Germany Flashcards
What makes urziger wurtzgarden special? Which village is it in?
What villages are north and south?
Which vineyards of note are north and south?
What’s your favorite color?
Red Volcanic Slate due to high iron content. In an amphitheater that creates stunning tropical fruit concentration and (with age) sweet spices.
It’s in Urzig.
North village: Erden
North vineyard of note: Erdener Pralat and Erdener Treppchen
South village: fuck if I know these maps are fucked…. probably Zeltingen-Rachtig
Further down is wehlen with those sundials, no topsoil, and shit.
Describe the geographic landscape of the Mosel
Hunsruck Hills to the south east and Eifel Mountains south west
Hillside forests protext the vines from cold winds blowing in from the mountains/hills
The river moderates heat and is the source of fog for edelfaule
Saar and Ruwer are tributaries in the south east
Converges with the Rhine at Koblenz
Slate provides heat and drainage, its nutrient deficiencies cause low pH and a lack of sulfur in the grapes
Explain:
Erste Lage
Erste Gewachs
Grosses Gewachs
Second to top vineyard based tier of VDP
Dry wine from Rheingau
Dry wine of Grose Lage vineyard from everywhere else
Both above are erste lages, non dry erste lages hold the classic pradikat designations
NOT FINISHED What are the requirements of the Erste Lage category?
Erste Gewachs:
50 hl/ha
Not released until September 1st after harvest white or 2nd September 1st after harvest Red Max Rs 9 g/l Reisling 6g/l Pinot Noir
First vintage of this 1999
Requirements of the VDP
Must be estate bottled
Hand picked for single vineyards and Auslese plus pradikatswein
Vineyards must be 80% classic varieties
Grosse Gewachs must not be released until September 1st post harvest
Wines with Pradikat can be released on May 1st
Red wines must be released on the second September 1st having been aged at least 12 months in oak
Technically all VDP dry wines can be chaptalized as they are just qualitatswein in the eyes of the law
What is the difference between grosslagen and grosse lage?
Grosslagen are the 1971 law’s collective vineyard sites of dubious quality
Grosse Lage are the top tier single vineyards in the VDP’s classification system.
What is a “Traubenadler”?
“Grape Eagle” or the VDP’s logo
When was the VDP founded?
1910 as a promotion of the sale of unchaptalized wines
What did the term “natur” typically mean?
Not chaptilized, but sometimes meant no sussreserve or sulfur, so the 71 law axed it
When did the VDP’s category of origin framework release and when was it last updated?
2000 and 2012 respectively
How may “trocken” be used by a VDP member?
It may not be used on any wine with a “Pradikat” designation. Only Erste Lage or below may have Trocken, Gross Lage wines will have the GG (Grosses Gewachs) on the bottle if dry (must be of at least Spatlese ripeness when picked)
In which Anbaugebiete does the Erste Lage category not exist?
Mosel
Ahr
Rheinhessen
How does Burklin-Wolf label his single vineyard wines?
PC and GC
Which super prominent estate in the rheingau left the VDP in 2014 and why?
Schloss Johannisberg,
Koehler-Ruprecht used the term “Trocken”on a grosse lage wine (Silberlack”) instead of the required “Grosse Gewachs”
Where is Juffer Sonnenuhr?
Brauneberg
Where is Apotheke?
Trittenheim
Where is Pralat?
Erden
Where is Treppchen?
Erden
What are the beriechs of the Mosel?
Burg Cochem Bernkastel Ruweral Saar Moseltor Obermosel
What are the beriechs of the Mosel?
Burg Cochem (lower mosel) Bernkastel (middle mosel) Obermosel (upper mosel) Ruweral Saar Moseltor (near obermosel in the saartlands)
What is a “gemeinde”?
German for “Village”
Where is the heart shaped vine training used and why? What a pros/cons?
On the steepest slopes attached to a sturdy post as to not require wires on the hillside.
These are normally run with vertical cordon or the two canes (forming a heart) however this requires a thinning of the leaves to reduce the chance of rot. The sparce canopy leaves the grapes exposed to sun, resulting in TDN flavors such as petrol
What is “TDN”?
