Niederösterreich Flashcards

1
Q

What is the min alcohol form Classic and Reserve in Traisental, Kamptal and Kremstal?

A

Classic - 12%

Reserve - 13%

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Niederösterreich

Regions in ha, Largest to Smallest

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Niederösterreich 27,128 ha:

  • Weinviertel 13,356 ha
  • Kamptal 3,802 ha
  • Wagram 2,451 ha
  • Kremstal 2,243 ha
  • Thermenregion 2,196 ha
  • Wachau 1,350 ha
  • Carnuntum 910 ha
  • Traisental 790 ha
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Wachau

Soils

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  • Gföhl - mineral rich migmatitic granite gneiss
  • Steep terraces - Granite - Riesling
  • East-facing - Ice age carried Sand resulting in Layers of Loess - opulent Grüner
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Wachau

Leading Towns W to NE

  • Where is Prager located?
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  • Spitz - Cooler, Hirtzberger
  • Arnsdorf
  • Wösendorf - Rudi Pichler
  • Joching
  • Weißenkirchen - Prager
  • Rossatz
  • Dürnstein
  • Loiben - Warmer, FX Pichler, Emerrich Knoll
  • Mautern - Nikolaihof
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Wachau

Climate

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  • 2 Major climatic influences - western Atlantic, eastern Pannonian
  • Hot dry summer, harsh winter, evened by Danube
  • Winds from northern Waldviertel region increases diurnal range during important months prior to harvest
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Name 6 producers of Wachau, all from different towns.

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Staritng in Spitz to the West and moving 7 miles NE

  • Hirtzberger - Spitz, late 1800s
  • Rudi Pichler - Wösendorf, 1904
  • Prager - Weissenkirchen, 1715
  • FX Pichler - Oberloiben, 1898
  • Emmerich Knoll - Unterloiben, 1825
  • Nikolaihof - Mautern, 1894
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What town in the Wachau is cooler, Spitz or Loiben?

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Spitz

(prod Hirtzberger is located)

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Viticultural towns in Kremstal are divided into what three zones?

  • In what zone will you find deep loess soils?
  • In what zone will you find the Stift Göttweig monastery?
A
  • West - weathered rocky soils, geologically similar to Wachau, GV + R
    • Stein
    • Krems
    • Senftenberg
  • East - deep loess soils, softer opulent GV
    • Rohrendorf
    • Gedersdorf
  • South - Stift Göttweig monastery, down to earth, “Heuriger” wine taverns
    • Furth
    • Benedectine Stift Göttweig est 1072
    • Palit
    • Krustetten
    • Hollenberg
    • Oberfucha
    • Tiefenfucha
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What are three leading viticultural towns on the western side of Kremstal?

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West - weathered rocky soils, geologically similar to Wachau, GV + R

  • Stein
  • Krems
  • Senftenberg
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What is the general style of wine from the eastern viticultural towns of Kremstal?

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East Krems - deep loess soils, softer opulent GV

SW to NE

  • Rohrendorf
  • Gedersdorf
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What are two leading viticultural towns in eastern Kremstal?

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East Krems - deep loess soils, softer opulent GV

  • Rohrendorf
  • Gedersdorf
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What area of Kremstal is identified with deep loess soils that produce softer, more opulent styles of Grüner Veltliner?

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East Kremstal - deep loess soils, softer opulent GV

leading towns

  • Rohrendorf
  • Gedersdorf
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In what year was the Benedectine Stift Göttweig monastery established?

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1072

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In what area of Kremstal will you find the towns of Furth, Palit, Krustetten, Hollenberg, Oberfucha, Tiefenfucha?

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South

  • Known for Stift Göttweig monastery, and down to earth, “Heuriger” wine taverns
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What is Kremstal’s climate?

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cool, humid northern breezes from nearby Waldviertel coliding with warm eastern winds from Pannonian plain

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Besides spicy Grüner Veltliner and delicate, mineral Rieslings, what other varietals is Kremstal known for?

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  • Weissburgunder
  • Expressive reds
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What is Kremstal’s size in ha?

