Rheingau Flashcards by Laura Otey

What mountain range sits to the north

Taunus range

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What does the Taunus range protect from

bitter northern winds, improved drainage

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Is the Rheingau one of the warmest or coolest zone in Euopre

Rhien-Main is one of the warmest and driest

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How many annual hours of sunshine in the Rheingau

1600

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Average rain in Rheingau

582 ml

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what two towns flank the Rheingau

Lorchhausen (W)
Hochheim (E)

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Erste Gewach logo comes from what

balcony of Graue Hauss Hotel in Winkel

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What is the plantings in the Rheingau and how much are RSL

3010, 80% is RSL

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What is the ancestral place to Spatburgunder

Assmannshausen

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What soil is normally found in the Upper Rheingau

Sedimentary marl, gravel, sand, loam and clay

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What soil is normally found in the Lower Rheingau

Rheinland Slate mountains

Deep layers of devonian sandstone, quartzite, shale

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What is the Charta Association

-Founded in 1984 in response to the 1971 law in order to better define vineyard borders and provide reliable quality criteria for vintners and consumers
-One goal was to resurrect the dry RSLs lost in the 1970s/80s
-Marked with roman arches on the label

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What is the steepness of the Central Rheingau

75m-300m

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Where is RSL said to be first grown

Central Rheingau

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Where are most of the vineyards in the Rheingau

Central Rheingau

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Soil in Central Rheingau

mixed slate, quartz, sandstone

What village maintains the steepest slopes

Rudesheim

whats cool about Kiedrich

-central vineyards
-cistercian founded in 1136
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What is cool about Erbach

-central vineyards
-cistercian founded
-was the leader in innovation in winemaking back in the day
-Created the term Kabinet to indicate high quality wine

What is Hattemheim Pfaffenberg

monopole vineyard of Schloss Schonborn

What is cool about Johannisberg

-central vineyards
-benedictine founded in early 12th cen
-1775 created botrytis wines
-creataed spatlese & auslese

Eastern Rheingau is centered around what

Hoccheim
Holle Vineyard is best

What is the best vineyard in Assmannshausen

Hollenberg

What is the most western town in Rheingau

Assmannshousen

What is the soil in Assmannshausen

slate

Rheingau’s steepest slope and Grosse Lage site (VDP)

Rudesheimer Berg Schlossberg

How big is a Stuck in Rheingau

1200L

Where is August Kesseler located

Assmanshausen

the northern bank of the Rhine has a steep___ facing aspect

south

The Rhine river flows from Switzerland north to this sea

North Sea

Major producers of Rheingau

Robert Weil (Kiedrich) Georg Breuer (Rudesheim) Schloss Johannisberg (Geisenheim) August Kesseler (Assmanshausen) Franz Kunstler (Hochheim) Joseph Leitz (Rudesheim) Schloss Schonborn (Hattenheim) Josef Spreitzer (Oestrich)

Name of the island on the Rhine river between Hattenheim and Erbach Where the Rheingarten and Rhinehell vineyard are located

Marianneaue

Exceptional vineyard just North of Geisenheim (Rheingau)

Rotenberg

Exceptional vineyard just north of town of Oestrich (Rheingau)

Doosberg

Exceptional vineyards surrounding town of Hallgarten in Rheingau on both sides

Wurzgarten

In what year were All of the Church’s vineyard holdings were secularized in Rheingau

1803

When was Geisenheim founded

1872

Where is Maingau

Maingau is not on the Rhine, but instead on the Main river, where conditions are warmer, and soils are more loess, loam and marl based. The town of Hochheim am Main is here, the reason for the English term “Hock”

Bottles in Rheingau are called what

Rheingauer Flote