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)
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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
What is the GV of Eisenberg DAC?
Blaufrankisch
What are the sub-region of the Niederösterreich set alongside the Danube River?
- Wachau
- Kremstal
- Kamptal
- Wagram
- Traisental
- Carnuntum
What are the 2 countries lies on the South of Austria?
Italy and Slovenia
What is the Vinea Wachau? When does it been founded?
Vinea Wachau Nobilis Districtus is an association of winemakers (200).
- Founded in 1983
- Define the area of production within the Wachau
- Developed the Codex Wachau
What’s happens in 1985 in Austria?
“Antifreeze” scandal
- winemakers used an colourless, odourless poisonous chemical into their wine: Dietylene Glycol
- give more body to their wine
T/F Austrian created and produced a TBA style prior German?
True
In 1526, almost 200 years prior their neighbours
Explain Reserve Sekt?
- Traditional method is mandatory
- grapes must be grow and vinified from one Austrian federal state
- wine spent 18 mth OTL
- can be vintage labelled
- sweetness levels is only from brut or less
What is “Gföhler”?
classic soil type of the Wachau region: Gneiss soil
What practices are not allow by the Codex Wachau?
- Chaptalisation
- Concentration
- Fractionation
- Aromatisation (wood)
Explain Weinviertel DAC?
2002
produce only dry Gruner V.
Classic: 12% ABV - RS: 6g/L max
Reserve (since 2009): 13% ABV - RS trocken: 9g/L
– wines must show a distinct peppery notes and no obvious wood or Botrytis tones
What are the sub-region of the Niederösterreich not linking with the Danube River?
- Weinviertel
- Thermenregion
How would you differentiate an Austrian Sekt with PDO labelling rather than general Austrian Sekt?
the PDO sekt must present the official seal on the capsule with the words
- Geschützter Ursprung, geprüfte Qualität, meaning “protected designation of origin and certified quality.”
What are the maximum yield in Austria?
9,000 Kg/Ha
= 67,5Hl/Ha
apply for the 3 levels of quality
What is the Federspiel?
medium ripeness range of the Wachau classification:
17 KMW
- 11,5% to 12,5% ABV
Means falconer’s tool
What is a “Ried” in Austria?
Single vineyard / Top site
How the Austrian involved their production after the WWII?
By research and development:
created the Klosterneuburg centre, follow by mechanisation and technology on the vineyard
Explain rules of Eisenberg DAC?
2009 first vintage (2008 for reserve)
Blaufrankisch only // Must be dry (4g/L max)
Classic: 12% ABV
Release: September 1st year
Reserve: 13% ABV
– release: March 2nd year
What does mean DAC in Austria?
Districtus Austriae Controllatus
highest quality level of the austrian scale
Name some iconic producer from the Wachau?
FX Pichler (Oberloiben) Rudi Pichler (Wosendorf) Emmerich Knoll (Oberloiben) Lagler (Spitz) Prager (Weißenkirchen) Jager (Weißenkirchen) Domaine Wachau (Durnstein) Nikolaihof (Mautern)
What was the previous name of the Wagram region? When does it change?
2007
Donauland
How is the local wine speciality call in Thermenregion ?
Spätrot Rotgipfler:
Blend of Rotgipfler and Zierfandler
What is Smaragd?
Ripper wine style of the Wachau classification
= Name of a emerald lizard
Must be fermented as dry
- Reach at least 12,5% ABV
- 19 KMW = Spätlese ripeness (95° Oschle)
What is the soil type of the Eisenberg DAC?
Gravel and slates
When does the Vinea Wachau has been introduced?
1983
What is the former Leithaberg DAC region know as?
Neusiedlersee-Hügelland
Since 2016, not reconise anymore as wine region
What is the most planted GV of the Steiermark?
Welschriesling
also SB, Traminer, Weissburgender showing well in the region.
Give 2 synonym of the Chardonnay in Austria?
Feinburgunder
Morillon
What is the german name for Blaufränkisch?Hungarian?
Germany: Lemberger
Hungary: Kekfrankos
What are the DAC of the Burgenland? What are the newest?
Neusiedlersee (2011) Leithaberg (2008 for red - 2009 for white) Rosalia (2017) Eisenberg (2009) Mittleburgenland (2005)
What was the final result of the “antifreeze scandal”?
It damage the quality reputation wine of the all Austrian market worldwide. Needed many years of structuration to get fame back
What is Rosalita?
