Alsace Wine Regions Flashcards
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The region of ———— stretches for 120km from Strasbourg in the north to Mulhouse in the south.
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Alsace
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Alsace runs along eastern slopes of the foothills of the ——— mountains close to the German ——— forest border.
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Vosges
Black
3
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What is the climate of Alsace?
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Continental
4
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What are the main two regions of Alsace?
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Bas-Rhin
Haut-Rhin
5
Q
What region of Alsace produces the best wines?
A
Haut Rhin
6
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What are the best-known vineyard towns in Alsace?
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Riquewihr
Ribeauvillé
7
Q
What is the business center of Alsace?
A
Colmar
8
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There are — main soil types in Alsace.
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7
9
Q
What are the two major differences between wines of Alsace and German?
A
The Alsace wines are made by very natural methods and are not so highly fined or filtered.
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What are the main characteristics of Alsace wines?
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Have a mineral character
Display an oily texture on the palate
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—— percent of Alsace wine is still white.
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90%
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What is the red grape of Alsace?
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Pinot Noir
13
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What is the glass type of Alsace wines?
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Slender flutes / green
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What are Vendange Tardivr (VT) and Selection de Grains Noble (SGN)?
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Sweet wines of Alsace
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AOC Vin d’Alsace and AOC Alsace are the same.
A
True
16
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What is the minimum ABV for AOC Alsace?
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8.5%
17
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In Alsace there are AOCs for each of the permitted varieties.
A
True
18
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What are the permitted varietals in Alsace?
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Riesling
Gewürztraminer
Pinot Gris
Muscat
Sylvaner
Pinot Blanc (Clevner)
Pinot Noir
Chasselas (Gutedel)
19
Q
What is Chasselas/Gutedel?
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A permitted grape variety in Alsace
20
Q
The grape variety that is blended with PB in Alsace?
A
Auxerrois
21
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An Alsace wine that is sold under PB may be a blend of what grapes?
A
PB
Auxerrois
PG
PN
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Q
Alsace Wines account for ——% of the total Alsace production.
A
73
23
Q
AOC Edelzwicker
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Blend of two or more of Alsace varietals.
Remember Adele was weaker when blended with her ex.
24
Q
What is the rule around AOC Vin d’Alsace Communale?
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Varietal should be stated on the label
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——— is an individual vineyard or plot within an appellation.
Lieu-dit
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How many communes are there in Alsace?
13
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Bergheim
A commune of Alsace
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Blienschwiller
A commune of Alsace
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Côtes de Barr
A commune of Alsace
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Côte de Rouffach
A commune of Alsace
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Coteaux du Haut-Koenigsbourg
A commune of Alsace
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Klevener de Heiligenstein
A commune of Alsace
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Ottrott
A commune of Alsace
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Rodern
A commune of Alsace
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Saint-Hippolyte
A commune of Alsace
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Scherwiller
A commune of Alsace
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Vallée Noble
A commune of Alsace
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Val Saint-Grégoire
A commune of Alsace
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Wolxheim
A commune of Alsace
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Lieux-dits can be added to Communale and Grand Cru Appellations
True
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——— is a blend of two or more grape varieties in Alsace.
Gentil
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A 50% of Gentil should be from what varieties?
Riesling
Gewürztraminer
PG
Muscat
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In order to make ———, the grapes must be vinified separately before blending. The wine must qualify as an AOC wine and pass a tasting test and the vintage must be stated.
Gentil
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AOC Alsace Grand Cru classification was introduced in what year?
1975
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How many vineyards are classified as Grand Cru in Alsace?
51
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AOC Alsace Grand Cru classification accounts for close to —% of Alsace wines.
5
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What is the required abv for Riesling & Muscat in Alsace Grand Cru?
11%
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What is the required abv for Gewurz & PG in Alsace Grand Cru?
12.5%
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What are the four permitted grape varieties for Grand Cru Alsace?
Riesling
Gewürztraminer
PG
Muscat
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A blend of Gewurztraminer, Riesling, PG, Sylvander is called ———— in Alsace Grand Cru.
Zotzenberg
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What varieties are permitted in the making of Altenberg de Bergheim?
A blend of Riesling, PG, Muscat, Gewürztraminer, PB, PN, & Chardonnay
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What varieties are permitted in the making of Kaefferkopf?
A blend of
Gewürztraminer
Riesling
PG
Muscat
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AOC Cremant account for ——% of the total Alsace production.
23
54
Rose style Cremant de Alsace is made of?
100% PN
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The dosage level of Cremant the Alsace ?
Same as Champagne
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The permitted grape varieties for Cremant de Alsace?
Auxerrois
PB
PG
PN
Riesling
Chardonnay
57
The VT & SGN of Alsace usually requires how many years of maturation?
Up to 15 years
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This term must be put on the label of any Alsace wine which has a minimum of 12 g/l of residual sugar.
Moelleux
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When Moelleux term is used on a bottle of Riesling from Alsace?
