Austria Flashcards
Explain Kamptal DAC?
2008
Wines can be produced from Gruner V. or Riesling
Classic: 11,5% ABV - No wood or Botrytis tones
Classic + Village name: 12% ABV
Classic + Vineyard: 12,5% ABV
Reserve: 13% ABV - can show light wood of botrytis supported by a fuller bodied wine
What are the particularity of the Thermenregion?
Far away from the Danube River (south)
: Lies to the Pannonian plain
White GV: Rotgipfler and Zierfandler (varietal or blended to produce the Spätrot Rotgipfler
What are the 2 subdivision of the Qualitätwein?
Pradikatswein
DAC (Districtus Austriae Controllatus)
name some producers of the Eisenberg DAC?
Krutzler
Uwe Schiefer
Wachter-Wiesler
What is the Österreichischen Traditionsweingünter?
producer association created in 1992 in Austria.
Organisation of the Austrian Erste Lage classification
– Is not officially recognise but aligning to the DAC system.
– Developed and classified in 2012, the 52 Ried (top sites) through Kamptal Kremstal, Wachau and Traisental
Name the youngest AVA of Austria (2018)
- Rosalia (sub DAC of Leithaberg)
- Vulkanland Steiermark (Eastern Styria)
- Südsteiermark
- Weststeiermark
What is the Pannonian Plain?
huge plain stretching from the Eastern Austria through Hungary and the Eastern bloc countries
- is and old seabed of loess soil
- give and severe continental climate: hot and dry summers with cold winters
What is Leithakalk?
name of the local soil type go the Leithaberg DAC:
Gneiss, mica slate, limestone
What style of wine can be produce under the Rosalia DAC? Out of the DAC?
Still dry rose and red (can be reserve with extra rules)
Non DAC style:
Grande Rosalia: defined by Codex Rosalia (13,5% ABV + Oak tones)
Rosolo: Produced from the drying of hand harvested grapes: dry with 15% ABV
Rosalita is the sweet version
What are the main GV of the Wagram?
GV
Roter Veltliner too (unrelated to Gruner V? as a red GV)
What is the northern most village of the Kamptal region?
Zobing
can you name the Weinbauregionen of Austria?
Weinland
Bergland
Steierland
What are the main GV of the Carnuntum region?
Zweigelt: 25% of production
GV: 22%
Blaufränkisch, Merlot, Welschriesling
What is the soil type of the Kamptal region?
Mica-schist in slopes vineyard (Northern part)
lower Kamptal: loess + Clay
What is “Grande Rosalia”?
Wine defined by the Codex Rosalia
Can not be produced under the DAC regulations and name
- Must reach a 13,5% ABV
- Show recognisable oak flavour
Name some highly regarded villages within the Wachau region?
- Spitz
- Weißenkirchen
- Wösendorf
- Joching
- Dürnstein
- Unterloiben / Oberloiben
- Mautern
Explain Kremstal DAC?
2007 Either Gruner V or Riesling Classic: 12% ABV Classic + vineyard labelling: 12,5% ABV Reserve: 13% ABV: can present wood or botrytis tunes.
What wine can be produced under the Mittelburgenland DAC?
Red: Blaufränkisch
Can be release in March 1st year after harvest
no new oak ageing
- 12,5% ABV
Reserve: must spent an extra year of ageing prior selling
- 13% ABV
Where is Leithaberg DAC located?
On the free town of Eisenstalt (In former Neusiedlersee-Hügelland)
West of the Neusiedl lake
Explain Ausbruch
Sweet wine speciality of the Rust city (western shore of the Neusiedlersee lake) -
Michael Wenzel rebirth the style
classically, Furmint base, blended with Muskateller and other local GV
What river are Kamptal and Kremstal sit on ?
Kamp and Krems: Tributaries of the Danube River
What is the German/Austrian name for pinot blanc?
Weissburgunder
Name the main vineyard of the Wien region?
Bisamberg
Nussberg
Kahlenberg
Georgenberg
What is the name of the Leithaberg DAC soil type?
Leithakalk: Mica slate, Gneiss, Limestone
Precise the 3 level quality wine in Austria?
Wein
Landwein
Qualitätwein
What wine production can be linking to Ausbruch?
Tokai Aszu process:
extra botrytis grapes added to a dry wine from the same vineyard (Furmint is the main GV too)
– then aged in oak
What is the Austrian DAC to be awarded?
Weinviertel - 2002
Name the most regarded villages of the Kremstal Region?
- Angern
- Furth
- Stratzing
- Gedersdorf
- Rohrendorf
- Hollenberg
- Krems
- Oberfucha / Furth
- Stein
Explain the Kamptal DAC regulations?
- Klassic: 11,5% ABV
- Village designation: 12% ABV
- vineyard designation: 12,5
- Reserve: 13% ABV
– Reserve can not be release prior 1 of July after harvest
Name all of the Austrian DAC
- Weinviertel - 2002
- Mittelburgenland - 2005
- Traisental - 2006
- Kremstal - 2007
- Kamptal - 2008
- Leithaberg - 2009
- Eisenberg - 2010
- Neusiedlersee - 2012
- Wiener Gemischter Satz - 2013
- Rosalia - 2018
- Vulkanland Steiermark - 2018
- Weststeiermark - 2018
- Südsteiermark - 2018
Who’s created the wire trellising system? When and Where?