(DAC - 2007)

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2,243 ha

vs

  • Weinviertel - 13,356 ha
  • Kamptal - 3,802 ha
  • Wagram - 2,451 ha
  • Wachau - 1,350 ha
  • Traisental - 790 ha
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18
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What is Austria’s largest wine-producing town?

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Lagenlois

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Name five leading viticultural towns of Kamptal.

(3,802 ha, DAC -2008)

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  • Lagenlois - Austria’s largest wine-producing town
    • Heiligenstein
    • Volcanic soils
    • Name derived from blazing hot sunshine and dry climate
    • 270 million year old Permian Period, desert-lke sandstone base with volcanic particles
  • Zöbing
  • Gobelsburg
  • Kammern
  • Strass - Straß im Sraßertale
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Describe the soils of Kamptal.

  • Where are you more likely to find Riesling planted?
  • Where are you more likely to find Grüner Veltliner planted?
A
  • Steep terraces, S facing, no loess, powerful Riesling
  • South towards Danube - loess and loam terraces, full GV / red and white Pinot, Zweigelt released as Niederösterreich
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Describe the climate of Kamptal.

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  • Cooler Waldviertel from NW
  • Hot Pannonian plain from E

Creates diurnal

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22
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What is the Loisium, and within what major region will you find it?

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Loisium - futuristic visitors’ center, underground labyrinth of several hundred year old wine cellars, light and sound wine experience

  • Located in Kamptal
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23
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Name five leading viticultural towns of Traisental.

(790 ha, DAC - 2006)

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W of Traisen River, N to S

  • Nussdorf
  • Reichersdorf
  • Inzersdorf
  • Herzogenburg - larger, fruity spicy GV, mineral Riesling

E of Traisen River

  • Traismauer - larger, fruity spicy GV, mineral Riesling
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List seven leading viticultural towns of Wagram.

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  • Fels
  • Feuersbrunn
  • Gösing
  • Grossriedenthal - environmentally conscious, Eiswein, quality
  • Kirchberg - vinotheque Weritas, quality
  • Großweikersdorf
  • Klosterneuburg - country’s largest privately owned winery, Stift Klosterneuburg / small family Heuriger to large Sekt, next door to capital city Vienna
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Where is Klosterneuburg located?

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Wagram

(2,451 ha, known as Donauland until 2007)

Klosterneuburg

  • Country’s largest privately owned winery, Stift Klosterneuburg
  • Small family Heuriger to large Sekt
  • Next door to capital city Vienna
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Wagram

Soils

A

loess

  • From receding promordial ocean (Wagram comes from “Wogenrain”, means “shore”)
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Wagram get its name from “Wogenrain”, which means what?

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“shore”

  • Wagram has loess soils from receding promordial ocean
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What is the world’s first viticultural and oenology school?; when was it established and where is it located?

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Bundeslehranstalt Für Wein und Obstbau

(Federal institute for viticulture and pomology)

  • Est. 1860
  • Located in Wagram
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Can you name eight major winemaking towns of Weinviertel?

(13,356 ha, DAC - 2002)

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  • Röschitz
  • Retz
  • Haugsdorf
  • Falkenstein
  • Poysdorf
  • Herrnbaumgarten
  • Wolkersdorf
  • Mannersdorf
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30
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In what town of Wagram will you find the environmentally conscious and Eiswein?

A

Grossriedenthal

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Wachau

min must weights

Steinfeder, Federspiel, Smaragd

A

Steinfeder 15 KMW min 11.5% alc

Federspiel 17 KMW range 11.5-12.5% alc

Smaragd 19 KMW min 12.5% alc / appx 95 Ochsle (Spätlese), must be dry

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32
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What is Vineau Wachau?; name 3 members.

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Org of estates sworn to uphold the tenets of natural winemaking spelled out in Codex Wachau

  • No additives (incl chaptalization)
  • No aromatization (incl new barrique)
  • No “fractionation” (such as de alcoholization)

founded 1983, members control more than 85% regions vineyards

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33
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What are the 8 regions within Niederösterreich?

