Germany- Ai Flashcards
What are the grosslagen of the Ahr?
Klosterberg and Garkammer
What is the sole bereiche of the Ahr?
Walporzheim-Ahrtal
What are the major villages of the Ahr?
West to east:
Altenahr, Mayschoss, Rich, Dernau, Marienthal, Walporzheim, Ahrweiler, Bad-Neuenahr, Heppingen, Heimersheim
What are the bereiche of Baden?
Badische-Bergstrass Kraichgau Orteneau Kaiserstuhl Markgraflerland Bodensee Tauberfranken Tune berg
What are the major villages of Baden?
Heidelberg Leimen Ostringen Suizfeld Tiefenbach
If a wine is labeled “classic” in Germany what does this indicate?
Dry tasting wines with a max of 15g/l from 1 grape variety
What does “selection” indicate on a bottle of German wine?
Superior dry tasting wines with a mix 12g/l from 1 single variety.
Which mountain range is near the Ahr?
The Eifel Mountains
What are the top two grapes planted in Franken?
Muller-Thurgau is #1 and Sylvaner is #2. 81% planted to white grapes here.
What are the three bereiche of Franken?
Mainveireck
Maindreieck
Steigerwald
Where would you find the Tauber River?
In Franken
What are the important Erste Lage in Franken?
There are 51 total in Franken. The most important ones are: Schlossberg- Pinot Noir Bischofsberg- Pinot Noir Altenberg- Sylvaner and Scheurebe Monchsof- Sylvaner Karthauser- Sylvaner and Weisburgunder
Which Anbaugebeite has the highest minimum oeschlese for white and red grapes?
Franken:
White: 78 degrees
Red: 85 degrees
What are the bereiche of Hessische-Bergstrasse?
Starkenburg
Umstadt
What does Hessische-Berstrasse mean in German?
Spring Garden
Which german anbaugebeite doesn’t have any Erste Lage?
Baden
What are the bereiche of Mittlerhein?
Loreley
Siebengebinge
What grape is most planted in Mittlerhein?
Riesling is #1 and Muller-Thurgau is #2
What are the major Erste Lage of Mittlerhein?
Feverlay Mandelstein Ohlenberg Furstenberg Schloss Furstenberg Am Schlossberg Kloster Furstenal
Describe the Mittlerhein Riesling Charter
Handstreich “coup”- max 11%, 89 degrees oeschlese
Felsenspiel “rock game”- max 12.5%, 95 degrees
Meiserstuck “masterpiece” max 12.5%, 95 degrees and 9g/l
This was copied from the Vinea Wachau for dry wines. Producers can bottle their wines under three designations, “Accomplished Riesling, Natural Rhine Wine, or Interaction of the Elements.” Wines must be hand harvested with no additions, 100% Riesling within the Mittlerhein
What is the name of the famous estate in Rheingau that is still an active monastery as well?
Kloster Eberbach - founded in Eltville in 1136
What is the most expensive Champagne now on the market?
Boërl & Kroff
Founded in 1995 in the Aube in Urville. Launched in 2007 with the 1996 vintage. Bottled only in magnum and large format bottles. Aged 12 years Sur latte.
What is the most expensive Spanish wine?
Teso La Monja by Sierra Cantabia- it is made from century old Tempranillo in Castilla y Leon in Toro. Sells for average $1,074 per bottle.
Who makes the wine La Faraona?
Descendientes de Palacios in Bierzo. This wine is made from Mencía and only 600 bottles produced each year.
Who is Peter Sisseck?
Founded Dominio de Pingus in Ribera del Duero in Castilla y Leon. He was on his way to work at Ridge Vineyards when he started this winery instead.
Describe the blend and aging of Unico?
It is a blend of Tempranillo and Cabernet. It is aged for 10 years in a combination of barrel and bottle. They use 225l barrels as well as 20,000 liter barrels.
In which DO would you find the winery Artadi? Or the top wine that they make Vina El Pison.
In Rioja. This is made in Rioja Alavesa and aged in French oak.
What are the two DOCa regions of Argentina?
San Rafael in 2007
Lujan de Cuyo in 2005
What is the major viticultural hazard in Texas?
Pierce’s disease which is caused by bacteria and spread by the glass wing sharp shooter.
What is the most famous vineyard in Franken?
The Stein vineyard in Wurzburg. It’s 85 hectare, south facing. Juliusspital is the largest owner here.
