Germany- Rheingau Flashcards
What is the name of the sole Bereich of the Rheigau?
Johannisburg
Where are most of the Rheingau vineyards found?
Between the cities of Weisbaden and Rudesheim along the Rhine river
What colour glass is the traditional flute bottle in the Reingau?
Brown
Important vineyard in Assmannshausen?
Höllenberg (kessler)
Important vineyards in Rüdesheim?
Berg Roseneck (Breuer) Berg Rottland, Berg Schlossberg (kessler) (Breuer)
Important vineyards in Geisenheim?
Schloss Johannisberg Oldest Riesling Estate in the world
Important vineyards in Johannisberg?
Hölle
Important vineyards in Winkel?
Schloss Vollrads Jesuitengarten Hasensprung
Important vineyards of Hattenheim?
Pfaffenberg (monopole of Schloss Schonborn), Steinberg Mannberg
Important vineyards of Erbach?
Marcobrunn Siegelsberg Steinmorgan
Important vineyards of Kiedrich?
Gräfenberg (Rober Weill) Turmberg
Important Vineyards of Eltville?
Sonnenberg
Important vineyards of Hochheim am Main
Hölle Kirchenstück
Name some important Gemeinden of the Rheingau?
Assmannshausen Rüdesheim Geisenheim Johannisberg Winkel Hattenheim Hallgarten Erbach Kiedrich Eltville Hochheim am Main
In which Anbaugebiet is the Gemeinden Assmannshausen?
Rheingau
In which Anbaugebiet is the Gemeinden Rüdesheim?
Rheingau
In which Anbaugebiet is the Gemeinden Geisenheim?
Rheingau
In which Anbaugebiet is the Gemeinden Johannisberg?
Rheingau
In which Anbaugebiet is the Gemeinden Winkel?
Rheingau
In which Anbaugebiet is the Gemeinden Hattenheim?
Rheingau
In which Anbaugebiet is the Gemeinden Hallgarten?
Rheingau
In which Anbaugebiet is the Gemeinden Erbach?
Rheingau
In which Anbaugebiet is the Gemeinden Kiedrich?
Rheingau
In which Anbaugebiet is the Gemeinden Eltville?
Rheingau
In which Anbaugebiet is the Gemeinden Hochheim am Main?
Rheingau
Name 3 producers of the Rheingau
George Breuer Robert Weil Peter Jakob Kühn Josef Leitz Eva Fricke Künstler
Name the important mountain range in the Rheingau region
Taunus
The majority of einzellagen in the Rheingau line which river?
Rhine
Define Winzersekt
Bottle fermented sekt from Rheingau with at least 3.5 bars of pressure, must be 100% Rheingau fruit from the producers estate, at least 9 months on lees, single vintage and single variety.
Important vineyards of Hallgarten
Hendelberg Schönhell, Jungfer
Who invented the ‘Kabinett’ style? Spatlese?
Kloster Eberbach / Schloss Johannisberg
Who owns Kloster Eberbach and is the largest wine producer in Germany?
Hessen State Winery
Name 5 producers in the Rheingau
Peter Jakob Kühn Mittelheim Nikolas
Oestrich Doosberg
Josef Leitz Rudesheimer Berg Schlossberg
Eva Fricke Lorcher Krone
Georg Bruer Berg Berg Schlossberg / Berg Roseneck / Berg Rottland
Weingut Kunstler Hochheimer Domdechaney
Kirchenstuck
Holle
August Kesseler Assmannshausen Hollenberg
Robert Weil Kiedricher Grafenberg
Name two famous alleinbesitz in Rheingau.
Schloss Johannisberg
Kloster Eberbach Hattenheimer Steinberg
Schloss Schonborn Pfaffenberg
Robert Weil Kiedricher Grafenberg
What’s the symbol for Chartra members in Rheingau? What’s their term for GC? Is it legal?
logo of three arches, is legally sanctioned and therefore spelled out in full on Rheingau labels.
Erstes Gewächs. This “first growth” category, permitted under German wine law for the 1999 vintage forward, applies to dry Riesling and Spätburgunder bottlings from selected Rheingau vineyards. The vineyard classification, based on an 1867 Rheingau map. Unlike the Charta designation, or the coming Grosses Gewächs of the VDP, the Erstes Gewächs category is available to all producers who adhere to its requirements and have a share in the selected land—which amounts to almost one-third of the entire planted area of the Rheingau—resulting in a watered-down sense of “first growth” by anyone’s standards. Erstes Gewächs, now accompanied by the