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  • Weinviertel
    • Largest, 1st DAC / GV (peppery, no obv wood or botrytis, min 12% alc)
  • Kamptal
  • Kremstal
  • Wachau
  • Traisental
  • Wagram
  • Carnuntum
  • Thermenregion
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34
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In what year was Vineau Wachau founded?

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1983

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35
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Wagram was known as Donauland until what year?

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2007

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36
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Where are you most likely to find Roter Veltliner?

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Wagram

  • Roter Veltliner - unrelated to GV; * RED grape produced as WHITE wine
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In what village is the vineyard Achleiten located?

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Weissenkirchen

  • Home to some of Wachau’s most popular wines - FX Pichler, Prager, Emmerich Knoll
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What vineyard is considered home to FX Pichler, Prager, and Emmerich Knoll?

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Achleiten

  • In village of Weissenkirchen
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What is the primary grape variety of Carnuntum?

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Zweigelt

  • Carnuntum - sunny climate, prim red grapes
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Where are the rare white grapes Rotgipfler and Zierfandler cultivated?

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Thermenregion (HOT Pannonian summers)

  • Rotgipfler, Zierfandler - sin var or blended as Spätrot-Rotgipfler
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Weinviertel DAC

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  • Niederösterreich’s largest, 1st DAC
  • Ligher, fresher > cooler climate, N Danube and Pannonian Plain
  • Must be GV
  • Min 12% alc
  • Tasting panel > peppery note, no obv wood or botrytis
  • Reserve - 2009 - fuller, richer, min 13% alc - hints of botrytis and wood
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42
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Where is Langenlois located?

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Kamptal

  • Langenlois - one of Austria’s most important wine towns
  • Nearby, highly regarded vineyards - Heiligenstein, Lamm, Dechant
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What are 3 highly regarded vineyards near Langenlois?

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  • Heiligenstein
  • Lamm
  • Dechant

Langenlois, Kamptal

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44
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Wachau Soils

A

loess and gföhler (gneiss)

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45
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Weinviertel Quality Levels

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  • Klassik: submission to Prüfnummer tast comm Jan 1 year following harvest
  • Reserve: submission to Prüfnummer tast comm March 15 year following harvest
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Weinviertel Alcohol Levels

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  • Klassik: min 12%
  • Reserve: min 13%
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Weinviertel RS

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  • Klassik: max 6 g/l
  • Reserve: dry
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Weinviertel Taste Profile

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  • Klassik: aromatic, spicy, pepper notes, no botrytis, no oak notes
  • Reserve: dry, full-bodied, spicy, subtle botrytis notes, oak aging allowed
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49
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Name 6 great single vineyards of Traisental DAC.

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  • Alte Setzen
  • Berg
  • Fuchsenrand
  • Hochschopf
  • Sonnleiten
  • Zwirch
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50
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Name 9 great single vineyards of Kamptal.

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  • Dechant
  • Gaisberg
  • Heiligenstein
  • Käferberg
  • Kogelberg
  • Lamm
  • Seeeberg
  • Steinmassl
  • Wechselberg
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51
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When was Kamptal recognized as DAC?

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from 2008 vintage

52
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Langenlois: Erste Lagen and Varieties

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  • Dechant: Grüner
  • Käferberg: Grüner
  • Kittmannsberg: Grüner
  • Loiserberg: Riesling, Grüner
  • Schenkenbichl: Grüner
  • Seeberg: Riesling
  • Spiegel: Grüner
  • Steinhaus: Riesling, Grüner
  • Steinmassl: Riesling
  • Thal: Grüner
53
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What are the 8 subzones of Niederösterreich?

A
Kremstal
Kamptal
Traisental
Wagram
Weinveirtel
Carnuntum
ThermenregionWachau
54
Q

Which grapes are permitted to carry the Erste Lage designation?

A

Riesling
Gruner Veltliner

55
Q

Where is Roter Veltliner mostly produced?

