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Rheingau Flashcards

1
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Who spearheaded the Erstes Gerwächs wines of Charta?

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Bernhard Breuer

Georg Breuer estate - Rüdesheim

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Rheingau

% planted to Riesling

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80%

  • Higher proportion of the grape than any other anbaugebiet
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Rheingau

Sole bereich

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Johannisberg

  • Johannisberg Riesling and Rhine Riesling have long been used as synonyms for true Riesling worldwide
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Rheingau

Slope aspects

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  • One long south-facing slope
  • Less dramatic inclines than Mosel
  • Rhine River provides warmth, like Mosel
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Rheingau

General soil types

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  • 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

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Rheingau

Production devoted to Riesling

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over 50%

  • Dry wines account for over half of the production
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Rheingau Riesling

General style

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  • more powerful than Mosel
  • typically fuller in body and more concentrated, yet acidity bracing
  • dry wines account for more than half of production
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T/F: Rheingau has more Erste Lage than any other anbaugebiet.

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True

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Rheingauer Flöte

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traditional flute-shaped brown bottle

  • Sometimes used to bottle Rheingau Riesling
  • vs Mosel green glass
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Rheingau

Center for red wine production

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Assmannshausen

  • Has the majority of Rheingau’s Spätburgunder
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Assmannshausen

Most planted grape

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Spätburgunder

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Assmannshausen

Best vineyard for Pinot Noir

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Höllenberg

  • August Kesseler - one of finest growers
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Höllenberg vineyard

Finest grower

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August Kesseler

  • Höllenberg vineyard, Assmannhausen (Pinot Noir)
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Rüdesheim

3 notable vineyards

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  • Berg Roseneck
  • Berg Rottland
  • Berg Schlossberg
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Is Geisenheim east or west of Schloss Johannisberg?

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Geisenheim is WEST of Schloss Johannisberg

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16
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1st successful harnessing of botrytis

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  • Schloss Johannisberg
  • late 18th cent
  • led to development of Spätlese and Auslese
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17
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Is Winkel east or west of Johannisberg?

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Winkel is EAST of Johannisberg

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Where will you find the historic ortseil Schloss Vollrads and the lauded Jesuitengarten and Hasensprung vineyards?

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Winkel, Rheingau

(E. of Johannisberg)

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Hattenheim

2 principal growers

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  • Schloss Schönborn
  • Langwerth von Simmern
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Is Hattenheim east or west of Winkel?

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Hattenheim (and Erbach) is EAST (further up river) of Winkel

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Where is Schloss Schönborn and Langwerth Von Simmern from?

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Hattenheim

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22
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Pfaffenberg vineyard is a monopole of what grower?

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Schloss Schönborn

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Mannberg vineyard is almost entirely owned by what grower?

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Langwerth von Simmern

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Where are the Pfaffenberg and Mannberg vineyards located?

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Hattenheim

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The low-lying Erbacher Marcobrunn vineyard is contiguous with the eastern edge of what other notable vineyard?

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Mannberg

(owned mostly by von Simmern, in Hattenheim)

  • Erbacher Marcobrunn is renowned for quality in warm vintages
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Is Hallgarten up or down slope from Hattenheim?

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Hallgarten is UP slope from Hattenheim

  • Higher in elevation
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Hallgarten

2 einzellage

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  • Jungfer
  • Schönhell
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28
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Within what commune will you find the monastery Kloster Eberbach?

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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
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29
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What is the hill village famous for the wines of Robert Weil?

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Kiedrich

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30
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Is Kiedrich north or south of Erbach?

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Kiedrich is NORTH of Erbach

  • Kiedrich - famous for Robert Weil
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Where is the Gräfenberg vineyard located?

