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PETER LAUER, SEKT, RESERVE, SAAR 1992
Winemaker: Florian Lauer Location: Saar Style: Textural, deeper, more masculine Fermentation: Natural yeast, traditional method, aged 20 years on lees, no dosage Disgorgement: 2016
Where is Winningen? Name a producer from here and 3 important einzlage. What is significant in terms of terroir of this area of Burg Cochem?
What is the style of the wine?
Winningen is just south of Koblenz in Burg Cochem, Mosel.
Hamymann Lownstein
-Uhlen Roth Lay
-Uhlen Laibach
-Uhlen Blaufusser Lay
Very steep vineyard sites, steeper than Mittelmosel.
Dense and powerful, mostly dry wines.
Where is Alf? What is the most important producer from here? List a wine and style of this wine.
Alf is in Burg Cochem, northern Mosel
Stein important here
Stein, Alfer Holle 1900 2020
ungrafted vines pre 1900
more clay here than slate
$126
What are 5 important producers from Berkanstel in the Mosel?
JJ Prum
Selbach Oster
Weiser Kunstler
Julian Haart
Reinhold Haart
Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt
What is Reichsfraf vin Kesselstatt’s monopole in the Mosel? Where is it?
Graacher Josephofer
Middle Mosel
What is the source of Max Ferdinand Ricther’s Eiswein? Village and vineyard?
Mulheim in Middle Mosel
Helenkloster vineyard
Name one producer in the Mosel who has vines in Dhroner Hoffberg.
AJ Adams
Name 3 producers who have vines in Piesporter Goldtropfchen.
Reinholdt Haart
Julian Haart (2020)
Reichsgraf Von Kesselstatt
Most important sites of JJ Prum and style.
Wehlener Sonnenuhr Rieslings: Kabinett, Spätlese, Auslese and Auslese Goldkapsel
Graacher Himmelreich Rieslings: Kabinett, Spätlese and Auslese
Bernkasteler Badstube Riesling Auslese
Known for sweeter styles
Not as approachable in their youth - reductive, need decanting
2001 $295
Important sites for Weiser Kuntsler and Style.
Located in Traben-Trarbach
Pristine and pure
Razor sharp, mineral, salty.
Wolfer Sonnenlay - kabinett
Enkircher Steffensberg - usually dry
2018 = big harvest, richer and riper
Important Einzellagen & Producers of Brauneberg
Juffer: Fritz Haag, Schloss Lieser
Juffer Sonnenuhr: Fritz Haag, Schloss Lieser
Important Einzellagen & Producers of Graach an der Mosel
Domprobst (provost?): Willi Schaefer, Selbach-Oster
Josephshöfer: Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt (monopole)
Himmelreich (rich Heaven): JJ Prum, Willi Schaefer
Important Einzellagen & Producers of Wehlen
Sonnenuhr (sundial): JJ Prum, Dr. Loosen
Important Einzellagen & Producers of Zeltingen
Sonnenuhr (sundial): JJ Prum, Selbach-Oster
Name 2 important producers from the Ruwaar.
Karthäuserhof
Schlosskellerei Carl von Schubert – Maximin Grünhaus
Who owns the Karthäuserhofberg vineyard? Where is it?
Karthauserhof
located in Eitelsbach in the Ruwer
Style of Karthauserhof. Name 2 wines.
Austere and ageworthy.
70% of production is dry
KARTHÄUSERHOF, SPÄTLESE TROCKEN, ALTE REBEN 2014
KARTHÄUSERHOF, AUSLESE 2014
2014 = cool and wet, racy and herbal
Where is Maximin Grünhauser Abtsberg? Who owns it?
Mertesdorf, Ruwer
Von Schubert
How do Ruwer wines compare to Saar?
Ruwer wines in general are fuller than Saar, structured and age worthy. Ruwer wines are about the forest, with a range of flavors that includes forest floor notes, soil, resin, pine needle, dried herbs.
Name 3 important producers of the Saar
Egon Muller
Zilliken
Peter Lauer
Where is Scharzhofberger? Who are the four growers?
Wiltingen, Saar
Egon Müller
Van Volxem
Von Hovel
Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt
Who owns Wiltingener Braune Kupp?
