Rheingau Flashcards
Who spearheaded the Erstes Gerwächs wines of Charta?
Bernhard Breuer
Georg Breuer estate - Rüdesheim
Rheingau
% planted to Riesling
80%
- Higher proportion of the grape than any other anbaugebiet
Rheingau
Sole bereich
Johannisberg
- Johannisberg Riesling and Rhine Riesling have long been used as synonyms for true Riesling worldwide
Rheingau
Slope aspects
- One long south-facing slope
- Less dramatic inclines than Mosel
- Rhine River provides warmth, like Mosel
Rheingau
General soil types
- upper slope - slate
- lower slope - clay, loess, alluvial sand, red slate (closer to the water)
varied soils and favorable mesoclimate combine to produce a more powerful Riesling than Mosel
Rheingau
Production devoted to Riesling
over 50%
- Dry wines account for over half of the production
Rheingau Riesling
General style
- more powerful than Mosel
- typically fuller in body and more concentrated, yet acidity bracing
- dry wines account for more than half of production
T/F: Rheingau has more Erste Lage than any other anbaugebiet.
True
Rheingauer Flöte
traditional flute-shaped brown bottle
- Sometimes used to bottle Rheingau Riesling
- vs Mosel green glass
Rheingau
Center for red wine production
Assmannshausen
- Has the majority of Rheingau’s Spätburgunder
Assmannshausen
Most planted grape
Spätburgunder
Assmannshausen
Best vineyard for Pinot Noir
Höllenberg
- August Kesseler - one of finest growers
Höllenberg vineyard
Finest grower
August Kesseler
- Höllenberg vineyard, Assmannhausen (Pinot Noir)
Rüdesheim
3 notable vineyards
- Berg Roseneck
- Berg Rottland
- Berg Schlossberg
Is Geisenheim east or west of Schloss Johannisberg?
Geisenheim is WEST of Schloss Johannisberg
1st successful harnessing of botrytis
- Schloss Johannisberg
- late 18th cent
- led to development of Spätlese and Auslese
Is Winkel east or west of Johannisberg?
Winkel is EAST of Johannisberg
Where will you find the historic ortseil Schloss Vollrads and the lauded Jesuitengarten and Hasensprung vineyards?
Winkel, Rheingau
(E. of Johannisberg)
Hattenheim
2 principal growers
- Schloss Schönborn
- Langwerth von Simmern
Is Hattenheim east or west of Winkel?
Hattenheim (and Erbach) is EAST (further up river) of Winkel
Where is Schloss Schönborn and Langwerth Von Simmern from?
Hattenheim
Pfaffenberg vineyard is a monopole of what grower?
Schloss Schönborn
Mannberg vineyard is almost entirely owned by what grower?
Langwerth von Simmern
Where are the Pfaffenberg and Mannberg vineyards located?
Hattenheim
The low-lying Erbacher Marcobrunn vineyard is contiguous with the eastern edge of what other notable vineyard?
Mannberg
(owned mostly by von Simmern, in Hattenheim)
- Erbacher Marcobrunn is renowned for quality in warm vintages
Is Hallgarten up or down slope from Hattenheim?
Hallgarten is UP slope from Hattenheim
- Higher in elevation
Hallgarten
2 einzellage
- Jungfer
- Schönhell
Within what commune will you find the monastery Kloster Eberbach?
Hallgarten
- Secular evolution saw the cloister buildings used as a Prussian insane asylum and a women’s prison before being rededicated as a functional winery and museum
What is the hill village famous for the wines of Robert Weil?
Kiedrich
Is Kiedrich north or south of Erbach?
Kiedrich is NORTH of Erbach
- Kiedrich - famous for Robert Weil
Where is the Gräfenberg vineyard located?
Kiedrich - Gräfenberg vineyard
- Robert Weil’s sweet wines, Auslese and above
Eltville
Einzellage
Sonnenberg
(Rheingau)
Hochheim
Hochheim
- Gentler slope
- Uncharaceristically warm
Hocheim
- Major Einzellage
- Producer
Hochheim
- Kirchenstück
- Franz Künstler
Kirchenstück
Major producer
Franz Künstler
- Kirchenstück is within Hocheim (origin of nickname Hock)
Künstler
- Location
- Year est.
1956 - infant by Rheingau standards, yet Künstler produces some of Hochheim (Kirchentück)’s finest wines
Rheingau
Center for red wine
Assmannshausen
Rheingau
Steepest and hottest site
Berg Schlossberg, in Rudesheim
- appx. 70% gradient