Ch. 14 - Central and Eastern Europe Flashcards
What is the climate of Austria?
The climate in eastern Austria is cool continental. Summers are mild and winters are very cold.
Name the main white grapes for Austria.
- Gruner Veltliner (35,530 acres)
- Welschriesling (7,980 acres)
- Riesling (4,990 acres)
- Weissburgunder (4,745 acres)
- Muller-Thurgau (4,375 acres)
- Chardonnay (3,890 acres)
- Sauvignon Blanc (2,890 acres)
Name the main red grapes for Austria.
- Zweigelt (15,600 acres)
- Blaufrankisch (6,950 acres)
- Portugieser (3,125 acres)
- St. Laurent (1,790 acres)
- Merlot (1,720 acres)
- Spatburgunder (1,520 acres)
What is Muller-Thurgau?
Muller-Thurgau: a white cross of Riesling and Madeleine Royal.
What is Zweigelt?
Zweigelt: a red cross of Blaufrankisch and St. Laurent.
What are the other names for Blaufrankisch?
- Lemberger
- Kekfrankos
What is the Austrian measure for must weight?
Klosterneuburger Mostwaage (KMW).
- 1 ° KMW = about 1.2 Brix
- 1 ° KMW = about 5 Oechsle
Describe the classification hierarchy of Austria.
- Wein - Osterreich
- Landwein - PGI - Weinbauregionen
- Qualitiitswein and Pradikatswein - PDO - Weinbaugebiet.
Name the Landwein regions of Austria.
- Weinland
- Osterreich
- Steierland
- Bergland
What is Strohwein?
- Strohwein is a dried-grape wine that uses grapes of at least BA ripeness that have been air-dried on stroh (straw) mats or hung on strings, like the recioto wines of the Veneto in Italy.
- Grapes for Strohwein must be dried for a minimum of three months, if picked at 25° KMW, or else picked at 30° KMW and stored for two months.
What are the quality levels for Wachau?
- Steinfeder (the lightest style)
- Federspiel (classic, or middleweight wines)
- Smaragd (the fullest-bodied wines)
Indicate increasing levels of ripeness for wines that are dry on the palate.
What is Bergwein?
- Translates to mountain wine- is basic Wein-level wine made from grapes that are grown on extraordinarily steep slopes with at least a 26% gradient.
- Bergwein is treated in some respects like the wines of higher quality levels.
Name the red only DACs of Austria.
- Mittelburgenland, for Blaufrankisch
- Eisenberg, for Blaufrankisch
- Neusiedlersee, for reds only (Zweigelt or Zweigelt-based blends)
Name the rose DACs of Austria.
- Schilcherland, for dry rose produced using the
Blauer Wildbacher variety.
What is the climate of Niederosterreich (Lower Austria)?
- Continental climate with warm, dry summers and severe winters.
Name the sub-regions of Niederosterreich.
- Carnuntum DAC - Cabernet Sauvignon & Merlot.
- Kamptal DAC - Gruner Veltliner or Riesling.
- Kremstal DAC - Gruner Veltliner or Riesling.
- Thermenregion
- Traisental DAC - Gruner Veltliner or Riesling.
- Wachau DAC
- Wagram
- Weinviertel DAC - 100% Gruner Veltliner
Which lake is present in Burgenland?
- Lake Neusiedl, the largest closed-basin lake in Europe.
What is Ruster Ausbruch?
- A dessert wine made in the town of Rust at the Trockenbeerenauslese level of the Austrian Pradikat.
How is Ruster Ausbruch produced?
- Ruster Ausbruch is produced using a combination of botrytis-affected grapes and less concentrated grapes harvested from the same vineyard.
- The wine is aged before release.
Name the sub-regions of Burgenland.
- Eisenberg DAC - Blaufrankisch
- Leithaberg DAC
- Mittelburgenland DAC - Blaufrankisch
- Neusiedlersee DAC - Zweigelt
What are the other names for Welschriesling?
- Italian Riesling
- Grasevina
Unrelated to true Riesling.
What is a Heurigen?
Seasonal wine taverns in Vienna - where the local winemakers served their newly-produced wine in and around the vineyards at harvest time.
What is Gemischter Satz?
A DAC, Gemischter Satz is for wines made from several different grape varieties fermented together but also must be grown together in a field blend.
What is the blend for Egri Bikaver (Bull’s Blood of Eger)?
- Kadarka
- Kekfrankos (Blaufrankisch)
- Kekoporto (Portugieser)
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Cabernet Franc
- Merlot, Menoire, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Blauburger, and Zweigelt.
What are the requirements for Egri Bikaver Superior?
- 2004
- At least five of the recommended varieties be used.