FR Alsace

Question 1

Factors Influencing climate

Answer 1

Vosges Mountains: block the rain

Question 2

Alsace Climate

Answer 2

semi-continental

Question 3

Departments of Alsace Wine Region

Answer 3

Haut-Rhin (best vineyards)
Bas Rhin

Question 4

Alsace Appellations

Answer 4

Alsace AOC
Alsace Grand Cru AOC
Crement d’Alsace AOC

Question 5

ALSACE AOC

Answer 5

1962

White/Rose/Red

Sylvaner, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Gewurztraminer, Riesling, Muscat, Pinot Gris, Chasselas, Auxerrois

Since 2011: communal and lieux-dits can be attached

Question 6

ALSACE AOC communal

Answer 6

13 Communes

Blienschwiller - Sylvaner
Côtes de Barr - Sylvaner
Côte de Rouffach - PN/Riesling/Auxerrois/PG
Klevener de Heiligenstein - Savagnin Rose
Saint Hippolyte - Pinot Noir
Ottrott - Pinot Noir
Rodern - Pinot Noir
Vallée Noble - Gew/Riesling/PG
Val Saint Grégoire- PB/PG/Auxerrois
Scherwiller - Riesling
Wolxheim - Riesling
Coteaux du Haut-Koenigsbourg - Riesling/Gew
Bergheim - Gew

Question 7

Crement d’Alsace AOC

Answer 7

1976
500 producers
Pinot Blanc/Gris/Noir/Riesling/Chardonnay

Second fermentation min 9 months on lees

Question 8

Alsace VT

Answer 8

1984 + Alsace AOC + Alsace Grand Cru AOC

Rules:
- Min 18 months ageing
- Min 14.4% ABV
- Hand harvested
- Single Varietal/Single Vintage

Muscat: min 200g/L
Riesling: min 200g/L
Pinot Gris: min 243g/L
Gewurztraminer: min 243g/L

Question 9

Alsace SGN

Answer 9

1984 + Alsace AOC + Alsace Grand Cru AOC

Rules:
- Min 18 months ageing
- Min 14.4% ABV
- Noble Rot
- Hand harvested
- Single Varietal/Single Vintage

Muscat: min 256g/L
Riesling: min 256g/L
Pinot Gris: min 279g/L
Gewurztraminer: min 279g/L

Question 10

Sweetness Levels on Labels

Answer 10

Since 2021

Dry (sec): < 4g/L
Medium-dry (demi-sec): 4g/L - 12g/L
Mellow (moelleux): 12g/L - 45g/L
Sweet (doux): > 45g/L

Question 11

Alsace Grand Cru AOC

Answer 11

1983 - 25 Grands Crus
1990 - 25 Grands Crus
2006 - Kaeffeekopf

Rules:
- at least more than one producer
- hand harvested
- single vintage
- single varietal except: Altenberg de Bergheim/Kaefferkopf/Zotzenberg
- min 11% Riesl/Muscat
- min 12.5% Gew/PG

Question 12

Alsace Grand Cru AOC Altenberg de Bergheim

Answer 12

50-70% Riesling,
10-25% Pinot gris,
10-25% Gewürztraminer
Up to 10% total of Muscat Ottonel, Muscat blanc à petits grains, Muscat rosé à petits grain

Question 13

Alsace Grand Cru AOC Zotzenberg

Answer 13

Gewurztraminer
Riesling
Pinot Gris
Sylvaner

Question 14

Alsace Grand Cru AOC Kaefferkopf

Answer 14

60-80% Gewürztraminer,
10-40% Riesling,
0-30% Pinot gris
Up to 10% total of Pinot blanc, Pinot noir, Muscat Ottonel, Muscat blanc à petits grains, Muscat rosé à petits grains, Chasselas

Question 15

Largest Grand Cru in Alsace

Answer 15

Schlossberg 80.3ha - Kientzheim/Kaysersberg

Question 16

Smallest Grand Cru in Alsace

Answer 16

Kanzlerberg (3.2 ha) - Bergheim

Question 17

Yields for Grand Cru

Answer 17

Max 55hl/ha can be pushed to 66ha/hl

Question 18

Yields for Alsace AOC

Answer 18

Pinot Noir 75hl/ha
Blanc 80hl/ha

Question 19

Principal Producers

Answer 19

Domaine Weinbach
Domaine Albert Mann
Domaine Albert Boxler
Domaine Ostertag
Domaine Meyer Fonné
Trimbach
Hugel
Marcel Deiss

Question 20

Zind Humbrecht

Answer 20

Olivier Humbrecht

Clos Saint Urbain in Rangen Grand Cru
- 5.5ha
- VT/SGN
- PG/Riesling

Question 21

Domaine Weinbach

Answer 21

• Clos des Capucins (sandy): ‘Clos des Capucins’ PG/PN, ‘Cuvee Theo’ Riesling/Gew
• Altenbourg (Limestone/Clay) PN/PG/GEW, ‘Cuvee Laurence’ Gew
• Schlossberg (Granite): ‘Schlossberg’ top of the hill, ‘Cuvee Ste Catherine’ bottom of the hill, ‘S’ PN
• Furstentum (Gres/Marne): Gewur
• Mambourg (Calcaire): Gewur

-Marckrain: Gew/PG

Question 22

Trimbach

Answer 22

‘Frederic Emile’: 1967 first vintage Geisberg/Osterberg
‘Mandelberg’: called ‘M’ pre-2016
‘Schlossberg’: 2014 first vintage (1.6ha in 2012)
‘Geisberg’: 2009 first vintage(2.66ha)
‘Clos Ste Hune’: 1919 first vintage (1.67ha), 80/84 not produced.