GERMANY Flashcards
What is QmP
Qualitätswein mit Prädikat
Prädikatswein, whit 6 ripening levels
What it means Erstes Gëwachs
Is a legal definition for wines that:
- Are from Rheingau
- DRY
- Only Reisling and Spätburgunder
- Best Vineyard sides
Three classes of DRY wines with official status:
Classic
Selection
Erstes Gewächs (Fist growth)
What it means “Selection”
Legal designation that:
- Are DRY
- Hand-picked
- 12.5% ABV max.
- 12 g/l residual sugar
What it means “Classic”?
Legal designation for wines that:
- Are Dry/Dry-off
- 15% g/l residual sugar
- A typically wine from one Anbaugegebiet
What is VDP?
Verband Deutscher Prädikatswein
No- legal Classification based on QUALITY. With 4 quality levels
Chaptalization is not allowed
4 leves of VDP classification
Grose Lage(Grand Cru/Great state)
Erstes Lage (Premier Cru/First state)
Ortsweine (Place wine)
Gutsweine (State wine)
What it means Feinherb?
Is an unregulated term meaning off-dry
Only Bereich in Rheingau:
Johannisberg
**2 of the best single vineyards in Rheingau? Producers
- Schloss Johannisberg (900 years making wine)
- Schloss Vollrads
**What Village in Rheingau is different from the rest for produces more red wines than whites?
Assmannshäusen Höllenberg
From Spätburgunder grape
Rheingau traditional wine bottle?
Elongated brown bottles
Best known villages of Rheingau
Lorchhausen…
***Schloss Vollrads
Single Vineyard
Recognized for Troken wine with Erstes Gëwach
Bets know Villages in Rheingau:
*Rüdesheim
*Johannisberg
*Oestrich
*Erbach
*Hattenheim
*Eberbach
*Hochheim
*Assmannshäusen
Lorchhausen
Winkel
Rauenthal
Kiedeich
Eltville
Witch Region has more acreage devoted to Silvaner in the world?
Rheinhessen
*** What is Liebfraumilch?
Is blended wine from Rheingau, Rheinhessen, Pfalz or Nahe.
- Must be Qualitätswein.
- Min 70% Riesling, Müller-Thurgau, Silvaner or Kerner.
- Semi-sweet