Germany Laws Flashcards
German wine laws were established when?
1994
Quality classsification is based on what?
Sweetness and ripeness of the grapes
Wine are devided in 4 categories, there names?
- Deutscher Wein
- Landwein or Wein mit geschutzter geographischer Angabe
3.Qualitatswein or Wein mit geschutzte Ursprungsbezeichnung
4.Pradikatswein
About Deutscher Wein ?
Lowest category of German wine and have no other geographical identification.
Made enierly from grapes which have been grown and bottled in Germany
Deutscher Wein how mush Oechsle have?
44-50
About Landwein or Wein mit geschutzter geographischer Angabe?
Its basic wine with geographical indetification.
It must be produced from grapes grown in one of 26 Landweingebiete (REGION) , and must state this region on the label.
Landwein or Wein mit geschutzter geographischer Angabe how much Oechsle have?
47-55
Under what stile in Landwein sold in most of the regions?
Under :
1.Trocken (DRY)
2.Halbtrocken (MEDIUM DRY)
About Qualitatswein or Wein mit geschutzte Ursprungsbezeichnung?
Denomination for German Quality wine from one of the designated Anbaugebiete (QUALITY WINE REGION)
There is 13 Anbaugebiete specified for qualitatswein and label must state wich of the regions wine originate from.
Are this wines allowed to be chaptalized?
They are permited to be chaptalized and alowed to have sussereserve.
What Bereich means?
District
What Grosslage means?
Name for collection of vineyard sites
What Einzellage means?
Vineyard
What is Amtliche Prufungsnummer?
Its a control number that each label carry in set of 5 like 2 607 030 07 12
1. first number indentifies examining panel, in this case 2 is Bernkastel
2. second number indentifies where the wine was bottled
3. third number is official number of the bottle
4. forth number indentifies bottleing in this case is 07 so its 7 bottleing in the year
5. fifth number indentifies the year in which wine was tasted in this case is 12
What is Pradikatswein?
Wine of superior quality.
6 Pradikatswein?
- Kabinett
- Spatlese
- Auslese
- Beerenauslese
- Eiswein
- Trockenbeerenauslese
Is Chaptalization allowed in Pradikatswein?
NO
What is Kabinett?
Light elegant 70-85 Oechsle
What is Spatlese?
WIne from late-gathered grapes that have been left to ripen 80-95 Oechsle
What is Auslese?
Wine from selected grapes that over ripe and some of grapes affected by botrytis 88-105 Oechsle
What is Beerenauslese?
Specialy selected grapes affected by Botrytis, made only in the outstanding years 110-128 Oechsle
What is Eiswein?
Wine from over ripe grapes unafected by botrytis and left on wine till afected by the frost -8C 110-128 Oechsle
What is Trockenbereenauslese?
Its dried up selected grapes, made only in exeptional years when afected by botrytis
150-154 Oechsle
What Classic mean?
Must be dry or off-dry made from single traditional grape and originate from one angaugebiet.
What Selection means?
Aditions for classic, grapes must be hand-picked and from one vineyard site.
What is Erstes Gewachs?
Its legal definition and part of wine law in Rheingau.
Its for dry wine from best vineyards.
Wines must be made from Riesling or Spatburgunder.
What is Verband Deutscher Pradikatsweinguter (VDP)?
Founded in 1910
Its German assosiation of Naturweinversteigerer estates that produce natural (non-chaptalized) wines and sold on auction.
About VDP members and goals?
All memebers display logo of black eagle with cluster of grapes.
Goal is to preserve grmanys treaditional heritage and high-quality
VDP Classification?
- Grosse Lage
2.Erste Lage - Ortswein
- Gutswein
What is Grosse Lage?
Equivalent to GC. , dry wine max 9g/l residual sugar will be designated as Grosses Gewachs.
Grosses Gewachs must be spatlese, labeld as qualitatswein trocken and cary logo of bunch grapes with GG under.
Naturaly sweet wine from Grosse Lage will carry Pradikat.
What is Erste Lage?
First class vineyard similar to PC.
What is Ortswein?
Wine of superior quality from vilage best vineyards
What is Gutswein?
High quality basic wine of regional caracter.
What is Flurbereinigung?
Becose of vineyards are on steep slops and working is dificult this way was introduced to put vinayards in neat blocks with vines planted in lines up and down the slops and small roads build at various levels to easy access.
