Germany Flashcards
A German table wine made from 100% German grapes
Deutscher Wine
A German wine that may be produced from imported bulk wine
Wein
Most widely planted grape in Germany
Reisling
German wine category that contains what used to be referred to as Landwein
ggA
Term used for dry German wines
Trocken
Term used for off dry German Wines
Halbtrochen
German wine category that contains all PDO wines
gU
German wine category that contains wines from the lowest level of the PDO categories
QbA
German wine category that contains wines exclusively from the highest level of the PDO category
Pradikatswein
German term for botrytis
Edelfaule
The name of the system used in Germany to determine sugar ripeness in grapes
Oechsle
Lowest ripeness level of Pradikate
Kabinett
Wines of additional ripeness made from grapes picked after the designated “late harvest” date
Spatlese
“Select Harvest” wines from grapes that have reached an acquired level of sugar
Auslese
“Selected Berries” or sweet wines that MAY be affected by Botrytis
Beerenauslese
Frozen grapes with required sugar level
Eiswein
Wines made from individually picked , overripe berries often affected by Botrytis
Trockenbeerenauslese
Germany has 13 of these designated wine regions
Anabaugebiette
Equal to regional or district appellations; Germany has 40
Bereiche
Large grouping of closely located vineyards; 160 of these
Grosslegen
This area may contain a single vineyard or small group of vineyards; More than 2,700 of these in Germany
Einzellegen
An organization founded in 1910 by Germany’s leading wine estate
VDP or Verband Deutcher Pradikatsweinguter
A term used to indicate that a wine was made from the highest-level vineyards of an estate
Gross Lage
A term used to indicate that a wine is made from the second-highest level vineyard of an estate
Erste Lage Charta?
Unfermented grape juice sometime used to increase the sweetness of a wine
Sussreserve