Baden Flashcards
Where does the Baden anbaugebiet rank in hectares planted?
3rd
What anbaugebiet border Baden?
Hessische Bergstrasse to the North
Franken to the North/Northeast
Wurttemberg to the East
Alsace to the west
How long does Baden stretch north to south?
400 kilometers
What physical border is in the west?
Rhine River
What physical border is in the east?
Black Forest
How many bereiches are in Baden?
9
List the bereiche
- Tauberfranken
- Badische-Bergstrasse
- Kraichgau
- Ortenau
- Breisgau
- Kaiserstuhl
- Tuniberg
- Markgaflerland
- Bodensee
What grapes are grown in Baden?
Red (42.2%)
- Spatburgunder: 5,592 ha
White Grapes (57.8%)
- Muller Thurgau: 2,559 ha
- Grauburgunder: 1,896 ha
- Weissburgunder: 1,373 ha
- Riesling: 1,119 ha
- Gutedel (Chasselas): 1,117 ha
What grapes are allowed for VDP production?
Spatburgunder
Weissburgunder
Grauburgunder
Riesling
Chardonnay
In what bereiches is Muller-Thurgau the most grown grape?
Tauberfranken
Badische Bergstrasse
Kraichgau
Bodensee
What is Chasselas called in Baden?
Gutedel
Where is most of the Gutedel in Baden located?
Markgaflerland Bereiche
Describe the location of the Markgaflerland bereiche
Margraferland Bereiche sits at Baden’s southern tip where the Anbaugebiet meets the Swiss city of Basel and the French border
Who brought Spatburgunder to Baden?
Carolingian Emperor Charles the Fat in 884 who planted it on the north shores of Lake Constance
What is Riesling called in Ortenau?
Klingelberger
What bereiches are most planted to Spatburgunder? (North to South)
Ortenau
Breisgau
Kaiserstuhl
Tuniberg
Describe Kaiserstuhl bereiche
- Best Baden bereiche for Pinot Noir
- Hills formed by extinct volcano with layers of loess
- Protected by rain shadow of Vosges Mountains
- Warmest and sunniest climate in Germany
- Warm vintages can produce 15% alcohol Pinots
- Best sites are often very steep with pure volcanic soils instead of wind blown loess
What are the best sites in Kaisterstuhl bereiche
Ackarrer Schlossberg
Ihringer Winklerberg (Germany’s hottest vineyard)
Describe Tuniberg bereiche
- Formally seperated from Kaiserstuhl in 1991
- More calcareous soil than volcanic
- More thorough distribution of loess and loess-loam topsoils
- Not as famous as Kaiserstuhl
Describe the climate of Baden
Only Anbaugebiet that is categorized as EU Climate Zone B
Is chaptalization allowed in Baden?
Yes but lower sugar amounts then most anbaugebiets
Is whole cluster common in Baden?
Yes
Where is much of the oak used in Baden sourced from?
France and Germany’s Black Forest
Same oak found in Vosges Mountains
What Spatburgunder clones are common in Baden?
Swiss Mariafeld and new German clones
Region is too warm for Dijon
What are sweet styles of Grauburgunder called?
Rulander
List the GL of Reicholzheim
Reicholzheimer Oberer First
List the GL of Liemen
Liemen Herrenberger Spermen
List the GL of Hilsbach
Hilsbacher Eichelberg
List the GL Eichelberg
Eichelberger Kapellenberg
Eichelberger Wigoldesberg
List the GL of Tiefenbach
Tiefenbacher Spiegelberg
Tiefenbacher Wormsberg
Tiefenbacher Schellenbrunnen
Tiefenbacher Heinberg
List the GL of Odenheim
Odenheimer Königsbecher