Austria
Dry red wine produced in Rosalia DAC wine region
- Not follow the rules of the DAC
process of dried hand harvested grapes, fermented with residual sugar
(Rosolo is the dry version)
What is Dietylene glycol?
a poisonous colourless, odourless chemical use in Austria in 1985.
Created the “Antifreeze scandal.
Break down the all market of austrian wine
The current Weinland region cover what sector of Austria?
Landwein region
- Niederösterreich
- Wein
- Burgenland
What is the largest region of the Niederösterreich?
Weinviertel
also know as the first DAC
What is Heuriger?
Wine produce in Wien region,
Produce like a “nouveau” wine drunk locally into the tavern in Vienna
Name the DAC of the Wien Region? Explain it
Wiener Gemischter Satz
Field blend wine:
- Must contain at least 3 GV
- major grape cannot excess 50% of total blend
- the 3 main GV must compose at least 10% of the blend
Can rose wine be produce in Rosalia DAC?
Yes
Base in Blaufränkisch and Zweigelt (as red wine too)
What is the SKT organisation?
= Steirische Terroir und Klassikweingüter
free association of 10 winemakers of Styria to promote high quality wines of the region
What is the only region in Austria to allow Zweigelt in DAC level?
Neusiedlersee DAC: Since 2011 (Reserve is back to 2010 vintage)
What is Hauersekt means? When can it be use?
correspond to Recoltant Manipulant for Austrian sekt production
(= Winzersekt in Germany)
- Can be use for Große Reserve sekt
- in that case, Vintage, Village, vineyard and variety must be listed on the label
What is the only capital in Europe with a significant wine production?
Vienna (Wien) in Austria
What are the GV of the Kremstal DAC?
Gruner Veltliner
Riesling
Klassik: 12% ABV
+ Village: 12,5% ABV
Reserve: 13% ABV
What is the regulation for red wine production in Leithaberg DAC?
85% Blaufränkisch min + PN, St Laurent, and Zweigelt
– Must be aged in oak, can release prior 1 September of the 2nd year after harvest
What is the parentage crossing of the Gruner Veltliner?
Savagnin x St Georgener
What is the crossing of the Neuberger GV?
Silvaner x Roter Veltliner (red GV unrelated to Gruner V)
How is the climate of the Northern Austria?
Large influences from the Pannonian Plain::
Result a continental climate, with hot and dry summers, follows with severe winters
Influenced by the Danube river and its Tributaries
Name a famous winemaker of Illmitz?
Alois Kracher estate: BA, TBA and eiswein are legendary
Who’s Dr Lenz Moser? What does he created?
He is an Austrian searcher, and developed the wire trellising system in 1950’s,
How would you describe wine from Weinviertel rather than Kamptal or Kremstal?
Weinviertel? More pungent wine, less aromatic, and lighter in body
Kamptal / Kremstal: More intense wine, with more ripeness and softer
Name some famous villages for sweet wine production in Austria
- Illmitz: eastern bank of the Neusiedlersee lake (Kracher)
- Rust: Wester bank: Ausbruch production (Winzel)
What are the main GV of the Wien region?
Gruner Veltliner
Riesling
Weissburgunder (PB)
What is Große Reserve Sekt classification?
Top end of the Austrian sekt production
- Most strict restriction than others
- must come from a single wine village
- Hand harvested
- vineyard name and vintages labelling are allowed
- wine must sit OTL for 30 mth min
- Can not be release prior the 3rd year after harvest
- must be produce with maximum 12 g/L of sugar
What is the Codex Wachau?
Involve the natural wave of wine: must be produced without any
- No additive (chaptalisation)
- Concentration (cryo-extraction, reverse osmosis…)
- Fractionation (spinning cone)
- No Aromatisation (wood)
- manipulation of nature
What is the main feature about grape growing for the Wiener Gemischter Satz?
field blend:
the 3 varieties must be grow in a same vineyard (ripe all together)
Explain Schilcherland DAC?
DAC created in 2017 in Weststeiermark for rose wine
produced from the Blauer Wilbacher grape
Has been absorbed by the Weststeiermark DAC in 2018,
What is the principal soil type of the DAC?
Schist (primary rock) + loess, clay, loam
What grape is the result of the Savagnin x St Georgener crossing?
Gruner Veltliner
What are the levels of the Austrian Pradikatswein?
- Spalese
- Auslese
- Beerenauslese
- Strohwein
- Ausbruch
- TBA
What is Strohwein?
= Strawein
passerillage wine produce without botrytis affected grapes
What is the crossing of the Rotgipfler grape?
