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Mosel Flashcards

1
Q

Until when was the Mosel known as Mosel-Saar-Ruwer

A

August 1, 2007

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2
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What is goldkapsel

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  • Gold capsule indicates richer, “reserve” wines based on higher must weight
  • Used only in Mosel
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3
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Lange Goldkapsel

A
  • Longer gold capsule indicating even more richness

- Subverted 1971 law that feine and hochfeine could not be used on label inaddition to prädikat level

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4
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Mosel River Geography

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  • Flows from Vosges Mountains in France, eastward into Germany for 206 km
  • Joins tributaries Saar and Ruwer
  • Merges with the Rhine at Koblenz at the border of the Mittelrhein
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5
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6 Bereichen of Mosel

A 
Bernkastel
Burg Cochem
Saar
Ruwertal
Obermosel 
Moseltor
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6
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What is the largest and most significant bereiche of Mosel

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Bernkastel

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7
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Name 2 important villages in Bernkastel

A 
Trittenheim
Piesport
Brauneberg
Bernkastel-Kues
Graach-an-der-Mosel
Wehlen
Zeltingen
Ürzig
Erden
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8
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What is the area with Burg Cochem, Bernkastel and Ruwertal referred to as

A

Mittelmosel

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9
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What is the soil of the mittelmosel

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Blue devonian slate, except near Erden (red slate)

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10
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Greatest Einzellagen in Piesport

A

Goldtröpfchen

“droplets of gold”

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11
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Two producers of Goldtröpfchen

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Reinhold Haart

Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt

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12
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“sundial” vineyards

A

Wehlener Sonnenuhr
Zeltinger Sonnenuhr
Brauneberger Juffer-Sonnenuhr

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13
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Who makes best examples of Bernkasteler Lay

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Dr. Loosen

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14
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Who owns alleinbesitz Josephshöfer

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Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt, in Graach

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15
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Who makes great examples of Ürziger Würzgarten

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Joh. Jos. Prüm estate

Dr. Loosen

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16
Q

What is notable about the einzellagen Prälat and Treppchen

A

The soil is red slate instead of blue

Praälat is one of the warmest sites in Mosel

17
Q

What is warmer, the Mittelmosel or the Saar Valley?

A

Mittelmosel because Saar is higher elevation even though it is further south

18
Q

Define: Füder

A

1000-liter cask common in the Mosel

19
Q

One of the Mosel’s finest sites, found within the gemeinden Wiltingen…

A

Scharzhofberger

Egon Müller

20
Q

What makes viticulture more difficult in Ruwer

A

The Ruwer river is smaller, almost like a stream. Since the valley is not as carved out, the temperature is not mitigated as it is in the Mittelmosel.

21
Q

Two exemplary monopoles in Ruwer

A
  • Maximin Grünhäuser Abtsberg (part of a trio of monopoles owned by the von Schubert-Grünhaus estate)
  • Eitelsbacher Karthäuserhofberg, owned by Karthäuserhof
22
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What is the Terrassenmosel

A

“Terraced Mosel”

-Burg Cochem, (the lower Mosel Valley,) from the village of Zell north to Koblenz

23
Q

What is the dominant grape in Obermosel and Moseltor

A

Elbling

24
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Important Einzellagen in Saarburg

A

Rausch

25
Q

Important Einzellagen in Mertesdorf

A

Abtsberg
Herrenberg
Bruderberg

26
Q

Important Einzellagen in Trittenheim

A

Apotheke

27
Q

Important Einzellagen in Piesport

A

Goldtröpfchen

Domherr

28
Q

Important Einzellagen in Brauneberg

A

Juffer

Juffer Sonnenuhr

29
Q

Important Einzellagen in Bernkastel-Kues

A

Doctor

Lay

30
Q

Important Einzellagen in Graach an der Mosel

A

Domprobst

Josephshöfer (monopole of Reichsgraff von Kesselstatt)

31
Q

Important Einzellagen in Wehlen

A

Sonnenuhr

32
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Important Einzellagen in Zeltingen

A

Sonnenuhr

33
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Important Einzellagen in Ürzig

A

Würzgarten

34
Q

Important Einzellagen in Erden

A

Prälat

Treppchen

35
Q

Minimum Prädikat Ripeness (in degrees Öchsle) in the Mosel for

Riesling/MüllerThurgau

A 
Kabinett -       73°	
Spätlese -      80°	
Auslese -       88°	
BA/Eiswein -  110°	
TBA -             150°

*Elbling is the same except Kabinett is 70

36
Q

Steepest vineyard in Europe

A 
Bremmer Calmont (Burg Cochem)
68% grade

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