German Producers Flashcards

1
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Where is Kiedricher Turmberg? Who’s monopole is this?

A

Rheingau
Robert Weil

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2
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Is Kiedricher Turmberg an Erste Lage or Grosse Lage?

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Erste Lage

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3
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Robert Weil’s top Grosse Lage holding in the Rheingau?

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Kiedricher Gräfenberg

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4
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What is Georg Breuer’s Alleinbesitz? Where is the Alleinbesitz?

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Rauenthaler Nonnenberg
Eastern end of the Rheingau

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5
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Georg Breuer has holdings in these three Grosse Lage vineyards of Rüdesheim.

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Berg Schlossberg
Berg Roseneck
Berg Rottland

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6
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True or False: Georg Breuer allows brotrytis in the dry wines.

A

False

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7
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This winery is presumed to be the oldest riesling estate in the world?

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Schloss Johannisberg

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8
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This winery claims the first spätlese and eiswein made in the world.

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Schloss Johannisberg

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9
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How does Schloss Johannisberg specify the style of wine on the seal?

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Gelback (yellow seal) - QbA
Rotlack (red seal) - Kabinett
Grünlack (green seal) - Spätlese
Silberback (silver seal) - Grosse Lage
Rosalack (pink seal) - Auslese
Rosa-Goldlack (pink-gold seal) - Beerenauslese
Goldlack (golden seal) - Trockenbeerenauslese
Blaulack (blue seal) - Eiswein

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10
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What is a second wine that Georg Breuer produces?

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Terra Montosa Riesling
-a second wine from both Rüdesheim and Rauenthal

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11
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Where is Künstler located?

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Hochheim am Mein, Rheingau

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12
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Where id Künstler originally have vines?

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-1648 in South Moravia, Czech Republic
-the estate moved to Hochheim am Mein in 1965

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13
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List the three Grosse Lage sites that Künstler has vineyards in Hochheim.

A

Kirchenstück
Hölle
Reichestal
Domdechaney

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14
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What is Künstler’s top vineyard site in Kostheim?

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Weiss Erd

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15
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What are Künstler’s top wines?

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Hochheimer Kirchenstück Riesling GG
Hochheimer Hölle Riesling GG
Kostheimer Weiss Erd Riesling GG

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16
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Who claims the oldest bottle of drinkable riesling in the Rheingau?

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Schloss Schönborn
-their 1735 Johannisberger, which was sold at auction in 1987 for $29.5K, tasted, then recorked.

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17
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What is Schloss Schönborn’s Alleinbesitz?

A

Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg

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18
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Peter Jakob Kuhn has vineyards in which Grosse Lage the following:
Oestrich
Mittelheim

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Oestrich: Doosberg and Lenchen
Mittelheim: Sankt Nikolaus

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19
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Where is this bottle from? How long is it aged?

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From the Grosse Lage of Doosberg in Oestrich in the Rheingau.
Spends 32 months in fuder.
One of Peter Jakob Kühn’s top bottlings.in th

20
Q

Where is this bottle from? How old are the vines? How long is it aged?

A

From the Grosse Lage of Sankt Nikolaus in Mittelheim in the Rheingau.
80 year old vines
Aged for 32 months in fuder

21
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Where do Josef Leitz’s vineyards lie?

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-On the westernmost part of the Rheingau on the Rüdesheimer Berg—a steep, south-facing hillside of extremely old slate and quartzite—planted entirely to riesling, encompassing the Grand Crus of Schlossberg, Rottland, and Roseneck

22
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What is special about the Der Kaiser bottling of Letiz?

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-Sits high, just beneath the forest line of the Rüdesheimer-Berg
-a spectacular view overlooking the confluence of the Nahe and Rhein Rivers.
-composed of quartzite, very old grey slate, as well as some iron-rich red slate and produces wines with incredible complexity and length
-one of the his most sought after wines

23
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How does Letiz label his GG’s?

