GERMANY Flashcards
German Wine Classification:

Qualitätswein-level wines commonly use terms on the label to indicate the wine’s level of sweetness:
- Trocken/Selection: dry wine with ~9 g/l RS or less. The term “Selection” is specifically for the wines of Rheingau that have been hand-harvested.
- Halbtrocken/Classic: A “half-dry” or slightly sweet wine with up to 12 g/l RS (up to 15 g/l RS for “Classic”)
- Feinherb: An unofficial term to describe an off-dry wine similar to Halbtrocken
- Liebliche: A sweet wine with up to 45 g/l RS
- süß or Süss: A sweet wine with more than 45 g/l RS
What does VDP stands for?
- Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter
What is “Schielerwein”?
- Rotling-like rosé style from Württemberg (and N.Switzerland)
What is the term used only for Germany’s very best vineyard sites - small, carefully demarcated areas with clear site-specific characteristics. Yields on these sites are limited to 50hl/ha.
- Gross Lage
What is the term for a dry wine from a Grosse Lage vineyard?
- Grosses Gewächs
What is the diferrence between Grosslage and Gross Lage?
- Grosslage: Collection of Vineyards
- Gross Lage: Top quality vineyard, similar to “Grand Cru”
What does “Gutsabfüllung” means?
- Estate-Bottled wine.
What is the term for a single vineyard?
- Einzellage
What is the term for a high quality vineyard in Germany similar to a “Premier Cru”?
- Erste Lage
What is an “Anbaugebiet”?
- Wine-growing areas for Qualitatswein and Prädikatswein
- There are 13 Anbaugebiete
What is the name of the “bottle” (squat wicker-covered flasks) called in Franconia?
- Bocksbeutel
What is the term for a “sparkling wine” in Germany/Austria?
- Sekt
What is the term for “dry” wines in Germany?
- Trocken
What is the soil of Mosel?
- Blue Devonian Slate
What is the most planted grape in Germany?
- Riesling
What are the six official Pradikats level?
- Kabinett
- Spätlese
- Auslese
- Berenauslese (BA)
- Eiswein
- Trockenberenauslese (TBA)
Name the 13 Anbaugebiete:
- Ahr
- Baden
- Franken
- Hessische-Bergstrasse
- Mittelrhein
- Mosel (Formely Mosel-Saar-Ruwer)
- Nahe
- Pfalz
- Rheingau
- Rheinhessen
- Saale-Unstrut
- Sachsen
- Württemberg
What is the soil of Rheigau?
- Loess, quartzite and clay
What is the German synonym of PInot Blanc grape?
- Weissburgunder
What are the quality levels of the 2012 VDP Classification?
- Grosslage (Grand Cru wines)
- Esrte Lage (Premier Cru wines)
- Ortswein (Village wine)
- Gutswein (Regional wine)
What is the cross of Muller-Thurgau grape?
- Riesling x Madeleine Royal
What is the name of the bottle used for Rheigau traditional quality wines?
- Rheingauer Flöte
What are the two wine regions that produces quality Spätburgunder wines?
- Baden
- Pfalz
Pair the Bereiche with the region:
- Johannisberg Mosel
- Mainviereck Pflaz
- Burg Cochem Franken
- Sudliche Weinstrasse Rheingau
- Johannisberg - Rheingau
- Mainviereck - Franken
- Burg Cochem - Mosel
- Sudliche Weinstrasse - Pfalz
What are the six Bereiche of Mosel?
- Burg Cochem
- Bernkastel
- Ruwertal
- Saar
- Moseltor
- Obermosel
What is the only Bereiche of Rheingau?
- Johannisberg
What is the main grape variety of Rheigau?
- Riesling
- Spätburgunder
Wheres is Assmannshausen located?
- Rheingau
What is the style/grape produced in Assmannshausen?
- Sweet Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) wine
What are the three Bereich of Rheinhessen?
- Bigen
- Nierstein
- Wonnegau
What are the two Bereiche of Pfalz?
- Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weintrasse
- Südliche Weintrasse
What is the quality level for Village wines
in the VDP classification?
- Ortswein
What does QbA stands for?
- Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbauguebiete
- Germany’s second tier of wine quality classification, and means literally ‘quality wine from a specified region’.
- A QbA wine must be made exclusively from grapes grown in one of Germany’s 13 official Anbaugebiete (wine regions).
What does QmP stands for?
- Qualitäts mit Pradikat (Officialy Pradikatswein)
- top tier of German wine quality classification.
- grapes often struggle to ripen in Germany’s cool climate, so ripeness is used as a key indicator of quality.
- To qualify, a wine must be made from grapes with a must weight (ripeness) of over 67 degrees Oechsle.
What is the synonym of Rülander or Pinot Gris grape in Germany?
- Grauburgunder
What is the climate of Germany?
- Cool-Continental, strong moderation from rivers and mountains.
How do the Rhine and Mosel Rivers affect the climate/viticulture in Germany?
- they provide warmth from the reflection of the sunlight on to the vines.
What is the quality level for “Regional” wines in the the VDP classification?
- Gutswein
What is different about Bürklin-Wolf labelling?
- they label their “GG” wines as “GC”
What is the term for “half dry” or “slightly sweet” wine with max. 18g/L of RS?
- Halbtrocken
Who produces G-Max?
Keller
True or False:
Kabinett, Spätlese, Auslese, may also be used as dry wines.
- True
What does “Spätlese” indicate?
- “Late Harvest” grapes are picked at least one week after Kabinett grapes, and typically deliver fruity, medium sweet wines.
Name two aunbauguebiete know for quality rieslings:
- Mosel
- Pfalz
- Rheinhessen
- Nahe
- Rheingau
What German region is the northern continuacion of France’s Alsace?
What does “GG” indicate in a German label?
- A dry wine from a Grand Cru vineyard (Gross Lage)
What label term denotes a wine picked at below freezing temperatures?
- Eiswein
What label term means “selected harvest of dried berries” is reserved for sugar rich, shriveled botrytis-affected grapes harvested to produce the Germany’s must luscious and profound dessert wines?
- Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA)
What are the notable villages of Rheingau?
- Lorchhausen
- Rüdesheim
- Rauental
- Eberbach
- Winkel
- Johannisberg
- Oestrich
- Erbach
- Hattenheim
- Kiedrich
- Etville
- Hochheim
- Assmansshausen
What are the notable villages of Pfalz?
- Mittelhaardt Deuscthe Weintrasse
- Wachenheim
- Forst
- Deidesheim
- Ruppertsberg
- Bad Dürkheim
- Haardt
- Kallstadt
- Königsbach
- Neuestadt
- Ungstein
- Südliche-Weintrasee
- Siebeldingen
- Birkweiler
- Schweigen
What is the only Bereich of Nahe?
- Nahetal
Name the notable villages of Nahe:
- Bad Kreuznach
- Schlossböckelheim
- Niderhausen
- Oberhausen
- Monzingen
- Traisen
To which anbauguebiet these villages belong to?
- Nackenheim
- Ingleheim
- Oppenheim
- Nierstein
- Rheinhessen
Name the notable villages of Mosel:
- Bernkastel
- Piesport
- Bernkastel
- Brauneberg
- Graach
- Wehlen
- Zeltingen
- Urzig
- Erden
- Trittenheim
- Neumagen
- Ruwertal
- Merstesdorf
- Eitelsbach
- Kasel
- Saar
- Wiltingen
- Oberemmel
- Ockfen
- Saarburg
- Serrig
What does “Erstes Gewächs” indicate?
- A designation for dry wines in Rheingau from a Grand Cru vineyard (max.13g/L RS).
What are the notable villages of Franken?
- Würzburg
- Castell
- Iphofen
- Randersacker
- Volkach
- Escherndorf
Other white grape varieties in Germany:
- Silvaner
- Scheurebe
- Weissburgunder
- Grauburgunder