Deutschland Flashcards
What is the primary white grape of Germany?
Rüssling (Riesling) ⚪️
What is the primary red grape of Germany?
Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) 🔴
What is edelfäule?
Noble Rot
Discovered in Germany around 1775 by harvesters at Schloss Johannisberg in Rheingau that grapes affected by noble Rot made pretty good wines
What is the Müller - Thurgau a cross of
Müller - Thurgau ⚪
- Cross between Riesling x Madeleine Royale
- Discovered in 1882 by Dr Hermann Müller - Thurgau @ the Geisenheim Institute in Germany
Rüssling makes up what percentage of Germany’s Vineyards?
20%
What percentage does Spätburgunder make up in Germany wine production?
10%
In order to be called a certain wine in Germany the varietal must make up what percentage?
85%
What is QbA?
Qualitätswein
- also called Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiate
- one of the German tiers of quality wine
What is Prädikatswein?
The apex of German legal quality pyramid
Kabinett
Spätlese
Auslese
Beerenauslese
Eiswein
Tockenbeerenauslee
What part do these play in German wine?
These are the ripeness levels for German wines, the less ripe is Kabinett and the most ripe is Tockenbeerenauslee
How is the prädikat level determined in German wines?
It is determined by the level of sugars in the grape at harvest, measured by degrees according to the Öchsle scale
What ripeness level in the German system is:
- made from normal harvested grapes
- typically light bodied
- low in alcohol
- usually dry or off dry
- Germans usually drink them as casual dinner wines
Kabinett
What ripeness level in the German system is:
- part of word means “late”
- are grapes harvested later than grapes for Kabinett
- Creates wines with greater fruit intensity and slightly fuller body
- maybe dry or off dry
- usually doesn’t taste sweet due to high acidity
Spätlese
What ripeness level in the German system is:
- part of word means “select”
- made from very ripe grapes harvested from select bunches
- generally only made in during the best vintage years
- usually very expensive
- often very sweet
- usually a wine dranked on Sunday afternoons with hard cheese
Austlese
What ripeness level in the German system is:
- part of word mean “berry”
- picked from a selected harvest
- very rare and costly wines
- made from ripe grapes that were hand picked
- grapes have been affected by noble Rot (botrytis cinerea) giving them a deep honey richness
Beerenauslese
What ripeness level in the German system is:
- part of word means “Dry berry”
- comes from a selected harvest
- these are the richest, sweetest, rarest and most expensive of all the German wines
- only released in exceptional vintage years
- made from grapes that have shriveled to raisins by botrytis
- due to their enormous amount of sugar these grapes have a hard time fermenting
Truckenbeerenauslese
What ripeness level in the German system is:
- means ice wine
- made from very ripe frozen grapes that have been hand picked
- it is miraculously high in both sweetness and acidity
- effected by botrytis before grapes become frozen
Eiswein
What is the VDP?
The Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter
- Association of German Quality Wine
- the national German association of producers committee to top quality wines
Is Chaptelization legal in the QbA
Yes
Charta wines were created for what region and what wine type?
Rheingau Riesling
- Dry Style
How are Charta wines labeled?
3 roman arches from the balcony of Graue Haus hotel in Winkel
What does einzellagen mean?
German word for vineyard
What is Erste Lage
The German term in the VDP for Premier Cru
what is the symbol used to symbolized wines that are Considered Grosses Lage
A “1” followed by a cluster of grapes
In 2012 the Erste Lage term was changed to this in Germany to be on the same equal terms of the Grand Cru status of wines in Burgundy?
Grosse Lage
For labeling of dry wines what term will you see on the German bottles?
Trocken
Can any level be categorized as a Grosses Gewächs
No only wines reserved for Grosse Lage
If a Grosses Lage is sweet how is it labeled?
By prädikat level
- kabinett
- spätlese
- auslese
- beerenauslese
- eiswein
- trockenbeerenauslese
Grosses Lage
Erste Lage
Ortswein
Gutswein
Are all classifications for what country and organization
Germany and the VDP
What year was the VDP Classification organized
2012
The VDP Classification system was modeled after whose system
Bourgonge (Burgundy, France)
What is the VDP Classification name for regional wines
- only thing on the bottle is the name of the Anbaugebiet, often accompanied by a fantasy name
Gutswein
What is the VDP Classification term for village wines?
