BADEN - Regional Bio Flashcards
Baden Regional Bio
Baden is the southernmost of Germany’s 13 Anbaugabeit and also the warmest. The region is known for its Spatburgunder and also ripe, relatively full-bodied examples of Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris) and Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc), often in oaked styles. For every acre of Riesling there are five of Pinot Noir, making the next most planted variety Muller-Thurgau, then Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc. Riesling makes up less than 10% of the vineyard area, followed by Gutedal (Chasselas).
Baden is the most spread out and the third-largest German wine region in terms of area under vine. Baden’s southermost winegrowing zones are Bodensee and Markgraflerland, and are located immediately next to the wine regions of northern Switzerland.
The Baden wines of most complexity are produced between the cities of Freiburg and Mannheim, in Kaiserstuhl, Ortenau and Kraichgau districts. These districts lie parallel to Alsace and Pfalz, whose low-lying Vosges and Haardt mountains shelter the area from the cold, wet, westerly winds that create a key factor the areas climate.
In the northern district of Tauberfranken, limestone is key, while Kaiserstuhl has rich, dark volcanic soils, and around Bodensee there are rich mineral glacial deposits.
