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
Baden producers
Bernhard Huber (Malterdingen), Andreas Laible (Durbach), R. and C. Schneider (Endingen)
Württemberg stats
11,345 ha. Few wines leave region
Württemberg varieties
Schwarzriesling, Lemberger, Spätburgunder 70%. Riesling and other whites 30%
Schillerwein
Style of rosé produced by fermenting red and white grapes together
Württemberg producers
Gerhard Aldinger (Fellbach), Rainer Schnaitmann (Fellbach)
Sachsen stats
499 ha. Added after reunification in 1990
Sachsen varieties
MT most widely planted. Goldriesling, aromatic crossing developed in Alsace is local specialty. Spätburgunder 19%. 81% MT, RS, WB, GB
Saale-Unstrut stats
765 ha. Added after reunification. Most N region in Germany. Located at cool joing of Saale and Unstrut rivers
Saale-Unstrut varieties
Whites-74% MT, WB, RS, Silvaner. Reds-26% Dornfelder, Portugieser