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Ch 22 Flashcards

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baden

A 
warmest southerly region
-fullest body, highest ABV
3rd largest growing region 
-most vineyards spread out over a narrow strip along the Rhine river to the Swiss border
-best Kaiserstuhl (extinct volcano)
-developed rep for PN widely planted
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Franken

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Known for Silvaner
best wines come from around Wurzburg and dry with a richness on the palate and often an earthy quality
-flask shaped bottles

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Silvaner

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from Franken

  • early flower and ripening
  • susceptible to frost damage
  • planted in the warmest sites
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in the Pfalz regions, where are the quality vineyards found?

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in a region that surrounds Forst and Deidssheim
-steep slopes to the west of village
full ripe style
-young energetic growers

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Pfalz

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2nd largest growing region

  • continuation of Alsace - Vosges Mts
  • driest of German Regions
  • Rieslings and Muller Thurgau
  • Dornfelder, portugiesr (black grapes 40 perectage of production)
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describe Rheinhessen

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largest vie growing region

  • muller Thurgau and Riesling
  • dornfelder, portugieser, PN

Village of Nierstein-produces some of the fullest body Rieslings

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Rheingau

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small by prestigious regions

  • most vineyards situated on slopes of the Northern bank of the River Rhine and have southern aspects
  • protection offered by Taunushills
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the majority of Riesling grown in the Rheingau are growers where and have what characteristics?

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Johannisberg and Rudesheim

  • majority are dry
  • med to full body
  • distinct ripe peach
  • humid conditions by Rhine–> produce BA and TBA here
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Niche

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vineyards spread over a wide area that lies between Mosel and Rheinhessen

  • best banks of Nahe near Schlossbockelheim
  • south facing slopes
  • style between Mosel and fuller bodied wines
  • this is the only GG wines, pronounced acidity of the Mosel but can have slightly riper fruit character as the climate is warmer
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Mosel

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River Mosel where it joins the River Rhine
-predominantly Riesling production
-Production is concentrated at Middle Mosel
BEST: Piesport, Bernkastel, Wehlen
-steep slopes, slate soil
-low ABV, high Acid, floral green fruit

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list major wine regions in Germany

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Mosel
Nache
Rheingau
Rheinhessen
Pfalz
Baden
Franken
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12
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Important black grapes in Germany

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SPATBURGUNDER- PN grown in Phalz and Baden
dry either, light and fruity or concentrated oak

DERNFELDER- Particularly deep color
Portugieser
Trollinger
Schwazriesling Meunier

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Silvaner

A

3rd most planted

  • Rheihessen and Franken
  • dry and sweet
  • less acidic and less overly fruity than Riesling
  • sometimes have earthy quality
  • capable of producing high quality
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Muller thurgau

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crossing Riesling and Madeline Royale
-ripens earlier than Riesling
-not as high acid or flavor
-attractive floral fruity
-not high quality
2nd most planted
-decline in market share
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German sweetness labeling Terms

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Trocken - off dry or medium
Halbtrocken
Fienherb- not legally defined

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What are the levels called that make up the German PDO

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1) QUALITATSWEIN - minimum must weight required is lower for this
2) PRADIKATSWEIN

Germany has 13 delimited regions

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Eiswein

A 
sweet dessert wines
healthy grapes 
frozen on vine in winter
No noble rot
Purer Varietal character
-come in handling juice
No masked flavors, No MLF, No Oak
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Beerenauslese

A 
sweet desert wine
noble rot not essential 
low in Alcohol
honey dry fruit  candied peal, floral aroma
not always made from year to year
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Trockebeerenauslese

A 
sweet desert wines
noble rot is essential to achieve level
-low in alcohol
honey dry fruit, candied peel, floral, aroma
highest minimum must weight
very concentrated
not always made from year to year
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Auslese

A 
3rd lowest pradicat
-dry to sweet
-ripest of pradicat level
-often displaying honey aroma--> derived from noble rot
individually selected grapes
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spatlese

A 
2nd lowest pradicat
-dry to med sweet
riper in style extras
displaying stone fruit aroma
more concentrated than kabinett
more body, peach apricot
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kabinett wines

A 
lowest pradikat
-dry to med sweet
-orange, green apple
lt body green citrus fruit, floral aroma
-ABV 8-9 and can reach 12 dry
23
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German Riesling

A

most widely planted grape
expresses different regions to regions due to climate and soil
-flavor range from delicate floral to dry to luscious sweet

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the Germans take a different approach from other EU countries w/ reguard to PDOs. 3 key differences?

A

1) there is not a tight link between wine region and grape
2) wine is typically variety labeled
3) wine is classified according to the level of sugar at harvest = must weight

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what styles wine is qualitatswein?

A 
dry to med sweet
-red or white
-inexpensive to premium
\_\_\_\_ represents the majority of PDO
\_\_\_\_ has a range of styles
26
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list the sub categories of Pradidkat from least to highest must weight

A

Kabinett dry to med sweet
Spatless dry to med sweet
Ausles dry to sweet
Beerenauslese Sweet
Eiswein Sweet
Trockenbeerenausles Sweet

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Pradikatswein

A

min must weight requires is higher than qualitatswein
is divided int 6 subcategories called Pradikat
system can be used for both Red and white
*white more common has RS

28
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one consequence of Germany’s wine laws

A

No legally defined quality statements

no vineyard classifications

29
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Verband deutscher Pradikatswinguter VDP

A

Independent group of German producers

  • goal of deepening Quality wines
  • considered to represent the very best of German wine making
30
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Grosses Gewachs GG

A

8VDP–> Qualitatswein –>______
best wine made in Germany
-only vineyard w/ the top Classificatoin may be Called ______
-indicated on label w/ bunches of grapes
DRY

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VDP hierachy

A 
Qualitatswein Grosses Gewachs
Pradikatswin   
1) kabinett
2) spat lese
3) auslese
4) beerenauslese
5) einswein
6) trockenbeeren auslese
32
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wine label in Germany

A

PDO wine comes from only one region and region is on label

  • pradikat level listed on label
  • varietal label common
  • sweetness, vineyard, location, indication of quality
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Germany grape growing

A

different in location = significant different in quality
-best= steep slopes S aspect max un and heat
-head pruned and individually staked
-came tied in at the top of the stake
max 1 qt and sir circulation river reflective
-flowering water protect against fires

34
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how are grapes classified in germany

A

must weight, level of sugar
-many passes through for harvest
Qualitatswein and Pradikatswein= defines possible ranges of must weight

35
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Germany Climate

A

cool continental climate
Baden warmer
-summers wet- rain declines toward fall
-cool summer = h acid, retention

when conditions = noble rot
-annual weather conditions vary leading to significant variations quality, quality style

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