Nahe, Ahr, Franken & rest of Germany Flashcards
Villages of the Nahe
Schlossböckelheim
Oberhausen
Niederhausen
Norheim
Bad Munster
Bad Kreuznach
Premier grape of the Nahe
Riesling, generally sweet
Dönnhoff
Most well known and expensive wines of the Nahe
Dönnhoff’s monopole vineyards
Oberhauser Brücke and Hermannshöhle in Niederhausen is the Nahe’s finest site.
Other leading producers of the Nahe
Emrich-Schonleber (Monzingen)
*Schlossgut Diel (Burg Layen)
Schafer-Frohlich (Bockenau)
Dr. Crusius (Traisen)
The state winery of Niederhausen-Schlossböckelheim is now known as
Gut Hermannsberg
The Middle Nahe Soils
Volcanic, slate, limestone, and schist
Shafer-Frohlich estate of Bockenau
A village in the upper Nahe nearest the Hunsrück Hills
Emrich-Schonleber based in Monzingen is the key producer in the upper Nahe
The Nahe’s Climate
Mild and dry, Nahe is Germany’s driest winegrowing climate
The soil of northern Nahe by Bingen
Heavier with clay and loess
Franken lies within what federal state?
Bavaria
A region better known for beer than wine
Franken’s most planted grape
Muller-Thurgau
Franken’s most important quality grape
Silvaner, first planted by Cistercian monks in Franken in 1659
Followed by Riesling, Weissburgunder, and Spatburgunder aka “Fruhburgunder”
Bocksbeutel
Franken Silvaner is bottled in the traditional squat Bocksbeutel
The three bereich of Franken
Mainviereck (Pinot Noir)
Maindreieck (produces three quarters of Franken’s wine)
Steigerwald (Highest and Coolest district in Franken)
Two Bereichs of the Mittelrhein
Loreley (“murmuring rock”) and Siebengebirge
The most planted grape in the Mittelrhein
Riesling, found in trocken and halbtrocken styles
The sites of Bacharach and Oberwesel
The Mittelrhein’s best vineyards are in these sites
Hessische-Bergstrasse Fun Facts
The smallest Anbaugebiet in Germany
Known as the “spring garden”
Riesling is the regions most planted variety
The Anbaugebiet of Sachsen (Saxony) Fun Facts
Located in the Elbe River Valley
Goldriesling an aromatic crossing developed in Alsace is a local specialty
The Saale-Unstrut Anbaugebiet Fun Facts
Lies at the Saale and Unstrut rivers
Germany’s northernmost winegrowing region
Muller-Thurgau and Weissburgunder are common varieties in this cold climate
Baden
Kaiserstuhl, Germany’s warmest winegrowing regions is located here
Spatburgunder and other red varieties are preferred
The Rose Weissherbst is locally popular
Württemberg
Contains most of Germany’s Schwarzriesling and Lemberger (Blaufrankisch)
Schillerwein rose produced from fermenting red and white grapes together is common here
