Rheingau Flashcards
What Rheingau Producer is responsible for the development of Spatlese (1775) and Auslese wines in late 18th century
Schloss Johannisburg
Pfaffenberg vineyard in Rheingau is a monopole of this producer
Schloss Schonborn
(In Geisberg)
Name of the famous Kloster founded in Rheingau by monks in 1136
Kloster Eberbach
Eltville
Rheingau’s steepest slope and Grosse Lage site (VDP)
Rudesheimer Berg Schlossberg
70%
Best producers of Rudesheim Burg Schlossberg
Georg Breuer
Leitz
Wegeler
Who produces Assmanshauser Spatburgunder
Hessische Staatsweinguter Assmanshausen (state owned)
Weingut Krone
August Kesseler
How big is a Stuck in Rheingau
1200L
Sole Bereich of Rheingau
Johannisberg
Where is August Kesseler located
Assmanshausen
Nonnenburg is an alleinbesitz of this producer (Rheingau in Rauenthal)
Georg Breuer
the northern bank of the Rhine has a steep___ facing aspect
South
Name of the most famous vineyard in Assmanshausen (Rheingau, Spatburgunder)
Hollenberg
Producers of Hollenberg GG (Rheingau) Assmanshausen
Weingut Krone
Kloster Eberbach
Frits Allendorf
Georgshof
August Kesseler
The Rhine river flows from Switzerland north to this sea
north Sea
Gemeinde of Rheingau villages West to East
Lorch
Assmanshausen
Rudesheim
Geisenheim
Johannisberg
Winkel
Oestrich
Hallgarten
Hattenheim
Erbach
Keidrich
Eltville
Raventhal
Martinsthal
Walluf
Hochheim
Wicker
Florsheim
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)
Symbol of Charta (spearheaded by Georg Bruer of Rudesheim)
Three roman arches
Founded 1984
Erste Lage symbol (charta)
1 followed by cluster of grapes
In Rheingau, GG wines often have this on the label
Erste Gewachs (like a first growth)
Upper slope vineyards are dominated by this soil
Slate
Lower slope vineyards are dominated by this soil
Clay, loess, quarzite, alluvial sand, red slate
Map of Rheingau
Name of the island on the Rhine river between Hattenheim and Erbach Where the Rheingarten and Rhinehell vineyard are located
(Rheingau)
Mariannenaue
Easternmost outpost of Rheingau, separated from the rest of region by towns of Wiesbaden and Mainz
Hochheim
Mountain range running parallel to Rheingau
Taunus,
Hoher Taunus is the lower taunus range closer to villages
Rheingaugebirge is the Mountain itself
Steinberg vineyard
Rheingau
an ortsteil within the commune of Hattenheim
was the monks’ centerpiece and remains wholly intact today—an alleinbesitz (monopole) of this producer
Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries.
“Crescentia”
In what year were All of the Church’s vineyard holdings were secularized in Rheingau
1803; even Kloster Eberbach was dissolved as a monastery, finally ending up in the hands of the state-run Hessische Staatsweingüter
In Central Rheingau, where most vineyards are located, what is the aspect and elevation of the vineyards?
South facing slope that rises from 75 to over 300 meters in elevation
When was Geisenheim Grape breeding institute founded
1872
Who developed Muller Thurgau (riesling x madeleine royale)
Hermann Müller
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”
Three alleinbesitz of monk origin in Rheingau
Schloss Johannisberg, planted to Riesling since 1720, Hattenheimer Steinberg vineyard of Kloster Eberbach, enclosed by a wall in 1760, and Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg, a monopole of Schloss Schönborn since the 1600s.
Great sites of Rheingau
Berg Rottland, Berg Roseneck, and Berg Schlossberg (as aforementioned in Rudesheim), Kiedricher Gräfenberg, Hochheimer Hölle and Johannisberger Hölle
bottles in Rheingau are called this:
Rheingauer Flöte
What geographical feature changes the course of the Rhine River to flow East to West near Wiesbaden?
Taunus mountains
Roughly how much residual sugar (in g/L) would you expect in a “kabinett” style riesling?
Anywhere between 20-60 g/L with higher sugar being more and more common
Kloster Eberbach (1136) has this monopole
Hattenheimer Steinberg
First Kabinett:
First Documented Kabinett:
First: 1712 Kloster Eberbach
First Documented: 1716 Schloss Vollrads
Who owns Kloster Eberbach and its famous Steinberg domaine?
Hessen state winery
Largest single wine producer in Germany
What are the three arches of Charta representing
The Graus hotel in Winkel
This man was instrumental in starting Charta
Bernhard Breuer of
Georg Breuer in Rudesheim
First vintage of Erste Gewachs in Rheingau
1999
Two Monopoles of Ecclesiastical origin in Rheingau
Schloss Johannisberg (1720)
Hattenheimer Steinberg (Kloster Eberbach) (1760)
Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg is a monopole of this producer in Rheingau
Schloss Schonborn
Best producer of Kiedricher Grafenberg
Robert Weil
The two Hölle vineyards of Rheingau
Hochheimer Holle
Johannisberger Holle
The three Berg vineyards at Rudesheim
Berg Rottland
Berg Roseneck
Berg Schlossberg
Sole Bereiche of Rheingau
Johannisburg
VDP GL vineyards of Erbach (Rheingau)
Erbacher Hohenrain
Erbacher Marcobrunn
Erbacher Siegelsberg
VDP GL vineyards of Geisenheim
Geisenheimer Klaüserweg
Geisenheimer Mäuerchen
Geisenheimer Rothenberg
VDP GL Vineyards of Hallgarten (Rheingau)
Hallgarten Jungfer
Hallgarten Schönhell
VDP GL Vineyards of Hattenheim (Rheingau)
Hattenheimer Hassell
Hattenheimer Nussbrunnen
Hattenheimer Steinberg Goldener Becker (tm) Alleinbesitz of Kloster Eberbach
Hattenheimer Wisselbrunnen
Alleinbesitz of Kloster Eberbach
Hattenheimer Steinberg Zehnstück (tm)
Hattenheimer Steinberg Goldener Becher (tm)
This German Winery with Ecclesiastic origins owns Hessische-staatsweinguter
Kloster Eberbach