Top vintages of the 2000s in Germany
2001 2006* botrytis year 2007 2009 2011 2015
Worst vintages of the 2000s in Germany
2000
Best German vintages of the 1990s
1999
1990* botrytis year
Worst 1990s vintages for Germany
1993
1994
Best German vintages of the 1980s
1985
1988
1989
Worst vintages in the 1980s in Germany?
1980
1982
1984
1987
Best vintages in Germany in the 1970s
1971
1976* botrytis year
Worst German vintages in the 1970s
1973
1974
Bingen, Wonnegau and Nierstein are all bereiche of which region?
Rheinhessen
Oppenheim, Florsheim-Dalsheim and Worms are all villages where?
Rheinhessen
Where are these villages located? Siefersheim, Bingen, Westhofen
Rheinhessen
What is the minimum oeschlese for Rheingau Kabinett? How about Mosel?
Rheingau is 75
Mosel is 73
What is the minimum oeschlese for Mosel and Rheingau spatlese?
Mosel 80
Rheingau 85
Rheinhessen 85
Which region has the highest max oeschlese for BA wines, Mosel, Rheingau or Rheinhessen?
Mosel 110
Rheingau 125
Rheinhessen 120
Altenahr, Maychoss and Marienthal are all known for which grape?
Pinot Noir, all are villages in the Ahr
Heppingen, Heimersheim and Bad-Neuenahr are all villages where?
The Ahr
Heppingen and Heimersheim, Rich and Dernau are all villages where?
The Ahr
The villages of Ockfen, Kanzem, and Serrig are all located where?
In the Saar in the Mosel
Mertesdorf, Waldrach and Kasel are all villages where?
In the Ruwertal of the Mosel
Which bereiche has the most VDP sites?
Rheinhessen has 419 named vineyard sites
Pfalz has 316
Rheingau has 128
What are the bereiche of Franken?
Mainviereck, Mandreieck, Steigerwald
Nordheim, Fer, Frickenhausen and Sommerhausen are all villages where?
In Franken
Wurzberg, Marktheidenfeld and Erlenbach are all villages where?
Franken
Karlstadt and Miltenberg and Bürgstadt are all villages where?
In Franken
What grape would be most planted in Marienthal? Where is this village?
In the Ahr- Pinot Noir
Where would you find Bad-Neuenahr and which grapes is most common?
Ahr- Pinot Noir
Name three monopole vineyards of the Rheingau
Hattenheimer Steinberg (Kloster Eberbach) Schloss Johannisberg Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg (Schloss Schönborn)
What are some of the Einzellagen that were left out of the 1971 reclassification of vineyards even though they are too small on their own?
Bernkasteler Doctor
Kirchenstück in the Pfalz
Kiedricher Turnberg in Rheingau
What is orstwein?
Multiple vineyards in a village all are used for the bottling- labeled with the village name and/or a soil statement.
How long must GG red wines be aged in oak?
Min. 12 months in oak.
Name two producers of German Sekt
Raumland
Reichsrat von Buhl
What grape is most planted in Assmannshausen? Where is this?
Rheingau- Pinot Noir is most planted.
Which is the steepest vineyard in the Rheingau?
The Berg Schlossberg vineyard in Rudensheim is the steepest at 70% grade.
Where are the villages of Hallgarten, Winkle and Martinsthal located?
The Rheingau
When was the Erste Gewachs designation permitted legally?
1999
Where would you find single post system training?
The Mosel, Hermitage, other steep German vineyards.
Where would you find these vineyards? Berg Rottland, Berg Roseneck, Hochheimer Holle?
All are in Rheingau
What is the most common grape planted in the Hollenberg vineyard?
This is in the Rheingau- it is Pinot Noir.
What are the most planted grapes in Baden?
It is 57% white grapes planted.
Where would you find the bereiche of Mainviereck, Mandreieck and Steigerwald
In Franken
Where would you find the Marcobrunn vineyard?
In Erbach in the Rheingau
Name some of the top producers of the Rheingau
Robert Weil George Breuer Schloss Johannisberg August Kessler Frantz Künstler Josef Leitz Schloss Schönborn
Where would you find the vineyard Jesuitgarten?
In Winkle in the Rheingau
How was the 2011 vintage in Barossa?
2011 was the wettest vintage in Barossa with mildew.
Describe the 2015 vintage in Barossa
It was a great vintage—— there were fires in the Adelaide Plains area and some smoke taint..
What does “spatlese” mean?
Translates to late harvest
Where would you find the villages of Maychoss, Rich and Heimersheim?
They are all villages in the Ahr
Where is the Heppingen village?
In the Ahr
Where would you find the bereiche of Markgraflerland?