When the residual sugar is 9 g/l
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What is the most widely planted varietal in Alsace?
Riesling
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What is the best soil for growing Riesling?
Granite
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Suggest a wine for hors-d’oeuvres, oysters, shellfish, fish dishes and works well with escallops of veal and pork and roast chicken.
Dry Alsace Riesling
63
Suggest a wine to go well with hot spicy foods.
Off-dry Riesling from Alsace
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What is the white wine of Alsace that has lower acid and higher abv with a fruit bowl bouquet?
Gewürztraminer
65
This wine goes extremely well with pate de foie gras, terrines, smoked mackerel, quail eggs, spinach and hollandaise, roast duck, goose, pork, hot spicy dishes, spiced banana and pineapple.
Gewürztraminer
66
This white wine goes well with escallops of veal, pork, poultry, lightly spiced dishes.
Pinot Gris
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What are the two varieties of Muscat grown in Alsace?
Muscat blanc à petits grain
Muscat ottonel
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These wines are grapy and less spicy than Gewürztraminer and Pinot Gris. They’re dry with a musky flavor. Low acid and great as apéritif.
Muscat d’Alsace
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A local wine of Alsace that is dry, light, soft, fruity and goes very well with charcuterie.
Sylvaner
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What is the only Alsace wine that is allowed to be sold in a burgundy style bottle?
PN
71
No new planting of this variety is permitted in Alsace,
Chasselas
Sha.3.la
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What is the Alsace name for Savagnin rosé
Klevener de Heiligenstein
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A label term that means late harvest. Can be vinified dry. It attracts Botrytis Cinerea. It’s commonly produced from Gewürztraminer. Generally high in abv and has a honey bouquet.
Vendange Tardive
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It’s an Alsace wine and could be linked to Beerenauslese process.
Selection de Grains Nobles
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It’s an Alsace wine and could be linked to Beerenauslese process.
Selection de Grains Nobles
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How’s Selection de Grains Nobles harvested?
In tries
77
Selection de Grains Nobles is only made in exceptional years.
True
78
These wines are lower in acid and higher in alcohol.
Gewürztraminer
79
These wines have a full, powerful, highly aromatic fruit-bowl aroma, with rose petal, flowers of the field, ripe tropical fruit, touch of grapefruit and spicy characteristics.
Gewürztraminer
80
These wines are excellent with pâté de foie gras or strong terrines, and will stand up to dishes such as smoked mackerel or quails' eggs with spinach and hollandaise sauce.
Gewürztraminer
81
These wines will enhance fatty meats such as roast duck, goose and pork when a white wine is requested, are an excellent accompaniment to hot spicy dishes, will work with spiced banana and pineapple
sweets and can be drunk well on their own.
Gewürztraminer
82
The higher sugar content in these wines lends itself to producing Vendange Tardive and Selection de Grains Noble wines.
Gewürztraminer
83
It has a citrus/spicy bouquet, and is medium to full bodied, slightly sharp yet smooth and dry or off-dry.
Pinot Gris
84
These wines will work well with escallops of veal or pork, poultry and lightly spiced dishes.
Pinot Gris
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Types of Muscat d'Alsace?
Muscat blanc a petits grains
Muscat Ottonel
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Bouquet is grapy and less spicy than
Gewürztraminer and Pinot Gris. The wine is dry with a musky flavour. Like
Gewürztraminer, it is lower in acid and is an excellent aperitif wine.
Muscat d'Alsace
87
It is the only Alsace wine permitted to be sold in Burgundy-style bottles.
PN
88
Klevener de Heiligenstein Klevener
It is the Alsace name for the Savagnin rosé
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Only Riesling, Muscat, Gewürztraminer and Pinot Gris may be used for these wines. It can range from dry to sweet and is of a very high quality, among which Gewürztraminer is the most common example. It is generally high in alcohol and has an excellent honeyed bouquet. These wines are good value for money.
Vendange Tardive (late harvest)
90
To have this term on the label, the sugar content at harvest must be a minimum of 244 g/l for Riesling and Muscat grapes and 270 g/l for Gewürztraminer and Pinot Gris. Chaptalization is not permitted.
Vendange Tardive (late harvest)
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These wines is one stage further and can be likened to the Beerenauslese process in Germany; only the same grape varieties as for Vendange Tardive are permitted. The grapes are left on the vine to become overripe: some of them are attacked by botrytis cinerea to give pourriture noble or noble rot and are picked in tries as in Sauternes
Selection de Grains Nobles
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To have this term on the label, the sugar content at harvest must be a minimum of 276 g/L for Riesling and Muscat grapes and 306 g/L for Gewürztraminer and Pinot Gris.
Selection de Grains Nobles
93
Alsace table wines are sold in...
the Vin de Rhin bottle shape known as a flute.
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What are the effects of Rain shadow from the vosges?
Drier climate
Sunnier climate
Long growing season
Riper grapes
Higher Alcohol potential
Fuller-bodied wines
