Germany-Pfalz, Baden Flashcards
Which region of GR is 2nd most planted?
Pfalz
Which region of GR has the largest acreage of Riesling in the world?
Pfalz
Which varietals are auth. for VDP bottlings in Pfalz?
Riesling, Spät, Weiss
What are the Vosges Mtns called in Pfalz? Which direction do they face?
East facing Haardt Hills
What forest is associated w/ Pfalz and is N of the Haardt Hills?
Palantinate Forest
What is the major wine route through Pfalz? When and why was it built?
Weinstrasse
Opened in 1935 to link villages and increase tourism
What is the soil structure of Pfalz?
Well, how much time do you have?…
Highly complex and varied, like Alsace:
- Alluvial deposits colored by iron oxide=foundation of red sandstone of Palatinate forest and Haardt Hills
- Volcanic activity brought in basalt
- Formation of Alps flooded Rhine Basin w/ seawater then dried, leaving calcareous limestone deposits (Kalkstein=limestone, Muschelkalk=shell limestone)
- Winds brought in youngest loess, sand, and gravel
What is the difference between Kalkstein and Muschelkalk?
kalk=limestone
muschel=”shell” limestone
Where do the best vineyards of the Pfalz sit?
mid-slope of Haardt hills
What are 2 Bereiche of the Pfalz?
Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse (North)
Südliche Weinstrasse (South)
What are important villages of Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse?
Kallstadt
Forst
Deidesheim
Ruppertsberg
What is most important village of Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse
Forst
Which vineyard is the best site N of Forst in Pfalz? Which village? Major producer?
Kallstadter Saumagen (ampitheater shaped)
by Koehler-Ruprecht
What are best vineyard sites of Forst?
a. Freundstück
b. Kirchenstück
c. Jesuitengarten
d. Ungeheur
Which einzellage is historically considered the best of Pfalz? Why?
Kirchenstück
3.37 ha, warmest site, clos, top producers have a piece
How many owners are there of Kirchenstück? Name 4
8
Eugen Muller
Basserman-Jordan
von Buhl
Bürklin-Wolf
What does Kirchenstück translate to?
church parcel
What are 3 vineyards of Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse that are under 5ha?
- Forster Freundstück
- Forster Kirchenstück
- Deidesheimer Hohenmorgen
What are best vineyards of Ruppertsberg?
Reiterpfad
Gaisböhl
Who is the alleinbesitz owner of Gaisböhl?
Bürklin-Wolf
Who are best producers of Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse?
Three-B’s” (Reichsrat von Buhl, Bürklin-Wolf, Basserman Jordan), von Winning, Koehler-Ruprecht
Which region of the Pfalz is considered up and coming?
Südliche Weinstrasse since early 2000s
Where will you find the best Spät and Weiss produced in the Pfalz?
Südliche Weinstrasse
What is the main difference in the way the vineyards of the Südliche are situated versus the Mittelhaardt?
Most vineyards are steeper and further tucked into the Haardt Hills than in Mittelhaardt
What are the primary villages and associated vineyards of the Südliche Weinstrasse?
Siebeldingen (Im Sonnenschein)
Schweigen (Kammerberg)
Which vineyard of Pfalz straddles the border of Alsace? Which varietal is cultivated there? By whom?
Kammerberg (in Schweigen of Südliche)
Spätburgunder by Friedriech Becker
Who are primary producers of Südliche Weinstrasse?
Rebholz (Siebeldigen)
Friedriech Becker (Schweigen)
what legal classification of Pfalz was introduced in 2005? For what styles?
Pfalz DC (a la Austrian DAC)
For trocken styles of Riesling, Grau, Weiss, Spät, and Dornfelder
Who has adopted the Pfalz DC system?
no friends of mine
Which region of GR has the most PN planted?
Baden
Which varietals are permitted in VDP Grosse Lage bottlings of Baden?
Spät, Weiss, Grau, Riesling, Chard all permitted in VDP Grosse Lage
Which region of GR has the longest history of PN production? Who introduced and when?
Baden
by Carolingian Emperor Charles the Fat in 884
What region of GR is most associated w/ the Black Forest?
Southern Baden?
Which body of water is on the border of Germany and Switzerland? Which region of GR does it inform?
Lake Constance
Baden
What is general soil structure of Baden?
like Alsace, a mosaic of granite, volcanic, calcareous, loess
Which Bereich of Baden is best for Riesling? primary village?
Ortenau
Baden-Baden
Which Bereiche of Baden are most associated w/ PN production? Which is best?
Ortenau
Breisgau
Kaiserstuhl** (best)
Tuniberg
Which Bereich of Baden has the warmest and sunniest climate in GR?
Kaiserstuhl
What are primary villages of Kaiserstuhl?
Achkarren
Ihringen**
What is best vineyard in village of Ihringen? What is unique here?
Winklerberg (hottest vineyard in GR)
Baden (anbaug)
Kaiserstuhl (Bereich)
Ihringen (Gemeinde)
Winklerberg (Einzellage)
What is the Bereich of Baden for Lake Constance?
Bodensee (GR trans)
What is on the Swiss side of Lake Constance?
Village of Thurgau, where grape breeder of M-T Hermann Müller was born
What is the southernmost point of Baden? Connected to which Swiss city? Which grape is grown here but no where else in the region?
Markgräferland
Swiss city of Basel and French border
Swiss Chasselas grows here
Who are primary producers of Baden?
Bernhard Huber
Andreas Laible
Salwey