In Baden
Are there any Erste Lage vineyards in Baden?
No
Which two rivers run through the Franken region?
The Tauber River and the Main River
The bereiche of Loreley and Siebengebinge are in which anbaugebeite?
The Mittelrhein
Are there Erste Lage sites in the Mittelrhein?
Yes, only permitted for Riesling and Spätburgunder.
What are the oeschlese levels for Riesling in the Mosel?
73- Kabinett 80-spatlese 88-Auslese 110-BA 150-TBA
What is the soil type in Erden and Ürzig?
Iron rich Devonian Red Slate
Which region of the Mosel sits within the Paris Basin?
The Obermosel- there are calcareous soils here. Ebling is widely planted.
Which is the largest growing region of Germany?
The Rheinhessen. It is also has Moore Sylvaner than anywhere in the world.
What is the preeminent growing region of the Rheinhessen?
The Roter Hang- a red hill of clay between Nierstein and Nackenheim. The Pettenthal and Rothenberg vineyards are here. 70-80% grade.
What is liebfraumilch?
70% minimum Riesling, muller-Thurgau or Kerner or Silvaner. 18g/l min RS. Varietal labeling is not permitted.
What are the bereiche of the Rheinhessen?
Nierstein
Bingen
Wonnegau
Nierstein
Bingen
Wonnegau are all bereiche of what region?
The Rheinhessen
Florsheim-Dalsheim
Oppenheim
Bingen are all villages where?
Rheinhessen
Siefersheim, Appenheim and Nackenheim are all villages where?
The Rheinhessen
Worms, Bodenheim and Dienheim are all villages where?
In the Rheinhessen
Name some Grosse Lage sites of the Rheinhessen
Kirchberg
Rothenberg
Hipping
Pettenthal
The vineyards of Kirchenstück, Holle and Stein are all located where?
In the Rheingau
The villages of Lorch, Rüdesheim and Eltville are all located where?
In the Rheingau
Where is the Elbe river located?
In Sachsen
Sachsen is planted to which grapes predominantly?
80% to white grapes- Müller-Thurgau is #1. There is also Goldreisling here which is a grape crossing developed in Alsace. It’s a local specialty.
What is the primary grape planted in Saale-Unstrut?
Müller-Thurgau is #1
What is the major grape planted in Württemberg?
Red grapes are 70% of planting’s. Trollinger is #1 and Blaufrankish is #2
What are the geographic influences on the Nahe region?
The Hunsrück Hills and the Nahe River
Where would you find the village of Munster-Sarmsheim? What is the most planted variety?
In the Nahe- Riesling is most planted.
Bad Kreuznach, Bad Munster am Stein, Niederhausen and Wallhausen are all located where?
In the Nahe.
Burg Layen, Dorsheim and Windesheim are all located where?
In the Nahe.
Name some producers in the Nahe
Donhoff
Emrich-Schonleber
Schlossgut Diel
Schafer-Frohlich
The GG vineyards of Halenberg, Bruke, Felsenberg and Hermensberg are all where?
The Nahe.
Which river is to the northern border of the Nahe?
The Rhine
What are the bereiche of the Pfalz?
Mittlehaart-Deutsche Weinstrasse
Südliche Weinstrasse
Where is the village of Forst located?
Pfalz
What is the top two white grapes planted in Pfalz?
Riesling and Müller-Thurgau
Where is the Kirchenstück vineyard?
There is a VDP site in both the Pfalz and in the Rheingau
Who is August Herold?
A viticulturalist who created many grape crossings at Weinberg institute including Dornfelder, Hefensteiner and Heroldrebe
in what year did Schloss Johannisberg produce the first spatlese?
The harvest of 1775
What is the recorded year of the first Riesling planted in the Rheingau
Records from the Cistercian monks at Kloster Eberbach indicated that they planted Riesling in 1435
Where would you find Schloss Volrads, Schloss Schönborn and Schloss Reinhartshausen?
The Rheingau
What are the soils like in Hochheim am Main??
This region is east of Wiesbaden in the Rheingau. It is a small enclave of vines around Hochheim am Main, in the valley of the Main River. Soils are loess-covered loams and marls competed to the sandstone and slate of the central Rheingau
What are the major regions within the Rheingau?
Central Rheingau- includes most of the region’s vineyards and the most renowned wine growing villages. Soils are a mix of slate, quartzite, sandstone and loess and clay on the lower slopes.
Western Rheingau- extends from Assmannshausen northward to Lorchhausen on the right bank of the river. The entrance to the Rhine Gorge and the Mittlerhein are here. This is a colder site and has purer slate soils.
