Alsace extra Flashcards
What is gres de Vosges
local pink sandstone
Which 3 clones of Muscat are permitted for Alsace?
Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains, Muscat Rose a Petits Grains, Muscat Ottonel
What percentage of the total of France’s still white wine production does Alsace account for?
Alsace produces 18% of France’s still white wines!!!
Which 5 communes may varietally label Klevener?
Heiligenstein, Bourgheim, Gertwiller, Goxwiller, Obernai
Minimum alcohol content for AOC Alsace
8.5% abv
The minimum alcohol content of Alsace Grand Cru
11% abv
Another name Chasselas
Gutedel
What are the required must weights for VT and SGN?
VT
244 g/L Muscat & Riesling
270 g/L Pinot Gris & Gewurtz
SGN
276 g/L Muscat & Riesling
306 g/L Pinot Gris & Gewurtz
How would you describe Muscat and Gewurztraminer?
Muscat and Gewurztraminer are both highly aromatic and have medium to low acidity.
Muscat shows fragrant floral and grapy notes.
Gewurztraminer tends toward perfumed, sweet spices and tropical fruit, is higher in alcohol and more likely to be off-dry.
New oak is usually not a factor in the vinification of these varieties, although many producers use large neutral casks for fermentation and aging.
On which bottles of Alsace wine is vintage labeling optional?
Edelzwicker and Cremant d’Alsace
Name two clones of the traditional grape Traminer?
Gewurztraminer - planted in Alsatian vineyards in the mid 19th century
Savagnin - planted in the Jura region and retains a few plantings around the commune of Heiligenstein in the Bas-Rhin; the grape is known locally as Klevener and is less intensely aromatic than Gewurztraminer but higher in acidity.
Which producer owns the most hectares of grand cru vineyards in Alsace?
Domaine Schlumberger
What domaine’s top wines are labeled as “Jubilee?”
Hugel
Who bottles an Alsace Pinot Noir?
Domaine Albert Mann
Domaine Ostertag
Name a prominent producer who is an advocate for field blends? Name a grand cru site that he works with.
Marcel Deiss. Mambourg, Altenberg de Bergheim, or Schoenenbourg.
What is the largest grand cru in Alsace, and what prominent producers bottle it?
Schlossberg - 80 ha; eg. Domaine Weinbach, Bott Geyl, Albert Mann, Paul Blanck
What is the smallest grand cru in Alsace, and what prominent producers bottle it?
Kanzlerberg - 3 ha
Gustave Lorentz
Sylvie Spielmann
What is Trimbach’s high end Riesling from the Geisberg and Osterberg grand crus?
Cuvée Frédéric Emile
Name one important maker of Rangen Grand Cru.
Zind-Humbrecht (Pinot Gris Clos Saint Urbain Rangen de Thann, dry or SGN)
Why was it important to get the 51 GC status in 2011
Each site can now determine own grapes, production standards, the cashier des charges.
Changes are quicker to be adopted and considered/accoplished
Why is it difficult to get Grand Cru status?
Many producers can agree on yields, vine density and min ripeness but can not agree to geographical boundaries.
The desire to produce top quality wine from the best lots, and the desire to use a perceived step up and apply to the greater lot possible
How much of Alsace’s output is from co-ops?
41.5% (significant!), from 15 (or is it 19) co-ops
Name three famous Grand Crus for Muscat
Goldert, Spiegel and Kirchberg du Bar
What wines in Alsace must be hand harvested
Grand Cru Cremant d’alsace Pinot Noir - labeled with a lieu-dit Pinot Gris - labeled with a lieu-dit VT SGN
describe some requirements for Cremant d’Alsace AOP
White - Rose Traditional Method 80 hl/ha 9% min ABV *9 months min on lees 12 in bottle 4 ATM min pressure (only here, Burgundy, and Loire are 4) 100 liters per 150 kg of grapes Max press yield
White (White Alsatian RAPpers use PCP)
Riesling, Auxerrois, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris,Chardonnay, Pinot Noir
Rose - 100% Pinot Noir
Communal - sub-category
Wolxheim - Riesling B
Scherwiller - Rielsing B
Cotes de Barr - Sylvaner - B
Blienschwiller - Sylvaner - B
Bergheim - Gewurtztraminer - H
Klevener de Heiligenstein Klevener/Savagnin Rosé - B
Coteaux de Hauts Koenigsbourg - Gewurzt Riesling - H
Vallee Noble - Riesling + Pinot Gris + Gewurz - H
Val Saint Gregoire (PAPPY) - Auxerrois + Pinot Gris + Pinot Blanc - H
what is Vin de Goutte
free run wine, darker than vin de presse
what is Vin de presse
most from pressed grapes skins
Maximum RS for Rose in Alsace
4 g/l
Maximum RS for Red in Alsace
2 g/l
define debourgbage
wine must left to chill and settle for 12 to 24 hours, or juice settling
what are fermentation temperature for white, red and rose wines of Alsace
white - 15.4 to 19.8
red - 24 to 27.5
rose - 16 to 20
cold soak (pre-fermentation) would be 8 to 12
