 2005
In the département of Bas Rhin (N to St.-Hyppolyte/Ribeauvillé) named three important Grand Crus, and for which varietal wines are renowned.
Steinklotz (in the village of Marlenheim) for its varietal Pinot Gris;
Altenberg de Bergbieten (Bergbieten) for Riesling;
Zotzenberg (Mittelbergheim) for Sylvaner.
What is the meaning of Edelzwicker or Gentil?
“Noble blend”, mixture of grapes, generally Pinot Blanc, Auxerrois and Chasselas, the latest nowadays overtaken by Chardonnay (which was unknown in 1969 in the region).
What indicates Pinot Blanc on the label?
“Pinot Blanc” is used for both PB itself and as well for the softer, spicier and wider Auxerrois. The two are frequently blended, usually the most common base for Crémant d’Alsace.
What is the total production’s fraction of sparkling made in Alsace?
1/4 of the total crop ends up with bubbles.
Named two important wineries situated in the Grand Cru of Rangen, in the steeply slopes of Thann. Which are the grapes used in this area? Which typology of soils are detectable here?
Domaine Schoffit and Zind-Humbrecht.
Riesling and Pinot Gris from the warm volcanic soils.
When Alsace Grand Cru appellation was formalised for the first time?
And then?
What happened in the 2011?
In 1983, and there were just 26 lieux-dits, then 50 by 1992. In 2007 Kaefferkopf became the 51.
In 2011 the umbrella Alsace Grand Cru AOC was divided into 51 individual AOC Alsace Grand Cru appellations, which affords each lieu-dit AOP-level guarantees of quality.
When Alsace AOP was created?
1962
Which was the first Alsatian Grand Cru?
Schlossber, 1975.
Which is the name of the typical Alsatian bottles?
What is evident on the label?
Who make exception?
Flute.
The grape name is always first in the Alsatian label.
However there are few exceptions: • Marcel Deiss, in the Grand Cru of Altenberg de Bergheim (indeed, his priority is not the variety but the terroir, expressed in the mixed plantings that used to be the norm), • Domaine Schlumberger’s Kitterlé Grand Cru in Guebwiller village, •Kaefferkopf (in Ammerschwihr village, which made blends based on a majority of Gewurztraminer in addition to the four varietals).
Who are the three top producers in the Grand Cru of Schlossberg?
Albert Mann, Domaine Weinbach, Paul Blanck.
Which region has the first co-operative cellar in France? When?
Alsace, 1895.
Which producers in Alsace do NOT label their wine with the name of the variety? Which is an exceptionally example of mixed-planting Grand Cru (because blends may be normally sanctioned by each Grand Cru’s management committee)?
• Marcel Deiss, in the hot Altenberg de Bergheim Grand Cru;
• Domaine Schlumberger, in Kitterlé Grand Cru, within Guebwiller;
•Kaefferkopf Grand Cru, in the village of Ammerschwihr.
Which are the 11 inter-communal entities that can appear in the label after AOC Alsace, as AOC Alsace communales appellation?
Blienschwiller, Scherwiller, Saint-Hyppolyte, Côtes de Barr, Côte de Rouffach, Klevener de Heiligenstein, Vallée Noble, Val Saint-Grégoire, Ottrott, Rodern, Wolxheim.
