Germany Flashcards
Auslese
- High quality wines
- Particularly ripe grapes
- Dry or residual sugar
Spätlese
- Fully ripe grapes
- Earliest permitted harvest date is 7 days after beginning of general harvest
Kabinett
- Classifcation for fine white wine , relatively low in alcohol
Prädikatswein
- Enrichment not permitted
- Must weight differs by varietal and region
Qualitätswein
- Largest group of German wines
- 100% from grapes of the approved 13 wine regions
- minimum natural alcohol specified by varietal and region
- Enrichment allowed
Translate “gemeinden “ in German
Communities
Translate vineyards in German
Einzellagen
Charlemagne’s ______ calendar changes October to _________.
Charlemagne’s Carolingian calendar changed October to Windume-Manoth (Month of the Vintage.)
Translate “trocken, halbtrocken “
“Dry” , “ half dry”
Translate “first site” in German
Erste Lage
What does VDP stand for?
Verband Deutscher Prädikatswein
What are the 6 bereiche of the Mosel
- ) Bernkastel
- ) Burg Cochem
- ) Saar
- ) Ruwertal
- ) Obermosel
- ) Moseltor
Translate “grosses gewachs “
Great growth
Translate and define the “AP Number” in German.
Amtliche Prüfungsnummer
A series of five sets of numbers indicating approval by tasting panel.
X XXX XX XX XX
- region wine was tasted
- commune it was bottled in
- bottle code
- unique code for bottling
- year the application was filed
What is a “goldkapsel “ and what wine growing region might you find one?
- a gold-colored capsule native to the Mosel
- denotes a small quantity “reserve selection” selected by producer
- generally means increased sweetness due to higher must weight
- typical is Auslese bottlings
Translate “edelfäule”
Noble rot
Translate monopole in German
“Alleinbesitz”
Exceptional vineyards of the Ahr
- Ahrweiler Rosenthul
- Altenahr Eck
- Dernan Pfarrwingert
- Heimersheim Landskrane
- Neuenahr Sonnenberg
- Walporzheim Gärkammer
- Walporzheim Kräuterberg
Trockenbeerenauslese
- sweet wine
- raisined
- hand selected grapes
Eiswein
- harvested and cellared at temps below freezing (-7c or colder)
- only the fruit concentrate is pressed
Beerenauslese
- sweet wines/ high RS
- ripe/botry. grapes
- hand harvest
What is Kerner crossing of?
- Schiava Grossa + Riesling
Landwein
- one step above Deutscher wein
- must declare region of origin
- always dry to half dry
- enrichment allowed
Deatscher Wein
- originate exclusively from Germany (approved grapes and vineyards)
- enrichment allowed
Define “enrichment “
Chaptilization to raise alcohol content is permitted
List every Oechsle degree set for every qualifying Qualitäts/Prädikatswein
- Qualitätswein: 51-72
- Kabinett: 67-82
- Spatlese: 76-90
- Auslese: 83-100
- Eiswein/Beerenauslese: 110-128
- Trockenbeerenauslese: 150-154
What is the Oechsle scale?
- measure, in hydrometer, the density of the must compared to an equal volume of water
(I.e. 1 Liter of water is 1,000 grams. If a liter of must is 1,000 grams, it’s density is 100• Oechsle.)
