Austria Flashcards
Main red, white and sweet grapes of Austria
Red: Spatburgunder and zweigelt
White: Riesling and gruner veltriner
Sweet: welsh Riesling
Why is welsh Riesling good for sweet wine?
Because it is subject to botrytis
Red and white international varieties in Austria
Red: Pinot noir, Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon
White: Chardonnay, muller-Thurgau and Sauvignon blanc
When were the wine laws born in Austria
1999
What does ‘Reid’ means in Austria and when was it started to being used
2016
Term for a legally defined single vineyard
Classification of wines in Austria
Wein aus osterreich
Landwein
Qualitatswein
Pradikatswein
What is the max yield and abv for wein aus osterreich
9000 kg/ha
8.5% abv
How is Landwein divided
Weinland
Bergland
Steirerland
What is the minimum must weight for Landwein
68 oechsle
What is the max kg/ha for all Austrian wines
9000kg
Qualitatswein
Min must weight and alchol
73 auchsle
9% abv
To what category Kabinett wine is part in Austria
Qualitatswein
How is pradikatwine divided in Austria
Spatlese
Auslese
Beerenauslese
Icewein
Strohwein/shilfwein
Ausbruch
Trockenberrenauslese
In Austria what is the minimum sugar for troken and halbtrocken
Trocken: 9g sugar with min acidity 2g lower
Halbtrocken: 18g with min acidity 10g inferior
What does lieblich mean? What is the sugar level?
Medium-sweet
Max 45g/L
What does sub mean in Austria and what is the sugar level
Sweet
Min 45g/l
Qualities of reserve wines in Austria
When can they apply for the state number
Only for qualitatswein
Min alchol 13% abv
White: 15 March
Red: 1 november
Austria Kabinett
KMW
ABV
Residual sugar
17
12,7%
9g
Austria Spatlese
KMW
When can it go on the market
First level of pradikatswein
19 KMW
1st of march
Austria Auslese KMW and when can it hit the market
21
1 may
Austria Beerenauslese
KMW
when can it hit the market
25 KMW
1 may
Shilfwein or strohwein austria
Minimum drying period
KMW
3 months
25 KMW
Trockenberrenauslese Austria KMW
30
What does ausbruch mean in Austria
Min KMW
Term for Trockenberrenauslese grapes in the city of Rust
Grape juice from Spatlese, Auslese and Beerenauslese can be added to the wine to increase sugar level (min 30KMW)
27 KMW
What does Erste Lagen mean in Austria
Grapes
Who can use this designation
Best vineyards in Austria
Must be from Riesling or gruner veltriner
Only members of the TOA
Sparkling wine in Austria
Klassik: 9 months on lees, grapes from all Austria and can use any method to produce sparkling
Reserve: 18 months on lees, only bottle fermentation and only grapes from one of the wine regions
Grosse reserve: 30 months on lees and 3 years before being released, only from single name vineyards or single commune
Meaning and definition of DAC
Districtus austriae controllatus
If the producers of a region can all agree on a grape and style of wine it becomes a DAC - wine represents the region
Wine in Austria can be divided in two stiles
Classic
Reserve: 1% highier than classic, more full body and can usually do oak
Which one was the first DAC to receive this title
Weinviertel
How many wine regions there are in Austria and which’s re they
3 wine regions and 1 IPG
Niederosterreich
Burgenland
Styria/steyermark
Wein
What river passed through niederostereich
Danube
How is Niederosterreich divided
Weinviertel
Wagram
Kamptal
Kremstal
Traisental
Wachau
Carnuntrum
Thermenregion
Weinviertel DAC
Grapes
Min alchol for classic and reserve
Riesling
DAC only for gruner veltriner
12% classic (cannot do oak or have botrytis)
13% reserve
What is the tier system of kamptal, kremstal, traisental
Regional: blend from the region
Village: a specific commune is named
Ried: a vineyard is named
The reserve of which DAC Cannot show botrytis or oak characteristics
Traisental
Wachau wine categories
Steinfeder
Federspiel
Smaragd
Sugar level and abv of
Steinfeder
Federspiel
Smaragd
Steinfeder: max 11% abv and 15 KMW
Federspiel: 11%-12.5% abv and 17 KMW
Smaragd: min 12.5% abv and 19KMW
Which wine from Wachau is the equivalent of a German kabinett
Federspiel
To what these name are inspired
Steinfeder
Federspiel
Smaragd
Steinfeder: grass around the vineyard
Federspiel: typical falcon of the region
Smaragd: typical lizard
What is Rubin carnuntum
Association of 25 members in Carnuntum which have their own regulations
Grape, abv and KMW of Rubin carnuntum
Zweigelt
12.5% abv
18KMW
Wiener gemischter satz DAC
Field blend
Vines are all planted on the same plot, and must be pressed together
For what burgenland is mainly famous and why
Sweet wines
Boarding with Hungary (tokaji)
How is the lake in Neusiedlesee DAC called and why is it important
What is an important city in this DAC
Lake Neusiedl
Gives botrytis to grapes so they are similar to Sauternes wines
Rust
What are the main varieties for ausbruch
Welshriesling
Chardonnay
Pinot blanc
Classic and reserve Neusiedlesee
Grape
Abv
When is it available
Classic: Zweigelt, 12% and from 1st of March
Reserve: zweigelt, 13% and 1st of March of the second year after harvest
What’s the main grape of mittelburgenland DAC
Blaufrankish
How is steiermark divided
Sudsteiermark
Vulkanland steiermark
Weststeiermark
What is the grape and soil of Vulkanland steiermark
Volcanic soil
Traminer