A

Wagram

56
Q

What is the previous name of Wagram, and when did it change?

A

Donauland (2007)

57
Q

Where is the Klosterneuberg institute located?

A

Eastern Wagram

58
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Weinviertel: Geology and Climate

A

Very, very large region, encompassing a number of different microclimates. Loess throughout
West: dry, Molasse, sand, gravel, clay silt
Central: hard limestone, calcareous sandstone, marl
East: limestone, unconsolidated calcareous rock

59
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Wagram: Geology

A

Loess over marine deposits and river gravels

60
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Getzersdorf: Erste lagen and varieties

A

Berg: Grüner, Riesling

61
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Inzersdorf-Getzersdorf: Erste lagen and varieties

A

Rothenbart: Riesling
Zwirch: Grüner

62
Q

Where is Markus Huber located? What are his key vineyards?

A

Reichersdorf (Traisental)
Reichersdorfer Alte Setzen
Getzersdorfer Berg

63
Q

Where is Ludwig Neumayer located? What are his key vineyards?

A

Inzersdorf (Traisental)
Inzersdorfer Rothenbart
Inzersdorfer Zwirch

64
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Erste Lagen-holding vineyards of the Traisental

A

Reichersdorf, Getzersdorf, Inserzdorf

65
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Traisental: Climatological influences

A

Warm wind from the Pannonian Plain
Cool wind from the Alps
Large diurnal shift

66
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Traisental: Geology

A

Narrow terraces of gravelly, calcareous soils

67
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Where is Stadt Krems located? What is unusual about its ownership? What are its key vineyards?

A

Krems; the winery is owned by the city (founded originally in 1452 to provide for the hospital).
Kremser Grillenparz
Kremser Wachtberg

68
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Where is Nigl located? What are his key vineyards?

A
Senftenberg (Kremstal).
Senftenberger Hochäcker
Senftenberger Pelligen
Senftenberger Piri
Rehberger Goldberg (not Erste Lage)
69
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Where is Stein? What are its most famous vineyards?

A

Kremstal, across the river from Mautern (Wachau).
Steiner Pfaffenberg (bottled by Knoll)
Steiner Kögl
Steiner Gaisberg

70
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Kremstal: Climatological influences

A

Cool, humid northern breezes from the Waldviertal
Warm, dry, eastern winds from the Pannonian Plain
The Danube and smaller Krems tributary

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Kremstal: Soils

A

In the west (Stein, Krems, Senftenberg), similar to the Wachau with weathered bedrock soils.
East of the Krems river, deeper loess terraces produce a more opulent style of wine.

72
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Langenlois: Erste Lagen and Varieties

A
Dechant: Grüner 
Käferberg: Grüner 
Kittmannsberg: Grüner 
Loiserberg: Riesling, Grüner
Schenkenbichl: Grüner
Seeberg: Riesling
Spiegel: Grüner
Steinhaus: Riesling, Grüner
Steinmassl: Riesling
Thal: Grüner
73
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Zöbing (Kamptal): Erste Lagen and Varieties

A

Gaisberg: Riesling
Kogelberg: Grüner, Riesling
Heiligenstein: Riesling

74
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Kammern (Kamptal) Erste Lagen and Varieties

A

Gaisberg (shared): Riesling
Grub: Grüner
Lamm: Grüner
Renner: Grüner

75
Q

Strauss im Strassertal: Erste Lagen and Varieties

A

Gaisberg (shared): Riesling, Grüner
Ofenberg: Grüner
Wechselberg Spiegel: Riesling

76
Q

Engabrunner: Erste Lagen and Varieties

A

Stein: Grüner

77
Q

Which 3 villages share Gaisberg?

A

Zöbing, Kammern, Strauss im Strassertal

78
Q

Erste Lagen-holding villages of the Kamptal

A
Langenlois
Zöbing
Kammern
Strauss im Strassertal
Engabrunner
79
Q

Where is Schloss Gobelsburg? What are its most important vineyards?

