Germany Deck #3 Flashcards
Can qualitatswein be chapitalized?
yes
Min % ABV for Erstes Gewachs?
12-13%
85-90 min must weight
In what year was the VDP system finalized?
2012
13 Anbaugebietes of Germany:
Aar
Baden
Franken
Hessische-Bergstrasse
Mittelrhein
Mosel
Nahe
Pfalz
Rheingau
Rheinhessen
Saale-Unstrut
Saschen
Wurttemberg
Would you see the name of the village on a bottle of Gross Lage wine?
No, you’ll see the name of the vineyard
- You’ll see the village on a bottle of Erste Lage
Germany is on what parallel?
50th
German term for bottle-fermented?
flaschengarung
When was Muller-Thurgau developed?
1882
Riesling x Madeline Royale
Kerner is a crossing of which grapes?
Trollinger x Riesling
Min alcohol for Landwein?
8.5%
- grapes must be grown in 26 regions (Landweingebiete)
- must be trocken/halb trocken in style
Min ABV for Qualitatswein in Germany?
7%
Some members of the VDP?
Robert Weil
Dr. Loosen
Egon Muller
JJ Prum
Donnhoff
Keller
Burkling Wolf
Toni Jost
Van Kesselstatt
Reichsgraff
“Classic” wines made under the 2000 vintage have a max _____ RS
15 g/L RS
Four tiers of wine defined by the VDP?
Gutswein
Ortswein
Erste Lage
Grosse Lage
AP number is:
Amtliche Prufungsnumber
11 numbers, 5 sets
- exam board number
- commune number
- producer’s registered number
- application number
- year of application
What year was the VDP founded?
1910
GG wine cannot contain more than ___ g/L RS?
9 g/L
First legally approved vintage for Qualitatswein “Erstes Gewachs”?
1999
If you are “Erstes Gewachs” on a label, where are you from?
Rheingau
What does gU stand for?
Geschutze Ursprungsbezeichnung
What are GG and VDP wines categorized in the eyes of German Wine Law?
Qualitatswein (They aren’t Pradikatswein)
- Can be Chapitalized
The Erste Lage tier doesn’t exist in these Anbaugebiete:
Mosel
Ahr
Rheinhessen
What term replaced “trocken” in VDP Gross Lage wine?
Grosse Gewachs
Aging requirements for GG wines (white):
May not be released until Sept 1st year after harvest
Aging requirements for GG wines (red):
additional year of aging and 12 months in wood
Four-tier system as defined by the VDP:
Gutswein (Regional Tier) - Aubaugebiete
Ortswein (Fantasy name, village tier
Erste Lage (Premier Cru) - vineyard and village
Grosse Lage (Grand Cru) - just vineyard name
When you see “trocken” on a bottle of VDP wine:
Erste Lage of below (because of GG)
What is “Huxelrebe”?
Crossing of Gutedel (Chasselas) x Courtiller Musque
Would you see the village name on a bottle of Erstes Gewachs?
No, just the einzellage
Grosse Gewachs category is reserved for this kind of wine:
Grosse Lage
These vineyards escaped the min 5ha mandate for single vineyards:
Forster Kirchenstuck (Pfalz)
Bernkasteler Doctor (Middle Mosel)
Kiedricher Turnsberg (Rheingau)
Dornfelder is a crossing of what grapes?
Helfensteiner x Heroldrebe
What is Weissherbst?
Saignee rose made from a single variety, at least QbA quality
What is “Estate Bottling”?
Erzeugerabsfüllung
What is “Wine grower’s co-op” in German?
Winzergenossenschaft
Winzerwein
What is “Kellerei”?
Wine cellar
What is “steillage” in German?
a steep vineyard site over 30 degrees
How many growers are in the VDP?
195
How many regional associates in the VDP?
10
all 13 anbaugebiete
Requirement for membership in the VDP?
- Commitment to classification system
- Observance of higher min must weights
- Lower max yield than permitted by German wine law
- Estate grown
- Hand-harvested, single vineyard wines
- 80% traditional grape varieties must be planted
- Pradikate Auslese and Above
What is the name of the VDP emblem?
Traubenadler
What is “Flurbereininung”?
1971 Law enacted
- eliminates centuries-old terraces critical to wine growing. Post WWII campaign to consolidate parcels of land divided by successive generations of inheritance to physically restructure vineyards
- vineyard can’t be smaller than 5 hecates, equalizing viticulture
Parents of Siegerrebe:
Madeline Angevine x Gewurtztraminer
“Regent” is a crossing of:
Diana x Chambourcin
Pradikat wines can only be produced under this category of German Wine:
Qualitatswein Bestimmer Anbaugebiete (within an Anbaugebiete)
Synonym for Muller-Thurgau:
Rivaner
QbA wines were introduced in this year:
1971
What term is banned from the labels of VDP producers?
Grosslagen (Collective vineyard sites)
The VDP was found in 1910 as ____
The VDNV - Verband Deutscher Naturweinersteigerer
- an assembly of four regional winegrower’s associations that promoted the sale of nature (unchapitalized wines) at auction
This term (used by the VDP until 1971) was banned after QbA/Pradikatswein was introduced:
Natur
1971 Wine Law changed the number of Einzellage in what way?
from 30,000 down to 2700, more collective vineyard sites
What is Windhume-Manoth?
“The month of the vintage”
- Chalemaques Carolingian Calender for October
- introduced vine cultivation east of the Rhine Rive in the late eight century
What is “edelfaule”?
German term for botrytis
What is Rülander?
Sweet, botrytized Pinot Gris in Germany
- synonym for Pinot Gris in Baden/Pfalz
What is Muscat Blanc a Petits Grains in Germany?
Muskateller
Sussreserve may be added to Qualitatswein up to ____%
15% of total volume of wine
For Pradikatswein, what is the % ABV for categories below Beerenauslese
- The lower Pradikate require a min 7% acquired alcohol
- from Beerenauselese on up, the min is reduced to 5.5%
What is Restzucker?
means “RS” in German
