Austria Flashcards
Min aging for Austrian Sekt Klassik
9 months on lees
Any method
Name all of the subregions of Niederosterreich
Weinviertrel DAC Wachau Kremstal DAC Kamptal DAC Traisental DAC Wagram Carnuntum Thermenregion
For wein, Landwein and qualiotatswein what is the max yields set at?
67.5hl/ha
What is the largest wine growing region in Austria?
Niederosterreich
What level of Austrian Sekt permit single vineyard
Grand Reserve only
Leithaberg DAC, Year established and allowed varietals?
Gruner, Neuburger, Chardonnay, Weissburgunder, Blaufrankish 2009
What is generally planted at higher elevation and why? Gruner or Riesling?
Riesling is planted higher, needs less water than Gruner does which does well in the wet loess
What are three diseases that have hit Austria?
Odium Peronspera (downey mildew)
Where would you find ROter Veltliner made as a specialty
Wagram
Weiner Gemischter Satz, Year established and allowed varietals?
White Blends, 2013
Most Pradikatswein is dry or sweet?
Sweet
Qualitatswein may come from where?
Single Weinbaugebiete or one of the 16 smaller regions, it may be produced from one or more of 35 grapes
What does the area of steierland cover?
Steiermark
Where is Langenlois located?
Kamptal, it is one of Austria’s most famous wine towns
Name one major producer and village in Wachau that falls South of the Donau
Mautern, Nikoliahoff
What is Heuriger
A nouveau wine consumed in its youth in taverns of the same name, usually a tavern owners personal wine
What is Diethylene Glycol?
Colorless, odorless chemical put into Austrian wines in the 1980s
What are the two tiers of quality within the DAC system?
Klassik and Reserve
Define Ried
A term on Austrian wine labels replacing the village and indicating a top site
Traisental DAC, Year established and allowed varietals?
Gruner, Riesling 2006
Name two producers in the Wacha that are not part of Vinea Wacha?
Pichler- Krutzler
Peter Veyder- Malberg
In Austria, at the Cabinet level, are you allowed to chaptalize
NO
What is Strum?
A half fermented sparkling wine usually accompanied by harvest time meals
Lieblich means what
Medium sweet (max 45g/l
Min aging for Austrian Sekt Reserve
18 months o lees
trad method
What helps cool much of Austria
The rivers, it is generally a hot Pannonia plain
Eisenberg DAC, Year established and allowed varietals?
Blaufrankish 2010
3 soils types of the Wacha
Loess, Gfohler, Gneiss, sand by the rivers edge
What year was the anti freeze scandal?
1985
What two tears fall below Qualitatswein and Pradikatswein?
Wein
Landwein
DAC wines focus on dry or sweet wine production?
Dry
Landwein may only be labeled with one of the three major geographic areas, what are they?
Weinland (Niederösterreich, Wein, Burgenland)
Steierland (Steiermark)
Burgenland
Does Germany or Austria get more rain? How does that effect planting?
Germany gets more rain. They plant on a slope so that the vines drain, where in Austria the priority is water retenetion
In what year did Wein replace Tafelwein
In time for the 2009 Vintage
What year was Oesterreichische Traditionsweinguter founded?
1992
What is Spatrot-Rotgipfler
A blend of Rotgipfler and Zierfandler, both are white
What is Strohwein
A dried grape wine of at least BA ripeness
Zweigelt is a crossing of what/
St. Laurent X Blaufrankish
Blauburger is a crossing of what?
Blaufrankish x Blauer Portugieser
Who developed the wire trellising system in the 1950’s? what did it lead to?
Dr. Lenz Moser (it was a viticultural breakthrough with worldwide ramifications). Made machine harvesting much easier
What may Wein state on the label
May Carry Vintage date and Varietal
What two Weinbaugebiete comprise 90% of Austria’s vineyards
Niederosterreich & Burgneland
Since the 2013 vintage how many DACs are there?
9
Neusiedlersee DAC, Year established and allowed varietals?
Zweigelt 2012
In Austria where does Cabinet get grouped into?
Qualitatswein NOT Pradikatswein
Where is Klosternberg (the famous place for the research institute) located?
Eastern Wagram
min alcohol for weinviertel reserve wines?
13%
Name 4 Countries that Austria borders
Hungary, Czech, Slovakia, Slovenia
Qualitatswein must be/ have…
One of the 13 major weinbaugebeite and may include unto 325 grapes
Must pass tasting panel and chemical analysis (indicated by pruffnummer)
Must have a banderole
DAC and Pradiskatswein are within this catagory
May yield for all 3 levels of Austrian wine?
67.5hl/ha but must weight increases with each level
Def Weinbauregionen
one of the three major geographic areas allowed for labeling of landwein
Weinland (Niederösterreich, Wein, Burgenland)
Steierland (Steiermark)
Burgenland
Weinviertel DAC, Year established and allowed varietals?
Gruner 2002
Min alcohol level for any Pradikatswein?
5%
What two subregions of the Niederosterreich does the Donau NOT run through?
Weinviertrel and Thermenregion
What may Wein not state on the label?
May NOT show a more exclusive statement of origin more than Osterrreich
What does the area of Weinland cover?