- is the product of multiple Vineyards in a single village and is typically labeled with the village name and or a statement of soil
Ortswein
What is the VDP Classification name for Premier Cru?
- single vineyard selections
- bottle usually has the vineyard preceded by the village name
Erste Lage
What is the VDP Classification name for A Grand Cru?
- single vineyard selection
- label solely has the vineyard name
Grosse Lage
What is the VDP symbol and how is it used
A eagle clasping a cluster of grapes and only member estates of the VDP can use it
Is the VDP sanctioned by German law?
No, it’s not and their rules only apply to their members
System itself is open to interpretation and exemptions from one requirement or another maybe granted to individual estates
What does anabaugebiet mean
German term for region
How many anbaugebiet are there
13
What does “hock” mean and where is the term used at
- English term for German white wines
- Sometimes refers to white wines from the Rhine Region
Who is H. Sichel Söhne and what wine does he make
Famous winemaker from Liebfraumilch, Deutschland
- maker of the famous blue nun Riesling
Name a famous vintage of Blue Nun Riesling
1921
What the famous slogan of Blue Nun and what year was it created
“Right through the meal” - 1950
When was the current German wine laws created
1971
- latest modifications where made on March 12, 2017. Goes into effect January 1, 2018
What is Deutsches Weingesetz
- mean German Wine
Divides German wines according to the sugar content of the must (Grad Orechsle), in combination with a regional designation, but without classification or classification, into four grades:
- Prädikatswein
- Quality wine
- Country wine
- Table wine
What do the British call German white wines from Mosel
Moselle
What does the German term Natur mean
The wine didn’t undergo chaptalization
What is a A.P. Number
Means “Amtliche Prüfnummer”
- this number proves that a wine has undergone and passed various testing and analytical test and its origins have been established to the boards satisfaction
What is the star system and where is it used at
Used in Mosel, Deutschland
- Usually means that a Prädikatswein has been harvested at a higher level of ripeness than the minimum required, and can mean that the wine is sweeter or more intense.
- used to indicate reserve bottlings, producers may apply one to three stars (, **, **), sometimes in connection with a Goldkapsule
The European Union created a tiers of wine system for Germany, what was their name?
- Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiet (QbA) quality wine from growing region
- Qualitätswein mit Praidikat (QmP) - a subset within Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiet
- Tafelwein - table wines
True or False
Is chaptalization is banned for Qualitätswein mit Prädikat (QmP)
True
- The location of the examination board
- The village in which the wine was produced
- The producer
- The unique number of the bottling
- The year in which the wine was tested, typically one calandra after the vintage
The A.P. Number used in Germany
All wines from what level must use an A.P. Number
Qualitätswein
Prädikatswein
What is the down side of the A.P. Number
96% of the German wine industry deal under Qualitätswein and Prädikatswein, the idea of quality is really in question
What year was the Deutsche Weingestz modified to add the categories Landwein and Eiswein
1982
Requirements for a wine to considered “Classic” from Deutsche
Means “harmonious dry”
- maximum residual sugar content of 15 g/l
- single varietal wines and omit any mention of a vineyard on the label
- minimum alcohol content of 12% (11.5 in the Mosel)
Requirements for a wine to considered “Superior” from Deutsche
Means “Superior Dry”
- maximum residual sugar content of 9 g/l (12 g/l allowed for Riesling)
- Must come from a single vineyard
- Must be a single variety
- yield is restricted to 60 hectares
- must weight is equal to Auslese
- Vineyards are to be hand harvested
- can not be released prior to September 1 of the year following harvest
Wein
Landwein
Qualitätswein
Prädikatswein
These are the levels for what classification system
The four German categories of wine
- These German wines have no geographic designation
- formerly known as Tafelwein
- can be labeled Deutscher Wein if produced from German grapes
- Variety and vintage are permitted on the label
What classification in Deutschland does this describe
Wein
- this IGP category including Trocken and halbtrocken wines produced from any of 26 winegrowing regions, known as Landweingebiete
