Franken Flashcards

1
Q

What was all Franken wine once called

A

Steinwein or stone wine

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2
Q

Where is Rudolph Furst based?

A

Mainviereck
Franken

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3
Q

bereiches of Franken

A

Mainviereck
Maindreieck
Steigerwald

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4
Q

most planted variety in Franken at 26% of the vineyard

A

Muller Thurgau

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5
Q

Producers of Franken

A

Rudolf Furst
Juliusspital Wurzburg (hospital)
Horst Sauer
Hans Wirsching
Castell’sches Domainenamt

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6
Q

These villages of Franken have their own gU (2)

WB

A

Wurzburger Stein-Berg

Burgstadtler Burg

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7
Q

Min abv for licorwein in Franken

A

15%

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8
Q

These two Anbaugebeits were part of Communist Regime prior to legal unification in 1990

A

Saale Unstrut

Saschen

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9
Q

Where was the Reinheitsgebot produced in 1516

A

Franken

barley, hops, and water.

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10
Q

Most sharply continental climate in all of Anbaugebeits

A

Franken

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11
Q

Most traditional white grape of Franken

A

Sylvaner

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12
Q

This Anbaugebeit has a higher percentage of Silvaner planted than any country or the world

A

Franken

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13
Q

Most important quality grape of Franken

A

Silvaner

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14
Q

What is basic “Frankenwein?”

A

nameless: blended from Muller-Thurgau
Bacchus
Kerner and the like

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15
Q

Silvaner common vinification:

A

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

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16
Q

What does Mainviereck mean

A

“four sided main”
rivers flow makes a rectangular shape
Mainviereck is the westernmost part of Franken

17
Q

Soil of Mainviereck

A

Weathered red sandstone

18
Q

Only natural home for Pinot Noir in Franken

A

Mainviereck

19
Q

Where is Rudi Furst located in Franken?

A

Burgstadt, in Mainviereck

20
Q

This bereiche produces 3/4 of Frankens wine

A

Maindreieck “three sided main” in the center of the town

21
Q

Where is Wurzburg in Franken?

A

Maindrieck

22
Q

Soil of Maindreieck

A

Limestone and Loess

23
Q

Most important landowners of Stein vineyard in Wurzburg (Maindreieck)

A

Juliusspital
Burgerspital

Both charitable hospital foundations financed by winemaking operations

24
Q

Franken’s largest producer

A

Juliusspital

25
Q

This bereich is located on the Eastern end of Franken

A

Steigerwald

26
Q

Highest and coolest district in Franken

A

Steigerwald

400 meters elevation
vineyards on the edge of the Steigerwald mountain forest

27
Q

Soils of Steigerwald (Franken)

A

Black, gypsum laced Keuper soils mitigate low temperatures

28
Q

Most important villages of Steigerwald Bereich in Franken

A

Castell

Iphofen

29
Q

Where did Silvaner first appear in Franken

A

Castell

30
Q

Tributary of the Main river

A

Tauber

31
Q

Per 1971 wine law, The Taubertal is divided between these three Anbaugebeits

A

Franken
Baden
Wurttemburg

32
Q

Of the three Anbaugebeits that share the taubertal, which ones can use a bocksbeutel

A

Baden
Franken

Wurttemburg can not

33
Q

What is Federweisser in Franken?

A

“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

34
Q

Two GL Vineyards of Würzburg

A

Würzburg Stein-berg

Würzburg Stein-harfe

35
Q

VDP GL Vineyards of Bürgstadt

A

Bürgstadter Centrafenberg
Bürgstadter Hundsrück

36
Q

Casteller Schlossberg (Franken) GL is an Alleinbesitz of this producer

A

Furstlich Castell’sches Domanenamt

37
Q

Sommerhausen Altenberg 1172 GL is an Alleinbesitz of this producer
(Franken)

A

Schloss Sommerhausen

38
Q

Fürstlicher Kallmuth (tm) is a GL Alleinbesitz of this producer (Franken)

A

Fürst Lowenstein