Germany_revised-Mar-2013 Flashcards
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Bacchus
(Sylvaner x Riesling) x Müller-Thurgau
Scheurebe
Riesling x wild vine
formerly believed to be Riesling x Silvaner
Kerner
Trollinger x Riesling
Trollinger
AKA Schiava or Vernatsch
Rieslaner
Silvaner x Riesling
Müller-Thurgau
AKA Rivaner
Riesling x Madeleine Royale
Amtliche Prüfungsnummer
AKA AP#, on all QbA & QmP wines Exam board # Commune # Producer's # Application # Year of application
Deutcher Sekt
Sparkling wine made any method from grapes grown in Germany
Erste Lage
From 2012 AKA “Premier Cru”
2nd tier of VDP classification
Erste Gewächs
Legal term used for dry wines from Rheingau from best vineyards
Füder
1000 L cask common in the Mosel
Grosslage
A collection of vineyards
Misleading term for inexpensive wines
NOT Grosse Lage
Gutsabfüllung
Estate bottled
Feinherb
Half-dry, no legal definition
Halbtrocken
Half-dry, generally less than 18 g/L RS
Leiblich
Medium-sweet
Stück
1200 L cask commonly used in Rheingau
Schneewein
Snow wine; term used to describe ice wine made from grapes gathered when snow covered the vineyards
Trocken
Dry, generally less than 4 g/L RS, but can be higher depending on acid content and region
Weißherbst
Rosé from a single variety of red grape produced in the saignée method
VDP
Verband Deutcher Prädikatsweingüter (Pradikat Wine Estates)
Just under 200 estates are members
Extralegal 4-tier hierarchy
Prohibits use of Bereich & Grosselage, more restrictive classification of einzellagen than government
Wein
Cheap wine, grapes from outside EU
Tafelwein
German look-alikes from outside of Germany
Deutcher Tafelwein
Lowest grade of German wine from 100% of grapes grown in Germany
Landwein
Deutcher Tafelwein from a specific region
Must be trocken or halbtrocken
QbA
Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete From one of 13 Anbaugebiete Min. 5.9% abv May be chaptalized & sweetened with süssereserve Includes generic wines
QmP
Qualitätswein mit Prädikat
Quality wine affirmed by ripeness
NO chaptalization
Süssereserve is permitted
Weinbaugebiete
Six regions used for Deutcher Tafelwein: Rhein-Mosel Bayern Neckar Oberrhein Albrechtsberg Stargarder Country
Einzellage
Vineyard
Alleinbesitz
Monopole
Liebfraumilch
Usually Müller-Thurgau, but cannot state label
May be blended from vineyards in Rheinhessen, Nahe, Rheingau & Pfalz
Anbaugebiete
Mosel Ahr Mittelrhein Rheingau Rheinhessen Nahe Pfalz Hessische-Bergstraße Baden Württemburg Frankenstein Sachsen Saale-Unstrut
Prädikat levels for German QmP wines
Kabinett: 67-85* Spätlese: 76-95* Auslese: 83-105* Beerenauslese: 110-128* Trockenbeerenauslese: 150-154* Eiswein: 110-128*
Charta
Association of growers in Rheingau formed in 1984 and assimilated into VDP in 1999
Three Roman arches on labels
Coined Erstes Gewächs
VDP tiers of quality prior to 2012
Tier 1: Erste Lage
Tier 2: Klassifizierte Lagenweine & Ortsweine
Tier 3: Gutswein
Grosses Lage
Top tier of VDP quality model for sweet and dry wines
Sweet wines: Prädikat levels
Dry wines: Grosses Gewächs (Erstes Gewächs in Rheingau)
Klassifizierte Lagenweine
“Wines from classified sites”
Before 2012, one of two categories that made up 2nd tier of VDP classification
Ortsweine
“Wines from specific regions or villages”
Before 2012, one of two categories that made up 2nd tier of VDP classification
From 2012, 3rd tier of VDP system: “Village Wines”
Gutswein
Lowest tier in VDP structure: “Regional Wines”
Bereiche
39 districts into which each Anbaugebiete is divided
Under VDP regulations, which anbaugebieten may produce Erste Lage wines from Riesling only?
Mittelrhein
Mosel
Nahe
In which anbaugebieten is Spätburgunder permitted under VDP regulations?
