Austria 3.14.2024 Flashcards by Patrick Jobst

What is Sturm?

Fermenting grape juice sold just after harvest

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What is an Austrian Synonym for Chardonnay?

Feinburgunder

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What is the maximum harvest yield for Austrian wines with a vintage and/or a variety on the label

67.5 hl/ha

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In which vintage was the Weinviertel DAC Reserve category established?

2009

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what is Hochkultur and who introduced it?

Vine training system, lenz Moser

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What is the STK?

A grower association of 10 producers promoting a burgundy-style cru classification system in Steiermark

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What was Wagram known as prior to 2007?

Donauland

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Sämling 88 is a synonym for which variety in Burgenland?

Scheurebe

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Who produces ‘Unendlich’ Riesling?

FX Pichler

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What is the most recently released vintage of Nikolaihof’s Vinothek Riesling?

2002

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In what year was the Vinea Wachau formed?

1983

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What is the minimum alcohol to label a wine Smaragd?

12.5%

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What is the soil type of Heiligenstein?

Permian Desert Sandstone

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What is the primary moderating influence in Burgenland?

Lake Neusiedl

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What is the minimum alcohol for wines labelled Kamptal Reserve DAC?

13%

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Can you name 4 producers of Heiligenstein?

Brundlmeyer, Schloss Goebelsberg, Hirsch, Birgit Eichinger

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What is the main grape planted in Heiligenstein?

Riesling

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Name 3 Rieds in Langelois

Loiserberg, Spiegel, Dechant

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What is the most recently approved DAC in the Niederosterreich?

Wagram 2022

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What are the local white varieties of Thermenregion?

Rotgipfler, Zierfandler

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What is Spätrot-Rotgipfler?

White wine produced from Rotpgipfler and Zierfandler in Thermenregion

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What is the minimum alcohol for Prdikatswein in Austria?

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Describe the 2021 vintage in Austria

Warm, sunny, ideal vintage, vintage of the century

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what was the worst vintage of the 1990s in Austria?

1996 (RAIN)

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Describe the 2014 vintage in Austria

Rainy, poor

In which DAC does Moric produce wines?

Mittelburgenland

In which village of Mittelburgenland is the producer Moric?

Nechenmarkt

Arrange the villages Spitz, Dürnstein, and Mautern in order from warmest to coolest

Mautern, Dürnstein, Spitz

What is the main grape variety of Kracher's Grande Cuvée?

Welschriesling

In which village is the Ried Lamm?

Kammern

What is the main grape planted in Kammern?

Riesling

What is the main grape planted in Lamm?

Grüner Veltliner

What is the main grape planted in Zöbing?

Riesling

in which village is Heilgenstein?

Zöbing

What is the main grape variety planted in Gaisberg?

Grüner Veltliner

In which DAC would you find the producers Nigl, Stadt Krems, and Salomon Undhof

Kremstal DAC

What was the first DAC approved in Austria?

Weinviertel 2002

What is Flysch?

A soil of layered shale embedded with Greywacke Sandstone

how would you generally describe the soils of the Wachau?

Exposed volcanic rock on upper slopes, loess closer to the river

What is stinkerl?

a local term for petrichor minerality in wines, prominent in Achleiten

What is the elevation of vineyards in the Wachau?

200-600m

What is Gfohl Gneiss?

A banded metamorphic rock named for a small town in the Krems, Austria

Rieden of Spitz

Axpoint, Singerriedel, Hochrain, Tausendeimerberg,

Famous Ried of Viessling

Bruck

Famous Ried of Gut Am Steg

Kalkofen

Rieden of Weissenkirchen

Where is the source of the Danube?

Black Forest (flows into black sea)

What is the climate of the Wachau Valley?

Cool Continental

What is the effect of Neusieldersee on Burgenland?

Humidity > Bortrytis/moderating influence

Name 3 tributary valleys of the Danube

Kamptal, Kremstal, Traisental

Arrange the following DACs from North to South: Leithaberg, Mittelburgenland, Neusiedlersee

3,1,2

What is the main grape variety of the Eisenberg DAC?

Blaufrankisch

What is the parentage of Gruner Veltliner?

Savagnin X St Georgen-Rebe

What is the primary grape variety of the Weinviertel DAC?

Gruner Veltliner

What is the most planted grape variety in Steiermark?

Welschriesling

Which two Grape varieties are allowed in the Traisental DAC?

GV, Riesling

What is the minimum RS for Ruster Ausbruch DAC?

45 g/l

In Kamptal, why does there tend to be more GV near the Danube and more Riesling planted higher up the slopes?

Loess & Clay Loam near the river, Primary Rock up the slopes.

What is the primary grape variety of the Loibenberg Ried in Unterloiben?

Riesling

What is the most planted Grape variety in the axpoint ried in spitz?

What is the most planted Grape variety in the Hochrain ried in Wosendorf?

Nikolaihof's Steiner Hund is bottled with which DAC on the label?

Kremstal (formerly Niederosterreich)

Where would you find a wine described as having a 'Pfefferl' character?

Weinviertel

Rotburger is s synonym for which grape variety?

Zweigelt

What is the name of the Bi-annual wine conference and trade show that takes place in Vienna?

Vie Vinum