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DE: Mosel Flashcards

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Mosel bereich

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On the Mosel:
1. Bernkastel (Middle Mosel) *largest
2. Burg Cochem (Terrassenmosel)
3. Obermosel

On the tributaries:
4. Ruwertal
5. Saar
6. Moseltor (outlier in Saarland)

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Mosel parallel

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50th parallel

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Traditional Mosel vine-training system

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Single Post System/Mosel Arch: no wires, trained upright with two canes in a heart-shaped bow or a vertical cordon

Pros: more freedom to move around steep slopes
Cons: leaf removal is necessary for airflow/botrytis reduction.. more sun exposure = more TDN

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Mosel soils

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Topsoil: thin sandy soils + Devonian slate (red and blue)
* Erden, Ürzig = red slate (rotschiefer)
* heat-retaining, dry, well-draining
* acidic, nutrient poor = nitrogen deficiency in must, low pH = sulfur smells and high acid

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Mosel climate

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Continental
* 1615 sunshine hours/yr
* avg temp 50ºF
* 26.5 to 35.5in rain/yr

Growing season lasts 100 days avg - up to 130 to 160 in certain sites

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Phylloxera in the Mosel

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Can’t survive; ungrafted vines remain - but planting ungrafted vines is illegal

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Kanzem

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Village in the Saar
1. Altenberg
55 - 89% slope
Othegraven, Van Volxem

  1. Hörecker: 89% slope, Von Hövel, iron-rich slate
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Bernkastel Badstube

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VDP Grosse Lage
- 40 - 65%; blue Devonian slate
- Joh. Jos. Prum, SA Prum, Dr. H Thanisch

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Bernkastel Doctor am Doctorberg
- key producers
- slope %, orientation

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VDP Grosse Lage
- 45% - 70% slope; blue grey slate
- 3.25ha, fully SW-facing
Dr. H Thanisch (both Erben Thanisch and Erben Muller-Burggraef ), J. Wegeler own. Markus Molitor, Schloss Lieser lease since ‘15

[legend has it that the wine cured an Archbishop when all else failed. The name first appears in 1636. Wegeler bought a .4ha plot in 1900 for the equivalent of $10million++. The wines have always been expensive, historically - only recently being outpaced by the best of BDX and Burg. Great article here]

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Piesport Goldtröpchen

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VDP Grosse Lage
- 30 - 70% slope
- S/SE/SW: forms an amphitheater around the river bend
- Nik-Weis St. Urbanshof, Willi Haag, Haart, Keller, Forstmeister Geltz-Zillingen

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Piesport Grafenberg

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VDP Grosse Lage
50 - 75%
Red slate

Haart, Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt

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Graach Himmelreich

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VDP Grosse Lage
* 45 - 75%; blue slate
* Dr. Loosen, Joh Jos Prum, SA Prum, Willi Schaefer, Schloss Lieser

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Bernkastel Lay

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Lay = Celtic for “slate rock”
* VDP Grosse Lage
* S/SW; 50 - 70%; blue slate
* Dr. Loosen, Dr. H Thanisch, Joh Jos Prüm, SA Prum, J Wegeler

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Erden Prälat

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VDP Grosse Lage. 1.5ha
* Red Slate
* 110 - 220M; 65º / 210% slope
* Dr. Loosen (owns biggest chunk), Monchoff, Andreas Scmitges control 2/3

Molitor, Dr. Hermann, Dr. Pauly-Birkweiler

[belonged to clerical institutions until 1800 with name “Im Onnerts”. Berres family (great winemaking fam dynasty, now defunct) trademarked Erden Pralat and the distinctive label still seen today. Post WW2, Berres estate splits between 7 children who all eventually cease to make wine. The name is technically a brand, but always came from same Im Onnerts parcel. 1971 law nixed it, became einzellage in 1981 at expanded size]

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Saarburger Rausch

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VDP Grosse Lage
* 160 - 295M; 35 - 75%
* SOILS: greywacke, slate, some volcanics/basalt

Forstmeister Geltz-Zilliken, Dr. Wagner

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Scharzhofberg
- village, region
- soils
- slope
- producers

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Wiltingen; VDP Grosse Lage
* SOILS: extremely weather red, blue slate, high rock content. Clayey-silty, friable
* 190 - 310M; 30 - 60% slope

Von Hövel, Von Volxem
Egon Müller
Reichsgraf von Kesselstadt

[South-facing. One of the top-rated sites in 19th century Prussian Vineyard Classification. Egon Muller is closely associated with the vineyard’s fame. They’ve owned vines here since 1797]

