Rheingau Flashcards

1
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What Rheingau Producer is responsible for the development of Spatlese (1775) and Auslese wines in late 18th century

A

Schloss Johannisburg

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2
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Pfaffenberg vineyard in Rheingau is a monopole of this producer

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Schloss Schonborn
(In Geisberg)

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3
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Name of the famous Kloster founded in Rheingau by monks in 1136

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Kloster Eberbach

Eltville

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4
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Rheingau’s steepest slope and Grosse Lage site (VDP)

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Rudesheimer Berg Schlossberg
70%

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5
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Best producers of Rudesheim Burg Schlossberg

A

Georg Breuer
Leitz
Wegeler

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6
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Who produces Assmanshauser Spatburgunder

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Hessische Staatsweinguter Assmanshausen (state owned)
Weingut Krone
August Kesseler

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7
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How big is a Stuck in Rheingau

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1200L

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8
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Sole Bereich of Rheingau

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Johannisberg

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9
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Where is August Kesseler located

A

Assmanshausen

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10
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Nonnenburg is an alleinbesitz of this producer (Rheingau in Rauenthal)

A

Georg Breuer

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11
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the northern bank of the Rhine has a steep___ facing aspect

A

South

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12
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Name of the most famous vineyard in Assmanshausen (Rheingau, Spatburgunder)

A

Hollenberg

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13
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Producers of Hollenberg GG (Rheingau) Assmanshausen

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Weingut Krone
Kloster Eberbach
Frits Allendorf
Georgshof
August Kesseler

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14
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The Rhine river flows from Switzerland north to this sea

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north Sea

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15
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Gemeinde of Rheingau villages West to East

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Lorch
Assmanshausen
Rudesheim
Geisenheim
Johannisberg
Winkel
Oestrich
Hallgarten
Hattenheim
Erbach
Keidrich
Eltville
Raventhal
Martinsthal
Walluf
Hochheim
Wicker
Florsheim

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16
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Major producers of Rheingau

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

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17
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Symbol of Charta (spearheaded by Georg Bruer of Rudesheim)

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Three roman arches

Founded 1984

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18
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Erste Lage symbol (charta)

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1 followed by cluster of grapes

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19
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In Rheingau, GG wines often have this on the label

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Erste Gewachs (like a first growth)

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20
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Upper slope vineyards are dominated by this soil

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Slate

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21
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Lower slope vineyards are dominated by this soil

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Clay, loess, quarzite, alluvial sand, red slate

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22
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Map of Rheingau

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23
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Name of the island on the Rhine river between Hattenheim and Erbach Where the Rheingarten and Rhinehell vineyard are located

(Rheingau)

A

Mariannenaue

24
Q

Easternmost outpost of Rheingau, separated from the rest of region by towns of Wiesbaden and Mainz

A

Hochheim

25
Q

Mountain range running parallel to Rheingau

A

Taunus,

Hoher Taunus is the lower taunus range closer to villages

Rheingaugebirge is the Mountain itself

26
Q

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

A

Kloster Eberbach for over eight centuries.
“Crescentia”

27
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In what year were All of the Church’s vineyard holdings were secularized in Rheingau

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1803; even Kloster Eberbach was dissolved as a monastery, finally ending up in the hands of the state-run Hessische Staatsweingüter

28
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In Central Rheingau, where most vineyards are located, what is the aspect and elevation of the vineyards?

A

South facing slope that rises from 75 to over 300 meters in elevation

29
Q

When was Geisenheim Grape breeding institute founded

A

1872

30
Q

Who developed Muller Thurgau (riesling x madeleine royale)

A

Hermann Müller

31
Q

Where is Maingau?

A

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”

32
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Three alleinbesitz of monk origin in Rheingau

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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.

33
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Great sites of Rheingau

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Berg Rottland, Berg Roseneck, and Berg Schlossberg (as aforementioned in Rudesheim), Kiedricher Gräfenberg, Hochheimer Hölle and Johannisberger Hölle

34
Q

bottles in Rheingau are called this:

A

Rheingauer Flöte

35
Q

What geographical feature changes the course of the Rhine River to flow East to West near Wiesbaden?

A

Taunus mountains

36
Q

Roughly how much residual sugar (in g/L) would you expect in a “kabinett” style riesling?

A

Anywhere between 20-60 g/L with higher sugar being more and more common

37
Q

Kloster Eberbach (1136) has this monopole

A

Hattenheimer Steinberg

38
Q

First Kabinett:

First Documented Kabinett:

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First: 1712 Kloster Eberbach

First Documented: 1716 Schloss Vollrads

39
Q

Who owns Kloster Eberbach and its famous Steinberg domaine?

A

Hessen state winery
Largest single wine producer in Germany

40
Q

What are the three arches of Charta representing

A

The Graus hotel in Winkel

41
Q

This man was instrumental in starting Charta

A

Bernhard Breuer of

Georg Breuer in Rudesheim

42
Q

First vintage of Erste Gewachs in Rheingau

A

1999

43
Q

Two Monopoles of Ecclesiastical origin in Rheingau

A

Schloss Johannisberg (1720)

Hattenheimer Steinberg (Kloster Eberbach) (1760)

44
Q

Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg is a monopole of this producer in Rheingau

A

Schloss Schonborn

45
Q

Best producer of Kiedricher Grafenberg

A

Robert Weil

46
Q

The two Hölle vineyards of Rheingau

A

Hochheimer Holle
Johannisberger Holle

47
Q

The three Berg vineyards at Rudesheim

A

Berg Rottland
Berg Roseneck
Berg Schlossberg

48
Q

Sole Bereiche of Rheingau

A

Johannisburg

49
Q

VDP GL vineyards of Erbach (Rheingau)

A

Erbacher Hohenrain
Erbacher Marcobrunn
Erbacher Siegelsberg

50
Q

VDP GL vineyards of Geisenheim

A

Geisenheimer Klaüserweg
Geisenheimer Mäuerchen
Geisenheimer Rothenberg

51
Q

VDP GL Vineyards of Hallgarten (Rheingau)

A

Hallgarten Jungfer
Hallgarten Schönhell

52
Q

VDP GL Vineyards of Hattenheim (Rheingau)

A

Hattenheimer Hassell
Hattenheimer Nussbrunnen
Hattenheimer Steinberg Goldener Becker (tm) Alleinbesitz of Kloster Eberbach
Hattenheimer Wisselbrunnen

53
Q

Alleinbesitz of Kloster Eberbach

A

Hattenheimer Steinberg Zehnstück (tm)
Hattenheimer Steinberg Goldener Becher (tm)

54
Q

This German Winery with Ecclesiastic origins owns Hessische-staatsweinguter

A

Kloster Eberbach