General Germany Flashcards
What did the German Wine Law of 1971 do?
Condensed 30,000 einzellagen (individual vineyard) into 2,600 registered vineyards.
The law required that vineyards be at least five hectares in size, although a good number of exceptions were approved.
Which sites were exceptions to the 1971 german wine law ruling?
Doctor vineyard in Bernkastel
Kirchenstück in Forst
Freundstück in Forst
Schloss Vollrads single estate vineyard (Ortsteil) in rheingau
Schwarzriesling is a synonym for this grape in germany
Pinot Meunier
What is weissherbst?
A saignée rosé wine made from a single variety and of at least qualitätswein quality
What does GG on a wine label indicate
First growth is the literal translation
Must be made by a member of VDP
These are considered the very best dry wines of Germany
May Pradikatswein be chapitalized?
May Qualitätswein be chapitalized?
Pradikatswein- May never be capitalized
 Qualitätswein- Are allowed to be capitalized
What alcohol can you expect from the following Prädikats if they are dry
Kabinett
Spätlese
Auslese
Beernauslese
Kabinett 11-12%
Spätlese 13%
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Auslese 15%
Beernauslese 18%
(at these must weights yeast is Typically not able to ferment the wines dry)
The following an organization. State the name and purpose of the organization
In 1984 the Charta was formed to advance the classic dry style of Rheingau Riesling
From 2012 onward Erstes Lage will indicate ______
Sites of premier cru status
Pre 2012 Erstes Lage was “grand cru” status
Grosse Lage means what on a label of german wine
Grand cru or top site
What are the max hl/ha of the following:
Grosse Lage (grand cru wines)
Erste Lage (premier cru wines)
Ortswein (village wines)
Gutswein (regional wines)
Grosse Lage 50hl/ha
Erste Lage 60 hl/ha
Ortswein and Gutswein 75hl/ha
What does the term Classic mean on a bottle of german wine
Classic wines are considered harmoniously dry with a maximum residual sugar Contant of 15 g/L
Single varietal and they must omit any mention of a vineyard
Min ABV 12% (11.5% in the Mosel)
What does the term Selection mean on a bottle of german wine
Selection wines are “superior dry” with a max RS of 9g/L (12g/L allowed for riesling)
Single vineyard, single variety
60hl/ha
Must weight is equivalent to Auslese and vineyards picked by hand.
What does Gemeinden mean?
Its the village!
What does Einzellagen mean
Its the vineyard
Where is the Scharzhofberger vineyard located
Wiltingen in the bereich of Saar
Egon muller is the greatest grower
Burg Cochem, often referred too as the Terrassenmosel is home to a very special vineyard called what?
The vineyard of Uhlen in Winningen is responsible for some of the bereich’s best wines
Heymann-Löwenstein
Kloster Eberbach and Schloss Johannisberg are found in this anbagabiet
Rheingau
This vineyard in the Rheingau is touted as being the best vineyard for pinot noir, the most planted red grape in the region.
Who is a key grower?
Höllenberg vineyard in Assmannshausen
August Kesseler is amongst its finest growers.
What is the most planted grape in Baden?
What is the 2nd most planted?
Pinot Noir is 42.2% of planting
Müller Thurgau is 2nd most.
What is Ruländer?
A synonym for Grauburgunder (PG) made in a sweeter style in Baden
What are the 9 Bereiche of Baden?
Tauberfranken
Badisch Bergstrasse
Kraichgau
Ortenau
Breisgau
Kaiserstuhl
Tuniberg
Bodensee
Markgräflerland
Which of Baden’s 9 Bereiche is known for producing Chasselas and what is the German name for the grape?
Markgräferland
Gutedel is the synonym for Chasselas.
What is the most celebrated Bereiche in Baden for Pinot Noir?
Kaiserstuhl - the Kaiserstuhl hills crown and extinct volcano. Protected from rain by the Vosges Mountains.
What are the three Bereoche of Franken?
West to east they are:
Mainviereck - rectangle
Maindreieck - triangle
Steigerwald - eastern end
Which Bereiche in Franken produces 75% of Frankens wine from shell limestone soils
Maindreieck - the Triangle, middle Bereiche
What is the most planted grape in the Franken?
Muller-Thurgau 26% of vineyard land
Silvaner - 24% of vineyard land
What is the Reinheitsgebot?
The Purity Order - a series of regulation limiting the ingredients in beer in Germany and the states of the former Holy Roman Empire
Where would I find the Stein Vineyard?
Wurzburg
Maindreieck.
Riesling and Silvaner.
What Bereiche in Franken is known for it’s Black Gypsum-laced keuper soils
Steigerwald, the eastern end of Franken.
These soils mitigate low Tempes by warming the vines at night, so much so that vines can often produce quality wines even on North-facing slopes.
The Tauberfranken Bereich is shared among three Abnaugebiete. What are they and which one can not legally bottle in a bocksbeutel
Baden
Franken
Württemberg - may not Bottle in a bockbeutel
The region of Tauber Franconia (German: Tauberfranken) is a part of the region of Franconia, most of which lies in the German state of Baden-Württemberg.
What is the most dominate grape in the Ahr and what soils produce the best examples?
Spatburgunder
Slate soils
T or F
Almost all Ahr vineyard rows run down the slopes North to South
True, they do this to maximize sun exposure.
What is the 2nd most planted grape in the Ahr
Früburgunder.
Known in France as Pinot Noir Precocé. Typically ready for harvest two weeks before PN
This is a mutation of PN
This region has the highest öchsle for spatlese riesling
the Pfalz 90 öchsle
Nahe has the driest growing season, true or false?
True!
Soil type of the Rheingau?
Red slate, quartzite and sand
Who owns the Alleinbesitz Hattenheimer Steinberg?
Kloster Eberbach - invented kabinett style in 1712
What is an Amtliche Prüfungsnummer
an official exam number in Germany
5 sets of digits:
1 - location of examination board
2 - village wine was produced
3 - producer
4 - Unique number of bottling
5 - the year the wine was tested.
Major red grape of the Nahe
Dornfelder - most planted red
Name the 3 best sites of the Rudesheim from West to East
Berg Schlossberg
Berg Roseneck
Berg Rottland
How many liters in a stuck?
1,200 liters
How many Bereiche in Rheingau?
1 - Johannisberg
How many Bereiche in Rheinhessen?
3 - Nierstein, Bingen, Wonnegau
How many Bereiche in the Ahr?
1 - Walporzheim-Ahrtal
How many Bereiche in the Nahe?
1 - Nahetal
What does Jahrgang mean?
Vintage in German
What does Flaschengärung?
Fermentation in the bottle
The red hillside between Nierstein and Nacenheim is called what?
Roter Hang
What is Gutsabfüllung?
Estate Bottled
What is an Ortsteil
The German way of making vineyards stand alone, such as Echezeaux is listed but not the village. it’s recognized without naming the village.
What does VDP stand for?
Verband Deutscher Pradikatsweinguter
Who founded the Charta?
George Brewer.
Located in Rudesheim
Define Anreicherung
A process of adding dry sugar to wine must before and during fermentation. Chaptalization
What is Schillerwein?
a specialized style of rose wine, found in Wurttemberg.
One of the few styles of European roses for which BLENDING is permitted. Often co-fermented.
