Pfalz Flashcards

1
Q

Von winning previously known as this producer in Pfalz

A

Dr. Deinhard

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2
Q

Town of Pfalz where Von Buhl, Von Winning, Von Basserman Jordan and Burklin wolf located

A

Deidesheim

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3
Q

best VDP Grosse Lage sites of Pfalz

A

Hohenmorgen
Maushole*
Leinhole*
Kalkofen*
Keiselberg
Grainhubel

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4
Q

Town of Forst is north of Deidesheim’s greatest vineyard

A

Jesuitengarten

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5
Q

Two Bereiches of Pfalz

A

Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse

Sudliche Weinstrasse

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6
Q

Most planted red grape of Pfalz

A

Dornfelder

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7
Q

Min abv of Pfalz

A

12%

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8
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this producer left the VDP in 2014 because they couldn’t retain traditional Pradikat declarations on dry wines

A

Koehler-Ruprecht (Pfalz)

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9
Q

this producer still labels top single vineyard wines as GC and PC even though they are in VDP

A

Burklin-Wolff

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10
Q

Einzellagen of Forst (Pfalz)

A

Pechstein
Jesuitengarten
Kirchenstuck
Freundstuck
Ungeheuer

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11
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This single vineyard in Bad Durkheim (Pfalz) is an alleinbesitz of Fritz-Ritter

A

Abtsfronhof

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12
Q

Germany’s second largest wine region

A

Pfalz

Rheinhessen #1

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13
Q

Mountain range bordering Pfalz (Continuation of Vosges)

A

Haardtmountains

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14
Q

sunniest driest region of Germany

A

Pfalz

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15
Q

Who are the Three Bs and where are they located

A

Burklin Wolff
Von Basserman-Jordan
Von Buhl

Mittelhaardt

Pfalz

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16
Q

Producers of Mittelhaardt-Weinstrasse and Nordpfalz

A

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

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17
Q

There is more Riesling in the Pfalz than Alsace: T/F?

A

True

More than the country of Austria or Australia or United States

18
Q

These grapes follow riesling in Pfalz in sheer quantity

A

Dornfelder
Muller-Thurgau
Portugeiser

19
Q

Grapes authorized for VDP Grosse Lage bottlings in Pfalz

A

Riesling
Weissburgunder
Spatburgunder

20
Q

What is North and South of Pfalz?

A

Rheinhessen
Alsace

21
Q

the Haardt hills are a Northern extension of this mountain range

A

Vosges

22
Q

Pfalz is on the Western side of this Plain

A

Upper Rhine Plain

23
Q

The Mittelhaardt (Northern Bereiche of Pfalz) begins 20 miles south of this city

A

Worms

24
Q

Villages:

Kallstadt
Ungestein
Forst
Deidesheim
Ruppertsberg
Gimmeldingen

in this Bereiche of Pfalz

A

Mittelhaardt

25
Q

What direction do the Haardt hills face

A

East

Best vineyards mid slope

26
Q

Greatest concentration of Grosse and Erste Lage sites occupy a small band of slope between these cities in Pfalz

A

Forst
Deidesheim

27
Q

These GL vineyards in Pfalz are under 5 ha, despite fleurbereinigung

A

Hohenmorgen in Deidesheim
Freundstuck in Forst
Kirchenstuck in Forst “Church parcel” (3.7ha)

28
Q

Finest, warmest and most uniform GL parcel in the Pfalz
Classified as the Best in the Bavarian Kingdom in 1828

A

Forster Kirchenstuck
Shared by eight owners
Small sandstone wall
planted to riesling

29
Q

This ampitheater like suntrap is the finest GL north of Forst in Pfalz

A

Kallstadter Saumagen

30
Q

Where is the GL Konigsbacher Idig and Gimmeldinger Mandelgarten?

A

South of Deidesheim
Mittelhaardt

31
Q

The Three B’s: Von Buhl
Burklin Wolf
Basserman Jordan:
All produce this vineyard

A

Kirchenstuck (forst)
Freundstuck also important (Pinot noir)

32
Q

Most important producer of Saumagen GL in Pfalz

A

Koehler-Ruprecht

33
Q

Where is Muller-Catoir based in Pfalz

A

Haardt

Makes sweet wines from Riesling, scheurebe, and rieslaner

34
Q

This producer uses tonneaux and barriques in a Riesling cellar of Pfalz

A

Weingut Von Winning

35
Q

Producers of Sudliche Weinstrasse (sunnier and closer to Alsace)

A

Okonomierat Rebholz,
Dr. Wehrheim
Friedrich Becker

36
Q

in what bereiche of Pfalz is Birkweiler Kastanienbusch?

A

Sudliche Weinstrasse

(86 ha, south facing, in the Haardt hills)

37
Q

Where are some of Germany’s best examples of Spatburgunder and Weissburgunder in the Pfalz?

A

GL Siebeldingen im Sonnenschein

(Sudliche Weinstrasse)

38
Q

What is the main soil of the Palatinate forest and the haardt hills?

A

Red sandstone
Layers of Basalt
Kalkstein (limestone)
Muschelkalk (shell-limestone)

(primordial rivers swept alluvial sediment to the region)

39
Q

What is the youngest soil of Pfalz

A

Loess (arrived during ice age)

40
Q

Most prized soil of the Pfalz

A

Loess

41
Q

Who are the funf Freunde?

A

Rebholz, Wehrheim, inspired by hanz guter schwarz of neustadt for non interventionist winemaking in südpfalz

42
Q

Siebeldingen im Sonnenschein is divided into three parcels: one EL, two GL:

A

Im Sonnenschein (EL and GL)

Im Sonnenschein “Ganz Horn”
(GL, 2.54ha)