Dr Lenz Moser in Austria at the Klosterneuburg centre by 1950’s
Explain Klassik Sekt
- Require grapes from one of the Austrian federal states
- must spent 9 mth OTL
- Any method of production (tank, transfert of TM are allow)
- Any level of sweetness
How can wines of the Wachau retain an high acidity profile? Explain the micro-climate?
The Danube river contrasts the severe continental climate
- Northward wind flow the valley during summer night to cool down the temperature
+ South facing slopes.
What is the Wachau classification?
Steinfeder: 15 KMW - Less than 11,5% ABV
Federspiel: 17 KMW - 11,5 - 12,5% ABV
Smaragd: min 12,5% ABV - 19 KMW (=95° Oschle or Spätlese) // often display tones of botrytis
All wines must made as dry
When does the Austrian wine production flourished at the first time?
Like Germany, first real development during the Roman Era, then with help of Cisterian monks influences
What is the leading GV of Austria?
Gruner Veltliner
30% of the total acreage of vine
Explain Neusiedlersee DAC?
- Classic: Zweigelt focus blend. Other grapes can be added without restriction(PN, Blaufränkisch, St Laurent)
- Release 1 march after harvest
- 12% ABV
- Reserve: min 60% Zweigelt
– 13% ABV
Wine must be age an other extra year prior market it
How would you translate Recoltant-Manipulant for the Austrian Sekt production?
Hauersekt
= Winzersekt for german wine regulations
allow to be precise on label for Große Reserve sekt
What is the new three-tiers pyramid level for the Steiermark DAC?
- Regional wines
- Ortsweine (commune or village wines)
- Riedenweine (single vineyard)
https://www.austrianwine.com/fileadmin/processed/d/c/csm_Steiermark_DAC_Pyramid_ENGLISH_c39fadbce4.png
Name some Blaufränkisch synonym?
- Frankovka: Croatia, Czeck Republic
- Lemberger: Germany
- Kadarka: Hungary
- Burgen Mare: Romania
- Gamé: Bulgaria
How much of the vineyard is the Vinea Wachau controlled throughout the region?
85%
- Wines released by members must be bottle and vinified into Wachau with grapes from the region itself
Explain Wein under the Austrian law?
New classification from the 2009 vintage
replace the Tafelwein regulations
- Can mention GV and vintage, but only Osterreich in geographic indications
How many hectares are currently grown under the Bergland weinregion?
around 500 Ha
Where is Eisenberg DAC located?
former Südburgenland region
Villages: Eisenberg, Deutsch Schützen, Rechnitz
Give the most important villages of Kamptal and iconic vineyard there?
- Zobing
- Langelois (Dechant, Loisenberg, Spiegel)
- Kammern (Gaisberg / Lamm)
- Straßin Straßentale
- Engabruner
What are the alcohol regulations of the Wiener Gemischter Satz?
Must be produce as broken
Can reach a level higher than 12,5%
– as Single vineyard must be at least 12,5% ABV
What is Sturm?
half fermented semi-sparkling grape juice,
Often drunk during the harvest-time meal in Austria
What are the regions surrounding Wien?
Thermenregion
Carnuntum
Weinviertel
Wagram
What is the min alcohol content for Austrian Pradikatswein?
5%
What is the particularity of bottling in Leithaberg?
wines must be bottle into a multiple of 0,75L bottle
indeed, 0,375 / 1L / 2L bottle are prohibited
What is the name of the Lake base in Burgenland?
Neusiedl lake
Explain Traisental DAC?
2006
Wines can be produced from Gruner V. or Riesling
Classic: 11,5% ABV - No wood or Botrytis tones
Classic + Village name: 12% ABV
Classic + Vineyard: 12,5% ABV
Reserve: 13% ABV - can show light wood of botrytis supported by a fuller bodied wine
How is the soil type of the Traisental wine region?
Limestone base + gravel top soil
What is the main GV of the Ausbruch wine production?
Furmint base blended with Muskateller, PG, PB, Chardonnay, Neuberger
Explain Qualitätwein in Austria?
- Must be produce from one of the 36 GV allow
- Produce from one of the 16 smaller wine regions
- represent 2/3 of the production
must pass a panel tasting and chemical analysis
Where is the Burgenland located?
Eastern edge of Austria: Border with the Hungarian Border:
Display a hot continental climate: influenced by the Panonnian plain
What is Steinfeder?
lighter style of wine from the Wachau Classification
= name of a local grass found in the vineyard
Must be dry, reach no more than 11,5% ABV and a ripeness of 15 KMW
What are the Weinbaugebiete of Austria?
- Niederösterreich
- Wein (Vienna)
- Burgenland
- Steiermark (Styria)
When has Rosalia been official?
2018
Retroactive to the 2017 vintage
What are the GV allow for white wine production in Leithaberg DAC?
Neuberger,
Chardonnay,
Gruner Veltliner, Weissburgunder
Can be varietal or blended
What is the German/Austrian name for pinot gris?
Grauer Burgunder