Germany Flashcards
Grosses Gewächs
Trocken wines from the top vineyard sites in the VDP classification. Must not contain more than 9g residual sugar.
edelfäule
German for noble rot
Anbaugebiete
13 wine regions of Germany Mosel Rheingau Rheinhessen Pfalz Nahe Ahr Baden Wüttemberg Franconia Mittelrhein Saale-Unstrut Saxony Hessische-Bergstraße
What are the levels of VDP classification and corresponding maximum yields?
- Grosse Lage (Grand Cru) Max. 50hl/ha
- Erste Lage (Premier Cru) 60 hl/ha
- Ortswein (Village wine) 75 hl/ha
- Gutswein (Regional wine) 75 hl/ha
What are the white grapes Germany?
Riesling Gewürztraminer Müller-Thurgau Silvaner Scheurebe Pinot Gris (Grauburgunder) Pinot Blanc (Weissburgunder) Kerner Bacchus
What are the red grapes of Germany?
Pinot Noir (Spatburgunder)
Dornfelder
Blauer Portugieser
Trollinger
Süssreserve
Sweet, sterilized unfermented grapemust added just before bottling to combat high acidity in German wines.
Must not be more than 15% of the total volume of the wine
What is the must weight for Prädikat wine?
Kabinett 70-85 oeschle Spätlese 80-95 Auslese 88-105 Beerenauslese 110-128 Trockenbeerenauslese 128-150 Eiswein 110-128
What are the 6 bereiche of the Mosel?
Bernkastel Burg Cochem Saar Ruwertal OberMosel Moseltor
VDP
Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter
German association of more than 200 top producers. founded in 1910, this association is committed to quality by making dry Riesling from the best territory and vineyard sites. Quality levels are designed to emulate the grand cru model of Burgundy.
Where is the monastery of Kloster Eberbach?
Hallgarten (Rheingau)
Where is Schloss Johannisberg located?
Rheingau
Where is Sangiovese planted in Germany?
Pfalz
Where is Rüdesheim located?
Rheingau
Where is most of Germany’s Schwarzriesling planted?
Württemberg
When did the Cistercians of Burgundy found Kloster Eberbach monastery?
1136
What two anbaugebiete are located in former East Germany?
Sachsen
Saale-Unstrut
What style is Landwein produced as?
trocken or halbtrocken
What slate characterizes the Mosel?
Devonian slate
What river is Franken located on?
The Main river
What river is the Nahe situated along?
The Nahe River, a tributary of the Rhine
What regions can Liebfraumilch be blended from?
Rheinhessen
Nahe
Rheingau
Pfalz
What region uses “Erstes Gewächs” instead of “Grosses Gewächs”?
Rheingau - is a legally authorized term and may be spelled out in full
What portion of the Ahr is red wine?
84.4%
What mountain range is in the Pfalz?
Haardt Hills (Vosges Mountains)
What is Weissherbst? Where is it popular?
A saignée rosé made from a single variety and of at least QbA quality popular in Baden
What is the sole bereiche of the Rheingau?
Johannisberg
What is the rosé popular in Württemberg?
Schillerwein
What is the most planted red grape of the Rheingau?
Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir)
What is the German term for monopole?
Alleinbesitz
What is the finest estate in the Mittelrhein?
Toni Jost’s alleinbesitz Bacharacher Hahn
What is Piesport’s greatest vineyard?
Goldtröpfchen
What is Goldriesling? Where is it a local specialty in Germany?
An aromatic crossing developed in Alsace, is the local specialty of Sachsen
What is Germany’s warmest wine growing region?
Kaiserstuhl, Baden
What is Germany’s northernmost wine-growing region?
Saale-Unstrut
What are the Prädikat levels and corresponding öchsle ranges
Kabinett 70-85° Spätlese 76-95° Auslese 83-105° Beerenauslese 110-128° Trockenbeerenauslese 150-154° Eiswein 110-128°
Who are some prominent members of the VDP?
