GERMANY Flashcards

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What are the influencing climatic factors on German wine regions

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Most northerly classic wine region of Europe

The Vosges mountains
Rainshadow

The riversystems are important
Rhine river
Main river
Mosel river
Sunreflection, temperature regulation

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Explain the German quality structure

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German Wine Law mainly concerned with

grape maturity

Measured in mustweight, named

Oechsle, Oe*

1 litre of water =
1000 g

1 litre of grapejuice =
1095 g (1000 g water and 95 Oe*)

95 Oe* equals potentional ABV of 13%

From Top
Qualitätswein mit Prädikat (QmP)

Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebeite (QbA)

Deutscher Landwein

Deutscher Wein (Tafelwein)

QmP can further subdivided into:
Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA)
Eiswein
Beerenauslese
Auslese
Spätlese
Kabinett

Another rank of quality is made by the Organization
Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingutter (VDP)

VDP focus more on terroir than grap must

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What does the terms Qualitätswein and Prädikatswein refer to?

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Key terms in German wine law

Prädikatswein
Qualitätswein
Landwein

Prädikatswein can be further levelled by
grape quality or VDP system

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What is Anbaugebeit?

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Anbaugebeit =
Wine-growing areas for
Qualitätswein and Prädikatswein in German

13 Anbaugebete

Ahr
Hessiche-Bergstrasse

Mittelrhein
Mosel
Nahe

Rheingau
Rheinhessen
Pfalz

Franken
Wûrttemberg
Baden

Saale-Unstrut
Sachsen

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Describe the terms Einzellage, Grosslage, Bereich, Ortswein, Sekt, estate bottling

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Einzellage =
Individual vineyard site

Grosslage =
Collection of vineyards fx
Rosengarten in Rüdesheim

Bereich=
A district within an Anbaugebiet fx
Bereich Bernkastel

Ortswein =
Wines that express regionality

Sekt =
German sparkling wine

Estate bottling

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Name the principal grape varietals and crossings

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Appr. 140 grape varieties permitted

RIE
MÜT (Riesling + Madeleine Royale)
SIL +

Grauburgunder (PNG, Rülander)
Weissburgunder (PNB)
Kerner
Bacchus
Scheurebe
CHA
Gutedel

Spätburgunder (PNN)
Dornfelder
Blauer Portugieser

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Mention the notable wine villages in Mosel

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Divided into six Bereich

Bernkastel
Burg Cochem
Moseltor
Obermosel
Ruwertal
Saar

The best villages are in Bereich Bernkastel or
Mittelmosel:

Trittenheim
Neumagen
Piesport
Bernkastel
Brauneberg
Graach
Wehlen
Zeltingen
Ürzig
Erden

Wines sold in traditional elongated green bottles

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Mention the notable wine villages in Rheingau

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Bereich Johannisberg only

Best villages are
Lorchhausen
Rüdesheim
Winkel
Johannisberg
Oestrich
Erbach
Hattenheim
Rauenthal
Eberbach
Kiedrich
Eltville
Hochheim

Wines sold in traditional elengated brown bottles

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Mention the notable wine villages in Pfalz

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Pfalz is the worlds largest Riesling area

Two Bereiche:

Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse
Südliche Weinstrasse

Best villages:

Wachenheim
Forst
Deidesheim
Ruppertsberg
Bad Dürkheim
Haardt
Kallstadt
Königsbach
Neustadt
Ungstein

Siebeldingen
Birkweiler
Schweigen

Wines sold in traditional elongated brown bottles

Spätburgunder in Burgundy bottles

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Mention the notable wine villages in Rheinhessen

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Three Bereich:
Bingen
Nierstein
Wonnegau

Best villages are:

Nackenheim
Dienheim
Flörsheim-Dalsheim
Westhofen
Osthofen

Wines sold in traditional elengated brown bottles

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Explain the soil structure in Mosel

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Large quantities of
red/blue slate which

radiates heat on to the grapes day and night
helping to ripen the grapes, while
increasing drainage and
slow down erosion of the soil

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Explain the soil structure in Rheingau

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Loess, quatzite, clay

Slate-clay around Lorchhausen and Rüdesheim

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What are the labelling terms fx Trocken, Halbtrocken

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The six Prädikate or
degrees of ripeness

Trockenbeerenauslese
Beerenauslese
Auslese

are all dessert wines

Trcoken =
dry with a maximum of
4 g/L RS

Halbtrocke =
semi-dry with maximum of
18 g/L RS

Kabinett, Spätlese and Auslese are sometimes produced either Trocken or Halbtrocken

Feinherb is an un-regulated term meaning
off-dry

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Explain VDP structure and terms

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VDP refers to a
regional quality index,
inspired from Burgundian wine law:

Grosse Lage or
Grosses Gewächs (GG)
Erste Lage
Ortswein
Gutswein

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What does the terms Classic and Selection refer to?

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The term “Selection” is specifically for the

wines of Rheingau that have been hand-harvested

Halbtrocken/Classic:
“half-dry” or
slightly sweet wine with up to 12 g/l RS

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