Germany -- Book Flashcards
What is Flurbereinigung?
the vineyards were reallocated so that they are now in neat blocks, with vines planted in lines up and down the slopes.
What is Landwein?
Grapes must be grown in one of 26 regions (Landweingebiete); must be trocken or halbtrocken in style
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What is Qualitätswein?
Must be produced from approved varieties sourced from a single anbaugebiet, may be chaptalized
What is Bereiche?
This is a district within an Anbaugebiet
like Bereiche Bernkastel, Bereiche Ruwertal, Bereiche Saar
What is Grosslagen?
This is the name for a collection of vineyard sites
refers to a collection of smaller vineyards of varied quality that together form one large vineyard under the name of a village
Saar: Scharzberg
Where is Bereiche Nierstein?
Rheinhessen
Where is Rosengarten Grosslage?
Village Rudesheim in Naha
Where is Schwarze Katz Grosslage?
Village Zell in Mosel
Where is Erntebringer Grosslage?
Village Johannisberg in Rheingau
What is Einzellage?
This is an individual vineyard site
only permitted to Qualitätswein and Prädikatswein
What are the crossing grape of Müller-Thurgau
Riesling x Madeleine Royale
What are the three main red grapes of Germany?
Spätburgunder, Dornfelder, Blauer Portugieser
What is Edelfäule?
Nobel Rot
Two best single vineyard in Rheingau
Schloss Johannisberg and Schloss Vollrads
What is the village produce more red wines than white wines in Rheingau?
Assmannshausen
Where is the famou wine institute located in Rheingau?
Geisenheim
What is the only village on the right side of Rhine river in Rheingau?
Lorchhausen
What is the village that is on the tribute Main river in Rheingau?
Hoch-heim
famous single vineyards in Rheingau
Gräfenberg – Kiedrich
Hölle – Hochheim, and Johannisberger
Trio ‘berg’ vineyard in Rüdesheim
Berg Rottland, Berg Roseneck, Berg Schlossberg
What is Roter Hang?
is a slim, east-facing slope reaching 70 to 80% grade, which fetched prices in line with those of the Rheingau in the 19th century
means red hill
Blend wines from Rheinhessen?
Liebfraumilch, Niersteiner Gutes Domtal, Niersteiner Spiegelberg
Requirements for Liebfraumilch wine
- a blended wine from the Rheingau, Rheinhessen, Pfalz or the Nahe
- It must be a Qualitätswein
- minimum of 70 percent Riesling, Müller-Thurgau, Silvaner or Kerner
- It is a semi-sweet wine (minimum 18 g/l, maximum 45 gl residual sugar), and is usually sold in elongated brown bottles
Who is the monopole of Oberhauser Brücke?
Donnhoff
Two most important towns of Nahe
Bad Kreuznach and Schlossböckelheim
What are the two main grapes of Franken?
Müller-Thurgau and Silvaner
Which village is most important for Franken wine?
Würzburg– Maindreieck
Two most important vineyards of Würzburg
Stein and Leiste
What is the wine called made from Stein vineyard in Franken Würzburg?
Steinwein
mainly for Reisling and Silvaner
What is the bottle from Franken looks like flat-sided flasks
Bocksbeutel
Three Bereiche of Franken
Mainviereck(four sided Main), Maindreieck(three sided Main), and Steigerwald
Six Bereiche of Mosel
Bernkastel, Burg Cochem, Moseltor, Obermosel, Ruwertal, Saar
Germany’s first three single-vineyard PDOs
Blaufüsser Lay, Roth Lay, and Laubach
What is the main grape of Ahr?
Pinot noir
What is the Gutedel?
Chasselas in Baden
Dominated grape of Baden
Pinot Varieties
Where can you find Lemberger and Schwarzriesling and Trollinger in Germany?
Württemberg
stuttgart is main city around Württemberg
What is Schillerwein?
a pink
wine blend from white and dark grapes
from Württemberg
What is Ortswein?
Wines from a village or district.
a regional tier (Gutswein), a village tier (Ortswein), premier cru vineyards (Erste Lage), and grand cru vineyards (Grosse Lage)
What do Prädikat designations indicate about a wine?
Sugar level of grape must at harvest
What is Grosse Lage?
“great location,” and refers to a high-quality vineyard site.
What is Winzersekt?
indicates that a wine is from a single vintage and made in the traditional method with a minimum of nine months aging on the lees before disgorgement.
Where can you find Bacchus in Germany?
Pfalz
Qualitätswein Erstes Gewächs
established in 1999, is limited to classified Riesling and Spätburgunder from the Rheingau. It is distinct from the VDP’s Erste Lage and Grosses Gewächs categories.
Minimum must weight (Oechsle) for Kabinett
70–85°
Oechsle for Spätlese
76–95°
Oechsle for Auslese
83–105°
Oechsle for Beerenauslese
110–128°
Oechsle for Eiswein
110–128°
Oechsle for Trockenbeerenauslese
150–154°
What is AP no. mean?
- Location of examination board
- Village in which the wine was produced
- Producer
- Unique number for the bottling/lot
- Year of review, typically one full year after harvest
What is the main soil type of Mosel and pros of this soil?
Devonian Slate. well drained and phylloxera resistant
Top Einzellage of Bernkastel
Lay
Doctor
Graben
The Würzgarten Vineyard is known for having which soil type?
Rotligend Red slate
Scharzhofberg is the most famous vineyard in which bereich?
Saar