German Wine Law/Grape Crossings Flashcards
Min abv/max yields for Qualitätswein “Erstes Gewachs”
11%
60 hl/ha flat areas
70 hl/ha steep areas
In what year was the VDP system finalized, establishing todays framework
2012
Germany is on this parallel
50
German term for bottle fermented
flaschengarung
When was Muller Thurgau developed
riesling x madeleine Royale
1882
Riesling x Madeleine Royale
kerner is a crossing of these grapes
trollinger x riesling
Min mustweight/abv for Deutscherwein
44-50 oechsle
8.5% abv
Must be Grown in Germany
min abv/must weight for qualitatswein in Germany
7%
51-72 oeschle
Must be from a single Anbaugebiete and approved grapes. May be chaptalized
Some members of VDP
Robert Weill
Reichsgraff Von Kesselstatt
Dr Loosen
Egon Muller
Joh Jos Pruhm
Donnhoff
Keller
Burklin wolf
Toni Jost
Von winning
“Classic” (2000) Max RS
“Selection (2000) Max RS
Classic: 15 g/l (single varietal, no mention of origin on label)
Selection: 9 g/l (hand harvested, auslese ripeness, 60hl/ha)
AP number is this:
Amtliche Prufungsnumber:
11 numbers (5 sets of them)
Exam board number
Commune Number
Producer’s Registered Number
Application number
year of application
What year was the VDP founded
1910
GG wine cant contain more than this g/l RS
9 g/l
Spatlese ripeness, 80 oeschle
First legally approved vintage for Qualitatswein “Erstes Gewachs”
1999
PGI Landwein min must weight/abv
47-55 oeschle
min abv 8.5%
Trocken/halbtrocken grown in one of 26 regions
Deutscher wein must weight
44-50 oeschle
8.5% abv
Min potential alc 5-6% min
100% Grapes germany
If you see “Erstes Gewachs” on a bottle of wine, where is it from?
Rheingau
What does gU stand for?
geschutze Ursprungsbezeichnung
PDO
All GG wines all VDP wines as well categorized as this in eyes of German Wine Law
Qualitatswein (they arent pradikatswein) and can be chaptalized!
Often are with Spatburgunder
Erste Lage tier doesnt exist in these anbaugebeite
Mosel
Ahr
Rheinhessen
Aging requirement for GG wines (white)
May not be released until September 1 of year after harvest
GG red wine aging requirement
Additional year of aging and 12 months in wood
Four tier system as defined by VDP (Verband Deutscher Prädikats- und Qualitätsweingüter) in 2011
Regional Tier (Gutswein) Anbaugebeit, fantasy name
Village Tier (Ortswein) Soil, Village name
Premier Cru (Erste Lage) Vineyard and Village name
Grand Cru (Grosse Lage) just vineyard name
What is Huxelrebe
found in Rheinhessen
Pfalz and Nahe
Gutedel (Chasselas) x Courtiller Musqué (Muscat Precocé de Saumur)
Dr Georg Scheu at Alzey institute in Rheinhessen
Named for Fritz Huxel who cultivated the grape
What year was Landwein introduced as a category in Germany, and Pradikat levels introduced for Eiswein?
1982
These vineyards escaped the min 5 ha mandate for single vineyards
Forster Kirchenstuck (Pfalz)
Bernkasteler Doctor (Middle Mosel)
Kiedricher Turmberg (Rheingau)
Where is the Geisenheim wine institute located and why are they important
Rheingau
developed hardier grape crossings like Muller Thurgau and Dornfelder
Dornfelder is a cross between these grapes
helfensteiner x heroldrebe
What is weissherbst
Saignee rose made from a single variety at least QbA quality
Erzeugerabsfüllung means this?
Estate Bottling
Winzergenossenschaft/Winzerverein means:
Wine growers cooperative
Riesling is dominant variety in these anbaugebeits
Mosel
Rheingau
Nahe
Pfalz
Rheinhessen
Mittelrhein
Hessische-Bergstrasse
What is Kellerei
Wine Cellar
What is steillage in Germany?
steep vineyard site over 30 degrees
How many growers are in the VDP
195
How many regional associations are in VDP
10 (all 13 anbaugebeits)
Requirement for membership in VDP
Commitment to classification system
observance of higher minimum must weights and lower maximum yield than permitted by German law
Estate grown
hand harvested single vineyard wines 80% traditional grape varietals must be planted in vineyards
Pradikat Auslese and Above
General Pradikatswein
Minimum must weight ranges
Kabinett: 70-85
Spatlesee: 76-95
Auslese: 83-105
Beerenauslese: 110-128
Eiswein: 110-128
Trockenbeerenauslese: 150-154
What is the name of the VDP emblem
traubenadler
What is Flurbereinigung
1971 law enacted:
Eliminates centuries old terraces critical to wine growing (Post WWII a campaign to consolidate parcels of land divided by successive generations of inheritance to physically restructure vineyards)
vineyard cant be smaller than 5 ha, equalizing viticulture
max yields for the four tiers of wine determined by VDP (2011)
Grosse Lage: max 50 hl/ha
Erste Lage: max 60hl/ha
Ortswein: max 75 hl/ha
Gutswein: max 75 hl/ha
what is Siegerrebe
Madeleine Angevine x Gewurztraminer
Regent is this
Diana x Chambourcin
pradikat wines can only be produced under this category of German wine
Qualitatswein bestimmer Anbaugebeit (within an anbaugebiet)
What 1970 European law catalyzed 1971 German wine Law
EEC or common Market organization for wine: QWPSR (quality wines produced in a specific region)
Table wines
Muller Thurgau synonym
Rivaner
How many growers in the VDP as of 2017
195
This term is banned from labels of VDP producers
Grosslagen (collective vineyard sites)
The VDP was founded in 1910 as this:
the VDNV, or Verband Deutscher Naturweinversteigerer, an assembly of four regional winegrowers’ associations that promoted the sale of Natur (unchaptalized) wines at auction.