What classification in Deutschland does this describe
Landwein
- encompassing most of the country’s top dry wines
- this category, inclusive of Prädikatswein, covers 96% of German wine production and almost all exports
- requires wines to acquire a minimum 7% alcohol content
What classification in Deutschland does this describe
Qualitätswein
- This classification is a subset of Qualitätswein
- encompassing Deutschland best Sweet wines
- lower level (kabinet, spätlese, autlese) have a minimum alcohol content of 7% and from beerenauslese on up, the minimum alcohol is reduced to 5.5%
Prädikatswein
How many producers are apart of the VDP
199
- all wines must be estate grown
- hand harvesting is required for all single vineyard wines and for any Prädikat wines of Auslese level or above
- members must cultivate a minimum 80% of traditional grape varieties, from selections drawn by each regional association
- members can not use the “Grosslagen” on their labels
- must have the Symbol “traubenadler” on bottle capsules
What classification is this
VDP - Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter
What vintage on forward did the VDP began to use its modern category system
2011
What is kalkstein
German for limestone
What is Blaine Schiefer
German for Blue slate
What is Buntsandstein
German for red sandstone
True or False
Many Gross Lage and Erste Lage sites may share names with official Einzellagens
True
This classification:
- harvested at a minimum level of ripeness equivalent to Spätlese
- identified by the appearance of the trademarked acronym “GG”
- the whites can’t be released until September 1 of the year after harvest
- the red wines, wine requires an additional year of aging and 12 months in wood
Grosses Gewächs
What 3 anbaugebiete do not use the Erste Lage category
Mosel
Ahr
Rheinhessen
What is the most planted grape in Deustcheland
Riesling ⚪
What is a stück
1,200 liter German oval cask
What is a doppelstück
A 2,400 liter German oval cask
What is a halstück
A 600 liter German oval cask
Deutschland is the worlds third largest producer of what grape?
Spätbugunder 🔴 - Pinot Noir
Majority of the spätbugunder grown where in Deutschland
Baden
This grape is a natural mutation genetically identical to Pinot Noir
- Has a thicker - skin than Pinot Noir
- ripens about two weeks earlier in the growing season
- creates wines that are darker in color and fruit expression, with lower acidity
- known in France as Pinot Noir Précoce or historically Pinot Madeleine
What grape is this
Frühburgunder 🔴 - (Pinot Noir Précoce)
- means early Burgundy
What does Schaumwein mean
German for sparkling wine
Term is used to describe cheap sparking wine that has CO2 injections
what does perwein mean
German for semi - Sparkling
What does Deutscher Sekt mean
German sparking wine made from exclusively German grapes
What does Sekt b. A mean
Sparking wine make from one of the 13 quality wine regions in Germany
What method is used to make Sekt
Charmat Method
What grapes are used to make German Sekt
Riesling ⚪ (Rüssling)
Pinot Blanc ⚪(Weissburgunder)
Pinot Gris ⚪ (Glauburgunder)
Pinot Noir 🔴(Spätbugunder)
Ahr
Hessiche - Bergstrasse
Mittelrhein
Mosel
Nahe
Rheingau
Rheinhessen
Pfalz
These are the Anbaugebiete for what Weinbaugebiete
Rhein - Mosel
The anbaugenbiete Franken is apart of what Weinbaugebiete
Bayern
Württemberg is a anbaugebiete for what weinbaugebiete
Neckar
Baden is a anbaugebiete for what weinbaugebiete
Oberrhein
Saale - Unstrut and Sachsen are the anbaugebietes for what weinbaugebiete
Albrechtaburg
To name a single grape varietal in Deutschland what is the minimum percent of the main grape allowed
85%
When was Spätlese discovered
At Schloss Johannisberg in 1775
- a courier was sent to the Bishop at Fulda, then in charge of the vineyard, to obtain permission to harvest the grapes
- the courier fell ill en route, arrived back at Schloss Johannisberg so late the crop seemed ruined as the grapes were “rotting” on the Vines
- the grapes were picked and made into wine which to everyone’s amazement, resulted in the best ever produced
Kabinet
Spätlese
Auslese
These wines are produced in what form sometimes
Trocken or Halbtrocken
Example: Spätlese trocken
What are the two main rivers of the Rheingau
Rhein River
Main River
What direction do the Vines face in Rheingau
South
- they receive extra sunshine reflected from the broad expanse of the river and they are protected from the cold north winds by the hills
What is the only Bereich in Rheingau
Bereich Johannisberg