An aroma compound (1, 1, 6-trumethyl- 1, 2-dihydronaphthalene)
Which causes petrol aromas in Riesling, especially aged Riesling. Caused by excessive sunlight and heat. Best avoided with canopy management (i.e. more shade) and cooler picking times
Name a prominent vineyard in the Ruwer
Maxim Grunhauser Abtsberg (not a GL of the VDP yet as Maxim Grunhauser only joined in 2016)
There’s also Karthäuserhofberg of the Karthauserhof (means carthusian, is a carthusian monastery) winery in Eitelsbach
Where is Domherr?
Piesporter
What are the top vineyards of Piesporter?
Goldtropjchen and Domherr
Where is Rheinhold Haart based?
Piesporter
Which is cooler: Mosel or Ruwer?
Ruwer, there are cooler nights there resulting in a relatively higher amount of nervy acidity
What do Urzig and Erden have in common?
Red soils, slate in Erden, volcanic slate in Urzig, as opposed to blue slate errrwerrrelse
Where is Kastanienbusch?
Pfalz,
Where is Nackenheim
Rhine Terrace, Rheinhessen
Where is Nierstein?
Rhine Terrace, Rheinhessen
Which anbaugebiete buts up against the Haardt Hills? What do they cause?
The Pfalz, they create a rain shadow
Where is Forster Kirchenstuck?
Pfalz “Church Parcel”
Warmest most consistent vineyard in the Mittelhaardt
Where is Kiedricher Turmberg?
Rheingau
Which has a higher min Oeschle for Riesling Spatlese, Mosel or Pfalz?
Pfalz, Forst Village 90 degree as opposed to 80 degree
Pradikatswein Oeschle levels
Kabinett: 70-85 Spatlese: 80-95 Ausele: 88-105 Beerenauslese: 110-128 Eiswein: 110-128 Trockenbeerenauslese: 150-154
Which Anbaugabiete has the largest concentration of Spatburgunder
Baden followed by Pfalz and Rheinhessen
Who is holds the largest acreage of Riesling?
Pfalz followed by Mosel
Where is Wissembourg?
Town holding the southernmost vineyards of the Pfalz in Alsace
What are the two Beriechs of the Pfalz?
Mittelhaardt-Deutsch Weinstrasse (holds most renowned villages) and Sudliche Weinstrasse
Which region buts against the palatinate forest?
Pfalz
Where is Forst?
Mittelhaardt, Pfalz
Where is Hohenmorgen?
Vineyard in Deidesheim, Pfalz
Between which two villages are most of the Pfalz’s Grosse Lagen located?
Forst (norht) and Deidesheim (South)
Where is Kallstadter Saumagen? Prominent Producer?
North of Forst, an ampitheater/suntrape
Koehler-Ruprecht “single-handedly built its reputation”
Where are the Drachenfels?
Peaks of the Haardt Hills
Where are Konigsbacher Idig and Gimmeldinger Mandelgarten?
Vineyards south of Diedesheim (Pfalz)
Name three prominent producers in the Mittelhaardt
Reichstrat von Buhl
Burkin-Wolf
Basserman-Jordan
Three B’s
Where is Muller-Catoir based?
Haardt (Pfalz)
Specializing in sweet wines
What’s weird about Weingut von Winning? Where are they located?
They use oak in their Reisling, in the Pfalz
What is the Birkweiler Kastenienbusch?
A hillside in the Sudliche Weinstrasse, an exceptional site in a struggling region
Where in the Pfalz can one find great Weissburgunder and Spatburgunder?
Southern Pfalz, Sudliche Weinstrasse, a place where experimentation can be more readily practiced. Great sites:
Seibeldinger im Sonnenschein
Schweiger Kammerberg
What is the primary soil type found in the Palatine Forest and Haardt hills?
Red sandstone with loess
Name the well known vineyards in Kanzem
In Saar btw
Horecker
Altenberg
Well known vineyard in Saarburg
Saarburger Rausch
What is the “Romanee-Conti” of Riesling?
Scharzhofberg in the Saar
Egon Muller is the most famous producer
It produces a regular bounty of edelfaule
The Scharzofberg TBA is one of the top wines of the world selling at 4000 euros a bottle at the auction in trier
Where is Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt located?
