Rheingau Flashcards
What mountain range sits to the north
Taunus range
What does the Taunus range protect from
bitter northern winds, improved drainage
Is the Rheingau one of the warmest or coolest zone in Euopre
Rhien-Main is one of the warmest and driest
How many annual hours of sunshine in the Rheingau
1600
Average rain in Rheingau
582 ml
what two towns flank the Rheingau
Lorchhausen (W)
Hochheim (E)
Erste Gewach logo comes from what
balcony of Graue Hauss Hotel in Winkel
What is the plantings in the Rheingau and how much are RSL
3010, 80% is RSL
What is the ancestral place to Spatburgunder
Assmannshausen
What soil is normally found in the Upper Rheingau
Sedimentary marl, gravel, sand, loam and clay
What soil is normally found in the Lower Rheingau
Rheinland Slate mountains
Deep layers of devonian sandstone, quartzite, shale
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
What is the steepness of the Central Rheingau
75m-300m
Where is RSL said to be first grown
Central Rheingau
Where are most of the vineyards in the Rheingau
Central Rheingau
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
