Mosel Flashcards
Uhlen (Burg Cochem, winningem gemeinde) is divided into these Grosse Lagen
100-170% Gradient
Uhlen 14 ha
Uhlen Blaufusser Lay 1.8 ha (blue grey slate with clay)
Uhlen Laubauch 5.65 (grey slate calcareous fossils)
Uhlen Roth Lay 5.09 ha (Iron Oxide red slate)
Einzellagen of Burg Cochem (Grosse Lage VDP) not gU
Stolzenberg (2 ha)
Kirchberg (6 ha)
Both in Winningen gemeinde
Who owns Doctor vineyard in Bernkastel
Dr. Thannich
Thannich Bergreich, Wegler
German term for lower Mosel Valley (which is in the north)
Terrasenmosel (Burg Cochem)
Dominant grape in Obermosel and Moseltor
Elbling
Reichsgraf Von Kesselstadt’s monopole in Graach (Mosel)
Josephschofer
Most famous vineyards of Saar
Scharzhofberg (Egon Muller IV)
Rausch
Gemeinde of Wiltingen
Grosse Lage (VDP)
of Saar
Holle
Braune Kupp
Kupp
Kupp “Neuenberg”
Kupp “Unterstenberg”
Scharhofberger
Scharhofberger Pergentskopf (no botrytis, top of hill)
Gottesfuss
Volz
Brauenfels
Schloss Saarstein
Schloss Saarfelser Schlossberg
Wurtzberg
Herrenberg
Bockstein
Rausch
What makes the soils of Pralat and Treppchen different from those of Goldtropfchen
Pralat and Treppchen are in South part of middle mosel (Bernkastel) where Red Slate dominates warmer sites
Goldtropfchen has devonian blue slate
Bereiches of Mosel
Burg Cochem, Bernkastel, Ruwertal, Saar, Moseltor, Obermosel
What is the minimum Pradikat ripeness in Oeschle for riesling in Mosel?
Kabinett: 73
Spatlese: 80
Auslese: 88
BA and Eiswein: 110
TBA: 150
Where is Maximin Grunhaus located in Mosel
Ruwer (most famous producer there)
Monopoles in Ruwer
Aptsberg (Von Schubert Maximin Grunhaus)
Bruderberg (Von Schubert Maximin Grunhaus)
Herrenberg (Von Schubert Maximin Grunhaus)
Karthäuserhofberg (Karthäuserhof)
VDP Grosse Lage sites of Ruwer
Karthauserhofberg (alleinbesitz of Karthauserhof)
Aptsberg*
Bruderberg*
Herrenberg*
*all three owned by VonSchubert: maximin grunhaus
Nies’chen
Kehrnagel
Mountain range of Mosel
Eiffel
Dominant grape of Obermosel and Moseltor
Elbling
What is the name for the German Grower’s association in Mosel
Grossering
Minimum must weight for Uhlen Blaufusser, Laubach and Uhlen Roth gU in Burg Cochem (Terrassenmosel)
88 Oeschle
(Auslese ripeness)
Where are the sundial vineyards located?
Brauneberger, Middle Mosel
Juffer-Sonnenuhr
Wehlener Sonnenuhr
Zeltinger Sonnenuhr
Map of Saar, producers of Saar
Weingut Cantzheim (Kanzem)
Forstmeister Geltz-Zilliken (Saarburg)
Weingut Peter Lauer (Ayl)
Weingut Egon Muller (Scharzhof)
Weingut Stefan Muller (Konz-Krettnach)
Weingut von Othegraven (Kanzem)
Schloss Saarstein (Serrig)
Weingut Van Volxem (Wiltingen)
Map of Middle Mosel (piesport)
Pradikat levels for mosel
Map of middle mosel (Bernkastel)
Where is Markus Molitor based?
Wehlen, middle Mosel
Where is Heymann-Lowenstein located? (Mosel)
Winningen (Terrassenmosel)
or Burg Cochem
Europe’s steepest vineyard
65 degrees Calmont in Bremm
Franzen is the producer in Bremm
Schlegelgflasche means this:
Long necked Mosel bottle
Mosel surrounded by these two mountain ranges
Eifel Mountains (West) and Hunsrück hills (East) that extend to the Taunus Mountains
Saar and Ruwer are known for this soil type
Saar and Ruwer are known for grey Devonian slate
Districts of middle mosel (Bernkastel)
Bernkastel: Trittenheim, Piesport, Brauneberg, Bernkastel-Kues, Graach, Wehlen, Zeltingen, Ürzig, and Erden
Soil type of Obermosel
soil type like Champagne and Chablis, Calcareous Marl
Major Producers of Burg Cochem (Terassenmosel)
Heymann-Löwenstein
Weingut Knebel
Materne & Schmitt
Karthäuserhof (producer of Mosel) is located here and owned by this religious order
Ruwer, in Eitelsbach. Owned by Carthusian monks since 900s.
