Mosel Flashcards
When did Mosel-Saar-Ruwer become just Mosel?
2007
Name the 6 bereiche of the Mosel
from W to E:
Moseltor, Obermosel, Saar, Ruwertal, Bernkastel, Burg Cochem
Which Mosel bereich is the largest?
Bernkastel
What is the dominant slate type in the Mosel?
Blue Devonian Slate, with some red slate near Erden.
What is the Bernkastel bereich commonly known as?
Mittelmosel
What is the Burg Cochem bereich commonly known as?
Terrassenmosel
Name the two important Gemeinden on the Saar
Wiltingen and Saarburg (home to egon muller)
Name the two important Gemeinden on the Ruwer
Eitelsbach and Mertesdorf
Name the 5 Mosel Gemeinden on the western “Left Bank”, North to South
Ürzig Wehlen Lieser Brauneberg Piesport
Name the 6 Mosel Gemeinden on the eastern “Right Bank”, North to South
Erden Graach an der Mosel Bernkastel Wintrich Dhron Trittenhein
Saarburg river
Most important vineyard
Most important producer
Saar
Rausch - Zilliken
Wiltingen river
Most important vineyard
Most important producer
Saar
Scharzhofberger - Egon Müller
Eitelsbach river
Most important vineyard
Most important producer
Ruwer
Karthäuserhofberg - Karthäuserhof (monopole)
Mertesdorf river
3 most important vineyards
Name a producer for each
Ruwer
Abtsberg - Maximin Grünhäus (monopole)
Herrenberg - Weinhof Herrenberg by Loch family
Bruderberg - Maximin Grünhäus
Trittenheim river
Most important vineyard
Name a producer
Mosel
Apotheke - Stefan Bollig
Piesport river
2 most important vineyards
Name a producer from each
Mosel
Goldtröpfchen - Reinhold Haart and Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt
Domherr - Situated in the heart of Goldtröpfchen, Haart also produces wines here
Brauneberg river
2 most important vineyards
Name a producer from each
Mosel
Juffer
Juffer Sonnenuhr - Fritz Haag in both
Bernkastel-Kues river
2 most important vineyards
Name a producer from each
Mosel
Doctor - Dr. H. Thanisch, Wegeler
Lay - M. Molitor, Thanisch, Loosen
Graach an der Mosel river
2 most important vineyards
Name a producer from each
Mosel
Domprobst - Molitor, Willi Schaefer
Josephshöfer (monopole of Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt)
Erden river
2 most important vineyards
Name one producer from each
Mosel
Prälat - Loosen, Meulenhof, Cristoffel Erben
Treppchen - Meulenhof, Cristoffel Erben
Wehlen river
Most important vineyard
Name one producer
Mosel
Sonnenhur - S.A. Prum, Kerpen, Joh. Jos. Prum
Zeltingen river
Most important vineyard
Name one producer
Mosel
Sonnenhur - Selbach-Oster, Molitor
Ürzig river
Most important vineyard
Name one producer
Mosel
Würzgarten - Monchhof, Karl Erbes, Cristoffel Erben
What does a Goldkapsel indicate on a bottle from Mosel?
What is a Lange Goldkapsel?
“reserve” selection with additional sweetness due to higher mustweight, common in Auslese.
lange goldkapsel is a longer capsul with even more sweetness.
used to subvert the 1971 wine label that outlawed terms added to the pradikat, such as ‘fein’ and ‘hochfeine’, from label.
What Bereiche would you find the gemeinden of Trittenheim, Piesport, Brauneberg, Bernkastel-Kues, Graach-an-der-Mosel, Wehlen, Zeltingen, Ürzig, and Erden?
bereiche Bernkastel in Mosel
If you have a bottle of Bernkastler-Badstube, is this wine from a gemeinden, einzellagen, or grosslagen?
Grosslagen, like Piesporter-Michelsberg, tho Bernkastler-Badstube is of higher quality because of its site.
Greatest Vineyard of Mosel > Bernkastler > Piesport
Goldtröpfchen. Vineyard is a natural amphitheater.
Name three ‘sundial vineyards’ of Mosel, and their Beiriche.
Sonnenuhr = sundial.
Juffer-Sonnenuhr (Bernkastel > Brauneberg),
Wehlener-Sonnenuhr (Bernkastel > Wehlen)
Zeltinger-Sonnenuhr (Bernkastel > Zeltingen)
Where would you find the famous Doctor and Lay vineyards?
Mosel > Bernkastel > Bernkastel-Kues
Where is the Würzgarten vineyard?
Mosel > Bernkastel > Ürzig
Where are the Josephshöfer and Domprobst vineyards?
Mosel > Bernkastel > Graach-an-der-Mosel
Josephshöfer is a alleinbestiz of Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt
Major grape in the Obermosel and Moseltor bereiche, south of the Saar, on border of Luxembourg?
Elbling.
