Lj. Test Questions, Germany Flashcards
What region in Germany does the village of Piesport reside in?
a) Rheingau
b) Mosel
c) Pfalz
b) Mosel
What is an Anbaugebiet?
a) designated regions for PDO wine
b) individual vineyard site
c) a district within a region
a) designated regions for PDO wine
In which of these 2 regions is the Silvaner grape most widely planted?
a) Mosel and Pfalz
b) Rheingau and Ahr
c) Rheinhessen and Franken
c) Rheinhessen and Franken
How many Anbaugebiete are there in Germany?
a) 8
b) 13
c) 11
b)13
What does the region of Baden have a reputation for?
a) white wines from Silvaner and Muller-Thurgau
b) crisp and elegant Rieslings
c) red wines from Spätburgunder
c) red wines from Spätburgunder
What does the term Erste Lage mean?
a) off dry Rieslings from anywhere in Germany
b) top vineyard sites of the VDP members
c) botrytis wines in distinctive flask shaped bottles
b) Top vineyard sites of the VDP members
What is the minimum temperature for picking eiswein?
a) – 15 C
b) – 2 C
c) – 8 C
c) – 8 C
What is Sϋssreserve?
a) unfermented grape juice
b) rectified concentrated grape must
c) sugar from sources other than grapes
a) unfermented grape juice
Which region does the village of Johannisberg reside in?
a) Rheingau
b) Pfalz
c) Nahe
a) Rheingau
Which style best describes a Riesling Spätlese?
a) light in body with green apple and citrus flavours
b) light to medium body with flavours of stone fruits and citrus
c) medium body with flavours of stone fruits and tropical
b)
Light to medium body
Flavours of stone fruits / citrus
Alte Reben
Old Vines
What is Einzellage?
Individual vineyard site
What is Oechsle?
German scale for measuring must weight
What is Rulander grape know as?
Pinot Gris.
GrauBurgunder
Designated wine-growing REGIONS for PDO wine is called?
Anbaugebiete
Prädikatswein must be produced from allowed varieties in one of the 39 SUBREGIONS (districts) called?
Bereich
Individual vineyard site is called?
Einzellage
What is the term used for a group of Vineyards?
Grosslage
How is German wine graded. According to?
Must Weight at Harvest
Wines that do not have a Geographical location Identification will now be labeled?
Deutscher Wien
What is the Abbreviated version for a German PDO Wine?
g.U.
QBA are produced from grapes grown exclusively in one of the 13 Anbaugebiet sites. True / False
True
QBA. Blending of wines from outside individual Anbaugebiet is allowed. True / False
False
Chapiilization is allowed for a QBA wine? True / False
False
Pradikatswein must come from a single Bereich? True / False
True
Can a Pradikatswein wine be enriched?
No
Can a Pradikatswein have Sussreserve added?
Yes
When is Sussreserve added?
After fermentation before bottling.
What must a Pradikatswein show on its label?
What quality level it belongs to.
What are the levels of a Pradikatswein wine?
Kabinet. Spatlesse. Auslesse. BernAuslesse. Icewine. TrockenBernAuslesse.
What is Grosses Gewachs?
Dry wine from a VDP member from a Erste Large Site
What percentage of white grapes are grown in Germany?
60%
What is Rivaner aka?
Muller - Thurgau
Muller - Thurgau is a crossing? T/F
True
Silvaner has moderate acidity and moderate fruit? T/ F
True
What is Scheurebe predominate aroma?
Grapefruit
Scheurebe and Kerner are well suited to?
Icewine
What type of yield does Dornfelder produce?
High
Dornfelder, light or deep coloured?
Deep
Germany’s great white wines, dry, white are characterized by?
Purity of fruit
What type of soil is to be found in the best vineyards of the Mosel?
Stoney Slate
A typical Mosel Riesling is what?
Light Body.
High Acid.
Low Alcohol
Which wine is slightly more fruitier, Mosel or Nahe?
Nahe
What percentage of Dornfelder is planted in the Nahe?
25%
Which hills protect the Rhinegau?
Taunus
What style of wine started being produced in Rudeshiem in the 1980’s?
Dry White
The town of Assmannshausen is known for which grape?
Spatburgunder
What is the most planted grape in the Rhine-Hessen?
Muller - Thurgau
Which is the largest wine growing region in Germany?
Rhinehessen.
Which is the second largest wine growing region in Germany?
Pfalz
Which mountains are located in the Pfalz?
Haardt
Which region in Germany is known to be the dries?
Pfalz
What are the three red varieties grown in the Pfalz?
Spatburgunder.
Dornfelder.
Portugieser
Wachenheim, Forst, Deidesheim and Ruppertsberg collectively are referred to as ?
MittelHardt
Which villages are considered to be producing the best wines out of the Pfalz?
Deidesheim.
Forst
Baden produces the fullest bodied German wines with the highest alcohol? T/F
True
Deeply coloured and often oaked Pinot Noir come from?
Baden
Which two grape varieties dominate and Franken and are considered to be the most prestigious?
Silavaner.
Muller - Thurgau
What is the name of the Franken distictly shaped bottle?
BocksBeutal
In Franken the best wines are from the south facing slopes around?
Wuzburg
Dry with a richness on the palate and a marked earthy quality, describes which wine?
Franken Silvaner
