DE: Franken, Nahe, Rheinhessen Flashcards
Franken is located within what German state?
Bavaria
Franken’s main river
The Main River
*tributary of the Tauber
Franken 3 bereich
1) Mainviereck (Main Square)
2) Maindreieck (Main Triangle)
3) Steigerwald
Steigerwald bereich
Franken
* easternmost, highest, coolest
* Keuper (gypsum-laced black soils) - keeps vines warm enough for the north-facing sites
* Castell, Iphofer = main towns
Mainviereck bereich
Franken
“main square”
warmer, western, important for PN
* Klingenberg, Bürgstadt
* weathered red sandstone, gentler climate
*Rudolph Fürst = premier producer
Maindrieick bereich
Franken; “Main triangle”
* Wurzberg
* 3/4 of Franken production
*shell limestone soils, white wines
*Würzberg is in this bereich
Franken’s most important city?
Würzberg
Franken white grapes
- Muller-Thurgau
- Silvaner
- Bacchus
- Riesling
Riesling in the Franken
It isn’t widely grown: Too cold, too sharply continental. Growing season is too short and harsh.
* Spring frosts, short hot summers, bitter winters
* Riesling can only survive on the most steep, south-facing slopes - limited growing area.
Rudolf Fürst
Rudolf Furst, Burgstadt, Mainviereck bereich Franken
* premier producer of Pinot Noir
* Bürgstadter Centgrafenberg, Hundsrück
Franken’s largest producer?
Juliuspital
1st German Silvaner plantings?
1659, planted by the Cistercians in Castell
Minimum must weight requirement for Franken’s varieties bottled in bocksbeutel?
72° Oechsle, vs a minimum 63° oechsle for general qualitatswein
What is ‘realteilung’?
the process of buying, swapping, and tweaking boundaries of a property
2 important villages for Franken Silvaner
Castell, Iphofer
Steigerwald bereich
- westernmost highest & coolest bereich
- black gypsum-laced Keuper soils keep vines warm at night, even on north-facing slopes
Hans Wirsching, based in Iphofen
Single vineyard PDOs in Franken?
Würzberger Stein-Berg
Bürgstädter Burg
4 tributaries of the Nahe River
Northern: Grafenbach, Trollbach
Southern: Glan, Alsenz
Varieties for Nahe VDP Grosse Lage wines?
Riesling only
Nahe lay of the land
1 bereich: Nahetal
- Upper Nahe: Hunsrück Hills
- Middle Nahe: Hunsrück Hills keep it cool; most famous Grosse Lage + villages
- Lower Nahe: heavier clay, loess, warmer. Good Spatburgunder area.
Upper Nahe important villages/producers
Monzingen (Emrich-Schonlieber)
Bockenau (Schäfer-Frohlich)
Rotenfels
Nahe
* Huuuuge rock formation on the Nahe, 2km long rising to 327M
* Porphyry (rhyolite/reddish volcanic rock)
* near Norheim in southern Nahe
Dorsheimer Rotenfels, Traisen Rotenfels = 2 important Grosse Lage
Weingut Dönnhoff
Based in Oberhauser (Middle Nahe)
3 GG: Hermanshölle, Dellchen, Brücke
Top sites:
* Niederhauser Hermanshölle
* Oberhauser Brücke
* Norheimer Dellchen
Emrich-Schönlieber
Monzingen (Upper Nahe)
GG’s: Halenberg, Frühlingsplätzchen
Oberhauser Brücke
Nahe
Monopole of Weingut Dönnhoff
*S/SE-facing
* grey slate, loess loam
* 0-15%
Schäfer-Frohlich
Bockenau (Upper Nahe - nearest the Hünsruck Hills)
Top sites: Felseneck, Halenberg, Frühlingsplätzchen
Bockenau Felseneck
Upper Nahe in the Ellerbach Valley
Bockenau
Schäfer-Fröhlich = key producer
