Germany Flashcards
Latitude of german vineyards
between the 49th and 50th
Are among the coolest
Rainshadow Mountains in Germany
- Rheingau: TaunusBerge in the North
- Pfalz: Pfälzerwald and Haardt-Berge in the west
- Baden: Schwarzwald and Vosges
- Mosel: Eifel and Hunsrückberge
What is the VdP?
- Verein Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter
- founded 1910
- Estate botteling mandatory
- Notable Producers: Robert Weil, Dr. Loosen, Egon Müller, Keller, Dönnhoff, Joh Jos Müller
Most planted Grape Varieties in Germany
- Riesling, Müller-Thurgau, Silvaner, Weissburgunder, Grauburgunder
- Spätburgunder
What does Prädikat mean?
- Distinction upon ripeness
- No chaptalization allowed
What are the Prädikate?
- Kabinett
- Auslese
- Spätlese
- Beerenauslese (bortrytizied)
- Trockebeerenauslese
- Eiswein
What are the 13 Anbaugebiete?
North to South:
- Sachsen
- Saale Unstrut
- Ahr
- Mittelrhein
- Rhengau
- Rheinhessen
- Mosel
- Franken
- Nahe
- Hessische Bergstrasse
- Pfalz
- Würtemberg
- Baden
Name the Six Bereiche in the Mosel
- Bernkastel
- Burg Cochem
- Saar
- Ruwertal
- Obermosel
- Moseltor
Mittelmosel and it’s Villages
- Piesport: Goldtröpfchen
- Brauneberg: JufferSonnenuhr
- Bernkastel-Kues: Doctor
- Wehlen und Zeltingen: Sonnenuhr
- Ürzig: Würzgarten
- Erden: Prälat und Treppchen
Notable Producers in the Mittelmosel
- Joh Jos Prüm
- Dr. Loosen
- Mönchhof
- Fritz Haag
- Egon Müller
- Selbach-Oster
Soil Type in the Mosel
- Devonian Blue Slate (porous and heatretaining)
- Red Slate: Erden
Pfalz: Climate, Geology
- Sunniest and driest region
- neutral extension of Alsace (Rainshadow from the Haardt Berge (Voseges), along the Rhein)
- Complex Soil: Red Sandstone, calcarous limestone, Loess, Red Slate, Granite
Bereiche in the Pfalz
- Kallstadt: Saumagen
- Ungestein
- Bad Dürkheim
- Wachenheim
- Forst: Kirchestück, Pechstein, Ungeheuer, Jesuitengarten
- Deidesheim: Langenmorgen, Hohenmorgen, Kieselberg
- Ruppertsberg: Reiterspfad, Gaisböhl
- Königsbach: Idig
Varieties in the Pfalz
- Riesling
- Scheurebe
- Sauvignon Blanc
- Pinot Varieties
- Sangiovese
Notable producers in the Pfalz
- Weingut Dr. Bürklin-Wold
- Weingut Müller-Catoir
- Weingut Rings
- Weingut Philipp Kuhn
Rheinhessen: Climate and Geology
- South of Rheingau
- cool continental, along the Rhein, Nahe and Pfalz
- Largest Anbaugebiet
- Rheinterrasse: eastern exposure, wind protected
- Roter Hang: prestigious Slope, red clay and slate
Notable Gemeinden in Rheinhessen
- Nackenheim
- Nierstein: Hipping and Pettenthal
- Oppenheim: Schützenhütte und Sackträger
- Westhofen: Morstein und Kirchspiel
- Dalsheim: Hubacker
Rheingau: Climate and Geology
- oldest winemaking region
- continental
- warmer than Rheinhessen, because of the Rhein
- Soil: slate on upper slopes, clay, loess, red slate near the water
- Riesling and Spätburgunder
Notable Producers of Rheinhessen
- Weingut Keller
- Weingut Barth
- Weingut Gunderloch
- Weingut Battenfeld-Spanier
Wine-Style of Rheingau
- Mostly Riesling
- typically fuller bodied and more concentrated than Moel
Notable Gemeineden und Einzellagen in Rheingau
- Assmannshausen: Höllenberg (PN)
- Rüdesheim: Berg Roseneck, Berg Rottland
- Geisenheim: Schloss Johannisberg
- Johannisberg: Hölle
- Winkel: Schloss Vollrads, Jesuitengarten, Hasensprung
- Hattenheim: Pfaffenberg
- Erbach: Macrobrunn
- Kiedrich: Gräfenberg
- Eltville: Sonnenberg
- Hochheim am Main: Kirchstück
Most notable Producers in Rheingau
- Weingut Robert Weil
- Weingut Georg Breuer
- Schloss Johannisberg
- Weingut Künstler
- Weingut Josef Leitz
Nahe: climate and geology
- continental
- along the Nahe River (tributary of Rhein)
Wine Style of the Nahe
- sweeter Riesling
- Style in between very mineral Mosel and concentrated Rheingau
Key Gemeinden along the Nahe
- Schlossböckelheim
- Oberhausen
- Niederhausen
- Norheim
- Bad Münster
- Bad Kreuznach
Most notable Producers in the Nahe
- Dönnhoff: Oberhauser Brücke & Hermannshöhle
Franken: Climate and Geology
- along the Main River
- cool climate
Key Grape in Franken:
- Silvaner (smoky and fullbodied)
- Müller Thurgau
- Very little Riesling (too cold)
- Silvaner bottled in Bocksbeutel
Notable Villages in Franken
- Würzburg
- Escherndorf
- Iphofen
- Bürgstadt
Baden: Climate and Geology
- along French and Swiss Border
- Bodensee important influence
- warmest region in GER
Grape Varieties in Baden
- Spätburgunder
- Müller Thurgau
- Lemberger (Blaufränkisch)
Mittelrhein: Climate and Geology
- Continental
- Steep Slopes along the Rhein
- slate on the riversides
Ahr: the region
- smallest most northern winegrowing region
- north of the 50th parallel