Mosel
Name the beriechs of the Rheingau
Johannisberg
What does allainbesitz mean?
Monopole
Where is Berg Schlossberg?
Rudesheim
What do schloss and kloster mean?
Castle and abbey
Name two monopoles in the rheingau
Schloss Johannisberg
Hattenheimer Steinberg of Kloster Eberbach
Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg
Who owns the Robert Weil estate?
Suntory
Which village on the rhein is most notable for red wine? A single vineyard from there?
Assmannshausen
Hollenberg is there, August Kesseler is well known for his wines from here
List a great single vineyard from Kiedrich
Kiedricher Grafenberg, most well known is Robby Weil’s, his spatlase from here is making critics do backflips
Name two single vineyards from Johannisberg
Schloss Johannisberg and Johannisberger Holle
Name a single vineyard from Hochheim
Hochheimer Holle
Name a single vineyard of hattenheim
Hattenheimer Steinberg (monopole of Kloster Eberbach)
Name three single vineyards in Rudesheim
Berg Rottland
Berg Roseneck
Berg Schlossberg
Where is hochheim am main in relation to Weisbaden and Weisbaden in relation to Johannisberg?
Hochheim am Main is east of Weisbaden, main is a tributary of the Rhein. Weisbaden is far east of Rudesheim and Assmannhausen on the western side of Johannisberg proper
What are the wine growing conditions in Hochheim?
Warmer than the rest of the Rhein
Gentle slopes
Loamy soil or sandy limestone
Which municipality is Johannisberg inside of?
Weisbaden
Where are the steepest vineyards on the rhein?
Rudesheim, Ber Schlossberg vineyard has 70% slopes
Describe the soil layout of the Rheingau
Sandstone, slate, stonier soils on top, loess and slate towards the bottom
When was the first planned harvest of spatlese fruit with edelfaul?
1775 by Schloss Johannisberg
Who makes “Berg Schlossberg Riesling Trocken Artist”? Is it labeled as Grosse Gewachs?
Georg Breuer
The domain left the Charta and VDP in 1999
Name a winery in Hochheim am Main
Kunstler
Which is allowed on labels and why
Ertes Gewachs
Grosses Gewachs
Erste Gewachs, a kinda sorta first growth in the Rheingau (1/3rd of the area qualifies)
Was allowed in full on labels in 1999 the first designation of its kind since 71
GG must be on the VDPs label because it’s a private organization/deignation
Describe the biggest differences of winemaking areas of the Rheinhessen compared to the gau/Mosel
Undulating hills with limestone soils as opposed to slopes/slate/river influence
Who makes “G-max”?
Keller, undisclosed plots, always dry
Where is the Rheinhessen’s “rothenberg” vineyard?
Nackenheim, Gunderloch a well known producer
Between which two villages hangs the roter and its larger area?
South of Nierstein to Oppenheim, called the rheinterrasse
Name two single vineyards in the Roter Hang
Pettenthal and Rothenberg
What was the most expensive wine ion the Titanic?
Niersteiner Riesling
Where is Peter Jakob Juhn located?
Rheingau
Where is Schloss Vollrads?
Above Oestrich/Winkel villages in Rheingau
Where is Georg Breuer?
Villages above and below
Rudesheim
Rheingau
Geisenheim upricer, Assmannshausen down river (technically a bit north)
Where in the Rheingau is the Marcobrunn vineyard?
Prominent Producer?
It is “Erbacher Marcobrunn”
Between Erbach and Hattenheim
Schloss Schonborn
Where is Wagner-Stempel based?
Single Vineyard wines?
Rheinhessen
Bingen Bereiche
Hollberg and Heerkretz vineyards
In which beriech are Wittman and Keller?
Which soils would you expect there?
Wonnegau
Limestone and Loess
Where is Bingen beriech in the Rheinhessen?
NW/W
Which great village of the Rheinhessen was cheapened by its Bereiche designation?
Nierstien
In which two Bingen villages are prominent vineyards clustered?
Bingen village and Siefersheim
Name a biodynamic producer of Roterhang Riesling
Kuhling-Gillot
Where is Forst?
Major vineyard there?