A
Gobelsburg
Zöbinger Heiligenstein
Kammerner Gaisberg
Kammerner Renner
Kammerner Lamm
80
Q

Where is Bründlmayer? What are his most famous vineyards?

A

Langenlois (Kamptal)
Langenloiser Steinmassel
Zöbinger Heiligenstein

81
Q

Where is Brandl located? What are his most famous vineyards?

A

Zöbing (Kamptal)
Zöbinger Heiligenstein
Zöbinger Kogelberg

82
Q

Where is Hirsch located? What are his most famous vineyards?

A

Kammern (Kamptal)
Kammerner Gaisberg
Kammerner Lamm
Zöbinger Heiligenstein

83
Q

Where is Hiedler located? What are his most famous vineyards?

A
Langenlois (Kamptal)
Langenloiser Steinhaus
Langenloiser Thal
Langenloiser Kitmannsberg
Kammerner Gaisberg
Zöbinger Heiligenstein
84
Q

Where is Bernhard Ott located? What are his most famous vineyards?

A

Wagram
Feuersbrunner Spiegel
Feuersbrunner Rosenberg
Engabrunner Stein (Kamptal)

85
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Kamptal: Climatological influences

A

Cool, humid northern breezes from the Waldviertal
Warm, dry, eastern winds from the Pannonian Plain.
Large diurnal shift.
The Kamp River (tributary of the Danube) flows through the region.

86
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Kamptal: Geology

A

Highly varied; loess to gravel to sandstone to conglomerates.
Generally, northern sites with steep slopes of gneiss and schist produce riesling, and southerly, lower elevation vineyards bear deep loess and loam.
Heiligenstein is sandstone and volcanic conglomerates.

87
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What is the main product of Carnuntum?

A

Red wine, particularly of Zweigelt

88
Q

Where is Muhr-van der niepoort located?

A

Spitzerberg (Carnuntum)

89
Q

Where is Gerhard Markowitsch located?

A

Göttlesbrunn (Carnuntum)

90
Q

Carnuntum: Climatological influences

A

Continental, heated by the Pannonian Plain, moderated by the Danube and Neusiedlersee
All vineyards are south of the Danube

91
Q

What are the three principal hilltops of Carnuntum, and what are their soils?

A

Leithagebirge, Arbesthaler Hügelland, Hainburger Berge
Loam, loess, sandy gravels

92
Q

What is Gumpoldskirchen?

A

The town in Thermenregion where Spätrot-Rotgipfler originates

93
Q

What is the synonym for Zierfandler?

A

Spätrot

94
Q

What are the varietal wines of Stadlmann?

A

Rotgipfler Tagelsteiner
Zierfandler Mandel-Höh

95
Q

Thermenregion: Climate

A

Continental, very dry, huge amounts of sunshine.

96
Q

Thermenregion: Soils

A

Loam, with gravel, sand, and marine sediments
Well draining
Influenced by sulphurous springs

97
Q

What districts contain the Erste Lage sites elevated by Österreichischen Traditionsweingüter in 2010?

A

Kamptal, Kremstal, Traisental, Wagram

98
Q

What are the Erste Lage bearing villages of the Wagram?

A
(West to east)
Feuersbrunn
Fels am Wagram
Kirchberg
Grossweikersdorf
99
Q

What are the Erste Lage sites of Feuersbrunn?

A

Rosenberg: Gruner (Ott)
Spiegel: Gruner (Ott)

100
Q

What are the Erste Lage sites of Fels am Wagram?

A

Brunnthal: Gruner (Leth)
Scheiben: Gruner (Leth)

101
Q

What are the Erste Lage sites of Kirchberg?

A

Schlossberg: Gruner (Fritsch)

102
Q

What is Alte Setzen?

A

The Ried(Cru) Alte Setzen is located in the village of Reichersdorf and is an east-facing site with a slight incline. The soil is loamy, silty and calcareous – from loess that is two meters thick.

103
Q

What are the Erste Lage sites of Grossweikersdorf?

A

Mordthal: Riesling and Gruner (Fritsch)

104
Q

What is the Hollenburg-Karlstetten formation?