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Sonnenuhr
- villages
- producers
- slope %

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Zeltingen, Wehlen
VDP Grosse Lage
65 - 75% in Zeltingen, up to 100% in Wehlen
* Joh Jos Prum (Zeltingen side)
* JJ Prum, SA Prum, Dr. Loosen, Willi Schaefer (Wehlen)

Perfect southern exposure (sundials must face due south to work)

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Erdener Treppchen
- soil
- producers

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VDP Grosse Lage
* 110 - 260M; 50 - 80%
* RED SLATE

SA Prum
Dr. Loosen
Markus Molitor

[Treppchen = stone steps. Active vineyard since at least 3rd century; a 2nd century wine press was uncovered in the vineyard in 1998, dating to Roman times]

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Uhlen
- location
- significance
- producers

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Winningen - home to Germany’s
* 1st single vineyard PDOs:
Blaufusser Lay, Roth Lay, Laubach
* 100 - 150%, 80 - 240M, slate & fine sand. SW-facing
* terraced vineyards

Heymann-Löwenstein

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Ürzig Würzgarten

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Red volcanic soil & slate
VDP Grosse Lage
20 - 80%
Dr. Loosen, Reichsgraf von Kesselstadt

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Bernkastel-Kues VDP Grosse Lage

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Badstube
Doctor
Lay
Graben
Johannisbrunnchen

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Erden VDP Grosse Lage

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Treppchen
Prälat
** RED SLATE

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Brauneberg VDP Grosse Lage

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Juffer
Juffer Sonnenuhr im Falkenberg
* Fritz Haag
** blue/grey slate with high iron content soils

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Graach VDP Grosse Lage

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Himmelreich
Josephshöfer
Domprobst

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Germany’s 1st single vineyard PDO

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Mosel
Uhlen: Blaufüsser Lay, Roth Lay, Laubach
Reinhard Heymann-Löwenstein (2018)

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Obermosel

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Mosel Bereich
* right bank of the Mosel River, left bank is Luxembourg
* Elbling #1
* Paris basin.. calcareous soils, no slate

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Mosel bereich without slate

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Moseltor
Obermosel
* Paris basin = calcareous soils

28
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1st Mosel TBA

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Dr H Thanisch
* historically too cool to make this concentrated style - but vintages prevailed in 1921
* emulating the Rheingau’s work with this style

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Mosel VDP Erste Lage

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there are none. Grosse Lage or bust

30
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Graacher Josephshöfer

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monopole VDP grosse läge - Reichsgraf von Kesselstadt

31
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Mosel-Saar-Ruwer VDP chapter’s name

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Grosse Ring

32
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Pünderich VDP Grosse Lage

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Marienberg
Nonnengarten

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Maximin Grünhaus’ 3 monopole Grosse Lage sites

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Abtsberg
Herrenberg
Bruderberg

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Saar producers

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Von Volxem
Von Hövel
Von Othegraven
Schloss Saarstein
Peter Lauer
Forstmeister Geltz-Zilliken
Egon Muller

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Important Saar villages

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Wiltingen: 8 VDP Grosse Lage
Kanzem
Saarburg
Okfen

36
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Ortsteil definition

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Generally, a district where the vineyard is so historically important it is allowed to label without a town attached. There’s about 200 in Germany in general.

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Joh Jos Prüm

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VDP member; Wehlen
* Top wines: Wehlener Sonnenuhr (owns 20 of 50ha), Graacher Himmelreich
* Wehlener Sonnenuhr TBA = most expensive wine

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Saar VDP Grosse Lage

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Wiltingen:
- Braune Kupp
- Braunefels
- Hölle
- Kupp
- Scharzhofberger
- Scharzhofberger Pergentsknopp
- Volz
- Gottefuss

Saarburg: Rausch, Kupp, Au der Rausch
Ockfener Bockstein

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Egon Müller

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Wiltingen, Saar
Top sites: Scharzhofberg,
Brauner Kupp (monopole)
* member Primum Familiae Vini

40
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Ruwertal

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Mosel bereich: ~200ha (vs 700ha in Saar, 9k ha in Mosel). 90% Riesling.