This term, used by the VDP until 1971, was banned by wine law of 1971 when qba and the pradikat system was introduced.
“Natur”
The name for Germany’s fifth and most current wine law
1971 Deutsches Weingesetz
1971 wine law changed the number of einzellage in this way
30,000 to around 2,700…more collective vineyard sites
What is Windume-Manoth?
“the month of the vintage”
Charlemagne’s Carolingian calendar for October
introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine River in the late eighth century.
What is edelfäule?
German term for botrytis
What is Rülander?
Sweet botrytized Pinot gris in Germany, synonym for Pinot gris in Baden and Pfalz
What is Muscat blanc a petit grains in Germany
Muskateller
Original categories in 1971 wine law modeled by laws of the EEC
Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiet (literally, “quality wine from a growing region”) and Tafelwein (“table wine”)
third tier: Qualitätswein mit Prädikat (QmP)
(as a subset within Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiet (QbA)
Sussreserve may be added to Qualitatswein up to this % (per 1971 wine law)
15% of total volume of wine
For Pradikatswein, what is the Abv% for categories below beerenauslese
The lower Prädikate require a minimum 7% acquired alcohol;
from Beerenauslese on up, the minimum is reduced to 5.5%.
In the 1800s, the fruity, crisp wines of Mosel River region were called this
Moselle
When did Phylloxera hit Germany
1872
First vintage of Liebfraumilch
1921
“H. Sichel Sohne Liebfraumilch”
The Fleurbereinigung did this to terraces of the Rheingau
Made them accessible for machines by using construction waste to level them
What is the Deutsches Weingesetz
1971 Wine Law, fifth and most current
In this year, the EEC was born, the predecessor to the EU
1957
European Economic Community
1971 wine law banned these terms
feine
feinste
hochfeine
Added to indicate reserve wines within a larger category
In the Mosel, these symbols may be used to indicate reserve bottlings
*
**
***
Sometimes in Conjunction with a goldkapsule
What year was the EEC finalized
1970
Two tiers of wine established by the EEC in 1970
Quality Wines Produced in a Specific Region (QWPSR)
Table Wines
The 1971 wine law created three major categories of wine
Qualitatswein bestimmer Anbaugebiet
(quality wine produced from a specific region)
Tafelwein (table wine)
Qualitatswein mit Pradikat (QmP) subset within QbA
How many Anbaugebiet are in Germany
13
11 in the initial 1971 classification
What year was Eiswein created as a pradikat?
1982
What year did the terms Classic (12 g/l) and Selection (9 g/l) debut in Germany?
2000
What is CMO
Common organisation of agricultural markets (CMO)
reforms in Germany in the late 2000s
Current name for Tafelwein
Wein
Pradikatswein min Abv
7%
5.5% for Beerenauslese and above
VDP members must adhere to this % traditonal grape varieties in the vineyards
80%
VDP prohibits members from using this category of vinyeard classification on their labels
Grosselagen
(collective vineyard sites)
What was the original name of the VDP when it was founded in 1910
VDNV
Verband Deutscher Naturweinversteigerer
The VDP was modified in these years after 1971
1984 (vineyard classification)
2002 (formal extralegal three tier vineyard classification system)
2012 (final framework)
Where is Iphofer Kronsberg?
Franken
Hans Wirsching producer
Scheureube (Riesling x Buketrebe)
Absent of a pradikat, the term trocken only appears at this level and below
Erste Lage
Erste Lage doesnt exist in these anbaugebeits
Mosel
Ahr
Rheinhessen
Who produces Silberlack Grosse Lage Riesling? What do they label it as?
Schloss Johannisberg, still labeled as Trocken
In the Mosel, Grosse Lage Kabinett is made at these yields
60-70 hl/ha
VDP standard is 50 but tolerated in Mosel because higher yields more suitable for that style of wine
First Riesslaner produced at Kloster Eberbach in this year
1435
How big is a Doppelstuck
2400 L
Halbstuck is this big
600L
Synonyms for Fruhburgunder
Pinot Noir Precoce
Pinot Madeleine
Who founded the Weinsberg viticulture school
August Dornfeld
In which Anbaugebeit does Grauburgunder or Pinot Gris show the most potential
Southern Region of Baden
(across rhine river from alsace)
Worlds leading grower of Pinot Blanc
Germany
(Baden and Pfalz are strongholds)
Germany ranks this # in world Pinot Gris production
Second largest behind Italy
Number 1 anbaugebeit for Spatburgunder
Baden
Silvaner is a crossing of these two grapes
Traminer and Osterreichisch-Weiss
the four broad types of Silvaner
Gruner
Blauer
Roter
Gelber
Today the most popular clones of Silvaner are of these subtypes from the Wurzburg grape breeding institute
gruner silvaner
Gelber Silvaner
thicker skins
more bitterness
Synonym for Blaufrankisch
Lemberger
Primarliy in Wurttemburg
Who is Georg Scheu?
Created Scheurebe
Cross of Riesling and Bukettrebe at Alzey in 1916
Schwarzriesling and Trollinger grow almost exclusively here
Wurttemberg
When did Sauvignon Blanc make its debut in Germany
1995
When was Regent authorized for planting in Germany
1996