Egon Muller
Who owns Kanzemer Hörecker?
Von Hovel
Who owns Oberenmeler Hütte?
Von Hovel
Egon Muller wine and style.
Scharzhofberger Kabinett, Spatlese or Auslese
electric
Peter Lauer wine and style
Ayler Kupp, Neunenberg Fauss 17 from Saar
focused on dry styles
opposite of Egon Muller
Textural, deeper and more masculine
List 5 producers from the Rheinhessen.
Peter Keller - Florsheim-Dalsheim
Katarina Wechsler
Phillip Wittmann
Gunderloch - Nackenheim
Wagner-Stempel - Bingen
List 5 important villages and their top vineyard sites in the Rheinhessen.
Nackenheim: Rothenberg
Nierstein: Hipping, Pettenthal
Oppenheim: Schützenhütte, Sackträger
Westhofen: Morstein, Kirchspiel
Dalsheim: Hubacker
What is Gunderloch’s monopole in the Rheinhessen?
Nackenheimer Rothenberg
List 3 important vineyards for Keller.
Westhofener Kirchspiel
Dalsheimer Hubacker
Westhofener Morstein
What is Keller’s style?
Focuses on dry style. Dense, powerful yet still elegant with finesse.
List 3 wines of Kellers and pricing.
Keller Limestone $70-$80
Keller Von der Fels $100-$115
-blend of young vines from his GG vineyards
Keller GMAX $2000
Keller Westhofener Kirchspeil $250 - $350
Keller Dalsheimer Hubacher $200-$300
What is Gunderloch’s famous Trockenbeerenaulsese?
Nackenheimer Rothenberg
(1992, 1996, and 2001 vintages exceptional)
Gunderloch style
The previously all-reductive cellar is now seeing more barrels, longer maturations, and more skin contact on the wines. This is having a profound impact on the house style
Name 4 wines from Gunderloch
Riesling Spatlese Nackenheimer Rothenberg
2010
Riesling Auslese Nackenheimer Rothenberg 2021
Riesling GG Hipping 2021
Riesling GG Pettenthal 2021
Name 1 wine from Katharina Weschler
Riesling Trocken $55-$60
Name a wine from Wittmann
Riesling GG Wittmann, Westhofener Morstein 2017 $250
Who is the most important producer of the Bingen? What is the style of the this producer?
Wagner-Stempel
Located in Siefersheim
The estate’s wines became certified organic with the 2011 vintage. Wagner believes in high planting density of 6,000-7,000 vines per hectare, and aims to pick his grapes under 100° Oechsle. The entry-level wines are fermented with cultured yeasts in stainless steel tanks, and the GG wines are spontaneously fermented in large wooden barrels. Both wines remain in either stainless steel or wood and on their lees until May the year following harvest.
Name one wine from Wagner-Stempel.
Riesling GG Sieferscheim Hollberg 2019
Name 5 producers who are part of the Message in a Bottle.
Keller
Wittmann
Wagner-Stempel
Kühling-Gillot
Gunderloch
Who are considered the best in Rheingau today?
Peter Jakob Kuhn
Josef Leitz
Eva Fricke
Georg Breuer
Kunstler
JB Becker
What are the three monopoles of the Rheingau
Schloss Johannisberg
Hattenheimer Steinberg (owned by Kloster Eberbach)
Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg (owned by Schloss Schönborn)
What is Schloss Schönborn’s monopole in the Rheingau?
Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg
What is Kloster Eberbach’s monopole in the Rheingau?
Hattenheimer Steinberg
What is Kloster Eberbach’s monopole in the Rheingau?
Hattenheimer Steinberg
What is Kloster Eberbach’s monopole in the Rheingau?
Hattenheimer Steinberg
Where is Höllenberg? What grape thrives there?
Assmannshausen, Rheingau
Spätburgunder
Who is the preeminent producer of Höllenberg in Assmannshausen?
August Kessler
Name 2 wines from JB Becker
J. B. Becker, Kabinett Trocken, Wallafur Walkenberg 2015 $70
J.B. Becker, Kabinett, Wallafur Berg Bildstock 2019 $80
Name 2 wines from Peter Jacob Kuhn. Style?