Niederösterreich, Wein, Burgenland
Are Kabinett wines considered to be Qualitatswein or Pradikatswein?
Subset of Qualitatswein
Who is Dr. Lenz Moser
Developed the wire trellising system in the 1950’s in Austria. (it was a viticultural breakthrough with worldwide ramifications). Made machine harvesting much easier
Most Qualitatswein is dry or sweet?
Dry
What does DAC stand for?
(Districtus Austriae Controllatus)
Define Reserve for DAC
Min 13% alcohol, rich more opulent (may have botrytis or oak) reds normally see some new oak
Blauburger is crossing of what?
Blaufrankish X Blauer Portugeiser
Define the two major soil types of Western Lower Austria (Krem, Kamp, Wach)
Urgestein (thin soil over primary rock (ie. granite or gneiss))- Riesling
Loess (wind driven sand)-Gruner Veltliner
Landwein must be/have
35 permitted grapes
May carry either Bergenland, WEinland or Steierland on the label
Wein must be/ have?
May carry a vintage date and varietal
May NOT have more than osterreich on the label
Kremstal DAC, Year established and allowed varietals?
Gruner Riesling 2007
Define Pannonian
Lowland plains running through eastern Europe
What are the two sub categories of qualitatswein?
Pradikatswein & DAC (Districtus Austriae Controllatus)
What are the 9 DACS?
Weinvertel (2002) Mittleburgenland (2005) Traisental (2006) Kremstal (2007) Kamptal (2008) Leithaberg (2009) Eisenberg (2010) Neusiedlersee (2012) WEiner-Germischter Satz (2013)
What is the most planted grape is Austria, when was it first developed?
Zweigelt, 1922
All Qualitatswein and Pradikatswein must carry what?
Banderole along with producers legal registration number
Min aging for austrian Sekt Grand Reserve
30 months on lees
trad method
Austrian law defines what three levels of quality?
Wein
Landwein
Qualitatswein
Why are so many vineyards in Niederosterreich terraced?
Very dry in the summer, needs to retain more water
3 names for Austrian sparkling wine
Perlwein (all methods, 1-2.5 ATM)
Shaumwein (all Methods, 3ATM)
Sekt (trad Method, 3 categories)
Name two synonyms for Chardonnay in Austria
Morillon
Feinburgunder
classic or reserve wines in Traisental DAC, Kamptal and Kremstal DAC min alcohol
12% and 13% for reserve wines
No oak or botrytis on classic
Name all 9 DACs
Weinviertel 2002 Mittelburgenland 2005 Traisental 2006 Kremstal 2007 Kamptal 2008 Leithaberg 2009 Eisenberg 2010 Neusiedlersee 2012 Weiner Gemischter Satz 2013
The Krems and Kamps Rivers are tributaries of what larger river
Donau (Danube)
Who was the first winery in Austria to move entirely into screw top, in what year?
Hirsch from 2002 onwards
What is a Prufnummer?
All Qualitatswein must have a state control number (Prufnummer) indication it passed a tasting panel and chemical analysis
What is the Austrian equivalent of RM
Haursekt- must list Village, Vineyard, Vintage and Variety
Kamptal DAC, Year established and allowed varietals?
Gruner, Riesling 2008
What are the 4 weinbaugebeite of Austria?
Niederosterreich
Wein
Burgenlan
Styria
What must Qualitatswein contain? What % of production does it account for
a Prufnummer and a banderole.
Accounts for 2/3 of Austrian wine production
Name one major producer and village in Wachau that falls South of the Donau
Mautern, Nikoliahoff
What two categories exist in Austria in the Pradikats system that fo not exist in Germany
Strohwein (dried grapes of at least BA ripeness)
Ausbruch
Min alc for Austrian Pradikatswein
5%
Define Klassik for DAC
Min 12% Alcohol, Denotes medium body, fruit and freshness
What is the capital of Austria?
Wein (Vienna)
At the Kabinett level are winemakers allowed to chaptalize or use sussreserve?
no
Blaufrankish is also known as what outside of Austria
Lemberger (germany)
Kekfrankos (Hungary)
Most important vineyard/village wachau
Village- Wissenkirchen
Vineyard- ALchleiten
Min alcohol for Weinviertel?
12% gruner only, wines must have a distinct peppery note and have no oak or botrytis unless reserve is indicated on the label
What are the 4 major Weinbaugebiete?
Niederosterreich
Wein (Vienna)
Burgenland
Styria
Mittelburgenland DAC, Year established and allowed varietals?
Blaufrankish 2005
What does the area of Bergland cover?
500ha of vineyards scattered through Austria’s contryside
Loibner Schutt Define
Wachau
Town- Loibner
Vineyard -Schutt
Austrian wine laws has 3 levels of quality, what are they?
Wein
Landwein
Qualitatswein
What helps to cool the Hot panonian Planes of Burgenland?
Laske Nusiderlersee
Zweigelt is a crossing of what?
Blaufrankish x St. Laurent
Two synonyms for chardonnay
Morillon (south)
Feinburgunder (North)_
Weinviertel DAC wines must show what distinct tasting note?
White pepper
What does Ried mean on a label
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