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Cote Rotie

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Northern Rhone (Most Northern)

Only red wines (can have up to 20% Viognier)

Deeply coloured reds, full-bodied, Spicy, floral freshness, textural elegance (Syrah)

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Condrieu

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Northern Rhone

White only, Viognier

Low yield old vines, steep terraced vineyards

Chateau grillet

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Saint Joseph

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Norther Rhone

Red (Syrah) and Whites (Marsanne, Roussanne)

North: Structured with lots of flavour intensity

South: Lighter, semi carbonic, pepper perfumed, valley floor

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Hermitage

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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

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Crozes- Hermitage

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Norther Rhone

Red (Syrah) and Whites (Marsanne, Roussanne)

Volume

Mixed quality etc

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Cornas

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Northern Rhone

Red Only (Syrah)

Sunbaked south facing terraced vineyards sheltered from Mistral

Deeply coloured and full bodied

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Mosel

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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

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Piesport

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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

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, Bernkastel

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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

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Wehlen

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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

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Nahne

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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.

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Rheingau

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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)

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Rheinhessen

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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

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Nierstein

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German, Rheinhessen: Rheinterrase fullest bodied Rieslings

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Assmanshausen (Rudesheim)

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Rheingau, Germany, Spatsburgunder

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Johannesburg, and Rudesheim

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Germany, Rheingau

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Pfalz

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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)

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Forst

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Middelhaardt, Paltz, Germany

Full bodied, steep slopes

Riesling

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Deidheim

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Middelhaardt, Paltz, Germany

Full bodied, steep slopes

Riesling

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Neiderosterreich

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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

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Weinviertel DAC

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Niederosterreich austria

: First DAC, largest wine growing area. ONLY Gruner

Klassik: Light Fruity no oak
Reserve: high alc and can have oak

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Kramptal

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Niederosterreich austria

Reisling gruner

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Wachau

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Niederosterreich austria

Reisling gruner

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Kremstal

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Niederosterreich austria

Reisling gruner

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Baden

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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

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Kaiserstuhl and Tuniberg

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Northern Germany, Baden

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Fraken

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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

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Wurzburg

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Fraken, Germany

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Austria

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Neiderosterrich, Burgenland, Steiermark, and Wein

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Burgenland

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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

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Aushbrusch DAC:

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burgenland, Austria (sweet wine)

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Neusiedlersee DAC

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Burgenland, Austria Zweigelt

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Leithaberg and Mittelbburgenland DAC

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Burgenland, Austria, Blau

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Weinvetrel

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Gruner Austria, Neiderosterreich

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