A

Underneath Alte Setzen is the conglomerate of the Hollenburg-Karlstetten formation, consisting of limestone and dolomite rocks deposited by a river (the “Ur-Traisen”) from the Kalkalpen, or Limestone Alps, around 15 million years ago.

105
Q

What is the soil breakdown of the Wachau, and how does it affect grape distribution?

A

Granite and Gföhler (gneiss) on the higher hillsides; mostly planted to Riesling.
Deep loess lower down by the river; mostly planted to Grüner Veltliner

106
Q

What is the minimum KMW and maximum alcohol for Steinfeder?

A

15º
max 11.5% abv

107
Q

What is the minimum KMW and minimum/maximum alcohol for Federspiel?

A

17º
11.5-12.5% abv

108
Q

What is the minimum KMW and alcohol for Smaragd?

A

19º
min. 12.5% abv

109
Q

What village houses Achleiten? (Wachau)

A

Weissenkirchen

110
Q

Who are the top three producers of Achleiten? (Wachau)

A

FX Pichler
Prager
Emmerich Knoll

111
Q

What is the Codex Wachau?

A

The tenets of natural winemaking codified by Vinea Wachau:
No additives (incl chaptalization)
No concentration (reverse osmosis, cryo-extraction, etc.)
No aromatization (incl new barrels)
No fractionation (de-alcoholization, etc.)
No manipulation of nature (incl machine harvesting)
Wines must be grown, vinified, and bottled in the Wachau

112
Q

What are the major villages of the Wachau from west to east?

A
Spitz
Wösendorf
Joching
Weissenkirchen
Dürnstein
Oberloiben
Unterloiben
Mautern
113
Q

What are the major vineyards and producers of Spitz?

A
Axpoint (Hirtzberger, Lagler)
Rotes Tor (Hirtzberger)
Singerriedel (Hirtzberger)
114
Q

What are the major vineyards of Wösendorf? (Wachau)

A

Kollmütz (Rudi Pichler, WEISSBURGUNDER)
Hochrain (Rudi Pichler, Veyder-Malberg, Hirtzberger)

115
Q

What are the major vineyards of Joching? (Wachau)

A

Stein am Rain (Jamek)
Pichlpoint (Schmelz, Bäuerl)
Kollmitz (Franz Pichler)
Postaller (Schmelz)

116
Q

What are the major vineyards of Weissenkirchen? (Wachau)

A

Achleiten (Prager, Rudi Pichler, Jager, Jamek)
Hinter der Burg (Prager)
Hinter Seiber (Prager - source of Wachstum Bodenstein Riesling)
Klaus (Prager)

117
Q

What are the major vineyards of Dürnstein? (Wachau)

A

Hollerin (Pragr, Alzinger, FX Pichler)
Kellerberg (FX Pichler)
Höhereck (Alzinger)

118
Q

What are the major vineyards of Unterloiben/Oberloiben? (Wachau)

A

Loiben Berg (Alzinger, Knoll)
Mühlpoint (Alzinger)
Klostersatz (FX Pichler, Pichler-Kreutzler)
Steinertal (Alzinger, FX Pichler)

119
Q

Where is Emmerich Knoll located? (Wachau)

A

Unterloiben (Wachau)

120
Q

Where is Franz Hirtzberger located? (Wachau)

A

Spitz (Wachau)

121
Q

Where is Rudi Pichler located?

A

Wösendorf (Wachau)

122
Q

Where is FX Pichler located?

A

Oberloiben (Wachau)

123
Q

Where is Prager located?

A

Weissenkirchen (Wachau)

124
Q

Where is Veyder-Malberg located?

A

Spitz (Wachau)

125
Q

Where is Altzinger located?

A

Unterloiben (Wachau)

126
Q

What is the main cooperative of the Wachau?

A

Domaine Wachau

127
Q

What is the capital of the Wachau? What historical point of interest is located there?

A

Dürnstein. The castle at Dürnstein is where Richard the Lionheart was imprisoned by the Austrians in 1192.