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DE: Rheingau Flashcards

1
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1st labelled Rheingau Vineyard

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1726: Erbach Marcobrunn

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2
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Rheingau Bereich

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Johannisberg

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3
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1st use of “Cabinet”

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1712 at Kloster Eberbach

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4
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Rheingau parallel

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50th

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5
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Charta Association

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1984
* GOALS: more stringent quality guidelines, better define great vineyard sites, elevate status of dry Riesling
* Erstes Gewächs: 1999 on; dry Riesling and Spatburgunder from top sites based on 1867 map
* logo: 3 roman arches, styled from balcony of Graue Haus hotel in Winkel

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6
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Rudesheim’s 3 Bergs

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Berg Roseneck (15 - 50%)
Berg Schlossberg (40%)
Berg Rottland (15 - 50%)

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7
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Franz Künstler

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Hochheim en Main, Rheingau
* Top sites: Hocheimer’s Hölle, Kirchenstuck, Domdechaney

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8
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August Kesseler

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Assmanshausen, Rheingau
* 60% Riesling, 40% Pinot
* GG sites: Assmanshausen Höllenberg, Rudesheim Berg Roseneck, Rottland

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Josef Leitz

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Rudesheim, Rheingau
* Top sites: Bergs.. Roseneck, Rottland, Kaisersteinfels

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10
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Schloss Schönborn

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Hattenheim, Rheingau

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11
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Erbach VDP Grosse Lage (3)

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Hohenrain
Marcobrunn
Siegelsberg

RHEINGAU

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12
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Hallgarten VDP Grosse Lage

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Schönhell
Jungfer

RHEINGAU

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13
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German word for ‘abbey’

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Kloster

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14
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German word for castle

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Schloss

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15
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German Sekt tax

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1.02EU

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16
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Min. % of stated varietal for Germany?

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85%

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17
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Max yield for each VDP tier

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Gutswein: 75 hl/ha
Ortswein: 75 hl/ha
Erste Lage: 60 hl/ha
Grosse Lage: 50 hl/ha

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18
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3 major Assmanshausen producers

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Weingut Robert König
Weingut Krone
August Kesseler

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19
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Germany’s A.P. numbers: what does each set of digits mean?

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Amtliche Prüfungsnummer

1) location of the exam board
2) village in which the wine was produced
3) producer
4) unique bottling number
5) the year in which the wine was tested

20
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VDP rebrand/refocus

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The 1971 rendition of wine law forbade use of the term “natur”

21
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What is a Grosses Gewächs? Explain as you might to a guest.

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“Great Growth”: a dry wine from a Grosse Lage site
* white or red - longer elevage period, lower yields, and are typically among the finest and most expensive of a producer’s offering

22
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Stück

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A 1200-liter oval cask

23
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Doppelstück

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A 2400-liter oval cask

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Halbstück

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A 600-liter oval cask

25
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German term for ‘red sandstone’

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Burntsandstein

26
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What is the German term for ‘blue slate’?

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Blauenschiefer

27
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German term for ‘limestone’

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Kalkstein

28
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Steepest Rheingau vineyard

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Berg Schlossberg in Rudesheim
70%

29
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Maingau’s main village

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Hochheim am Main

30
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Which religious order founded Kloster Eberbach?

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Cistercians

31
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Which religious order founded Schloss Johannisberg?

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Benedictines

32
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1st planned Spatlese harvest

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1775; Schloss Johannisberg
Winkler Hasensprung ( now a VDP grosse läge)

33
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Who owns Kloster Eberbach?

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The Hessan State Winery

34
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Hattenheimer Steinberg

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Rheingau
Kloster Eberbach monopole
* walled vineyard dating to 12th century

35
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Assmannshausen/ Lorch vineyards orientation

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West/Southwest-facing

36
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The Taunus Mountains are a sub-range of what larger group of mountains?

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Rhenish Slate Mountains

37
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The Rheingau’s VDP association is joined by what other region?

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Hessische-Bergstrasse

38
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Assmannshausen Höllenberg

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Village’s 1 VDP Grosse Lage
* 140 - 160M, 45% grade
* slate soils
* known for Pinot

Kesseler, Krone, Künstler, Allendorf

39
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Geisenheim’s 3 VDP Grosse Lage

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Rothenberg
Kläuserweg
Mäuerchen

40
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VDP Grosse Lage in the Maingau known for Pinot Noir

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Hochheimer Reichestal

41
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top vineyard sites in Kiedrich

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Gräfenberg (the only Grosse Lage)
Turmberg (EL)
Klosterberg (EL)
Sandgrub (EL)
Wasseros (EL)

42
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Kiedrich Grafenberg

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Rheingau; Robert Weil
* 30 - 60% slope
* quartz, slate, phyllite
*only Kiedrich Grosse Lage

Peter Jakob Kühn, Künstler are the “lesser knowns” here

43
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Westernmost wine town of the Rheingau? Easternmost

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Lorch
Wicker

44
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Berg Schlossberg

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Rudesheim, Rheingau
* slate, quartzite and steep - up to 70%
* Georg Breuer, Leitz, August Kasseler

45
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Marcobrunn

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Erbach, Rheingau
* 1st mentioned vineyard on label, 1726
* Schloss Schonborn, Künstler, Breuer

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