Franken Flashcards
What was all Franken wine once called
Steinwein or stone wine
Where is Rudolph Furst based?
Mainviereck
Franken
bereiches of Franken
Mainviereck
Maindreieck
Steigerwald
most planted variety in Franken at 26% of the vineyard
Muller Thurgau
Producers of Franken
Rudolf Furst
Juliusspital Wurzburg (hospital)
Horst Sauer
Hans Wirsching
Castell’sches Domainenamt
These villages of Franken have their own gU (2)
WB
Wurzburger Stein-Berg
Burgstadtler Burg
Min abv for licorwein in Franken
15%
These two Anbaugebeits were part of Communist Regime prior to legal unification in 1990
Saale Unstrut
Saschen
Where was the Reinheitsgebot produced in 1516
Franken
barley, hops, and water.
Most sharply continental climate in all of Anbaugebeits
Franken
Most traditional white grape of Franken
Sylvaner
This Anbaugebeit has a higher percentage of Silvaner planted than any country or the world
Franken
Most important quality grape of Franken
Silvaner
What is basic “Frankenwein?”
nameless: blended from Muller-Thurgau
Bacchus
Kerner and the like
Silvaner common vinification:
No oak
Large barrel
concrete eggs
long lees aging
malolactic fermentation
skin contact
Native fermentation is difficult because it cant taste dry if the ferment gets stuck
What does Mainviereck mean
“four sided main”
rivers flow makes a rectangular shape
Mainviereck is the westernmost part of Franken
Soil of Mainviereck
Weathered red sandstone
Only natural home for Pinot Noir in Franken
Mainviereck
Where is Rudi Furst located in Franken?
Burgstadt, in Mainviereck
This bereiche produces 3/4 of Frankens wine
Maindreieck “three sided main” in the center of the town
Where is Wurzburg in Franken?
Maindrieck
Soil of Maindreieck
Limestone and Loess
Most important landowners of Stein vineyard in Wurzburg (Maindreieck)
Juliusspital
Burgerspital
Both charitable hospital foundations financed by winemaking operations
Franken’s largest producer
Juliusspital
This bereich is located on the Eastern end of Franken
Steigerwald
Highest and coolest district in Franken
Steigerwald
400 meters elevation
vineyards on the edge of the Steigerwald mountain forest
Soils of Steigerwald (Franken)
Black, gypsum laced Keuper soils mitigate low temperatures
Most important villages of Steigerwald Bereich in Franken
Castell
Iphofen
Where did Silvaner first appear in Franken
Castell
Tributary of the Main river
Tauber
Per 1971 wine law, The Taubertal is divided between these three Anbaugebeits
Franken
Baden
Wurttemburg
Of the three Anbaugebeits that share the taubertal, which ones can use a bocksbeutel
Baden
Franken
Wurttemburg can not
What is Federweisser in Franken?
“Young Wine” Translates to “feather white”
product of the season’s first grapes, whose juice is lightly fermented with yeast until the resulting carbon dioxide creates a pleasant effervescence
Two GL Vineyards of Würzburg
Würzburg Stein-berg
Würzburg Stein-harfe
VDP GL Vineyards of Bürgstadt
Bürgstadter Centrafenberg
Bürgstadter Hundsrück
Casteller Schlossberg (Franken) GL is an Alleinbesitz of this producer
Furstlich Castell’sches Domanenamt
Sommerhausen Altenberg 1172 GL is an Alleinbesitz of this producer
(Franken)
Schloss Sommerhausen
Fürstlicher Kallmuth (tm) is a GL Alleinbesitz of this producer (Franken)
Fürst Lowenstein
