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Austria Flashcards

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1
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What is the climate in Austria? Vineyards are found in the east, away from the Alps.

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Cool Continental

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What are summers and winters like in Austria?

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Summers are short

Winters are long and harsh

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What kind of winds affect the Northerly wine regions?

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Cool Northerly winds

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What kind of winds affect the more Southerly vineyards?

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Warm easterly winds

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5
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What is the most widely planted grape variety?

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Gruner Veltliner

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When might wines made from Gruner Veltliner be unexciting?

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When yields are too high

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What are characteristics of best, young Gruner? (body, acid, clusters, distinct flavour)
What notes develop with age? (2)

A

Full-bodied
High-acid
Citrus and Stonefruit
White pepper

Honey and Toast with age

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8
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A majority of producers ferment and age in stainless and old oak casks are also commonly used. Still, what might some producers mature Gruner Veltliner in?

A

New oak barriques

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What is the second most planted white variety in Austria?

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Welschriesling

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10
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Welschriesling tends to be fresh, simple, with high acidity displaying flavours of? (cluster, fruit)

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Citrus, green apple

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What feature of Welschriesling makes it a candidate for making high-quality dessert wines?

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Thin-skins = botrytis

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The best examples of what, less widely planted grape come from Wachau, Kamptal and Kremstal?

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Rielsing

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13
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Which white grape has a growing reputation in Austria?

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Sauvignon Blanc

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What is the most widely planted black variety in Austria?

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Zweigelt (Blaufrankisch x St Laurent)

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15
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Which black grape is most highly regarded in Austria?

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Blaufrankisch

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16
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What Austrian specialty grape is similar to Pinot Noir in character?

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St Laurent

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17
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Which Austrian black grape variety tends to have high acidity with medium tannins and a peppery, sour cherry flavour?

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Blaufrankisch

18
Q

Which three international black grape varieties are grown and mainly blended with Austrian varieties?

A

Pinot Noir, Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot

19
Q

What are PGI wines labelled as? What are wines without a geographical identification labelled as?

A

Landwein

Wein (similar to Germany but Germany uses Deutscher wine)

20
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PDO wines can be from either a generic or specified region. What two labelling terms identify a PDO wine?

A

Qualitatswein

Districtus Austriae Controllatus (DAC)

21
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Qualitatswein labelling can be broken down further. Austria shares the Pradikatswein system, what is it called here?

A

Pradikat

22
Q

Ausbruch and Schilfwein/Strohwein are two additional ‘Pradikate’. Where does Ausbruch fit in? What is Schilfwein/Strohwein?

A

Between BA and TBA

Schilfwein is where bunches of grapes are laid out on reeds or straw during winter to concentrate sugars

23
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How many different grape varieties are permitted in Austrian PDO wines?

A

40

24
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How many smaller wine regions have elected to become Districtus Austriae Controllatus (DAC)?

A

15

25
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Where a DAC already exists for one style of wine, can you label a different style of wine as a Pradikatwein from that same specific region? What must the non-DAC wine be labelled as?

A

No

Pradikatswein from the larger, generic region

26
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What must producers from a region agree on before applying for DAC qualification?

A

Grape variety/varieties

A style of wines/set of regulations

27
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Wines made in a DAC region that do not conform to the decided grape varieties and/or regulations must not be labelled as being from that region. How may they be labelled?

A

Qualitatswein/Pradikat can be labelled from one of the bigger generic regions
Wein or Landwein too

28
Q

The four larger generic, federal state DACs are:

Niederosterreich, Burgenland, Steiermark and Wien. Which two boast the vast majority of production?

A

Niederosterreich (lower Austria)

Burgenland

29
Q

Which subregion of Niederosterreich is the most reknown for high quality dry wines made from either Gruner Veltliner or Riesling?

A

Wachau

30
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In Wachau, vineyards are often terraced and south-facing, what else helps maximise exposure to sunlight?

A

Proximity to the Danube

31
Q

Wachau became a Districtus Austriae Controllatus in what year?

A

2020

32
Q

Kremstal DAC and Kamptal DAC sit just to the north of which new DAC and produce wines from which similar grapes?

A

Wachau

Riesling and Gruner Veltliner

33
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Which area was the first Austrian DAC and largest wine-growing area?

A

Weinviertal DAC

34
Q

What single grape is permitted under Weinviertal DAC restrictions?

A

Gruner Veltliner

35
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There are two sub classifications in Weinviertal DAC; one is for light, fresh, fruity wines with no discernible oak, the other has a higher minimum ABV and can be oak-matured.

A

Klassik

Reserve

36
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What two kinds of top-quality wines is Burgenland known for?

A

Red and sweet

37
Q

Neusiedlersee is a vast shallow lake in Burgenland. This late, in combination with the wetland regions on it’s margins are responsible for autumn mist that aid in the botrytisation of which grape primarily?

A

Welshriesling (thin skins)

38
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The best red wines in Austria come from the vineyards on higher ground away from Neusiedlersee lake and in the hills further south. What black grape is most planted here?

A

Zweigelt

39
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What two Austrian grapes, aside from Zweigelt, are planted in Burgenland? How many DACs for each of these three grapes (inc. Zweigelt)

A

Blaufrankisch (4 DACs)
St Laurent (0)
Zweigelt (2)

40
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The largest DAC for Blaufrankisch is Mittelburgenland

A

Tru dat

WSET level 3 2020 (41 decks)

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