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Pfalz Flashcards

1
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This region in Germany has the world’s largest acreage of Riesling.

A

Pfalz

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What is the climate of the Pfalz?

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warm, sunny

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What is the overall style of rieslings from the Pfalz?

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dry, more body, weight and alcohol

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What grapes in the Pfalz are authorized for VDP Grosse Lage bottlings?

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Riesling
Spatburgunder
Weissburgunder

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5
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2 Bereiche of the Pfalz

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Northern: Mittelhaardt Deutsche Weinstrasse
Southern: Sudliche Weinstrasse

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6
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What are the major villages of the Mittelhaardt North to South?

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Dirmstein
Grünstadt
Laumersheim
Grosskarlbach
Kirchheim
Weisenheim
Kallstadt
Ungstein
Bad Dürkheim
Wachenheim
Forst
Deidesheim
Ruppertsberg
Gimmeldingen
Mussbach
Haardt
Neustadt
Duttweiler

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7
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What are the three geographic features of the Mittelhaardt?

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Haardt Hills
Palatinate Forest
Rhine River to the East

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8
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Where is the Pfalz?

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South of the Rheinhessen
West of Baden
sits in between the Haardt Hills to the West and the Rhine River to the East
on the western side of the Upper Rhine Plain

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9
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The best vineyards of the Mittelhardt have these three advantages.

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they are midslope
bask in the morning sun
long evening shadow of the Palatinate Forest

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10
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Where do the greatest concentration of Grosse Lage sites in the Pfalz lie?

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between the Forst and Deidesheim

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11
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What are the three Grosse Lage vineyards under 5a hectares in the Pfalz maintaining their tiny boundaries despite the Flurbereinigung campaign and 1971 wine law.

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Hohenmorgen in Deidesheim
Freundstuck in Forst
Kirchenstuck in Forst

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12
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What is significant about the Kirchenstuck Forst?

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finest, warmest, most uniform site in the Mittelhaardt
shared by 8 owners
enclosed by small sandstone wall
planted entirely to riesling
classified in 1828 as the Bavarian kingdom’s best site

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13
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What are three sites that surround Kirchenstuck?

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Freundstuck
Jesuitengarten
Ungeheuer

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14
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What are some important sites of the Mittelhaardt?

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Konigsbacher Idig
Gimmeldingen Mandelgarten
Kallstadter Saumagen

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What is the finest site North of Forst and why?

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Kallstadter Saumagen (Pig’s stomach)
it is an amphitheater like suntrap

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16
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What are the Drachenfels

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Low peaks of the Haardt Hills that protect the hillside vineyards of Mittelhaardt from wind and rain

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17
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Who are the three B’s of the Pfalz?

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Reichsrat von Buhl
Burklin-Wolf
Basserman Jordan

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18
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What do the three B’s in the Pfalz have in common?

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all have parcels in Kirchenstuck

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19
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Where is Koehler-Ruprecht located?

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Kallstadt Saumagen

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20
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Where is Muller Catoir located and what is he known for?

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in the Haardt
makes sweet wines from riesling, scheurebe and Rieslaner in a lusher style

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21
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What producer in the Pfalz is criticized for adding new barriques and tonneaux to a riesling cellar?

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Weingut von Winning

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22
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What is the climate of the Sudliche Weinstrasse?

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warm, sunny, more varied exposures, steeper than the Mittelhaardt

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23
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What producers helped make a name for the Southern Pfalz’s quality? By when?

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Ökonomierat Rebholz
Dr. Wehrheim
Friedrich Becker
by mid 2000s

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24
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What is the most important site of the Sudliche Weinstrasse?

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Birkweiler Kastanienbusch

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25
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The best examples of Weissburgunder and Spatburgunder in the Sudliche Weinstrasse are in what two vineyards?

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Siebeldingen Sonnenschen
Schweigen Kammerberg

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26
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What grapes grow in the Pfalz other than riesling?

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Dornfelder
Müller-Thurgau
Portugieser
Spätburgunder
Weissburgunder
Scheurebe

27
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What are the Haardt hills?

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A Northern, forest-capped extension of the Vosges Mountains

28
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Where is the Mittelhaardt?

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Begins about 20 kilometers south of Worms between the villages of Kallstadt and Gimmeldingen.

29
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Where is the Südliche Weintrasse.

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Southern Bereiche in the Pfalz
-picks up south of the city of Neustadt and extends through Schweigen at the Alsatiian border

30
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What is the most significant GL in Kallstadt? Who is famous for the reputation of Saumagen?