Robert Weil Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt Dr. Loosen Egon Müller Joh. Jos. Prüm Dönnhoff Keller Bürklin-Wolf Toni Jost
Gemeinden
A municipality/village, smaller than a bereiche, larger than a einnzellage
What are the most important gemeinden and einzenllage of the Saar?
Wiltingen: Scharzhofberger
Saarburg: Rausch
What are the most important gemeinden and einzenllage of the Ruwer?
Eitelsbach: Karthäuserhofberg
Mertesdorf: Abtsberg, Herrenberg, Bruderberg
What are the most important gemeinden and einzenllage of the Mosel?
Trittenheim: Apotheke Piesport: Goldtröpfchen, Domherr Brauneberg: Juffer, Juffer Sonnenuhr Bernkastel-Kues: Doctor, Lay Graach an der Mosel: Domprobst, Josephshöfer (monopole of Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt) Wehlen: Sonnenuhr Zeltingen: Sonnenuhr Ürzig: Würzgarten Erden: Prälat, Treppchen
What are the most important gemeinden and einzenllage of the Rheingau?
Assmannshausen: Höllenberg
Rüdesheim: Berg Roseneck, Berg Rottland, Berg Schlossberg
Geisenheim: Schloss Johannisberg
Johannisberg: Hölle
Winkel: Schloss Vollrads, Jesuitengarten, Hasensprung
Hattenheim: Pfaffenberg (monopole of Schloss Schonborn), Mannberg, Steinberg
Hallgarten: Schönhell, Jungfer
Erbach: Marcobrunn
Kiedrich: Gräfenberg
Eltville: Sonnenberg
Hochheim am Main: Hölle, Kirchenstück
Which gemeinden of the Rheingau produces the most red wine from Späburgunder?
Assmannshausen, the best is from the Höllenberg vineyard. August Kesseler is a top producer.
Rheingauer Flöte
flute-shaped brown bottle sometimes used to bottle Riesling in the Rheingau
What percent of the Rheingau is planted to Riesling?
80%
Roter Hang
The most prestigious sector of the Rheinterrasse, a slope of red clay and slate spanning 180 ha between Nierstein and Nackenheim
Rheinterrasse
Located on the western banks of the Rhine, historically produces the best wines of the Rheinhessen. It is an extended reach of eastern exposures protected from frost and the winds that sweep through much of the rolling, unwooded expanse of the Rheinhessen.
Where is Silvaner considered a regional specialty?
Rheinhessen, it has a more acreage devoted to Silvaner than any other winegrowing region in the world, including Franken.
Message in a Bottle
An association of over two dozen young and dynamic winemakers in Rheinhessen committed to raising quality throughout the region.
Name some prominent producers from the Rheinhessen
Weingut Keller in Flörsheim-Dalsheim and Wittmann in neighboring Westhofen. Both are members of Message in a Bottle
What are the most important gemeinden and einzenllage of the Rheinhessen?
Nackenheim: Rothenberg Nierstein: Hipping, Pettenthal Oppenheim: Schützenhütte, Sackträger Westhofen: Morstein, Kirchspiel Dalsheim: Hubacker
What commonalities are shared between Pfalz and Alsace?
Complex soil makeup–layers of red sandstone, calcium-based limestone, loess, red slate, basalt, igneous granite and alluvial gravel
Vosges Mountains become Haardt Hills (500-600meters)
What is the most famous section of Pfalz?
The east-facing slopes of the Haardt hills in the Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse
Name some prominent producers of the Mittelhaardt
Bassermann-Jordan
von Buhl
Bürklin-Wolf
Müller-Catoir
What are the most important gemeinden and einzenllage of Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse?
Kallstadt: Saumagen
Ungstein
Bad Dürkheim
Wachenheim
Forst: Kirchenstück, Freundstück, Pechstein, Ungeheuer, Jesuitengarten
Deidesheim: Langenmorgen, Hohenmorgen, Kieselberg
Ruppertsberg: Reiterpfad, Gaisböhl (Bürklin-Wolf monopole)
Königsbach: Idig
What are the most important gemeinden and einzenllage of Südliche-Weinstrasse?