Pfalz
Freundstuck
What is Reinheitsgebot?
German Beer Purity Law
Which river runs through Franken?
Main
What is Franken’s climat and why?
Cotinental, the Main river is small and doesn’t regulate temperatures
What does Franken have in common with Washington state?
Severe winters messing up vines
What is the most planted variety in Franken?
Muller Thurgau
Which grape is classicaly ssosciated with Franken?
Silvaner
Where is the Stein vineyard?
Describe it?
Nme one producer
Franken, Wurzburg Warm, Limestone, Loess, on the Main Riesling/Silvaner 85 hectares though so can be spotty Juliusspital and Burgerspital are largest landholders. Both charitable organizations financed by larger companies
Where is the Steigerwald mountain forest?
Steigerwald beriech on the eastern end of Pfalz
High elevation, cool
Where can Keuper soils be found? describe
black, gypsum-laced, heat retaining warm the vines at night
Where can Castell and Iphofen be found?
Steigerwald, where sylvaner first popped up in Germany
What is Tauber?
In which anbaugebiete does it sit?
The Tauber is a tributary of The Main river.
West of homburg
Franken, Baden, Wurttemberg
What seperates the Nahe from the Mosel?
Hunsruck Hochwald highland forest (west)
What is the Nahe?
Tributary of the Rhine
Which grapes are allowed for Grosse Lage designation in Nahe?
Riesling
List the beriechs of the Nahe
Nahetal
What are the practical boundaries for winemaking?
Upper
Middle
Lower
Where is Bad Kreuznach?
Town separating the Middle/Lower Nahe, considered its own wine growing area
Monzingen and Martinstein are where?
Upper Nahe
Monzingen is warm, a good site for Riesling
Schlossbockelheim is where?
Middle point in Nahe
Where is Fruhlingsplatzhen?
Used to be an 8 hectare vineyard in Monzingen but expanded to 64
Where is Emrich Schonleber?
Producer in Monzingen
Best in the upper Nahe
Where is Shafer-Frohlich?
Upper Nahe
Bockenau village
Started in 1998 and quickly started…. crushing it… lolol
Where would a hydroelectric dam be found in Nahe?
Near Niederhausen
Facts about Oberhauser Brucke?
A monopole of Donnhoff In the middle Nahe Volcanic Slate Limestone Schist
Bad Kreuznach and Bingen represent what?
The southern/Northern boundaries of the lower Nahe.
There it converges with the Rhein
Soil becomes heavier with clay, the weather warmer, and Spatburgunder is practical
What is the top producer of the lower Nahe?
Schlossgut Diel
in Burg Layen
Where is lake Constance?
Between the Baden and Switzerland
Where are the Odenwald Hills?
Between Baden and Hessische-Bergstrasse
Which region does Baden’s plantings emulate?
Burgundy
Top plantings are Weissburgunder, Spatburgunder, and Grauburgunder
What is “bodensee”?
Lake Constance
What is gutedel?
Chasselas
What is Rulander?
Pinot Gris/Grauburgunder synonym often used when bottled in sweeter iterations
Where is Briesgau? Notable facts about it
A beriech with “weathered limestone soils” producing exceptional Dor esque Pinot
Where is Malterdingen?
Village in Briesgau
Which are the beriechs in Baden most celebrated for PN?
Briesgau
Kaiserstuhl
What beriech holds an extinct volcano? What is it known for?
Other geographical influences in the area
Kaiserstuhl
Draped in loess
Rain shadow from Vosges
Hot and Sunshine, 15% PN not unheard of
What is Germany’s hottest vineyard?
Ihringer Winklerberg (thinking of the fonz on a steep volcanic hillside)
Where is Achkarrer Schlossberg?
Kaiserstuhl vineyard (steep volcanic)
Where are you most likely to find Trollinger in Germany?
Wurttemberg
What’s another area that grows Trollinger?
Alto Adige as Schiava
Feminine, elegant, strawberries, flowers, fresh
Where would you find schillerwein and what’s special about it?
Wurttemberg
Blended rose
Where is the Necker?
Baden, Rhine tributary
Jean stodden, Meyer-Nackel, and J.J. Adeneuer are where?
