Nahe

Question 1

Where is the Nahe?

Answer 1

-West of Rheinhessen
-Southwest of Rheingau
-Southeast of Mosel
-Along Nahe River - tributary of Rhine

Question 2

What is the premier grape of Nahe?

Answer 2

Riesling

Question 3

What is the typical dryness/style of Nahe Riesling

Answer 3

-generally sweet
-between Mosel and Rheingau in style - hard to pin down

Question 4

Bereiche of Nahe

Answer 4

Nahetal

Question 5

Major Villages (north to southwest):

Answer 5

Münster-Sarmsheim,
Burg Layen,
Dorsheim,
Laubenheim,
Windesheim,
Langenlonsheim,
Wallhausen,
Bad Kreuznach,
Bad Münster am Stein,
Traisen,
Norheim,
Niederhausen,
Oberhausen,
Schlossböckelheim
Monzigen
Bockenau

Question 6

Abbreviated major villages, south to north, following Nahe

Answer 6

Schlossböckelheim
Oberhausen
Niederhausen
Norheim
Bad Münster
Bad Kreuznach

Question 7

What direction does Nahe flow?

Answer 7

Northward in the center of the region

Question 8

Most well known, expensive producer in Nahe

Answer 8

-Dönnhoff
-rich, sweet praädikat wines

Question 9

Monopole of Dönnhoff

Answer 9

Oberhauser Brücke

Question 10

Finest site in the Nahe?

Answer 10

Niederhauser Hermannshöhle

Question 11

Top producers in Nahe

Answer 11

-Schlossgut Diel (Burg Layen)
-Dr. Crusius (Traisen)
-Hermann Dönnhoff (Oberhausen)
-Emrich-Schönleber (Monzingen)
-Schäfer-Fröhlich (Bockenau)

Question 12

Top einzellagen in Niederhausen?

Answer 12

-Hermannshöhle** best site in Nahe
-Hermannsberg

Question 13

Top einzellagen in Oberhausen?

Answer 13

Brücke

*monopole of Dönnhoff

Question 14

Top einzellagen in Schlossböckelheim?

Answer 14

-Kupfergrube
-Felsenberg

Question 15

What forest forms the natural Western border of Nahe and separates it from Mosel

Answer 15

Hünsruck Hills

Question 16

What is climate of Nahe

Answer 16

-transitional zone between maritime and continental
-protected from wind and weather on north and west

Mild and dry
*driest winegrowing climate in Germany

Question 17

Approved varietals for VDP Grosse Lage wines?

Answer 17

Riesling only

Question 18

What are the Grosslage of the Nahe? (6)

Answer 18

Schlosskapelle “schloss-ka-pe-lay”
Pfarrgarten
Kronenberg
Burgweg
Paradiesgarten
Rosengarten

Question 19

Describe Nahe Riesling

Answer 19

The best wines often manage to combine the raciness of the best Mosel with the substance of the best Rheingaus - although they can be easier to appreciate in youth than either.
Chris Tanghe “Rieslings have a luscious tropical nature”

Question 20

What is Germany’s driest winegrowing climate?

Answer 20

Nahe

-Most precipitation occurs in the summer months rather than over harvest, and frosts are rare

Question 21

How is the Nahe generally divided?

Answer 21

Upper Nahe
Middle Nahe
Lower Nahe

The vineyards surrounding Bad Kreuznach, which divides the Middle and Lower Nahe, are sometimes considered a separate subregion.

Question 22

Major Villages of Nahe along with important einzellagen?
What is this group of villages also known as?
What direction?

Answer 22

Known as the Middle Nahe:
—Flows east to west before taking a sharp north at the town of Bad Münster.
—Schlossböckelheim: Kupfergrube, Felsenberg
—Oberhausen: Brücke (Donnhof monopole)
—Niederhausen: Hermannshöhle, Hermannsberg
—Norheim: Delchen
—Traisen: Bastei
**Villages line the banks of the Nahe as it flows northward in the center of the region.

Question 23

Name two producers from Upper Nahe and where they are based.

Answer 23

—Emrich-Schönleber, based in Monzingen (Frühlingsplätzchen {“FRU-ling-SPLETCH-zen; translates to “Spring’s Little Place”} and Halenberg), is the preeminent producer of the Upper Nahe
—Shäfer-Fröhlich estate of Bockenau, in the Upper Nahe’s interlands nearest the Hünsruck hills. (Bockenauer Felseneck; also Monzingener Halenberg, and Schlossböckelheim Kupfergrube and Felsenberg)
***both producers (along with Donnhof) are known for picking late in the season.

Question 24

What geological crossroads is the Nahe positioned?

Answer 24

Rhenish Massif (Geological massif in western Germany, eastern Belgium, Luxembourg, and northeastern France) and the Mainz and Saar-Nahe Basins.

Rhenish Massif comprises the slate Hunsrück hills of the Mosel Valley and the low Taunus and Eifel Mountains of the Rheingau and Ahr

Question 25

How does the Lower Nahe differ in climate to the rest of Nahe?

How does this effect the style of Riesling?

Answer 25

Warmer region than either the Upper or Middle Nahe, with more climatic similarity to the neighboring Rheinhessen than the cooler Hunsrück hills to the west.

Riesling styles from the Lower Nahe share the fuller body and more opulent style of the Rheinhessen, and Spätburgunder performs best in the Lower Nahe.

Question 26

How does the soil change from Middle Nahe moving north to Lower Nahe.

Answer 26

Middle Nahe:
weathered volcanic soils, slate, limestone and schist
Lower Nahe:
heavier clay and loess.

Question 27

Best sites of Bad Kreuznach?

Answer 27

Kahlenberg
Krötenpful

Question 28

Where does the Nahe river converge with the Rhine?

What point does this mark?

Answer 28

At the Nahe’s northerly limits in the town of Bingen. This is also the very western end of the Rheingau

-This marks the tripoint of the Rheinhessen, the Rheingau, and the Nahe Anbaugebiete.

Question 29

Who is the reigning producer of the Lower Nahe?

Answer 29

Schlossgut Diel (Dorsheimer Goldloch)

Question 30

What is the most planted red grape in the Nahe?

Answer 30

Dornfelder
-crossing of Helfensteiner and Heroldrebe.
-most of Nahe’s red wine sold within Germany