Franken.Sachsen.Saale Unstrut Flashcards
What is Steinwein?
An old nickname for Frankish wine, named for the Stein vineyard in Würzburg
What is frühburgunder?
An early ripening strain of pinot noir.
Grosses Gewächs wines of Hans Wirsching
Iphofer Julius Echter Berg Silvaner
Iphofer Kronsberg Riesling (also Julius Echter Berg)
Grosses Gewächs wines of Horst Sauer
Escherndorfer Lump
Silvaner & Riesling
Who owns Casteller Schlossberg?
Furstlich Castell’sches Domanenamt (Castell)
Who owns Sommerhausener Steinbach?
Schloss Sommerhausen
Who owns Würzburger Stein-Harfe?
Bürgerspital
Who owns the heart of Homburger Kallmuth?
Fürst-Löwenstein
Oechsle for Riesling and Silvaner in Franken
78, 87, 100, 125, 150
Bereiche of Franken
Mainviereck
Maindreieck
Steigerwald
Which bereiche of Franken is highest in production?
Maindreiek
What is the major soil type of Mainviereck? Major grape?
Colored Sandstone
Domainted by red varieties
Major towns of Mainviereck
Bürgstadt
What is the major soil type of Maindreieck?
Muschelkalk
Major towns of Maindreieck?
Würzburg
Escherndorft
What is the major soil type of Steigerwald?
Steep slopes of gypsum and saliferous marl, Keuper (mixed-rock strata), prone to harden in drought but retain water excellently in moist years, encouraging ripeness.
Major towns of Steigerwald?
Iphofen
Grosse Lage, producers, and major grapes of Mainviereck?
Klingenberger Schlossberg: Spatburgunder, Rudolf Fürst Bürgstadter Centgrafenberg (penny-pinching mountain): Spatburgunder, Silvaner, Riesling, Rudolf Fürst Homburger Kallmuth (hot mountain): Silvaner, Riesling, Fürst-Löwenstein
Grosse lage, and producers of Maindreieck?
Würzburger Stein: Juliusspital, Bürgerspital, Hofkeller (all state institutions)
Wurzburger Stein-Harfe (stone harp): Bürgerspital
Randersackerer Pfülben (pillow): Schmitt’s Kinder, Juliusspital, Bürgerspital, Hofkeller
Escherndorfer Lump: Horst Sauer, Juliusspital
Grosse lage, producers, and major grapes of Steigerwald?
Iphofer Julius-Echter-Berg: Hans Wirsching, Hofkeller, Juliusspital
Casteller Schlossberg: Fürstlich Castell’sches Domänenamt
Who was Julius Echter?
Prince-Bishop of Würzburg in the late 1500’s and early 1600’s; founder of Juliusspital and the University of Würzburg. Also apparently the insitgator of a witch hunt from 1616-1631 that killed over 900 people (counter-reformation movement).
Where is goldriesling cultivated?
Mostly Sachsen
Sachsen: Soils & Climate
Slate and sandstone, overlaid by loess, clay, alluvial sand.
South facing slopes in the Elbe River Valley. Continental climate moderated by the rive, large diurnal shift.
Sachsen: Bereiche
Elstertal, Meissen, Dresden
Sachsen and Saale-Unstrut both have acreage in what federal state?
Brandenburg
What is the sole Erste Lage site of Sachsen? Who produces it?
Zadeler Schloss Proschwitz: Grauburgunder, Weissburgunder, Elbling, Spätburgunder, Riesling, Dornfelder
It is an alleinbesitz of Schloss Proschwitz
Ochsle for Müller Thurgau and Spätburgunder in Sachsen; plus Ochsle for all grape varieties in Sachsen Brandenberg
73, 80, 88, 110, 150
78, 85, 90, 110, 150
70, 76, 83, 110, 150
What is Germany’s northernmost wine region?
Saale-Unstrut
What is Saale-Unstrut named for?
The Saale and Unstrut Rivers
Saale-Unstrut: Soils
51st parallel
South facing slopes, 100-250M elevation
Confluence of Saale and Unstrut Rivers, which moderate the frost prone, continental climate.
Muschelkalk, colored sandstone, loess, loam
Saale-Unstrut: Bereiche
Mansfelder Seen
Schloss Neuenburg
Thürigen
What are the two Erste Lage sites of Saale-Unstrut?
Freyburger Edelacker: Pawis, Lützkendorf, Silvaner, Weissburgunder, Riesling, Grauer Burgunder
Karsdorfer Hohe Gräte: Lützkendorf (alleinbesitz), Silvaner, Riesling, Weissburgunder
What are the main varieties of Saale-Unstrut?
Müller-Thurgau
Weissburgunder
