Germany S and E Anbaugebiete Flashcards
Franken’s wine center
Würzberg
Franken style
Silvaner. Smokey, full, mineral dry white
Franken varieties
Silvaner. Riesling has difficulty ripening. Müller-Thurgau in decline. Some GG Riesling
Frühburgunder
Early-ripening strain of PN
Franken bottle
Bockseutel. Sqaut, flask shaped
Franken Gemeinden and Einzellagen
Würzberg: Stein, Leiste. Escherndorf: Lump. Iphofen: Julius Echter Berg. Bürgstadt: Centgrafenberg
Franken producers
Hans Wirsching (Iphofen), Rudolf Fürst (Burgstadt), Horst Sauer (Escherndorf)
Franken stats
6,125 ha. Produces a lot of beer. Cool climate
Hessische-Bergstrasse stats
400 ha. Reds-21% Spätburgunder. Whites-79% Riesling, Grauburgunder, Müller-Thurgau
Hessische-Bergstrasse producers
Hessische Staatsweingüter Domaine Bergstrasse, Simon-Bürkle (Zwingenberg)
Baden stats
15,822 ha. Largest in S Germany
Baden climate
Most southern and warmest
Baden style
Fullest-bodied wines with highest alcohol
Baden varieties
Reds-42% Spätburgunder and others. Whites-58% MT, GB, WB, RS, Gutedel. Too hot for quality Riesling. Rosé Weissherbst
Kaiserstuhl
Germany’s warmest wine growing subregion. S facing slopes of extinct volcano. Kaiserstuhl-Tuniberg, Kaiserstuhl top villages