Germany Flashcards
What are the sub varieties of Sylvaner?
Gruner Sylvaner
Gelber Sylvaner
What is Rulander
BA effected Grauburgunder (pinot gris)
Baden and Pfalz
What is Frunburgunder
A mutation of pinot noir.
-ripens earlier / lower acid / darker colour
(where) - Ahr
also France - Pinot Precoce
Name 3 outstanding producers of the Nahe.
Donhoff
Emrich-Schonleber
Armand Diel
What are two geological influences of the Mosel?
Hunstruck and Eifel Mountains
What vineyard is the source for Donhoffs prized Eiswein?
Oberhauser Bruck (monopole)
Gunderloch received 100pts for what wines?
Nackenheimer Rothenberg TBA
1992 / 1996 / 2001
What are the 5 parcels that lie in Eitelsberg Karthauserhofberg’s prized vineyard?
- Burgburg
- Kronenberg
- Ortsberg
- Sang
- Stim
S-E facing vines.
What is the second wine of Keller?
Von der Fels (from the rocks)
Rheinhessen
What is the risidual sugar level for a wine labeled Trocken?
4g/l
may be up to 9g/l IF total acidity is within 2g/l total RS
What does Grosse Gewaches indicate on a label.
VDP classification for a dry wine from the best vineyards.
What term would indicate that a sparkling wine was made in the Traditional Methode?
Flaschengarung
flashen / garung
What would Erste Gewachs indicate on a label?
Dry wine from best vineyard in Rheingau
What is the term for training system using single stakes?
Einzelpfahlerziehung
einzel / fahler / zie / hung
due to steep gradient
What type of wine is Badisch Rotgold?
A Rotling from Baden
(Rotling - Rose form R and W grapes)
min 51% Grauburgunder (PG) + Spatburgunder
aka. Schillerwein - Sachen / Württemberg
Which Anbaugebite do not use the Erste Age Classification?
Mosel
Ahr
Rheinhessen
(they use GC / PC)
What does VDP stand for?
Verband Deutscher Pradikatsweinguter (1910) GG: less than 10g/l EG: more than 13g/l Troken: 9g/l
What is the maximum yield for a VDP Grosse Lage wine?
50hl/ha
What are the Ochsle levels?
Kabinet: 70-85
Spatlese: 80-95
Auslese: 88-105
Beerentrockenauslese: 110-128
Eiswein: 110-128
TBA: 150-154
what soils define the Urzig and Erden vineyards?
MOSEL:
characterized instead by iron-rich Devonian red slate
What soils define the majority of the Mosel?
Devonian blue slate
What is a Straußwirtschaften?
seasonal wine bar opened usually by the owner of a winery who sells their wines.
When did riesling plantings outnumber muller thurgau?
late 1990’s
What is the meassument of a Doppelstuck?
Halbstuck 600
Stuck 1200
Doppelstuck 2400