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Kiedrich - Gräfenberg vineyard

  • Robert Weil’s sweet wines, Auslese and above
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Eltville

Einzellage

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Sonnenberg

(Rheingau)

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Hochheim

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Hochheim

  • Gentler slope
  • Uncharaceristically warm
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Hocheim

  • Major Einzellage
  • Producer
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Hochheim

  • Kirchenstück
  • Franz Künstler
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Kirchenstück

Major producer

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Franz Künstler

  • Kirchenstück is within Hocheim (origin of nickname Hock)
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Künstler

  • Location
  • Year est.
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1956 - infant by Rheingau standards, yet Künstler produces some of Hochheim (Kirchentück)’s finest wines

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Rheingau

Center for red wine

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Assmannshausen

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38
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Rheingau

Steepest and hottest site

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Berg Schlossberg, in Rudesheim

  • appx. 70% gradient
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39
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phyllite

Soil

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phyllite

  • Blue slate
  • Found in both Kiedrich and Assmannshausen
40
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Who founded the famous Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau

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Cistercian Monks of Burgundy

41
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Name a vineyard in the Rheingau exempt from the 5 ha rule.

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Schloss Vollrads

  • Ortsteil
42
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Who founded Kloster Eberbach, and where is it located?

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The Cistercian Monks of Burgundy in 1136, located in Eltville.

43
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What is Steinberg?

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An ortsteil in Hattenheim, and an alleinbesitz of Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries.

44
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Where is the birthplace of modern German winemaking?

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The Rheingau

45
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Who spearheaded Charta?

A

Bernhard Breuer of the Georg Breuer estate in Rudesheim

46
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What percentage of the Rheingau is planted to riesling? Why is this significant?

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80%, the largest proportion in Germany

47
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What is the sole bereich of the Rheingau?

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Johannisberg

48
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Which is warmer: Rheingau or Rheinhessen?

49
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What mountain range shelters the north of the Rheingau?

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The Taunus Mountains

50
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What is the Rheingauer Flöte?

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The flute-shaped brown bottle traditional in the Rheingau

51
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What is the westernmost town in the Rheingau? What is the dominant grape?

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Assmanhausen

Spätburgunder

52
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What significant development happened at Schloss Johannisberg?

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Reportedly the origin of the first botrytized harvest, leading to the development of the spätlese and auslese categories

53
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Where is Schloss Vollrads? Which other ortsteil lies near the same gemeinde?

A

Winkel. Schloss Reichartshausen.

54
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Who owns Pfaffenberg?

A

Schloss Schönborn

55
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Who is the majority owner in Mannberg?

A

Langwerth Von Simmern

56
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Who is the single most important producer in Kiedrich?

A

Robert Weil

57
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Which village of the Rheingau is on the Main River?

58
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What are the ortsteil of the Rheingau?

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Schloss Vollrads
Schloss Johannisberg
Schloss Reichartshausen (Balthasar Ress)
Steinberg (Kloster Eberbach)
ALL ALLEINBESITZ
59
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Assmanhausen

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Höllenberg (hell mountain): August Kessler

60
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Rüdesheim

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Berg Schlossberg (Castle Mountain): Georg Breuer, Josef Leitz, Schloss Schönborn
Berg Roseneck: Georg Breuer, Josef Leitz
Berg Rottland (Red Land Mountain): Georg Breueur, Josef Leitz
Berg Kaisersteinfels (Emperor’s Stone, upslope): Josef Leitz

61
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Geisenheim

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Schloss Johannisberg

62
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Johannisberg

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Hölle (Hell): Johannishof

63
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Winkel

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Schloss Vollrads
Schloss Reichartshausen (Balthasar Ress)
Jesuitengarten (Jesuit Garden): Josepf Spreitzer
Hasensprung (Hare Leaps): Josepf Spreitzer, Schloss Schönborn

64
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Hattenheim

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Pfaffenberg: Schloss Schönborn
Mannberg: Von Simmern
Steinberg (Stone Mountain): Kloster Eberbach

65
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Hallgarten

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Schönhell (Nice and Bright): Fürst Löwenstein, Prinz
Jungfer (Virgin): Prinz
Hendelberg: Prinz

66
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Erbach (Rheinagu)

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Marcobrunn: Schloss Schönborn, Langwerth Von Simmern

67
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Kiedrich

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Gräfenberg: Robert Weil

Turmberg (Spire Mountain): Robert Weil

68
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Eltville

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Sonnenberg (Sunned Mountain): Langwerth Von Simmern

