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
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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
Label term of an estate bottled wine
Gutsabfullung
Label term used to indicate a producer bottled wine made by grower cooperatives
Erzegerabfulluung
Label term that indicates a wine produced by a commercial winery from purchased grapes
Abfuller
Label that while legally undefined generally refers to an off dry wine
Feinherb
Label term that indicates a semi-sweet wine
Leiblich
Label term that indicates a dry wine made from Auslese level grapes from an Einzellage
Selection or “select harvest”
German Sparkling wine
Sekht or Schaum wein
Adding sugar to must before fermentation
chaptalization
Certain style of German Rose
Weissherbst
Small area that produces only 2% of Germany’s wines, yet enjoy an excellent reputation.
Rheingau
One of the wine regions located in the former East Germany
Sachsen (SSU)
The largest wine region of Germany, both in terms of under vine and wine production
Rheinhessen
Largest wine region of Germany in terms of ground area; only a small portion of the area is planted to grapes
Baden
Has over 85% of its vines planted to red grapes, despite it’s northerly location. It is northern most and smallest.
Ahr
Region known for blue slate soils and excellent Reisling
Mosel
This region is home to the well-known Bereich of Johannisberg
Rheingnau
Wine region that lies west of the Rhine River; it’s southern edge stretching almost to Alsace.
Pfalz
Region with the most Einzellagen (over 500)
Mosel
Region with most of its vines planted along the Neckar River and in the Neckar River Valley. Most vines are red.
Wurttemberg
Region near the city of Wiesbaden known for red slate soils
Rheingnau
Region home to 6 Bereiche, including Bernkastel, Saar, and Ruwertal
Mosel
Region often referred to as Palatinate
Pfalz
Regional home of Germany’s warmest wine growing area, the Kaiserstuhl Bereich
Baden
Wines from this region are often packaged in a flask-shaped Bocksbeutel
Franken
Where is the Rhine river/lifeblood of German wine industry
Starts at Lake Constance “badensee” in the south and flows westward heading north towards the Netherlands dissecting western Germany. It forms border with Switzerland and France and meets up with the Mosel River.
What is the second most important river in Germany
Mosel River. Starts in Vosges Mtns in Alsace and heads Northeast into the Rhine.
What are the main tributaries off the Rhine
Ahr, Nahe, Maine, Neckar
What is Germany’s climate
Northern Continental
Why are vineyards concentrated near waterways
Moderating effects. Too ripen grapes in a cool region
Where is Riesling concentrated
Mosel and Reignau
gU wines must carry what % on the label in terms of place name
gU wines require100% be from the place name.
Which 3 wines from the pradikatswein category are considered dessert wines
BA, Eiswein, and TBA
Sweet German wine is referred to as
Suss
What % of German wine is red
1/3
Name the four levels of the VDP classification system
VDP Gross Lage -great site
VDP Erste Lage-first site
VDP Ortswein-classified “village” site
VDP Gutswein-estate/regional entry level
Formerly Landwein on the quality pyramid
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Two categories of wine under gU
Qba and Pradikatswein
VDP
Verband Deutscher Pradikatswein
