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Austria - Wine Regions Flashcards

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Niederösterreich
What percentage is planted to white varieties and what is the most planted variety?

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  • 2/3 white
  • 50% Grüner Veltliner
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Niederösterreich
What are the three larger sub-regions?

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  • Weinviertel (north)
  • Regions along the Danube (west of Vienna)
  • Pannonian plain (south-east)
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Niederösterreich
What is the largest appellation?

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Weinviertel (also Austria’s largest)

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Weinviertel
Describe rain patterns and climatic factors

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  • Rain: 400-600mm
  • Cooling breezes from the north -> high diurnal range (peppery aromas and high acidity)
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Weinviertel
What is the only permitted grape variety for DAC wines and what % of plantings is it?

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  • Grüner Veltliner
  • 50% of plantings
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Weinviertel
What is the typical style of Grüner Veltliner? (aromas, acidity, body, quality, price)

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  • Typically, most peppery (cooling winds)
  • High acidity
  • Medium to medium (+) body
  • Good to very good quality, inexpensive to premium prices
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Weinviertel
Name a significant producer

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Sohm & Karcher

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What are the sub-regions along the Danube river?

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  • Wachau
  • Kremstal
  • Kamptal
  • Wagram
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Wachau
What are the two most planted varieties and on what soil are they planted?

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  • Riesling (gneiss)
  • Grüner Veltliner (loess)
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Wachau
What is the general quality level and price?

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Almost exclusively very good to outstanding wines with premium price

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Wachau
How is the layout of most vineyards?

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Steep terraces with the best sites facing south

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Wachau
What is the annual rain fall?

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460mm -> irrigation often necessary

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Wachau
What businesses are mostly involved in production?

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Mostly family-owned estates

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Wachau
Name two significant producers

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  • F.X. Pichler (family-owned estate)
  • Domäne Wachau (large, quality-driven co-operative)
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Wachau
What is the Vinea Wachau and how are wines classified?

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  • Association of quality-driven producers
  • Classified single vineyards based on soil and climate
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Wachau
Describe the three classifications of dry wine of Vinea Wachau

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  • Steinfeder – Fruity, dry, max 11.5% abv, lightest style
  • Federspiel – More concentrated, dry, 11.5-12.5% abv
  • Smaragd – Highly concentrated, dry, ripe fruit, min 12.5% abv
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Wachau
Describe the typical style of Wachau white wines (aromas, body, oak, acidity, ageing)

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  • Citrus, stone fruit, sometimes tropical
  • Light (Steinfeder) to full (Smaragd) body
  • NO oak influence
  • Medium (+) to high acidity
  • Best wines (esp. Smaragd) can improve in bottle for decades
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Kremstal
What is the climate compared to Wachau and why?

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  • Warmer than Wachau
  • Influenced by warn Pannonian plain to the east
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Kremstal
Name two significant producers

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  • Lenz Moser
  • Weingut Stadt Krems (co-operative)
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Kremstal
What percentage is planted to white varieties and what varieties are allowed for DAC wines?

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  • 75%
  • Riesling and Grüner Veltliner
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Kremstal
What is the typical style of white DAC wines? (sweetness, acidity, body, quality, price)

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  • Dry
  • Medium (+) to high acidity
  • Medium to full body
  • Good to outstanding quality, mid to premium priced
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Kremstal
What black grape variety is grown and what is its general style?

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  • Zweigelt
  • Fruity, easy drinking
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Kremstal
What percentage is planted to black varieties and what region appears on the label?

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  • 25%
  • Niederösterreich
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Kamptal
Around what town is the region located?

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Langenlois

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Kamptal
How is the climate influenced?

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  • Warm influence from the Pannonian plain
  • Cooling influence from Bohemian Massif
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Kamptal
What are the three most grown varieties in descending order?

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  • Grüner Veltliner (>50%)
  • Zweigelt
  • Riesling
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Kamptal
What is the general quality and price of white wines?

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Very good to outstanding quality with premium prices

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Kamptal
How are red wines from Zweigelt labeled and what is the general style?

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  • Labeled as Niederösterreich
  • Mostly fruity, easy-drinking
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Kamptal
Name two significant producers

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  • Bründlmayer
  • Hirsch
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Wagram
Where are the vineyards located and by what is the climate influenced?

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  • South and north of the Danube
  • Strong warming influence from the Pannonian plain
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Wagram
What is the general soil and what variety is mostly planted?

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  • Loess
  • Grüner Veltliner
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Wagram
What other variety is planted and what is the style of wine? (body, ageing)

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  • Roter Veltliner (no relation to Grüner Veltliner)
  • Full-bodied
  • Nutty aromas with bottle ageing
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Wagram
What varieties are allowed for DAC wines?

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There is no DAC

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Wagram
What is the style of Grüner Veltliner? (sweetness, body, acidity, quality, price)

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  • Mostly dry
  • Medium body
  • High acidity
  • Good to very good quality, mid- to premium priced
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Thermenregion
By what is the climate influenced?

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Benefits from warming influence of Pannonian plain

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Thermenregion
What varieties are allowed for DAC wines?

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There is no DAC

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Thermenregion
What is the ratio of white and black varieties?

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50/50

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Thermenregion
What black grape varieties are grown and what is the general quality?

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  • Pinot Noir and Sankt Laurent
  • High quality
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Thermenregion
What is the style of Sankt Laurent? (body, tannins, aromas)

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  • Medium(-) body
  • Medium tannins
  • Red cherry flavors
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Thermenregion
What are the white varieties and their characteristics?

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  • Neuburger most planted variety (local variety with subtle spicy and floral aromas)
  • Rotgipfler (full-bodied, peach flavors)
  • Zierfandler (aromatic, peach, honey, and spice)
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Thermenregion
A blend from what two varieties is a local speciality?

