Regions Random Flashcards
Cote Rotie
Northern Rhone (Most Northern)
Only red wines (can have up to 20% Viognier)
Deeply coloured reds, full-bodied, Spicy, floral freshness, textural elegance (Syrah)
Condrieu
Northern Rhone
White only, Viognier
Low yield old vines, steep terraced vineyards
Chateau grillet
Saint Joseph
Norther Rhone
Red (Syrah) and Whites (Marsanne, Roussanne)
North: Structured with lots of flavour intensity
South: Lighter, semi carbonic, pepper perfumed, valley floor
Hermitage
Northern Rhone
Red (Syrah) and Whites (Marsanne, Roussanne)
Steep south-facing slopes
Traditionally blended, some individual lieux-dits
Fullest bodied, ages well. Can have up to 15% Marsanne and Roussanne
Crozes- Hermitage
Norther Rhone
Red (Syrah) and Whites (Marsanne, Roussanne)
Volume
Mixed quality etc
Cornas
Northern Rhone
Red Only (Syrah)
Sunbaked south facing terraced vineyards sheltered from Mistral
Deeply coloured and full bodied
Mosel
Germany, Mosel River
Reisling only GG (Majority white grapes)
Middle mosel (best sites) on steep slopes facing the river, slate soils
Cooler sites used for sparkling
Riesling: Lighter body, lower alcohol, higher in acidity (vs Rheinhau, Rheinhessen, and Plaz) Floral and green fruit
Piesport, Bernkastel, Wehlen
Piesport
Mosel, Germany
Reisling only GG (Majority white grapes)
Middle mosel (best sites) on steep slopes facing the river, slate soils
Cooler sites used for sparkling
Riesling: Lighter body, lower alcohol, higher in acidity (vs Rheinhau, Rhein
, Bernkastel
Mosel, Germany
Reisling only GG (Majority white grapes)
Middle mosel (best sites) on steep slopes facing the river, slate soils
Cooler sites used for sparkling
Riesling: Lighter body, lower alcohol, higher in acidity (vs Rheinhau, Rhein
Wehlen
Mosel, Germany
Reisling only GG (Majority white grapes)
Middle mosel (best sites) on steep slopes facing the river, slate soils
Cooler sites used for sparkling
Riesling: Lighter body, lower alcohol, higher in acidity (vs Rheinhau, Rhein
Nahne
Germany,
Between Mosel and Rheingau
Best sites on the banks of the river Nahne, steep south-facing,
Riesling: Pronounced acidity but riper than Mosel. Between Mosel and Rheingau in style.
Rheingau
Germany, North banks of Rhine River and Main River
Protected to the North by Taunus Hills
Best vineyards on steep south facing slopes around Johannesburg, and Rudesheim
GG: Riesling or Spatsburgunder
Riesling: Majority dry but also the moister from the river provides good conditions for BA or TBA
Medium to full body with notes of peach (riper vs mosel)
Assmanshausen (Rudesheim)
Rheinhessen
Germany
Largest winemaking region
White: Muller-Therngau and Riesling
Red: Spatsburgunder, Dornfelder, Portugieser
GG: Spats and Riesling
Nierstein: Rheinterrase fullest bodied Rieslings
Steep sloped vineyards on the west bank of the Rhine
Innovation and excellence
Nierstein
German, Rheinhessen: Rheinterrase fullest bodied Rieslings
Assmanshausen (Rudesheim)
Rheingau, Germany, Spatsburgunder
Johannesburg, and Rudesheim
Germany, Rheingau
Pfalz
Germany, a continuation of Alsace where vosges mountains become haardt mountains
Second largest
Driest, warm, can suffer from water stress like Alsace
White: Riesling and Muller-thurgau (plus grauburgunder and weibburgunder)
Red: (40%) (2nd) Dornfelder, Portugieser, spatsburguner
Riper and fuller-bodied Riesling
Best: Forst and Deidheim (Mittelhaardt)
Forst
Middelhaardt, Paltz, Germany
Full bodied, steep slopes
Riesling
Deidheim
Middelhaardt, Paltz, Germany
Full bodied, steep slopes
Riesling
Neiderosterreich
Lower Austria
Largest for import and export
Concentrated flavours
Wachau (West bank of Danube) has steep often terraced south-facing vineyards and produces the highest quality dry wines from either Gruner Veltliner or Riesling
R: Dry, med to full-bodied, ripe peach primary fruit
Kramptal and Kremstal are North and make a similar style
Weinviertel DAC: First DAC, largest wine growing area. ONLY Gruner
Klassik: Light Fruity no oak
Reserve: high alc and can have oak
Weinviertel DAC
Niederosterreich austria
: First DAC, largest wine growing area. ONLY Gruner
Klassik: Light Fruity no oak
Reserve: high alc and can have oak
Kramptal
Niederosterreich austria
Reisling gruner
Wachau
Niederosterreich austria
Reisling gruner
Kremstal
Niederosterreich austria
Reisling gruner
Baden
Southern Germany
Warmest of the German regions so produces some of the fullest-bodied wines with the highest alcohol levels
Spatsburgunder is the most widley planted here although grauburgunder, weibburgunder, muller thurgau and reisling are also grown
Best vineyards are located on south-facing slopes of the extinct volcano Kaiserstuhl
Most plantings along the Rhine to the Swiss border with most density around Kaiserstuhl and Tuniberg
Kaiserstuhl and Tuniberg
Northern Germany, Baden
Fraken
Germany
Focus on Silvaner, although Spatsburgunder is also popular
Silvaner is dry and rich on the palate, with an earthy quality. It is often sold in flask-shaped bottles.
Silvaner is early flowering and ripening and so is susceptible to spring frosts
GG: Silanver, reisling, weibburguner or spatsburgunder
South facing slopes of Wurzburg
Wurzburg
Fraken, Germany
Austria
Neiderosterrich, Burgenland, Steiermark, and Wein
Burgenland
East Austria, Near the Hungarian border
Known for high-quality sweet and red wines
Steet wines near the lakes and reds in the southern hills
Neusiedlersee: Vast shallow late that encourages Noble Rot
Sweet wine is mostly welschriesling
Aushbrusch DAC: Sweet wines
Neusiedlersee DAC: Zweigelt
Leithaberg and Mittelbburgenland: Blau
Aushbrusch DAC:
burgenland, Austria (sweet wine)
Neusiedlersee DAC
Burgenland, Austria Zweigelt
Leithaberg and Mittelbburgenland DAC
Burgenland, Austria, Blau
Weinvetrel
Gruner Austria, Neiderosterreich