Siebeldingen: Im Sonnenschein
Birkweiler: Kastanienbusch
Schweigen: Kammerberg
What are the most important gemeinden and einzenllage of the Nahe?
Bad Kreuznach
Bad Münster
Norheim
Niederhausen: Hermannshöhle, Hermannsberg
Oberhausen: Brücke
Schlossböckelheim: Kupfergrube, Felsenberg
What river flows through Ahr?
The Ahr River, a tributary of the Rhine
What is the single bereiche of the Ahr?
Walporzheim-Ahrtal
What is the single grosse lage of the Ahr?
Klosterberg
Who are some top producers of Spätburgunder in the Ahr?
Meyer-Näkel
Kreuzberg
*Known to use barriques in their high-end cuvees.
What percent of the Ahr is planted to Spätburgunder?
over 80%
364 ha
Geographical features of the Ahr
The Ahr sits north of the 50th parallel, its terraced vineyards are sheltered from cold winds by the Eifel Mountains.
Frühburgunder
An early-ripening strain of Pinot Noir found in Franken
Also a specialty found in Ahr.
What is the most planted grape of Franken?
Müller Thurgau
Bocksbeutel
Squat, flask-shaped bottles used in Franken
What are the most important gemeinden and einzenllage of Franken?
Würzburg: Stein, Leiste
Escherndorf: Lump
Iphofen: Julius Echter Berg
Bürgstadt: Centgrafenberg
Hahn Grosse Lage vineyard
A monopole of Toni Jost in Bacharach, Mittelrhein
Which region in Germany has the most Spätburgunder planted?
Baden, 5,592 ha
What is the second most-planted red grape in Germany
Dornfelder
What term indicates an estate-bottled wine?
Gutsabfüllung
The Taunus Mountains are a defining geographical feature in which Anbaugebiet?
Rheingau
A white wine bearing the initials “GG” must have been harvested at yields of _____ hl/ha or less.
50 hl/ha
What did the 1971 wine law do to einzellage?
Reduced number from 30,000 to around 2,700
Set a minimum five-hectare size for single vineyards Created a new category, Grosslagen, to identify “collective” vineyard sites.
What did the 1971 wine law do to labeling laws?
The law banned the use of familiar terms like feine, feinste, and hochfeine, historically added to indicate reserve wines within a larger category
Goldkapsule
In response to 1971, to indicate a higher level of sweetness and distinction beyond a wine’s labeled Prädikat, vintners added a golden capsule.
The Star System
In the Mosel, producers developed a second code to distinguish among different tiers of wine within a Prädikat and from the same vineyard: the star system. To indicate reserve bottlings, producers may apply one to three stars (, **, **), sometimes in conjunction with a Goldkapsule.
Amtliche Prüfungsnummer
The “official exam number,” or A.P. number, a new certification that debuted with the 1971 wine law. Each A.P. number consists of five sets of digits. The digits, in order, indicate the following: (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, typically one calendar year after the vintage. All Qualitätswein and Prädikatswein must carry an A.P. number, theoretically ensuring that quality remains strict.
What are the sizes of German barriques?
Stück-1,200-liter oval cask
Doppelstück-2,400 liters
Halbstück-600 liters
What is the parentage for Dornfelder?
Helfensteiner x Heroldrebe
Where are vines traditionally trained in the single-post system
Mosel
Which vineyard in the Mosel is an exception to the less than 5ha Wine Law of 1971
The Doctor vineyard in Bernkastel-Kues
What is the dominant grape of the Obermosel and Moseltor?
Elbing
Charta
An effort by growers of the Rhgeingau, spearheaded by the Bernhard Breuer (of the Georg Breuer estate) in Rüdesheim, to produce noble dry riesling from Erstes Gewächs.
Which village of the Rheingau is committed to Spatburgunder?
Assmannshaussen. The Höllenberg vineyard is its greatest example and August Kesseler is amongst its finest growers