69
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Rauenthal

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Baiken: Langwerth Von Simmern

Nonnenberg (Nun’s Mountain): Georg Breuer

70
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Important Einzellagen and Producers of Hochheim am Main

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Hölle (Hell): Franz Kunstler, Schloss Schönborn

Kirchenstück (churchyard): Franz Kunstler

71
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Rheingau West to East

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Assmanhausen, Rüdesheim, Geisenheim, Johannisberg, Winkel, Oestrich, Hallgarten, Hattenheim, Erbach, Kiedrich, Eltville, Rauenthal, Hochheim am Main

72
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Which villages of the Rheingau are more northerly, away from the river?

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Johannisberg, Hallgarten, Kiedrich, Rauenthal, Hochheim am Main

73
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Öchsle of Riesling in the Rheingau

A

75, 85, 100, 125, 150

74
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Who owns Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg?

A

Schloss Schönborn

75
Q

Who owns Kiedricher Turmberg?

A

Robert Weil

76
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Who owns Rauenthaler Nonnenberg?

A

Georg Breuer

77
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Rheingau: Soils and Subzones

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Oberrheingau (Hochheim): Mainz Basin - sedimentary marl, gravel, sand, loam, clay, covered by loess
Niederrheingau: Devonian sandstone, quartzite, shale, slate

78
Q

What are the parent grapes of Muller-Thurgau?

A

Riesling x Madeline Royale

79
Q

Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg is a monopole of whom ?

A

Schloss Schönborn

80
Q

How many litres are in a Stück?

81
Q

What famous white ale is from the Rheingau?

A

Hoegaarden

82
Q

Einzellagen and producers of Hattenheim, Rheingau

A

Pfaffenberg; Schloss Schonborn (alleinbesitz)

Mannberg; Von Simmern

Steinberg; Kloster Eberbach (alleinbesitz)

83
Q

When was the first recorded Spätlese harvest? Where was it produced?

A
  • 1775
    • Schloss Johannisberg (Rheingau)
84
Q

The Hattenheimer Steinberg vineyard, located in _____________, is a monopole of _____________.

A

Rheingau; Kloster Eberbach

85
Q

The VDP mandates that red wines from Grosse Lage vineyards must spend how many months aging in oak barrels?

A

12 months and they may not be released until 9/1 of second year following harvest

86
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For GG wines – what is the max RS permitted?

87
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  1. Which Gemeinde and Einzellage boasts the steepest slopes of Rheingau?
A

a. Rüdesheim am Rhein, Berg Schlossberg $$

b. Geisenheim, Kläuserweg

c. Schloss Vollrads, Schlossberg

d. Oestrich-Winkel/Geißenheim, Jesuitengarten

88
Q

Which two estates first introduced glass bottles in the Rheingau, in the early 1700’s?

A

Schloss Johannisberg, Schloss Schönborn

89
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Which category is available to all producers in the Rheingau who adhere to its requirements and have a share in the selected land—which amounts to almost one-third of the entire planted area of the Rheingau—resulting in a watered-down sense of “first growth” by anyone’s standards?

A

Grosses Gewachs
Erstes Gewächs $$
Charta
Grosse Lage

90
Q

First vintage for Spatlese, Auslese, and Eiswein and by whom?

A

1775, Spatlese
1787, Auslese
1858, Eiswein
Schloss Johannisberg

91
Q

Order these villages from west (1) to east (4):

Geisenheim
Erbach
Assmanhausen
Winkel

A

Order these villages from west (1) to east (4):

Geisenheim 2
Erbach 4
Assmanhausen 1
Winkel 3

92
Q

True or False: Erstes Gewächs predated Grosses Gewachs in Rheingau

93
Q

True or False: Erstes Gewächs predated Grosses Gewachs in Rheingau

94
Q

Name the 3 Grosse Lage of Geisenheim:

A

Rothenberg

Kläuserweg

Mäuerchen

95
Q

Dr. Hermann Müller crossed two varieties of vinifera to create Müller Thurgau in 1882? Where?

A

Riesling x Madeline Royale, at Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute

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