Pfalz Flashcards
This region in Germany has the world’s largest acreage of Riesling.
Pfalz
What is the climate of the Pfalz?
warm, sunny
What is the overall style of rieslings from the Pfalz?
dry, more body, weight and alcohol
What grapes in the Pfalz are authorized for VDP Grosse Lage bottlings?
Riesling
Spatburgunder
Weissburgunder
2 Bereiche of the Pfalz
Northern: Mittelhaardt Deutsche Weinstrasse
Southern: Sudliche Weinstrasse
What are the major villages of the Mittelhaardt North to South?
Dirmstein
Grünstadt
Laumersheim
Grosskarlbach
Kirchheim
Weisenheim
Kallstadt
Ungstein
Bad Dürkheim
Wachenheim
Forst
Deidesheim
Ruppertsberg
Gimmeldingen
Mussbach
Haardt
Neustadt
Duttweiler
What are the three geographic features of the Mittelhaardt?
Haardt Hills
Palatinate Forest
Rhine River to the East
Where is the Pfalz?
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
The best vineyards of the Mittelhardt have these three advantages.
they are midslope
bask in the morning sun
long evening shadow of the Palatinate Forest
Where do the greatest concentration of Grosse Lage sites in the Pfalz lie?
between the Forst and Deidesheim
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.
Hohenmorgen in Deidesheim
Freundstuck in Forst
Kirchenstuck in Forst
What is significant about the Kirchenstuck Forst?
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
What are three sites that surround Kirchenstuck?
Freundstuck
Jesuitengarten
Ungeheuer
What are some important sites of the Mittelhaardt?
Konigsbacher Idig
Gimmeldingen Mandelgarten
Kallstadter Saumagen
What is the finest site North of Forst and why?
Kallstadter Saumagen (Pig’s stomach)
it is an amphitheater like suntrap
What are the Drachenfels
Low peaks of the Haardt Hills that protect the hillside vineyards of Mittelhaardt from wind and rain
Who are the three B’s of the Pfalz?
Reichsrat von Buhl
Burklin-Wolf
Basserman Jordan
What do the three B’s in the Pfalz have in common?
all have parcels in Kirchenstuck
Where is Koehler-Ruprecht located?
Kallstadt Saumagen
Where is Muller Catoir located and what is he known for?
in the Haardt
makes sweet wines from riesling, scheurebe and Rieslaner in a lusher style
What producer in the Pfalz is criticized for adding new barriques and tonneaux to a riesling cellar?
Weingut von Winning
What is the climate of the Sudliche Weinstrasse?
warm, sunny, more varied exposures, steeper than the Mittelhaardt
What producers helped make a name for the Southern Pfalz’s quality? By when?
Ökonomierat Rebholz
Dr. Wehrheim
Friedrich Becker
by mid 2000s
What is the most important site of the Sudliche Weinstrasse?
Birkweiler Kastanienbusch
The best examples of Weissburgunder and Spatburgunder in the Sudliche Weinstrasse are in what two vineyards?
Siebeldingen Sonnenschen
Schweigen Kammerberg