Maingau- is on the Main River, and offshoot of the Rhine. It is very warm here, and soils transition from the Rhenish Massif to the Mainz Basin. There are loess-covered loams and marls here. Lower elevation.
What is the steepest vineyard in the Rheingau?
It is Berg Schlossberg at 70% grade.
Who owns the monopole vineyard of Hattenheimer Steinberg? Where is this located?
Kloster Eberbach monopole- enclosed with a wall in 1760. Is located in the Rheingau.
What is the name of the monopole vineyard of Schloss Schönborn?
1600s- this is called Pfaffenberg. It is located in the Rheingau
Who owns the monopole vineyard of Hattenheimer Steinberg?
Kloster Eberbach has owned this since the 1760s.
Where are the vineyards of Kiedricher Gräfenberg and Hochheimer Holle?
Rheingau
What are the top three vineyards in Rüdesheim in the Rheingau?
Berg Rottland, Berg Roseneck and Berg Schlossberg?
Where would you find the vineyard Berg Rottland?
Rheingau
Where is Berg Schlossberg?
Rheingau- it is also the steepest vineyard in the Rheingau.
Where would you find the producer August Kessler?
In the Rheingau based in Assmannshausen and he is known for his Hollenberg bottling.
What are the names of the mountains in the Mosel Valley?
Hunsrück Hills and Eifel Mountains.
When did Riesling become very important in the Mosel??
When Archbishop of Trier, Clemens Wenceslaus decreed a mandatory shift to Riesling in 1786.
Where is the Uhlen vineyard?
Mosel- in the lower Mosel… Heymann-Lowenstein is the best producer here. He has applied for Germany’s first three single-vineyard PDOs within Uhlen.
What is the soils type of the Obermosel?
Blue slate changes into the Paris Basin- calcareous soil here.
Where is the Roter Hang?
Between Nierstein and Nackenheim in the Rheinhessen. It extends through the Rheinterrasse
Where are the vineyards of Pettenthal and Rothenberg?
Within the Roter Hang in the Rheinhessen
What is the soil like in Rheinhessen outside of the Roter Hang?
It is limestone plateaus and low valleys. Some of the best dry Riesling’s come from the limestone and loess soils in Wonnegau.
In which village is Keller based?
Wonnegau in the the Rheinhessen.
What is Message in a Bottle?
An organization of two dozen young producers in the Rheinhessen who are committed to raising the image of the region. Keller, Wittmann, Stempel are members.
Where would you find the Gunderloch estate?
Rheinhessen
Which region of Germany has the most Riesling?
The Pfalz
Which region is #2 in plantings in Germany?
The Pfalz
Which hills are closest to the Pfalz?
The Haardt Hills
Where would you find the villages of Deidensheim, Ruppertsberg and Gimmeldingen?
The Pfalz
Where wold you find the village of Kallstadt? Most planted grape?
Riesling from the Pfalz
What is the name of the forest near the Pfalz?
The Palatinate Forest.
Which top vineyard of the Pfalz is called the “Church Parcel”
Forster Kirchenstuck in Middelhaardt. 3.7 hectares, it is the finest and warmest and most uniform site in the region. Planted to Riesling, enclosed by a wall and owned by 8 owners.
Describe what makes the soils in the Pfalz and the Palatinate forest so unique?
-volcanic. Activity
-under the ocean
Alps collapsed from tectonic activity
Glacial movement
Truly arable soils.
What is the primary grape of Klingenberg and Bürgstadt?
These are known for red wine production and are in Franken. Spatburgunder.
Describe two soil types found in Franken?
Black gypsum-laced kuper soils and red sandstone.
Where is the Tauber River located?
Franken
What are the geographic influences in the Nahe region?
Hochwald highland forest forms western edge
Mainz and Saar-Nahe basins
Rhenish Massif (Hunsrück hills of Mosel, Taunus and Eifel of the Rheingau and Ahr)
Where is the village of Burg Layen?
Nahe
Where is the Kaiserstuhl and what is the primary Grape?
This is in Baden and is a village that grows Pinot Noir. Named for the Kaiserstuhl Hills which are the site of an old volcano.
What is the warmest region of Germany?
The Kaiserstuhl hills in Baden are the warmest and sunniest. Volcanic soils here.
What is Germany’s hottest vineyard?
Ihringer Winklerberg in the Kaiserstuhl region of Baden.
Achkarrer Schlossberg is also right there.
Where would you find the Neckar river?
The Württemberg region.