Most famous vineyards of Saar
Rausch, Hörecker, Altenberg, and Scharzhofberg are the most famous vineyards here
Soil Type of Moseltor
Limestone
Major Producers of Mittelmosel (Bernkastel)
Clemens Busch (Punderich) makes a Marienburg vineyard
Weingut Heinrichshof (Zeltingen) Makes Sonnunuhr Rothlay vineyard
Weingut Sybille Kuntz (Lieser)
Weingut Immrich-Batterieberg (Enkirch) makes Enkircher Ellergrub
Weingut Dr. Loosen (Bernkastel-Kues) Makes “Red Slate” “Blue Slate” and Urziger Wurzgarten Alte Reben GG
Markus Molitor (Bernkastel-Wehlen)
Martin Mullen (Traben-Trarbach)
Weingut Johann Joseph Pruhm (founded 1911) (Wehlen)
Dr. H Thanisch (Bernkastel-Kues)
ETC
Producers of Ruwer
Karthauserhof (1335 Trier-Eitelsbach)
Maximin Grunhaus Weingut der Familie Von Schubert (Mertesdorf)
Former name of the Mosel
Mosel-Saar-Ruwer
Changed in 2007
What are the villages of the Bernkastel district in order from North to South
Pünderich, Enkirch, Traben-Trarbach, Wolf, Kröv, Lösnich, Erden, Ürzig, Zeltingen, Wehlen, Graach an der Mosel, Bernkastel-Kues, Lieser, Brauneberg, Kesten, Wintrich, Piesport, Dhron, Neumagen, Trittenheim, Leiwen
Producers of Scharzhofsberg in Wiltingen (Saar)
Egon Muller IV
Von Volxem
Von Kesselstadt
Name the top two vineyards in Saar and list their corresponding gemeiden.
Scharzhofberg: Wiltingen
Rausch: Saarburg
Kupp: Ayl
Where is Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt located?
Ruwer: Morscheid (but they produce in all three valleys of Mosel)
Also famous producers of Ruwer:
Maximin Grunhaus (Von Schubert) (Mertesdorf)
Kartauserhof (Eitelsbach)
Von Beulwitz (Mertesdorf)
These people founded the city of Trier in Mosel 16 BCE, and planted Germany’s first vineyards
Romans
First vineyard owners in Mosel
St Maximin Monastery
Bishop of Trier
Who is Clemens Wenceslaus
in 1786 decreed a mandatory shift to Riesling throughout the vineyard in Mosel
Longest tributary of the Rhine river
Mosel
545 km in length
Which Bereiches of Mosel lie on the river itself
Bernkastel (Middle Mosel)
Burg Cochem (Terrasenmosel)
Obermosel (Upper Mosel)
Name of Single stake training in Mosel
Einzelpfahl
Einzelpfahlerziehung (the state of being hung in such a way)
Annual average temperature in Mosel
50 degrees F
Growing season 100 days
When cold winds blow in from the Eifel and Hunsruck ranges in the Mosel, these protect the vineyards
Forests capping the hillsides
Vineyards in narrower sectors and those at lower elevation are afforded more protection from wind
This has helped to keep the Mosel phylloxera free
slate soils
Bernkastel Producers
Joh Jos Prum
Reinhold Haart
Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt
Dr. Loosen
Ansgar Clusserath
Daniel Vollenweider
Clemens-Busch
The Obermosel occupies this bank of the Mosel River
Right bank
Left bank is in Luxembourg
The Ruwer connects to the Middle Mosel between these two cities
Trier and Trittenheim
Where is the Benedictine St. Maximin Monastery, dating back to the 900s
Ruwer
Home to Maximin Grunhaus
What is an ortsteil?
Like a Village within a town, with a vineyard so famous it doesn’t need village stated. The Maximin Grunhaus estate is one in Ruwer
Which is cooler: Saar or Bernkastel
Saar
Most famous vineyards in Saar
Rausch
Hörecker
Altenberg
Scharzhofberg (Wiltingen) most famous in Mosel: Egon Muller is producer
This Bereich of Mosel has limestone soils and is connected to Obermosel, though on the other side of a state boundary, so considered a separate Bereich
Moseltor
Primium Familiae Vini has one German Member (12 members total)
Egon Muller of Scharzhofsberg
What is the name of the traditional training system in Mosel
Einzelpfahlerziehung
GL vineyards of Brauneberg (Mosel)
Juffer sonnenuhr im falkenberg
Juffer sonnenuhr
Juffer