Austria Flashcards by David Saul

Where would you find the Pfaffenberg vineyard?

On the border of the Wachau in the Town of Stein

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Name for the Mica slate soils of Kremstal?

Glimmerschiefer

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What vineyards would you find glimmersheifer?

Hund

Kogl

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Where is Nigl located?

Northern Kremstal toward kamptal in the town of Senftenberg

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Where are the towns of Gedersdorf

Strazing

Rohrendorf located?

Kremstal northwest of the Krems

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What is the dominant red grape of the Kremstal?

Zweigelt

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Where is the producer Malat located?

Palt Kremstal

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What are 3 regions of Kremstal?

Krems and north

East Northeastkremstaltoward Kamptal

South of Danube toward Traisental

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What is a ried?

Single Vineyard

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What is landwein?

Wine made from grapes sourced solely from 1 of 3 winegrowing regions

Weinland

Steirerland

Bergland

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What % of Austria’s wine is Qualitatwein?

84%

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What are the Erste Lage Ruppersthal?

Mordithal

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What is the main soil type of Wagram?

Loess

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What are the DAC authorized grapes of Wagram?

None it’s not a DAC

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What does KMW stand for?

What does 1 KMW equal?

What is the Ochsle conversion?

Klosterneuberger Mostwaage

1KMW is measured as 1 gram of sugar per 100 grams of must

1 KMW = 5 ochsle

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What are the 3 levels of quality in Austria?

Wein

Landwein

Qualitatswein

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What are the most commonly use grapes for Sekt?

Grunner Veltliner

Welschriesling

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What is the parentage of Grunerveltliner?

Savagnin X St Georgener

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Synonym for Mueller Thurgau?

Rivaner

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Informal name for basic Kremstal wines? What are the Stipulations?

Klassik

Min alcohol 12% abv

Show no Oak or Botrytis

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Kremstal Reserve wines have what standards?

Min 13% abv

Max 9 grams RS

May have oak and Botrytis

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What are the rules for GrunnerVeltliner and Riesling?

No Botrytis or Oak unless wine is of reserve level

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Where would you find the Loiserberg Vineyard?

Langenlois, Kamptal

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Where would you find the Lamm vineyard?

Kammern, Kamptal

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Where is the Stein vineyard located in Austria?

Engabrunner, Kamptal

What are the typical soils of Langenlois?

Gfohl gneiss Slate

What is the organization OTW stand for?

Osterreichische Traditionweinguter Organization much like the German VDP dedicated to identifying vineyard site for quality and distinctiveness

Where is the Heiligenstein vineyard located?

Zobing, Kamptal

Name 2 producers of wine from the Heiligenstein vineyard?

Brundlmayer Schloss Gobelsburg Hirsch

Under the Osterreichische Traditionweinguter what is the highest designation for a vineyard?

Erste Lage

What are the DAC authorized grape varieties of Traisental?

GrunerVeltliner Riesling

What wine growing states are located in Berland

Carinthia (Karnten) OberosterreichTyrol Vorarlberg Salzberg

What are the major villages of Leithaberg?

Eisenstadt Jois Winden Breitenbrunn Purbach Donnerskirchen Schutzen

Name the major vilages of Kamptal?

Langenlois Zobing Kammern Gabelsburg Strass im Strassertal Handorf Langenfeld Schonberg

What are the 3 quality levels that may be labeled on bottles of wine in the Kremstal?

Gebeitswein (regional) Ortswein (village) Lagenwein (single vineyard

who are the original members of Vinea Wachau?

Josef Jamek Franz Hirtzberger Franz Prager Coop Durnstsin (Domaine Wachau)

What is the soil type of the top sites of Spitzer Graber?

Slate and Schist

What are the 3 best sites of the Spitzer Graber?

Bruck Schon Kalkofer

Where would you find the Tausendeimerberg vineyard?

Spitz Wachau

Where are you going to find the ripest wine? Kamptal Kremstal Wachau

Kremstal

Name for layered shale w/ greywacke?

Flysch

When was the DAC created? What was the First region to become a DAC?

2002 Weinviertel

Association dedicated to uplifting the quality of the Weinviertal?

Premium Weinguter Weinviertel

Where in the Weinviertel do the most prestigous wine come from? What are the soil?

North Western near the czech border granite soils

Name of the Valley of Northwestern Weinviertel know for red wine?

Pulkau Valley

Where is the Pulkau Valley? Name 3 villages

Northwestern Weinviertel Villages Haugsdorf JetelDorf Mailberg

What is the parentage of Blauburger?

Blauer Portugieser Blaufrankisch

What is the parentage of Blaufrankisch?

Gouais Blanc x Zimmetraube

What are the major grape varieties of the Wagram?

Gruner Veltliner Zweigelt Muller Thurgau Roter Veltliner

When was the DAC introduced? What was the first DAC?

2002 Weinviertel

What are the 2 categories of Wein?

Wein - Grapes from anywhere Osterreich - Sourced from anywhere in Austria

What is the minimum KMW for Qualitatswein?

15 degrees

Where would you find most of the vineyards of the Wagram?

Northern Shore of the Danube on the border of the Kamptal

Name 3 important villages of Wagram?

Feuersbrunn Fels Grossriedenthal Gosing Kirchberg Grossweikersdorf Klosterneuberg

Where is Engabrunner? what is the sole Erste lage?

Kamptal - Stein

What are the Erste Lage of Fels am Wagram?

Brunnthal Scheiben

Where is the village Oberstockstall? What are the Erste Lage of Oberstockstall?

Wagram Rosenberg Spiegel

Name the major villages of the Traisental?

Nussdorf Reichersdorf Inzersdorf Traismauer Herzogenburg

Name 1 major producer of Traisental?

Markus Huber Ludwig Neumayer

Name 4 Erste lage sites of Traisental and their village?

**Berg** - Getzersdorf **Rothenbart, Zwirch -** Inzensdorf-Gotzerdorf **Alte Setzen** - Reichersdorf

What separates the Traisental from the Wachau?

Dunkelsteinerwald an extension of the Bohemian Massif

What tributary of the Danube influences the Traisental?

The Traisen river

What 2 DAC's make up the former Donaland?

Wagram Traisental

What verifies an Austrian wine has past strict measures of quality?

Banderole capsule and federal inspection Number

Term used on Austrian sekt official Seal?

Geschutzter Ursprung Geprufte Qualitat Protested Origin Prove Quality

Name 3 members of the Panobile?

Paul Ache Heinrich Pittnauer Judith Beck Gernot Leitner Preisinger Gsellmann Resner Nittnaus

What are the major differences between German and Austrian Pradikatswein?

Final sweetness can only be acheived an iterrupted fermentation No Chaptalization or addition of Grape No Kabinet Strohwein Schilfwein

Lees Aging for Grosse Reserve?

30 months

What are the requirements of Klassik Sekt?

Grape sourced from 1 federal state but can be vinified anywhere in Austria

What are the authoriaed white grapes of Leithaberg?

Gruner Veltliner Chardonnay Neuberger Weissbergunder

Partially fermented grape must drank during harvest in Austria?

Strum

Former name for Wagram?

Donneland