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  • Rotgipfler
  • Zierfandler
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Burgenland
What are the three most important sub-regions?

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  • Neusiedlersee
  • Leithaberg
  • Mittelburgenland
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Burgenland
What are the two most planted black and white varieties?

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  • Blaufränkisch
  • Zweigelt
  • Grüner Veltliner
  • Welschriesling
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Burgenland
What is the climate and by what is it influenced?

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  • One of the flattest and warmest areas
  • Warming influence from the Pannonian plain
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Burgenland
How is the climate influencing white grape growing?

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  • Grüner Veltliner less quality as in Niederösterreich (too warm)
  • Botrytised wines from Welschriesling are important
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Burgenland
How is the climate influencing black grape growing?

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Black grapes are able to ripen reliably

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Neusiedlersee
What is special about the climate?

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  • Warmest area in Austria
  • Fog forms over night in autumn when temperatures drop, but lake is is still warm
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Neusiedlersee
How is the climate good for botrytis?

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  • High humidity, so botrytis forms
  • Warm autumn sunshine in the afternoon to prevent grey rot
  • Consistent botrytis every vintage
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Neusiedlersee
Which grape variety is particularly well suited for botrytis, why, and where is it planted?

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  • Welschriesling
  • Thin skin
  • Planted near the lake
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Neusiedlersee
For what two types of wines is the climate suitable? Where are they planted?

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  • TBA: near the lake
  • Dry red wines: away from the lake (still warming influence but less humidity)
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Neusiedlersee
Describe the typical style of Ruster Ausbruch (sweetness, acidity, aromas, oak, ageing, quality, price)

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  • Sweet
  • High acidity
  • Marmelade
  • Usually not oaked
  • Ageing potential
  • Very good to outstanding
  • Premium priced
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Neusiedlersee
What varieties are planted for red wines?

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  • Zweigelt
  • Blaufränkisch
  • Pinot Noir
  • Sankt Laurent
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Neusiedlersee
What grape variety are DAC Neusiedlersee wines based on?

A

Zweigelt

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Neusiedlersee
What varieties are allowed in DAC Klassik and Reserve?

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  • Klassik: Zweigelt
  • Reserve: Zweigelt (min 60%), Blaufränkisch, Pinot Noir, Sankt Laurent
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Neusiedlersee
Describe the typical style of a DAC Klassik wine (variety, aromas, oak, acidity, body, quality, price)

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  • Zweigelt
  • Red cherry
  • Little oak
  • Medium acidity
  • Medium to full body
  • Good to very good quality
  • Mid-priced
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Neusiedlersee
Name a significant producer for red wine and TBA sweet wines

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  • Red: Krutzler
  • TBA: Alois Kracher
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Leithaberg
What are the styles of wines produced?

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  • Very sweet TBA (around Rust)
  • Red wines
  • White wines
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Leithaberg
What is the most common black grape variety? (%)

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Blaufränkisch (20% of plantings)

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Leithaberg
What wines and respective grape varieties are allowed for DAC wines?

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  • Red: Min 85% Blaufränkisch
  • White: Blends or single varietals from Weissburgunder, Chardonnay, Grüner Veltliner, or Neuburger
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Leithaberg
Describe the typical style of Leithaberg DAC red (oak, acidity, body, quality, price)

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  • Must be oak aged
  • Medium(+) to high acidity
  • Medium(+) to full body
  • Very good to outstanding
  • Premium priced
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Leithaberg
Describe the typical style of Leithaberg DAC white (acidity, body, quality, price)

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  • Medium to high acidity
  • Medium(-) to medium(+) body
  • Good to very good
  • Mid- to premium priced
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Mittelburgenland
How is the climate influenced?

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Warming influence from Pannonian plain

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Mittelburgenland
What grape variety is mostly planted? (%)

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Blaufränkisch (>50% of plantings)

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Mittelburgenland
What variety is used for DAC wines and what are the requirements?

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  • Blaufränkisch
  • Min 85%
65
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Mittelburgenland
Describe the three DAC styles

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  • DAC – stainless steel tanks or large oak casks
  • DAC + Vineyard designation – higher min alc level and large oak casks or barriques
  • DAC Reserve – higher min alc level, longer maturation, and large oak casks or barriques
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Mittelburgenland
Describe the basic and reserve quality level of DAC wines

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  • Basic – good to very good, mid-priced
  • Reserve – Very good to outstanding, premium priced
67
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Steiermark
Where are the vineyards situated?

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Steep hills and often terraced

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Steiermark
Describe the natural hazards

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  • Freeze
  • Spring frost
  • Hail (netting used)
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Steiermark
What type of wines and varieties is Steiermark known?

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  • Crisp, dry White wines
  • Welschriesling
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Weissburgunder
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Steiermark
What are the three sub-regions of the DAC system?

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  • Vulkanland Steiermark DAC
  • Südsteiermark DAC
  • Weststeiermark DAC
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Steiermark
What grape varieties are permitted for regional and village/single-vineyard DAC wines?

A

Regional – Range of varieties
Village/Single-vineyard – Sauvignon Blanc based

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Wien
What is the DAC wine and its style?

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  • Wiener Gemischter Satz
  • For early drinking
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Wien
What are the requirements for Wiener Gemischter Satz DAC?

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  • Must be a blend (20 grape varieties permitted)
  • Dry
  • Unoaked
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Wien
What is the typical style of wines? (acidity, body, quality, price)

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  • Medium(+) to high acidity
  • Light body
  • Acceptable to very good quality
  • Inexpensive to mid-priced (some premium priced)

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