Pfalz Flashcards
Von winning previously known as this producer in Pfalz
Dr. Deinhard
Town of Pfalz where Von Buhl, Von Winning, Von Basserman Jordan and Burklin wolf located
Deidesheim
best VDP Grosse Lage sites of Pfalz
Hohenmorgen
Maushole*
Leinhole*
Kalkofen*
Keiselberg
Grainhubel
Town of Forst is north of Deidesheim’s greatest vineyard
Jesuitengarten
Two Bereiches of Pfalz
Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse
Sudliche Weinstrasse
Most planted red grape of Pfalz
Dornfelder
Min abv of Pfalz
12%
this producer left the VDP in 2014 because they couldn’t retain traditional Pradikat declarations on dry wines
Koehler-Ruprecht (Pfalz)
this producer still labels top single vineyard wines as GC and PC even though they are in VDP
Burklin-Wolff
Einzellagen of Forst (Pfalz)
Pechstein
Jesuitengarten
Kirchenstuck
Freundstuck
Ungeheuer
This single vineyard in Bad Durkheim (Pfalz) is an alleinbesitz of Fritz-Ritter
Abtsfronhof
Germany’s second largest wine region
Pfalz
Rheinhessen #1
Mountain range bordering Pfalz (Continuation of Vosges)
Haardtmountains
sunniest driest region of Germany
Pfalz
Who are the Three Bs and where are they located
Burklin Wolff
Von Basserman-Jordan
Von Buhl
Mittelhaardt
Pfalz
Producers of Mittelhaardt-Weinstrasse and Nordpfalz
Weingut Geheimer Rat Dr von Bassermann-Jordan (Deidesheim)
Weingut Bremer (Zellertal)
Weingut Dr. Burklin Wolf (Wachenheim)
Weingut Christmann (Gimmeldingen)
Weingut Fuser (Niederkirchen)
Weingut Knipser (Laumersheim)
Weingut Kohler Rupreecht (Kallstadt)
Krack Sekthaus (Deidesheim)
Weingut Phillip Kuhn (Laumersheim)
Weingut Mehling (Deidesheim)
Weingut Georg Mosbacher (Forst) Ungehauer and Freundstuck vineyards
Von Winning
Von Buhl
There is more Riesling in the Pfalz than Alsace: T/F?
True
More than the country of Austria or Australia or United States
These grapes follow riesling in Pfalz in sheer quantity
Dornfelder
Muller-Thurgau
Portugeiser
Grapes authorized for VDP Grosse Lage bottlings in Pfalz
Riesling
Weissburgunder
Spatburgunder
What is North and South of Pfalz?
Rheinhessen
Alsace
the Haardt hills are a Northern extension of this mountain range
Vosges
Pfalz is on the Western side of this Plain
Upper Rhine Plain
The Mittelhaardt (Northern Bereiche of Pfalz) begins 20 miles south of this city
Worms
Villages:
Kallstadt
Ungestein
Forst
Deidesheim
Ruppertsberg
Gimmeldingen
in this Bereiche of Pfalz
Mittelhaardt
What direction do the Haardt hills face
East
Best vineyards mid slope
Greatest concentration of Grosse and Erste Lage sites occupy a small band of slope between these cities in Pfalz
Forst
Deidesheim
These GL vineyards in Pfalz are under 5 ha, despite fleurbereinigung
Hohenmorgen in Deidesheim
Freundstuck in Forst
Kirchenstuck in Forst “Church parcel” (3.7ha)
Finest, warmest and most uniform GL parcel in the Pfalz
Classified as the Best in the Bavarian Kingdom in 1828
Forster Kirchenstuck
Shared by eight owners
Small sandstone wall
planted to riesling
This ampitheater like suntrap is the finest GL north of Forst in Pfalz
Kallstadter Saumagen
Where is the GL Konigsbacher Idig and Gimmeldinger Mandelgarten?
South of Deidesheim
Mittelhaardt
The Three B’s: Von Buhl
Burklin Wolf
Basserman Jordan:
All produce this vineyard
Kirchenstuck (forst)
Freundstuck also important (Pinot noir)
Most important producer of Saumagen GL in Pfalz
Koehler-Ruprecht
Where is Muller-Catoir based in Pfalz
Haardt
Makes sweet wines from Riesling, scheurebe, and rieslaner
This producer uses tonneaux and barriques in a Riesling cellar of Pfalz
Weingut Von Winning
Producers of Sudliche Weinstrasse (sunnier and closer to Alsace)
Okonomierat Rebholz,
Dr. Wehrheim
Friedrich Becker
in what bereiche of Pfalz is Birkweiler Kastanienbusch?
Sudliche Weinstrasse
(86 ha, south facing, in the Haardt hills)
Where are some of Germany’s best examples of Spatburgunder and Weissburgunder in the Pfalz?
GL Siebeldingen im Sonnenschein
(Sudliche Weinstrasse)
What is the main soil of the Palatinate forest and the haardt hills?
Red sandstone
Layers of Basalt
Kalkstein (limestone)
Muschelkalk (shell-limestone)
(primordial rivers swept alluvial sediment to the region)
What is the youngest soil of Pfalz
Loess (arrived during ice age)
Most prized soil of the Pfalz
Loess
Who are the funf Freunde?
Rebholz, Wehrheim, inspired by hanz guter schwarz of neustadt for non interventionist winemaking in südpfalz
Siebeldingen im Sonnenschein is divided into three parcels: one EL, two GL:
Im Sonnenschein (EL and GL)
Im Sonnenschein “Ganz Horn”
(GL, 2.54ha)
