GERMANY Flashcards
Germany is home to some of the world’s (a) vineyards at the northernmost extreme of viticulture in the northern hemisphere.
a. coolest
Germany location
The majority of vineyards are clustered in the southwestern corner of Germany near the borders of Belgium, France, and Switzerland. Most wine regions are at 49°N latitude or above.
Germany climate
Cool and continental with strong moderating influences from rivers and
mountain range
Germany topography
Rolling hills with rivers and steep hillside vineyards on river banks.
Germany soil
Slate, basalt
Germany grapes varieties
Risling
Muller-Thurgau
Silvaner
Spatburgandy
What is “Spatburgandy”?
Pinot noir
Germany’s viticulture
Vineyards are planted on steep, south-facing hills side, maximizing sunlight and to achieve ripeness in the grape.
Most vineymardsnare planted along river valleys of the Rhine, Mosel. Modied of water can act as a climate moderator and provide warmth from reflection of sunlight.
Germany’s vilification
Capitalization of wine is against the law for most quality.
Wines can be fermented dry (trocken), off-dry, or sweet.
German wine law
Wein
-without geographic indication
Landwein (PGI)
-Regional wines: rarely exported
めったに輸出されない
Qualitätswein (PDO)
-Quality wine from one of 13 major regions called “Anbaugebiete”.
-This category includes top Trocken wines.
Prädikatswein (PDO)
-A subset of Qualitätswein categorized by ripeness at harvest.
There are six prädikate levels of quality.
These wines are often, but not necessary, sweet.
The six Prädikat levels of quality?
Trochenbeerrnauslese (TBA)
Eiswein
Beerenauslese (BA)
Auslese*
Spatlese*
Kabinett*
What is VDP?
The Verband Deutscher Pradikatsweinguter
German association of more than 200 top producers.
Founded in 1910.
Committed to quality by. the tradition of making dry riesling from best vineyards.
model: grand cru of Burgundy.
What is “GG”?
Grosses Gewächs
These are dry, or trocken, wines from the top vineyard sites in the VDP Classification.
