Franken Flashcards
What federal state does Franken fall within?
Bavaria
Better known for beer than wine
What river do most of the vineyards in Franken sit on?
Main River
What are the 3 bereiche in Franken?
What do their names mean?
Mainviereck
- Four sided Main
Maindreick
- Three-sided Main
Steigerwald
What is the main soil type in Mainviereck?
Red sandstone
What is the main soil type in Maindreieck?
Shell-limestone
What tributaries of the Main River have vineyards?
Kinzig
Tauber
Saale
Wern
What are the grapes of Franken?
White Grapes (81%)
- Muller Thurgau: 1,718 ha
- Silvaner: 1,406 ha
- Bacchus: 730 ha
- Riesling: 332 ha
Red Grapes (19%)
- Spatburgunder: 261 ha
What borders Franken and the Steigerwald Bereiche to the east?
Steigerwald Mountain Forest
What is the main soil type of Steigerwald?
Gypsum-laced Keuper (Marl & Limestone)
It warms vines at night allowing for even north facing slopes to grow quality wine.
What is Baachus?
(Riesling x Silvaner) x Muller-Thurgau
What is the Taubertal?
A region that was divided with the 1971 German Wine law despite having similiar climates and soil profile
What areas were in the Taubertal?
Baden - Tauberfranken bereiche
Wurttemberg - near the village of Bad Mergentheim
Franken - villages on Tauber river
What is a bocksbeutel?
What regions can bottle in it?
A traditional bottle shaped like a Roman canteen or a sheeps scrotum
Baden
Franken
Who brought Silvaner to Franken and when?
Cistercian Monks
1659
Describe the climate of Franken
Continental with short, hot summer and bitter cold winters
Winters can kill vines
Spring frosts limit productivity
What is Frankenwein?
Blended white
- Muller-Thurgau
- Baachus
- Kerner
- others
Where is Stein vineyard and why is it important?
Wurztburger Gemeinde, Maindreieck Bereiche
- Famous vineyard mainly planted to riesling and silvaner
- South-facing limestone and loess slope over looking Main River
- 85 ha so parcels vary dramatically
What are the two charitable hospital foundations that are the main landed holders in Stein Vineyard?
Juliusspital (Franken’s largest producer)
Burgerspital
What are the best gemeinde in each Bereiche
Mainviereck
- Burgstad
- Klingenberg
Maindreieck
- Wurztburger
- Eschendorf
Steigerwald
- Castell
- Iphofen
Who is this producer and where is Centgrafenberg GL?
Rudolf Furst
Bürgstadt Gemeinde, Mainviereck Bereiche
Who is this producer and where is Hundruck GL?
Rudolf Furst
Bürgstadt Gemeinde, Mainviereck Bereiche
Who is this producer and where is Schlossberg GL?
Rudolf Furst
Klingenberg Gemeinde, Mainviereck Bereiche
Who is this producer and where is am Lumpen 1655 GL?
Horst Sauer
Escherndorf Gemeinde, Maindreieck Bereiche
Who is this producer and where is Lump GL?
Horst Sauer
Escherndorf Gemeinde, Maindreieck Bereiche
