Mosel Flashcards
Describe Rieslings from Mosel
Usually sweet, low alcohol, shimmering star bright, full of green apple, slate, candle wax
Rivers of Mosel
Mosel, Saar and Ruwer
Name bereiche of Mosel
Bernkastel, Burg Cochem, Saar, Ruwertal, Obermosel, Moseltor
Soil of Mosel
Dark blue Devonian slate
What is goldkapsel in Mosel
Gold colored capsule
Describe GG of Mosel
Thin and tart in character, but better estates may produce focused, refreshing, age worthy wines
Mountains in Mosel
Vosges
Largest bereiche of Mosel
Bernkastel
Bereiche of MittelMosel
Trittenheim, Piesport, Brauneberg, Bernkastel-Kues, Graach-an-der-Mosel, Wehlen, Zeltingen, Urzig, Erden
Greatest vineyard of Piesport in Mosel and translation of the name
Goldtropfchen, “droplets of gold”
Name 2 great producers of Piesport Goldtropfchen in Mosel
Reinhold Haart, Reichsgraff Von Kesselstatt
German word for monopoly
Alleinbesitz
Which bereiche is the site for Doctor vineyard and which exception to 1971 German Wine Law was made for them
Bernkastel-Kues, growers to the east of Doctor vineyard were excluded from Doctor in 1984 may label their wines as Alte Badstube am Doctorberg
Who owns great Alleinbesitz Josephshofer in Mosel
Reichsgraff Von Kesselstatt
What vineyards characterized by red slate instead of blue slate in Mosel?
Vineyards of Pralat and Treppchen, one of the Mosel’s warmest sites. Dr. Loosen is premier producer
Location of Saar bereich in Mosel
South of Bernkastel
Name one of the finest sites of Mosel located in Saar bereich
Scharzhofberger, an orsteil within gemeinde of Wiltingen. Egon Muller is the greatest grower
Location of Ruwertal Bereich
Northeast of Saar valley
Name 2 exemplary vineyards along the Ruwer River
Maximin Grunhauser (part of trio monopoles owned by the Von Schubert-Grunhaus estate), Eitelsbacher Karthauserhofberg owned by Karthauserhof
Location of Burg Cochem bereich
Lower Mosel Valley, from village of Zell to Koblenz
Best vineyards of Burg Cochem
Vineyard of Uhlen in Winningen
Predominant grape of Obermosel and Moseltor bereiche, and their location
Both of bereiche is south of Saar along Luxembourg border. Elbling is the dominant grape
Name important gemeinden and einzellagen of Saar
Wiltingen: Scharzhofberger
Saarburg: Rausch
Name important Gemeinden and Einzellagen of Ruwer
Eitelsbach: Karthauserhoberg
Mertesdorf: Abtsberg, Herrenberg, Bruderberg
Name important gemeinden and einzellagen of Mosel valley
Trittenheim:Apotheke Piesport: Goldtropfchen, Domherr Brauneberg: Juffer, Juffer Sonnenuhr Bernkastel-Kues: Doctor, Lay Graach an der Mosel: Domprobst, Josephshofer Wehlen: Sonnenuhr Zeltingen: Sonnenuhr Urzig: Wurzgarten Erden: Pralat, Treppchen