Karthäuserhof (Eitelsbach)
Maximin Grünhaus (Mertesdorf)

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Dr. Loosen top sites

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They only label 6 vineyards, all of which are mentioned in the 1868 Prussian Mosel Classification. A GG is made from each.
1. Bernkasteler Lay
2. Erdener Prälat
3. Graacher Himmelreich
4. Ürziger Würzgarten
5. Wehlener Sonnenuhr
6. Erdener Treppchen
(all others are simply labelled “estate”)

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Mosel producers with emphasis on dry wine production

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Fritz Haag (60-70% dry)
Karthauserhof (70% dry)
Heymann-Löwenstein

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Mosel producers focused on sweet wine production

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  • JJ Prüm (doesn’t export any dry wine)
  • Egon Müller Scharzhofberg (no dry wine made)
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Maximin Grünhaus vineyards

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  1. Bruderberg (the smaller & lesser of the 3)
  2. Abtsberg (the premier plot)
  3. Herrenberg
45
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Forstmeister Geltz-Zilliken

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Saarburg
* Top site: Saarburger Rausch
* all wines ferment in fuder

46
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German for monopole

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Alleinbeseitz

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Mosel monopoles

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  • Kanzem Hörecker (Von Hövel)
  • Mertesdorf Abtsberg, Herrenberg, Brudeberg (Von Schubert)
  • Piesport Kreuzwingert (Reinhold Haart)
  • Trier Karthauserhofberg (Karthauserhof)
  • Wiltingen Braune Kupp (Egon Müller)
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German names for blue and red slate

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Blauschiefer, Rotschiefer

49
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Von Hövel

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Oberemmel, Saar
* Scharzhofberg, Kanzem Hörecker
* HÜTTE and the HÖRECKER = monopoles

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Van Volxem

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Wiltingen, Saar
Top sites include… Kanzem Altenberg, Scharzhofberg, Wiltingen Braunefels & Kupp

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Dr. H Thanisch

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Dr. H Thanisch Erben-Thanisch: run by 5 generations of women

AND

Dr. H Thanisch Erben Muller-Burggraef

Split in the 80’s

Bernkastel-Kues

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Maximin Grünhaus
- location
- top 3 sites

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Mertesdorf, Ruwertal
Carl Von Schubert - Monopole IS Max Grunhaus
* 3 VDP Grosse Lage monopole: Abtsberg, Herrenberg, Bruderberg
* Sekterzeuger

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Karthäuserhof

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Eitelsbach, Ruwertal
Karthäuserhof = monopole

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Saar Climate + Vineyard orientation

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  • Saar River runs N-S: most vineyards are not on banks of river, as they would be E or W-facing

Cold easterly winds, higher elevation, and lower average temp = longer growing season, up to 140 days

WARMTH FACTORS: S-facing slopes (which also help mitigate frost), steep slopes for max light. Slate stores heat.

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1st vintage in German wine to produce NO Eiswein?

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2019

56
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Min. Öchsle for Mosel Riesling across categories

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Kabinett: 73°
Spatlese: 80°
Auslese: 88°
Beerenauslese: 110°
TBA/Eiswein: 150°

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Name for traditional single stake vine training in the Mosel?

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Einzelpfahl

Einzelpfahlerziehung (the state of being hung in such a way)

58
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Avg temp in the Mosel

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50ºF

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Top Vineyard sites in the Saar

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  1. Scharzhofberger (Wiltingen)
  2. Kanzemer Altenberg
  3. Ockfener Bockstein
  4. Saarburger Rausch
  5. Ayler Kupp
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Top Saar producers

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  1. Egon Muller (Wiltingen)
  2. Forstmeister Geltz-Zilliken (Saarburg)
  3. Van Volxem (Wiltingen)
  4. Peter Lauer (Ayl)
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How does slope % impact viticulture

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  • Sunlight interception: a more direct angle of light for more even ripening
  • Frost protection: cold air naturally moves downslope to valley floor, so steep vineyards are less frost prone since air doesn’t collect
  • Drainage: prevents waterlogging, forces vines to develop deep root systems
  • air circulation: reduces disease pressure, mitigates extreme heat or cold
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1st Eiswein vintage

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February 11, 1830 - 1st recorded eiswein vintage of anywhere in the world; BINGEN.

[Story is… 1829 was such trash they left the grapes on the vine and then moved to harvest them to feed cattle]

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1981 Eiswein definition

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Eiswein becomes separate Pradikat level with at least BA sugar level.. thus, making this exclusively a dessert wine

Pre-1981 Eiswein could have an attached Pradikat. Eiswein Kabinett, Eiswein Spatlese, etc

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What do slate colors mean

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Red = oxidized iron
Green = rich in magnesium
Dark = organic matter

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