Ahr
Unique characterstics/growing area of the Ahr
Pinot Noir is grown on slate, smoky undertones
Name two growers in Rudesheim
George Breuer
Leitz
Name two GG known for Pinot Noir
Burgel in Dalsheim and frauenberg in florsheim (Rheinhessen), Keller Makes both and is one of best germen PN producers
Name 5 producers (and their home villages) of German PN
Bernhard Huber, Baden Ziereisen, Baden Enderle and Moll, Baden Rudolf furst, Franken keller, Rheinhessen
Weather and style of Pinot in Baden
Warm and dry Summers, can be Sweet but quality producers lean on acid
Name 3 PN producers in Ahr
JJ Adeneuer
Meyer NakeI
Jean Stodden
Name a PN producer in franken
Rudolf furst
Name 3 PN producers from Rheingau
Joachim flick August kesseler (Assmanshauser) franz Kunstler (assman...)
2 main wine growing regions in Nahe
Plains and Dramatic hills
fruhlingsplatzchen is sprawling and damp, west is dramatic slate heavy Halenberg
2 single vineyards of Donhoff
Hermanshohle and Brucke
Roth near Oberhausen
villages in Bernkastel
Every Uncle Zips Woman’s Bras Brains poop taint
Erden, Uzrig, Zeltingen, Wehlen, Bernkastel, Brauneberg, Piesport, Trittenheim
German vintages 2016-2010
2016 good quality, disease ridden, but sunshine towards the end led to good ripeness with higher acidity
2015 good warmth, normal yields
2014 cold and wet, not great
2013 good until late in season when rain fucked up ripening, low yeilds fair quality
2012 switched with 13, rain early, ripening later. Especially good for Spatburgunder
2011 Rely gerd
2010 low sunshine and high rain, high acid and diminished yields
Germany 2009-2005
2009 dry, warm, reliable vintages, ripe and appealing
2008 cool autumn, long ripening with high acidity
2007 excellent flowering, long ripening
2006 very rainy autumn led to rot and early picking, ballsy top producers only
2005 luscious fruit balanced with Structure, great amounts of edelfaule
German vintages 2004-2000
2004 fine, rain lead to warm autumn
2003 very hot, lower acid in whites, very good spatburgunder
2002 not many late harvest wines due to rains, soft wines
2001 holy god damn fucks it’s good. warm summer and cool harvest
2000 early September has plenty of rain and rot better for early drinking
What does AP Stand for german wine
Amtliche Prüfungsnummer (1) the location of the examination board, (2) the village in which the wine was produced, (3) the producer, (4) the unique number of the bottling, and (5) the year in which the wine was tested,
Difference between Ahr and Baden Pinot Noir
Kaiserstuhl in Baden is ripe and robust
Ahr is
what is fruhburgunder?
early ripening PN Strain
Ahr Soil
slate
Bereiche of Ahr
Walporzheim-Ahrtal
why does Ahr PN work?
Eiffell mountains create rain shadow, E-W Valley giving Southern aspect, slate holds heat
Where’s the Taunus
Range above Rheingau
Mountain above Rheihgan
Taunus
Where are: Pralat Wurzgarten Sonnen Himmelreich Doctor Juffer Sonnenhur Apotheke
Erdener Pralat Urziger Wurzgarten Zeltigen and Wehlener Sonnenhurs Graacher Himmelreich Berkastel Doctorberg Brrauberger Juffer Sonnenhur Piesporter Goldtropfchen/ Trittenheimer Apotheke
Where is scharzofberg
Wiltingen in Saar
2 vineyards of hattenheim
Pfaffenberg (schloss schonborn monopole) and Marcobrunn
Where is pfaffenberg?
Hattenheim
Where is marcobrunn
Hattenheim
Vineyards of Keidrich
Graffenberg
Where is graffenberg?
Keidrich
Where is Hollenerg?
Assmanhausen, Kessler great producer
Vineyards in Assmanhausen
Hollenberg
Donhof’s monopole
Oberhouser Bruke
Oberhouse vineyard
Village in Nahe
Bruke vineyard is Donhoff monopole
Niederhaus vineyard
Village in Nahe
Hermansholle vineyard
Donhoff