Niederhauser Hermanshöhle
Middle Nahe
*Dönnhoff, Emrich-Schonlieber, Kruger-Rumpf
* Argillaceous slate with limestone veins
* 130 - 175M; 40 - 60% slope
4 main Nahe soils
weathered volcanics
slate
limestone
schist
Norsheimer Dellchen
- a Dönnhoff GG; Kruger-Rumpf
*slate, quartzite, reddish iron-rich volcanics
Nahe climate
transition between maritime and continental
* Hünsruck Hills/Forest block cold winds
* mild, dry ~20in rain/yr
Bad Kreuznach
Largest town along the Nahe River; center of wine trade in Nahe
* sometimes considered its own subregion
* situated near Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle
Schlossböckelheimer Felsenberg
Oberhauser Brücke
Schlössbockenheimer Felsenberg
Nahe
“rock mountain”
* Dönnhoff, Schonlieber, Gut Hermannsberg
* Felsentürmchen = rock formation on Felsenberg labels
Germany’s highest production anbaugebiet
Rheinhessen
Roter Hang
- where is it
- soils
- key vineyards
Rheinhessen - “red slope”
* clay and red sandstone between Nierstein and Nackenheim
*East-facing, 70 - 80%
* Pettenthal, Rothenberg = key vineyards in this formation
Part of the Rheinterrasse, a span of east-facing exposures protected from frost and winds.. major vineyards here
Roter Hang villages/vineyards
Nierstein (Pettenthal)
Nackenheim (Rothenberg)
Oppenheim
[“red hill” of clay and weathered sandstone between these towns. E-facing, 70 - 80% grade - part of the larger Rheinterrasse in the Rheinhessen]
Liebfraumilch
- what anbaugebiet can produce it
- min RS
- grapes
Nahe, Rheinhessen, Rheingau
* min. 70% Silvaner, Riesling, MT, Kerner
* min 18 gl RS
* no varietal labelling
Klaus Peter Keller
- location
- 3 top sites
Florsheim-Dalsheim, Rheinhessen (Wonnegau Bereich)
* they are located in the Hügelland - which isn’t considered to be the best area of the Rheinhessen
Top sites (GG’s):
- Westhofener Kirchspiel
- Westhofener Morstein
- Florsheim-Dalsheim Abtserde
Petterthal, Hipping = Keller’s Roter Hang holdings
Bought Piesporter Schubertslay in the Mosel (2017)
G-Max: undisclosed vineyard
G = Georg, the founder // M = Max, Klaus’ son
Message in a Bottle
Rheinhessen growers organization est 1992
“Top quality in the glass and fun with wine”
Wittmann Philipp
Battenfeld-Spanier
Wagner Stempel
Nierstein Pettenthal
Rheinhessen Grosse Lage
Nackenheimer Rothenberg
Rheinhessen Grosse Lage
*Gunderloch is a major land holder
Rheinhessen’s Kirchspiel
Flörsheim-Dalsheim
Rheinhessen
*limestone with marl/loess layers
*Keller, Wittmann
Westhofen Morstein
Rheinhessen Grosse Lage
*pure limestone
* Klaus Peter Keller, Wittmann
Abtserde
Rheinhessen Grosse Lage
Florsheim-Dalsheim
* Keller is key producer
Rheinhessen’s VDP Grosse Lage varieties
Riesling, Pinot Noir
Name 3 VDP Grosse Lage in Nierstein
Brudersberg
Pettenthal
Glöck
Hipping
Oelberg
Orbel
(all Roter Hang vineyards)
Rheinterrasse is a key feature of?
Rheinhessen - span of east-facing slopes, includes the Roter Hang in Nierstein/Nackenheim
Pettenthal, Rothenberg
Roter Hang VDP Grosse Lage
Weathered red sandstone & clay
Nierstein (Pettenthal)
Nackenheim (Rothenberg)
Name for conical vineyard huts in the Rheinhessen
Trulli - same name as in Puglia
