generl study guide 2 Flashcards
What is Muller-Thurgau?
Riesling x Madelaine Royale cross
What is Scheurebe?
Riesling x Silvaner cross developed in the Rheinhessen
When did Dornfelder originate?
1956
Where do most crossings come from?
Geisenheim Wine Institute, founded in 1872
How much German wine was Liebraumilch in the 1980s?
Over 60%.
What grape is Liebraumilch - usually?
Muller-Thurgau, but no grape can be mentioned on the label.
What anbaugebiete can be used for the production of Liebraumilch?
Rheinhessen, Nahe, Rheingau, and Pfalz
How much Riesling is planted in Germany?
over 20% of the nation’s vineyards are Riesling.
What are Germany’s leading white grapes?
Riesling Silvaner Grauburgunder - Pinot Gris Weissburgunder - Pinot Blanc Kerner Bacchus
What are Germany’s leading red grapes?
Spatburgunder Dornfelder Blauer Portugieser Trollinger Schwarzrielsing
What is Schwarzriesling?
German name for Pinot Meunier
What is Weissherbst?
A saignee rose wine made from a single varietal and of at least Qba quality.
How much of a grape must be in the bottle if the grape variety appears on the label?
85%
What are the 2 quality wine categories in Germany?
Qualitatswein - formerly QBA
Pradikatswein - formerly QMP
How much wine falls into the 2 quality wine categories in Germany?
95 % of all German wines fall into Qualitatswein and Pradikatswein.
What is the quality level of Liebfraumilch?
Qualitatswein
What are the German Pradikats?
Kabinett spatlese auslese beerenauslese trokenbeerenauslese eiswein
How is the Pradikate level determined?
By the level of sugars in the grape at the time of harvest measured by degrees according to the Oschsle scale
What is tricky when it comes to interpreting the pradikat levels.
They are expressed in a range according to each anbaugebiete. There are minimums but there are not any maximums. So a Spatlese can be labeled as a kabinett. This happens in warm vintages.
What is the minimum abv % for Pradikatswein?
7 % (5.5 % for Beerenauslese, TBA, and Eiswein.
Can winemakers chaptalize at the Pradikatswein level?
No. But, they can at the Qualitatswein level.
What is the Amtliche Prufungsnummer?
5 sets of numbers indicating a wine has been approved by a tasting panel.
region where tested commune where bottled bottler's code unique code for bottling final 2 numbers indicate year the application was filed.
What quality category is Grosses Gewachs?
Qualitatswein or Qba -
Dry wines are released without mention of pradikat
