Mosel Flashcards

1
Q

Uhlen (Burg Cochem, winningem gemeinde) is divided into these Grosse Lagen
100-170% Gradient

A

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)

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2
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Einzellagen of Burg Cochem (Grosse Lage VDP) not gU

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Stolzenberg (2 ha)
Kirchberg (6 ha)

Both in Winningen gemeinde

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3
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Who owns Doctor vineyard in Bernkastel

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Dr. Thannich

Thannich Bergreich, Wegler

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4
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German term for lower Mosel Valley (which is in the north)

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Terrasenmosel (Burg Cochem)

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5
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Dominant grape in Obermosel and Moseltor

A

Elbling

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6
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Reichsgraf Von Kesselstadt’s monopole in Graach (Mosel)

A

Josephschofer

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7
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Most famous vineyards of Saar

A

Scharzhofberg (Egon Muller IV)

Rausch

Gemeinde of Wiltingen

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8
Q

Grosse Lage (VDP)
of Saar

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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

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9
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What makes the soils of Pralat and Treppchen different from those of Goldtropfchen

A

Pralat and Treppchen are in South part of middle mosel (Bernkastel) where Red Slate dominates warmer sites
Goldtropfchen has devonian blue slate

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10
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Bereiches of Mosel

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Burg Cochem, Bernkastel, Ruwertal, Saar, Moseltor, Obermosel

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11
Q

What is the minimum Pradikat ripeness in Oeschle for riesling in Mosel?

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Kabinett: 73
Spatlese: 80
Auslese: 88
BA and Eiswein: 110
TBA: 150

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12
Q

Where is Maximin Grunhaus located in Mosel

A

Ruwer (most famous producer there)

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13
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Monopoles in Ruwer

A

Aptsberg (Von Schubert Maximin Grunhaus)
Bruderberg (Von Schubert Maximin Grunhaus)
Herrenberg (Von Schubert Maximin Grunhaus)

Karthäuserhofberg (Karthäuserhof)

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14
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VDP Grosse Lage sites of Ruwer

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Karthauserhofberg (alleinbesitz of Karthauserhof)
Aptsberg*
Bruderberg*
Herrenberg*
*all three owned by VonSchubert: maximin grunhaus
Nies’chen
Kehrnagel

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15
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Mountain range of Mosel

A

Eiffel

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16
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Dominant grape of Obermosel and Moseltor

A

Elbling

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17
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What is the name for the German Grower’s association in Mosel

A

Grossering

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18
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Minimum must weight for Uhlen Blaufusser, Laubach and Uhlen Roth gU in Burg Cochem (Terrassenmosel)

A

88 Oeschle
(Auslese ripeness)

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19
Q

Where are the sundial vineyards located?

A

Brauneberger, Middle Mosel

Juffer-Sonnenuhr
Wehlener Sonnenuhr
Zeltinger Sonnenuhr

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20
Q

Map of Saar, producers of Saar

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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)

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21
Q

Map of Middle Mosel (piesport)

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22
Q

Pradikat levels for mosel

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23
Q

Map of middle mosel (Bernkastel)

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24
Q

Where is Markus Molitor based?

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Wehlen, middle Mosel

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25
Q

Where is Heymann-Lowenstein located? (Mosel)

A

Winningen (Terrassenmosel)
or Burg Cochem

26
Q

Europe’s steepest vineyard

A

65 degrees Calmont in Bremm

Franzen is the producer in Bremm

27
Q

Schlegelgflasche means this:

A

Long necked Mosel bottle

28
Q

Mosel surrounded by these two mountain ranges

A

Eifel Mountains (West) and Hunsrück hills (East) that extend to the Taunus Mountains

29
Q

Saar and Ruwer are known for this soil type

A

Saar and Ruwer are known for grey Devonian slate

30
Q

Districts of middle mosel (Bernkastel)

A

Bernkastel: Trittenheim, Piesport, Brauneberg, Bernkastel-Kues, Graach, Wehlen, Zeltingen, Ürzig, and Erden

31
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Soil type of Obermosel

A

soil type like Champagne and Chablis, Calcareous Marl

32
Q

Major Producers of Burg Cochem (Terassenmosel)

A

Heymann-Löwenstein
Weingut Knebel
Materne & Schmitt

33
Q

Karthäuserhof (producer of Mosel) is located here and owned by this religious order

A

Ruwer, in Eitelsbach. Owned by Carthusian monks since 900s.