Savagnin x Roter Veltliner (red GV unrelated to Gruner V)
What is the largest wine growing region in Austria?
Niederösterreich: Represent twice of planted vineyard than the 2nd largest region (Burgenland)
Explain Rosalia DAC?
Dry red and Rose wine
- produced from Zweigelt and Blaufrankisch
classic: 12% ABV (red and rose)
Reserve: 13% ABV (red only)
“Ried” can be use for classic rose, and only for Reserve red
What is vie vinum?
Austrian wine fair happens in Vienna at spring time
What is the Prünfnumer? Why for?Where?
Austrian regulation
- Number reference for every Qualitätwein bottling:
wine must present a panel tasting and a chemical analysis
Allow the white and red banderol on bottle capsule
Name a leading winemaker of the Steiermark?
Manfred Tement
Can you tell the sub region of the Bergland weinbauregionen?
- Karten
- Oberösterreich
- Tirol
- Salzburg
- Vorarlburg
What is Spätrot Rotgipfler?
Classic blended wine originates from Thermenregion in Austria:
Rotgipfler and Zierfandler blend
When does Austrian laws created the new Protected designation of origin for Sekt wines?
2016
- Classified wine under 3 sub-quality:
- Klassik
- Reserve
- Große Reserve
What is Rosolo?
Austria
Dry red wine produced in Rosalia DAC wine region
- Not follow the rules of the DAC
process of dried hand harvested grapes, fermented to dry
- must reach a 15% ABV
(Rosalita is the sweet version)
What is the Austrian Erste Lage? How is it organised? Since when?
Created in 2012, by the Osterreichischen Traditionsweingünter (producer association)
- Not officially reconise yet
- Apply only for Riesling and Gruner Veltliner
Where is Rosalia Located?
Name the specific village of production
Burgenland - Mattersburg District - Pöttelsdorf village
West of the Neusiedl lake
What was the duty of the Dietylene glycol? When does winemaker used it?
in 1985
was use to enhance the body of the Austrian wine (use to be to light for them)
Name some famous winemakers of the Carnuntum?
Muhr-Van-Niepoort
Gerhard Markowitsch
Glatzer
who’s Manfred Tement?
Leading winemaker of the Steiermark region
- focus in sauvignon blanc mainly (oak and unoak version)
When does the Zweigelt been developed? What is it?
result of the St Laurent x Blaufränkisch crossing
Created in 1922
Give some iconic winemakers of the Kamptal by villages?
Langelois: Brundmayer, Schloss Gobelsburg, Loimer
Kammern: Hirsch
What is Wiener Gemischter Satz?
DAC of the Vienna region
- field blended wine:
- Must contain min 3 different grapes varieties
- no single GV more than 50% of the blend
- The 3 main grapes must represent at least 10% of the blend
- Can not be release prior March 1st year after harvest.
- Must be troken
How many hectares are grow in Wien?
over 600 Ha
What is the soil type of the Wachau?
Gföhler: gneiss soil
with loess, alluvial sand in lower slopes
Was Austria a large producer country in early times? (15-18th centuries)
Yes, huge amount of wine has been produced, but never receive the same fame than German or Hungarian’s tokay
Why is Burgenland know for?
Red wine and sweet wine production mainly
What is the first DAC to allow white and red wine production?
Leithaberg in Burgenland
- White: 2009
- Red: 2008
What is the Klosterneuburg centre know for?
Helps development of the Austrian vineyard on the after WWII
Created new grafting, new resistant GV to give new chances to winemakers
What is the Western most region of the Niederrostereich?
Wachau: narrow band of steep slopes vineyard sit alongside the bank of the Danube
What is the particularity of the Neusied lake?
is a largest lake of eastern Europe
The entire lake is more than 1,8 meter deep
–( 36 km long by 6 to 12 km wide)
What are the influences of the Rosalia DAC?
- Rosalia mountain range: Rosaliengabirge
- Wulka River
What are the the DAC of Styria
- Vulkanland Steiemark DAC
- Weststeiermark
- Südostseiermark
Name some highly regarded winemakers of the Kremstal?
Nigl (Seftenberg)
Malat (Palt)
Rainer Wess (Sandgrube)
Where is the Wulka River located?
Rosalia DAC - Burgenland - Austria
How the the gneiss soil call in Wachau?
Gföhler
In 13th century, where was the central wine trade city located alongside the Danube River?
Vienna
What is the crossing of the Blauburger?
Blauer Portugeiser x Blaufrankisch created in 1923
When was the first vintage of production for the Wiener Gemischter Satz?
2013
