Austria Flashcards
What are the lees aging requirements for Sekt Austria gU?
Min 9 months for traditional method
Min 6 months for tank
What are the lees aging requirements for Sekt Austria Reserve gU?
Min 18 months
What are the lees aging requirements for Sekt Austria Grosse Reserve gU?
Min 36m months
Which styles of Austrian Sekt must be produced by the traditional method?
Reserve and Grosse Reserve
What is the maximum RS for Austrain Sekt?
max 12g/L
What is the main grape(s) and styles produced in the Eisenberg DAC?
Dry, still red exclusively from Blaufrankisch
What is the main grape(s) and styles produced in the Leithaberg DAC?
Dry, still white and red wines.
Whites can be produced from varietal expressions or blends of Chardonnay, Gruner Veltliner, Neuberger, and/or Weissburgunder
Reds are produced from min 85% Blaufrankisch plus max 15% Pinot Noir, St. Laurent, and/or Zweigelt
What is the main grape(s) and styles produced in the Mittelburgenland DAC?
Dry, still red from exclusively Blaufrankisch
Wines with “Seewinkel” on the label indicate what?
Sweet white wines produced from Apelton, Illmitz, and/or Podersdorf in Neusiedlersee DAC.
From what DAC do wines sometimes have the term “Seewinkel” listed? What style is this exclusive to?
Neusiedlersee DAC; exclusive to sweet white wines.
What are the major white grapes used for the production of white wines in the Neusiedlersee DAC?
Chardonnay, Weissburgunder, and Welschriesling
What is the minimum RS for white wines produced in the Neusiedlersee DAC?
min 45g/L
What is the principal red grape for red wine produced in the Neusiedlersee DAC?
Zweigelt
What is the main grape(s) and styles produced in the Rosalia DAC?
Dry, still red and rosé produced from Blaufrankisch and/or Zweigelt with one making up at least 85% of the blend.
What is the main grape(s) and styles produced in the Ruster Ausbruch DAC?
One or more Qualitätswein white grapes including Chardonnay, Weissburguner, Grauburgunder, Furmint, and Muskateller.
Exclusively sweet, still white wines with a minimum of 45g/L and KMW of at least 30 (same as TBA)
What is the minimum KMW for Ruster Ausbruch DAC?
Min 30 KMW (same as TBA)
Krutzler and Wachter-Wiesler are top producers in what DAC?
Eisenberg DAC
Prieler, Gernot Heinrich and Nittnaus are top producers in what DAC?
Leithaberg DAC
Gessellmann and Moric are top producers in what DAC?
Mittelburgenland DAC?
Alois Kracher is a top producer in what DAC?
Neusiedlersee DAC
Ernst Triebaumer and Heidi Schrock are top producers in what DAC?
Ruster Ausbruch DAC
What is Cercle Ruster Ausbruch? Who is the leader of this group?
An organization whose goal is to elevate the reputation of Ausbruch wines.
Heidi Schrock is the leader
What is Uhundler?
Specialty wine, usually pink and smelling of wild strawberries, made in Eisenberg produced from phylloxera-resistant American hybrids Isabella, Concord, and Delaware.
Dry wines in the Ruster Ausbruch DAC may carry what DAC?
Leithaberg DAC
Off-dry Spatlese, Auslese, BA, and TBA wines in Ruster Ausbruch are bottled under what DAC?
Neusiedlersee DAC
What does “Ausbruch” mean?
Means “broke out” and refers to the grapes having to be picked individually on clusters while still on the vine.
Who is the producer of Unendlich? What is the grape and from where is this sourced?
FX Pichler
Riesling
The source is never revealed and changes depending on the vintage.
Who is the producer of the “Tradition Heritage Cuvee” and what is it?
Produced by Schloss Gobelsburg is a blend of 9 different grape varieties from over 30 vintages across 50 years.
Where is the Achleiten vineyard and what are a few producers of this? Top grapes?
Wachau DAC (Weissenkirchen)
Domaine Wachau, Prager and Rudi Pichler produce here.
Riesling and Gruner Veltliner
Where does Kollwentz produce wine and what is their top bottling?
Burgenland
Gloria Chardonnay
Where does Tement produce wine and what grape are they a master of?
Sudsteiermark
Sauvignon Blanc
Where is Ried Pfaffenberg and what is the top grape produced there? What are a couple of producers of this vineyard?
Kremstal
Riesling
Salomon Undhof, Emmerich Knoll, and Winzer
Where is the Gaisberg vineyard and who are three producers of it?
Kamptal DAC
Hirsch, Schloss Gobelsberg, Hiedler
Riesling performs best here.
Where is the Heiligenstein vineyard and who are three producers?
Kamptal DAC
Brundlmayer, Schloss Gobelsberg, and Hirsch
Where is the Loibenberg vineyard, what grapes grow there, and what are three producers?
Wachau DAC
Riesling and Gruner Veltliner
Alzinger, FX Pichler, Pichler-Krutzler
What are the 5 worst vintages in Austria for Riesling and Gruner in the past 25 years?
2014 2010 2004 2003 2001
What are the 5 best vintages for Austrian white wines of the past 25 years?
2020 2019 2015 2008 2006
What are three producers of Austrian Sekt?
Loimer, Szigeti, Brundlmayer