34
Q

Most famous vineyards of Saar

A

Rausch, Hörecker, Altenberg, and Scharzhofberg are the most famous vineyards here

35
Q

Soil Type of Moseltor

A

Limestone

36
Q

Major Producers of Mittelmosel (Bernkastel)

A

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

37
Q

Producers of Ruwer

A

Karthauserhof (1335 Trier-Eitelsbach)

Maximin Grunhaus Weingut der Familie Von Schubert (Mertesdorf)

38
Q

Former name of the Mosel

A

Mosel-Saar-Ruwer

Changed in 2007

39
Q

What are the villages of the Bernkastel district in order from North to South

A

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

40
Q

Producers of Scharzhofsberg in Wiltingen (Saar)

A

Egon Muller IV
Von Volxem
Von Kesselstadt

41
Q

Name the top two vineyards in Saar and list their corresponding gemeiden.

A

Scharzhofberg: Wiltingen

Rausch: Saarburg

Kupp: Ayl

42
Q

Where is Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt located?

A

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)

43
Q

These people founded the city of Trier in Mosel 16 BCE, and planted Germany’s first vineyards

A

Romans

44
Q

First vineyard owners in Mosel

A

St Maximin Monastery
Bishop of Trier

45
Q

Who is Clemens Wenceslaus

A

in 1786 decreed a mandatory shift to Riesling throughout the vineyard in Mosel

46
Q

Longest tributary of the Rhine river

A

Mosel
545 km in length

47
Q

Which Bereiches of Mosel lie on the river itself

A

Bernkastel (Middle Mosel)
Burg Cochem (Terrasenmosel)
Obermosel (Upper Mosel)

48
Q

Name of Single stake training in Mosel

A

Einzelpfahl

Einzelpfahlerziehung (the state of being hung in such a way)

49
Q

Annual average temperature in Mosel

A

50 degrees F

Growing season 100 days

50
Q

When cold winds blow in from the Eifel and Hunsruck ranges in the Mosel, these protect the vineyards

A

Forests capping the hillsides

Vineyards in narrower sectors and those at lower elevation are afforded more protection from wind

51
Q

This has helped to keep the Mosel phylloxera free

A

slate soils

52
Q

Bernkastel Producers

A

Joh Jos Prum
Reinhold Haart
Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt
Dr. Loosen
Ansgar Clusserath
Daniel Vollenweider
Clemens-Busch

53
Q

The Obermosel occupies this bank of the Mosel River

A

Right bank
Left bank is in Luxembourg

54
Q

The Ruwer connects to the Middle Mosel between these two cities

A

Trier and Trittenheim

55
Q

Where is the Benedictine St. Maximin Monastery, dating back to the 900s

A

Ruwer

Home to Maximin Grunhaus

56
Q

What is an ortsteil?

A

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

57
Q

Which is cooler: Saar or Bernkastel

A

Saar

58
Q

Most famous vineyards in Saar

A

Rausch
Hörecker
Altenberg
Scharzhofberg (Wiltingen) most famous in Mosel: Egon Muller is producer

59
Q

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

A

Moseltor

60
Q

Primium Familiae Vini has one German Member (12 members total)

A

Egon Muller of Scharzhofsberg

61
Q

What is the name of the traditional training system in Mosel

A

Einzelpfahlerziehung

62
Q

GL vineyards of Brauneberg (Mosel)

A

Juffer sonnenuhr im falkenberg
Juffer sonnenuhr
Juffer