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Ch12 Riesling Flashcards

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Riesling Grape

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Aromatic
Fruity + Floral (not herbaceous like Sauvignon Blanc)
Ability to express terroir.
Slowly builds up sugars and retains natural acidity
Susceptible to Noble rot, which concentrates sugars and acids, making grape lusciously sweet

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Riesling Flavours Aromas

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  • High Acidity + Intense Fruit = ages we well in bottle = honey + toast
  • Smokey petrol flavours in old Riesling wines
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Riesling Oak

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New oak never used

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Riesling Bulk

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Not really bulk production - cheap sweet wines in Germany are not Riesling

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Riesling Blended

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Premium Riesling not blended - occasionally blended with Gewurztraminer in Australia to make fruity off-dry wines

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Wines that are NOT Riesling

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Welschriesling, Laski Rizling, Olaszrizling = NOT RIESLING

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Riesling Cool Climate

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  • Fruit harvested when ripe, NOT overripe = Green fruit (green apple, grape) + Floral + Citrus (lemon, lime)
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Riesling Moderate Climate

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Citrus + Stone Fruit

Can smell strongly of lime or white peach

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Riesling Warm Climate

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  • Because of slow build up of sutas and retention of acids, it’s suitable for late harvesting in areas with stable + dry + sunny autumns
  • Stone fruit + Tropical fruit (peach, apricot, pineapple, mango)
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German Riesling

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Wide range of styles

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Qualiteitswein Riesling

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  • Basic riesling classified as Qualiteitswein
  • Light body = Dry + Fruity + Refreshing
  • Includes most of Germany’s best Riesling
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Pradikatswein categorised by

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Pradikatswein categorised by sugar levels in grapes/must

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Order of Pradikatswein

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Kabinett
Spatlese (late harvest)
Auslese (bunch)
Beerneauslese (single berry)
Trockenbeerenauslese (dry single berry)
Eiswein
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Kabinett

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Kabinett
- Light Body + High Acidity

  • Green fruit (apple, grape).
  • Medium sweet + Light Alcohol…but can be dry with medium alcohol
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Spatlese

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Spatlese (late harvest)
- More body than Kabinett

  • CItrus + Exotic Fruit (lemon, pineapple)
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Auslese

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Auslese (bunch)
- Even more body

  • Even more Exotic Fruit (pineapple, mango)
  • Highest category to appear as dry wine….but most
  • Auslese are medium or sweet
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Beerneauslese

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Beerneauslese (single berry)

- Sweet wine from Noble rot

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Trockenbeerenauslese

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Trockenbeerenauslese (dry single berry)

- Sweet wine from Noble rot

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Eiswein

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Eiswein

- Sweet wine made from frozen berries

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German Riesling Regions

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Mosel
- Piesport + Bernkastel
Lightest body Riesling. 
Kabinett + Spatlese
Medium sweet + High acidity
Rheingau
Smaller region than Mosel
Kabinett + Spatlese + Auslese
Pfalz
Forst + Deidesheim
Large, southerly region close to Alsace
Off-Dry + Medium Body
Rheinhaussen
Largest vineyards in Germany
North of Pfalz
Best vineyards on west bank of Rhine
Fullest body Rieslings in Germany

Grosses Gewachs (Erstes Gewachs in Rheingau)
High quality dry wine made from riper grapes (equivalent to Spatlese but qualified as Qualiteitswein)
Grapes must come from one of the best individual named vineyards
Red wines are made from Spatburgunder and whites made from Riesling
Private labelling system set up by best german wine producers to indicate consider top vineyard sites

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Mosel Characteristics

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Mosel

  • Piesport + Bernkastel
  • Lightest body Riesling.
  • Kabinett + Spatlese
  • Medium sweet + High acidity
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Rheingau Characteristics

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Rheingau

  • Smaller region than Mosel
  • Kabinett + Spatlese + Auslese
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Pfalz Characteristics

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Pfalz

  • Forst + Deidesheim
  • Large, southerly region close to Alsace
  • Off-Dry + Medium Body
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Rheinhessen

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Rheinhaussen

  • Largest vineyards in Germany
  • North of Pfalz
  • Best vineyards are on west bank of Rhine
  • Fullest body Rieslings in Germany
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Grosses Gewachs

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Grosses Gewachs (Erstes Gewachs in Rheingau)
- High quality dry wine made from riper grapes (equivalent to Spatlese but qualified as Qualiteitswein)
  • Grapes must come from one of the best individual named vineyards
  • Red wines are made from Spatburgunder and whites made from Riesling
  • Private labelling system set up by best german wine producers to indicate consider top vineyard sites
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France Riesling Region

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  • Alsace
  • Name of grape + appellation appears on label
    Alsace AC and Alsace Grand Cru AC because of a wide range of soil types - wines can vary from site to site
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Alsace Landscape and Climate

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  • In rainshadow of Vosges mountains in the west - protects from rain bearing winds blowing across north France.
  • Vines planted on eastern foothills - for morning sun
  • Long dry warm autumns
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Alsace Riesling Characteristics

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Dry + Medium Body
Green fruit + Citrus fruit + Stone fruit
Full body late harvest wines = more intense flavour + hint of sweetness

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Alsace Riesling Ageing

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Best wines benefit from bottle age = last for decades = smokey, honey complexity + petrol

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Austria Riesling

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  • Medium and Full body + Dry + Medium or High Acidity
    Citrus + Stone Fruit
  • Some vineyards = Smokey mineral aromas - helps gain complexity with age
  • Occasionally blended with Gewurztraminer to make fruity off-dry wines
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Australia Riesling Regions

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Clare Valley and Eden Valley

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Australia Riesling Characteristics

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  • Dry + Medium Body + High Acidity

- Pronounced Citrus (lime, lemon)

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Australian Riesling Ageing

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Ages well - honey + toast

Some wines rapidly develop smoky aromas similar to petrol - sweet wines made from this grape`

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New Zealand Riesling

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  • South Island
  • Dry or Off-dry + High Acidity
  • Intense Green fruit + Citrus fruit (apple, grape, lime)
  • Most best consumed young, but some develop honey with age

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