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Saumagen
Koehler-Ruprecht

31
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Where is Müller-Catoir located?

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Haardt

32
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What is Fritz-Ritter’s alleinbesitz in the Pfalz?

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33
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What is the soil in Pfalz?

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Pfalz soils are extremely varied and complex, with layers of
-red sandstone
-calcium-based limestone
-loess
-red slate
-basalt
-igneous granite
-alluvial gravel

34
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What is the height of the Haardt Hills?

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500-600 meters

35
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What is the Pfalz’s youngest soils?

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Loess

36
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What are the major villages of the Südliche Weinstrasse?

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Hainfeld
Burrweiler
Gleisweiler
Essingen
Siebeldingen
Birkweiler
Klingenmünster
Schweigen

37
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What does Südliche Weinstrasse mean?

A

Southern Pfalz

38
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Historically, where do the best vineyards lie and on what aspect?

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In the Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse
(Northern Pfalz)
East facing slopes of the Haardt hills

39
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What and where is the Pfalz’s warmest and most exceptional vineyard site?

A

Grosse Lage Kirchenstück, in the village Forst

40
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Most recognized producers in Mittelhaardt?

A

the “3 Bs” + MC

-Bassermann-Jordan,
-von Buhl
-Bürklin-Wolf
+
Müller-Catoir

41
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Why is there such variation of quality among vineyard sites even if they are close in proximity?

A

Varied soil types in the Pfalz.

42
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What is Palatinate?

A

The Pfalz, to English speakers

43
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Other grapes of up and coming importance in the Pfalz

A

Pinot varieties
Scheurebe for sweet wines (since 40s)
Sauvignon Blanc
Sangiovese (it’s warm!!)

44
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Minimum Prädikat Ripeness for Riesling and Müller Thurgau

A

Kabinett 73°
Spätlese 90°
Auslese 100°
BA/Eiswein 120°
TBA 150°

45
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Important Einzellagen in Forst

A

Kirchenstück !!!
Freundstück
Pechstein
Ungeheuer
Jesuitengarten

46
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Important Einzellagen in Deidesheim

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Langenmorgen
Hohenmorgen
Kieselberg

47
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Important Einzellagen in Ruppertsberg

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Reiterpfad, Gaisböhl (Bürklin-Wolf monopole)

48
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What is Bürklin-Wolf’s monopole? Where is it located?

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Gaisböhl in Ruppertsberg in the Palz

49
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Important Einzellagen in Königsbach

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Idig

50
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Important Gemeinden and Einzellagen in Südliche-Weinstrasse

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Siebeldingen: Im Sonnenschein
Birkweiler: Kastanienbusch
Schweigen: Kammerberg

51
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Premier wine villages of Mittelhaardt-Deutsche Weinstrasse

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Kallstadt
Ungstein
Bad Dürkheim
Wachenheim
Forst
Deidesheim
Ruppertsberg

N to S

52
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Until when was the Pfalz known as the Rheinpfalz

A

1992

53
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Where does the Pfalz fall in terms of production among the anbaugebiete?

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2nd, after Rheinhessen

nearly a quarter of Germany’s vines

Worlds largest acreage of Riesling

54
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What grapes follow Riesling in terms of sheer quantities?

A

Dornfelder
Müller-Thurgau
Portugieser

55
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Where does the name weinstrasse come from in the bereichen of the Pfalz?

A

“Wine route” road opened in 1935 to link picturesque villages and boost tourism

56
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What famous wine region is the Mittelhaardt reminiscent of?

A

Côte d’Or

small medieval villages, crowned by church steeples

57
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What forest lines the haardt hills

A

Palatinate Forest

58
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How many producers make Kirchenstück?

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8
(only vineyard where the “3Bs” all make wine)

59
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What producer in the village of Haardt is known for proving classically sweet wines have their place in the Pfalz?

A

Müller-Catoir
(Riesling, scheurebe, Rieslaner)

60
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Are the exposures typically steeper in Northern of Southern Pfalz?

A

Southern

61
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What is DC Pfalz?

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-Introduced by growers in the Pfalz in 2005
-Modeled off Austrian DAC
-Trocken only
-Riesling, Grauburgunder, Weissburgunder, Spätburgunder, Dornfelder

-Short lived and forgotten! no major producers adopted designation

62
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Dr. Bürklin-Wolf alleinbesitz in Pfalz

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Ruppertsberg Gaisböhl

63
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Muller-Catoir alleinbesitz in Pfalz

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Haardt Bürgergarten

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