A

He designates the pre-1971 parcel names on select bottlings, reviving the individual voices:
-Rüdesheimer Berg Kaisersteinfels GG ‘Terrassen’
-Rüdesheimer Berg Schlossberg GG ‘Ehrenfels’
-Rüdesheimer Berg Rottland GG ‘Hinterhaus’
-Rüdesheimer Berg Roseneck GG ‘Katerloch’

24
Q

Who owns the monopole Rosengarten? Where is it located?

A

Joseph Leitz
-In Rüdesheim in Western Rheingau

25
Q

Forstmeister Geltz-Zilliken focuses on which vineyard?

A

Saarburger Rausch

26
Q

What are the younger vines of Keller’s Grosse Lage sites used for?

A

-not used for the GG wines
-employed to make a second wine, Riesling von der Fels–“from the rocks.”

27
Q

What vineyard does Keller’s Absterde come from?

A

Westhofener Brunnenhäuschen

28
Q

List a biodynamic producer in the Rheinhessen.

A

Wittman

29
Q

True or False: Wittman allows botrytis in the dry wines.

A

False

30
Q

What are the principal vineyard holdings of Wittman

A

Westhofener Aulerde
Westhofener Kirchspiel
Westhofener Brunnenhäuschen
Westhofener Morstein

31
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What are the principal vineyard holdings of Keller?

A

Dalsheimer Hubacker
Dalsheimer Bürgel
Westhofener Morstein
Westhofener Brunnenhäuschen “Abtserde”
Westhofener Kirchspiel
Niersteiner Pettenthal
Niersteiner Hipping

32
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Wine Spectator has given 100 points three times to which Rheinhessen producer for a TBA wine. For which vintages?

A

Gunderloch’s Nackenheimer Rothenberg TBA Riesling
1992
1996
2001

33
Q

What is Keller’s most famous wine?

A

GMAX

34
Q

What are the principal vineyard holdings of Gunderloch?

A

Nackenheimer Rothenberg
Niersteiner Pettenthal
Niersteiner Hipping
Niersteiner Englesberg
Niersteiner Oelberg

35
Q

Which wine of Keller’s received 100 points from Gault-Millau and when?

A

2003 Hubacker TBA Goldkapsel
-in 2005

36
Q

Where is Wagner-Stempel located?

A

Siefersheim

37
Q

What vineyards are the stars of the Wagner-Stempel estate?

A

Heerkretz and Höllberg vineyards - both located in Siefersheim

38
Q

Where does this wine come from? What is the wine?

A

A blend of young vines from Heerkretz and Höllberg in Siefersheim in the Rheinhessen.

39
Q

Name a producer from Laumersheim? Where is Laumershein?

A

Knipser
Located in the Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse in the Pfalz.

40
Q

Name a producer from Siebeldingen. Where is Siebeldingen?

A

Ökonomierat Rebholz
Located in the Südliche Weinstrasse in the Pfalz.

41
Q

What is the largest family owned estate in Germany?

A

Dr. Bürklin-Wolf

42
Q

Vineyard holdings of Dr. Bürklin-Wolf in Furst.

A

Kirkenstück
Jesuitengarten
Pechstein
Ungeheuer

43
Q

Vineyard holdings of Dr. Bürklin-Wolf in Deidesheim

A

Hohenmorgen
Kalkofen

44
Q

Vineyard holdings of Dr. Büklin-Wolf in Ruppertsberg

A

Gaisböhl
Reiterpfad

45
Q

Vineyard holdings of Dr. Büklin-Wolf in Wachenheim

A

Rechbächel

46
Q

Vineyard holdings of Geheimer Rat Dr. von Bassermann-Jordan in Deidesheim.

A

Kalkofen
Hohenmorgen

47
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Vineyard holdings of Geheimer Rat Dr. von Bassermann-Jordan in Forst

A

Jesuitengarten
Pechstein
Ungeheuer
Freundstück
Kirchenstück