Hallgarten Rheinshiefer 2018 $75
Peter Jakob Kuhn, Oestricher Klosterberg, Trocken 2018 $100
Dry styles, rich and powerful, long time on the lees, can go through malo, long aging in fudre.
Name 3 producers from the Nahe.
Donnhoff
Emerich Schonleber
Shafer Frolich
Name 2 wines from Emerich Schonleber. Style?
Monzinger Fruhlingsplatzchen GG 2013 $170
Monzinger Halenber GG 2013 $190
Textured and glycerin matched to a chiseled, yet glossy and ultra-fine architecture.
In between Donnhoff and Schafer Frolich
Name 2 wines from Donnhoff. Style?
Donnhoff, Kabinett, Oberhauser Leistenberg 2019 $60
Donnhoff, Norheimer Dellchen GG 2018 $180
Rich, dense, powerful
What does Donnhoff attribute the acidity in his wines to and why does he think the Nahe is the perfect place for riesling?
He believes that Riesling loves suffering and that the Nahe is a perfect place for the grape because the region is almost desert-like, with poor soil and minimal rainfall. In addition, he attributes the high acidity in his grapes to the Nahe’s great diurnal temperature shifts.
Name a sweet wine of Donnhoff.
Dönnhoff, Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle, Auslese Goldkapsel, Nahe 2013 $265
Name a sweet wine of JJ Prum
J.J. Prüm, Graacher Himmelreich, Auslese, Mosel 2009 $160
Name 2 wines from Schafer Frolich. What is the style?
SCHÄFER-FRÖHLICH, BOCKENAUER FELSENECK, GROSSES
GEWÄCHS 2017 $230
SCHÄFER-FRÖHLICH, SCHLOSSBÖCKELHEIMER FELSENBERG,
GROSSES GEWÄCHS 2013 $175
Precision, finesse and elegance
GG wines are powerful and rich, precise and terroir driven
The flavors represent ripe and intense fruit, and the body is full, the finish powerful.
Name 2 producers in the Pfalz
Koehler-Ruprecht
Dr. Burklin Wolf
Name a wine from Koehler-Ruprecht. Style?
Koehler-Ruprecht, Kallstadter Saumagen, Spätlese Trocken 2015
Broad, rich and mineral
Need to be aged.
Overall style of wines from the Pfalz.
dry, more body, weight and alcohol
What are the three Grosse Lage vineyards under 5a hectares in the Pfalz maintaining their tiny boundaries despite the Flurbereinigung campaign and 1971 wine law
Hohenmorgen in Deidesheim
Freundstuck in Forst
Kirchenstuck in Forst
Who are the three B’s of the Pfalz?
Reichsrat von Buhl
Burklin-Wolf
Basserman Jordan
Farming of Burklin-Wolf. Botrytis allowed?
Vineyards have been farmed biodynamically since 2005. Grapes for the cru wines are hand-picked early in the morning with must weights of 95-98 degrees; up to 20% botrytis is permitted.
Namea wine from Burklin-Wolf.
DR. BÜRKLIN-WOLF, RUPPERTSBERGER GAISBÖHL, GC 2012 $165
What producer in the Pfalz is criticized for adding new barriques and tonneaux to a riesling cellar?
Von Winning
What and where is the Pfalz’s warmest and most exceptional vineyard site?
Forster Kirchenstuck
What do the three B’s in the Pfalz have in common?
all have parcels in Kirchenstuck
Where is Muller Catoir located and what is he known for?
in the Haardt
makes sweet wines from riesling, scheurebe and Rieslaner in a lusher style
What are the hallmarks of the style of Muller Catoir
Minimal handling, spontaneous fermentations, mostly in stainless steel and long contact with the lees are the hallmarks of the style at this address.
Name a producer (and wine) of Pinot Noir in the Mosel.
Philip Lardot, Kontakt, Mosel 2021 $60
Name a producer (and wine) of Pinot Noir in Baden.
Enderle & Moll, Spätburgunder, Baden 2021 65
Name a producer (and wine) of Pinot Noir in the Pfalz
Koeler Rupricht
Pinot Noir Kabinett Trocken
2020
