Chapter 22 - Germany (end) Flashcards
Name Germany’s Climate
Cool Continental
Which part of Germany is warmer?
Baden (South)
What effects does a long, cool ripening period have on grapes?
grapes have time to reach sugar ripeness while retaining acidity
Best sites for grape growing
- steep, stony slopes
- Southerly aspect (max heat and sunlight)
- near river - reflect sunlight, air movement- against frost
What are wines classified or labelled by?
- minimum must weight at harvest (level of grape juice)
2. variety
What are
1. GI
2. PGI
wines
GI - cheapest, lowest quality ( Deutscher Wein )
PGI - lower quality, less expensive ( Landwein )
Name the 2 labelling terms for PDO
- Qualitatswein - both red and whites at all quality levels
- Pradikatswein - mostly white wines
- use sweeter grapes
How many delimited regions?
13
List the Category of PDO wines
Qualitatswein (dry to medium sweet)
Pradikatswein
1. Kabinett (dry to medium sweet) - late harvest grapes
2. Spatlese (dry to medium sweet) - late harvest grapes
3. Auslese (dry to sweet) - late harvest or noble rot
4. Beerenauslese (BA) (sweet only) (Noble rot)
5. Eiswein (sweet only) - concentrated by freezing)
6. Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) (sweet only- noble rot)
What are the meanings of:
- trocken
- halbtrocken / feinherb
- dry wine
2. off dry to medium dry
- Name the independent group that classifies the best vineyards and sites in Germany
- How many members
- What are these dry wines call
- What is the must weight that needs to achieve?
- VDP
- 200
- GG (Grosses Gewächs - Great growth)
- Auslese level
Name the White Varieties
- Riesling
- Muller - Thurgau
- Silvaner
- Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris) - dry style
- Weisburgunder (Pinot Blanc) - dry style
What is the only variety permitted for GG wines?
Riesling
Which grape is the crossing between Riesling and Madeleine Royale?
Muller - Thurgau
Where is Silvaner mainly planted?
- Rheinhessen
2. Franken
Name the Black varieties
- Spatburgunder
2. Dornfelder
Where is Riesling grown?
- Mosel
- Nahe
- Rheingau
- Rheinhessen
- Pfalz
Where is Spatburgunder grown?
- Rheingau
- Pfalz
- Rheinhessen
- Baden
Where is Dornfelder grown?
- Rheinhessen
2. Pfalz
Where is Muller-Thurgau grown?
- Rheinhessen
- Pfalz
- Baden
- Where is ‘Kaiserstuhl’ (extinct volcano)
2. What grape varietal is grown here?
- Baden
2. Spatburgunder
What is the name of the best wine in Franken?
Wurzburg
Name the rivers in Germany
- Rhine
- Mosel
- soar
- Nahe
- Main
- Neckar (Baden)
- Where is Mittelhaardt?
2. What is the grape variety?
- most established quality vineyards surrounding Forst and Deidesheim in Pfalz
- Riesling
Name the 2 small tributaries in Mosel
- Saar
2. Ruwer
Name the 3 villages with top-quality wine in the Mosel
- Piesport
- Bernkastel
- Wehlen
Best vineyards must have the following conditions:
- very steep slopes
- slate soils
- next to the river
Where is Schlossbockelheim?
Nahe - Riesling
Which two rivers are vineyards grown near in Rheingau?
- River Rhine
2. River Main
Which two villages produces the best BA, TBA in Rheingau?
- Johannisberg
2. Rudesheim
Which village in Rudeshim produces excellent Spatburgunder
Assmannshausen
Name the 4 locations that produce GG wines
- Rheingau
- Rheinhessen
- Pfalz
- Franken
Where is the largest wine growing region in Germany?
Rheinhessen
Which village is referred to as Rheinterrasse
Nierstein
Where is the second largest vine-growing region?
Pfalz
Which region is the driest in Germany?
Pfalz - will suffer from water stress in warm years
Which region is the warmest in Germany?
Baden
In which region is silvaner early flowering, ripening and susceptible to frost damage
Franken
Which region produce Silvaner bottled in flask-shaped bottles
Franken
Which region is protected by the Taunus hills?
Rheingau
