Mosel Flashcards
Most important rivers in Mosel
Mosel, Saar, Ruwer
Are TBAs BAs and Ausleses made in this region
Yes
Soil in the middle mosel
Devonian slate
Why does RSL thrive here
late ripening and loves the heat off the slate soil
How much precentage of middle mosel sees Dark Devonian slate
50%
How much percentage of middle mosel sees Red Devonian slate
16%
Average annual rainfall
706mm
Annual hours of sunshine
1358 hours
Which vineyards are most desirable on the Mosel
South facing
What is Bogrebenerzienhuug
bow like trellising system
What was the big grape of the Mosel before RSL
Elbling
What are the first 3 single vineyards in Mosel
Blaufusser Lay
Roth Lay
Laubach
What is Calmont Vineyard most famous for
the steepest vineyards in all of Europe
What are the most important villages in Berkastel
Leiwen
Trittenheim
Piesport
Brauneberg
Berkastel-Kues
Graach
Wehlen
Zeltingen
Urzig
Erden
What type of soil is n Berkastel
Blue devonian slate
What are some of the most famous vineyards in Piesport
Goldtropfchen
Dornherr
Grafenberg
What are the Grosslage in Berg Cocheim
Weinhex
Goldbaumchen
Grafschaft
Rosenhang
Schwawrze Katz
Sundial vineyards
Sonnenuhr Zeltingen
Sonnenuhr Wehlen
Brauneberg Juffer Sonnenuhr
What is Rotliegend
reddish volcanic rock
Where is Rotliegend found
Urzig
Where can you find Wurzgarten
Urzig
A few Grosslage in Bernkastekel
Nonnengarten (9 ha)
Treppchen (erden)
Pralat (erden)
Wurzgarten (urzig)
Domprobst (Graach)
Sonnenuhr (zeltingen, Juffer, wehlen)
Josephshofer (Graach)
Himmelreich
Domprobst
Lay
Graben
Alte Badstube am Doctorberg
Doctor
What is unique about Obermosel
Soil here is more similar to Champagne than the Mosel
More flatlands than mountains
Calcareous Marl
What are the Grosslage in Obermosel
Gipfel
Konigsberg
What are the 6 Bereiche in Mosel
Burg Cochem
Berkastel
Obermosel
Saar
Ruwertal
Moseltor
What is the Burg Cochem known as
Lower mosel/Terrassenmosel
What are the most important villages in Burg Cochem
Cochem
Zell
Beilstein
Winningen
Calmont
What are the benefits of devonian slate
helps defuse nighttime lows and limit diurnal variations
phylloxera cant thrive, but can survive
What is an issue that Devonian Slate can have?
soil becomes poor in nutrients and can lead to nitrogen deficiency
What Bereiche has the steepest vineyards in Mosel
Burg Cochem
What is the most important village in Burg Cochem
Winnigen
What is Heymann-Lowenstein famous for?
First 3 single vineyards PDOs in Uhlen
Where can you find Heymann-Lowenstein
Winningen (Burg Cochem)
Where can you find Scharzhofberg, one of the most famous vineyards
Saar
What is the best estate in Ruwertal
Maximin Grunhaus
Where can you find red slate
Erden & Urzig
Who owns Doctor vineyard in Bernkastel
Dr. Thannich
Dominate grape in Obermosel
Elbing
Where is Goldtropfchen?
Piesport
Where is Michelsberg
Piesport
Mountain range of Mosel
Eiffel
What is the name for the German Grower association in Mosel
Grossering
Minimum must weight for Uhlen Blaufusser, Laubach and Uhlen Roth gU
88 Oeschle
Where are the sundial vineyards located?
Brauneberger, Middle Mosel
Juffer-Sonnenuhr
Wehlener Sonnenuhr
Zeltinger Sonnenuhr
Schlegelgflasche means this:
Long necked Mosel bottle
Name two producers of German Riesling who practice biodynamics in the vineyard.
Wittman (Rheinhessen), Peter Jakob Kuhn (Rheingau), Clemens-Busch (Mosel), Rebholz (Pfalz), Burklin-Wolf (Pfalz) …