All but Mittelrhein, Mosel & Nahe: Ahr Baden Franken Pfalz Rheingau Rheinhessen Sachsen Saale-Unstrut Württemberg Hesische-Bergstrasse
“Classic” on a German wine label
Legally recognized term since 2000 meaning “harmoniously dry”
Intended to replace “halbtrocken”
Max. 15 g/L RS
Single variety, no mention of vineyard
“Selection” on a German wine label
Legally recognized term since 2000 meaning “superior dry”
Intended to replace “trocken”
Max. 9 g/L RS (12 g/L for Riesling)
Single variety, single vineyard
Bereiche of Ahr
Walporzheim-Ahrtal
Top growers of Ahr (village)
Meyer-Näkel (Dernau)
Best known villages of Mittelrhein
(NW to SE on Rhein River)
Spay
Boppard
Bacharach
River of Mittelrhein
Rhein
Goldkapsel
“Reserve” wines from the Mosel
Most commonly seen on Auslese
Generally indicates sweeter style
Bereiche of the Mosel
Burg Cochem Bernkastel Ruwertal Saar Moseltor Obermosel
Gemeinden
Village or Commune in Germany
Key villages of the Saar
(north to south) Oberemmel Kanzem Wiltingen Ockfen Saarburg
Key villages of Ruwertal
Eitelsbach
Kasel
Key villages of Bernkastel
(north to south on Mosel) Erden Ürzig Zeltingen Wehlen Graach Bernkastel Niederberg Lieser Brauneberg Wintrich Piesport Dhron Trittenheim Leiwen
Key producers of wines from Urzig
Monchof
Merkelbach
Christoffel
Key producers of wines from Zeltingen
JJ Prum
Selbach-Oster
Key producers of wines from Wehlen
Muelenhof JJ Prum Selbach-Oster Kerpen Dr. F. Weiss Prum
Key producers of wines from Graach
JJ Prum Selbach-Oster Kerpen Willi Schefer Dr. F. Weiss Prum
Key producers of wines from Bernkastel
JJ Prum
Selbach-Oster
Key producers of wines from Niederberg
Schloss Lieser
Key producers of wines from Lieser
Scloss Lieser
Key producers of wines from Brauneberg
Fritz Haag
Erste Lage vineyards of Wintrich
Ohligsberg
Erste Lage vineyards of Brauneberg
Juffer
Juffer Sonnenuhr
Erste Lage vineyards of Piesport
Goldtröpfchen
Schubertslay
Erste Lage vineyards of Dhron
Hofberg
Erste Lage vineyards of Trittenheim
Leiterchen
Erste Lage vineyards of Leiwen
Laurentiuslay
Erste Lage vineyards of Eitelsbach
Karthäuserhofberg
Who are the owners of the Doctor vineyard?
J. Lauerburg
Deinhard
Dr. H. Thanisch
Holy Spirit Charity Fund
Bereiche of Nahe
Nahetal
Key villages of Nahetal
(north to south on Nahe River) Münster-Sarmesheim Bad Kreuznach Norheim Niederhausen Oberhausen Schlossböckelheim Bochenau Meddersheim Monzingen
Dönnhoff
Producer of best, Prädikat wines in Nahe
Monopole: Brücke in Oberhausen
Grosse Lage: Hermannshöhle in Niederhausen
Key Grosse Lage sites of Niederhausen
Felsensteyer Steinberg Kertz Hermannshöhle Hermannsberg
Brücke
Einzellagen in Oberhausen
non-Grosse Lage
Monopole of Dönnhoff
Alte Badstube am Doktorberg
Labeling term for use by growers to the east of the Doctor vineyard whose vines were excluded in 1984
Bereiche of Rheingau
Johannisberg
Key villages of Rheingau on Rhein River
(west to east) Assmanshausen Rüdesheim Johannisberg Winkel Oestrich Hattenheim Erbach Kiedrich
Einzellagen of Assmanshausen
Höllenberg
Key producers of Rudesheim
Georg Breuer
Josef Leitz
Key producers of Oestrich
Spreitzer
Einzellagen of Johannisberg
(all Grosse Lage)
Schloss Johannisberg
Hölle
Klaus
Einzellagen of Winkel
(all Grosse Lage)
Schloss Vollrads
Jesuitengarten
Hasensprung
Most important Grosse Lage sites of Hattenheim
Pfaffenberg
Mannberg
Steinberger
Grosse Lage of Hallgarten
Schönhell
Jungfer
Key producers of Kiedrich
Robert Weil
Top producers of Hochheim
Franz Künstler
Rheinterrasse
Large vineyard area in Rheinhessen with excellent exposure on red slate soils
Grosse Lage of Hochheim
Hölle “Hölle Summerheil”
Domdechaney
Kirchenstück
Reichestal
Main villages of Rheinhessen on the Rhein
Nackenheim
Nierstein
Bechtheim
Bereiche of Rheinhessen
Bingen
Nierstein
Wonnegau
Bereiche of Pfalz
Südliche Weinstraße
Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstraße
Key village of Rheingau on Main R.
Hochheim am Main
Main villages of Rheinhessen to the west
Siefersheim
Key villages of Südliche Weinstraße
Burrweiler Albersweil Siebeldingen Birkweil Schweigen
Key villages of Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstraße
Kallstadt Ungstein Forst* Deidesheim* Ruppertsberg Gimeldingen Haardt Mussbach
Bereiche of Franken
Maindreieck
Mainviereck
Steigerwald
Climate of Pfalz
Warmest, very sunny
Similar to Alsace
Vineyard area a continuation of Alsace
From what villages does Hans Wirsching produce wine?
Iphofen
From what villages does Schloss Hallburg produce wine?
Hallburg
Volkach
What Prädikat levels have the same must weight requirements and what are they?
Beerenauslese
Eiswein
110-128 degrees Oechsle
Top villages of Franken
(west to east) Klingenburg Burgstadt Iphofen Hallburg Volkach
Maximum yield for Erste Lage wines
60 hl/ha
Grosse Lage
AKA Grand Cru from 2012
Grosse Lage maximum yield
50 hl/ha
Maximum yield for Ortswein
60 hl/ha
Maximum yield for Gutswein
75 hl/ha
Grosses Gewachs definition & numbers
Dry wine from Grosse Lage sites
Max yield 50 hl/ha
Min. must weight: Spätlese (76-95)
Max 9 g/L RS