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1
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Who spearheaded the Erstes Gerwächs wines of Charta?

A

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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3
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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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8
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T/F: Rheingau has more Erste Lage than any other anbaugebiet.

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True

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9
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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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15
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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

18
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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)

19
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Hattenheim

2 principal growers

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  • Schloss Schönborn
  • Langwerth von Simmern
20
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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

21
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Where is Schloss Schönborn and Langwerth Von Simmern from?

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Hattenheim

22
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Pfaffenberg vineyard is a monopole of what grower?

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Schloss Schönborn

23
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Mannberg vineyard is almost entirely owned by what grower?

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Langwerth von Simmern

24
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Where are the Pfaffenberg and Mannberg vineyards located?

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Hattenheim

25
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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
26
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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
27
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Hallgarten

2 einzellage

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

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
31
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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
32
Q

Eltville

Einzellage

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Sonnenberg

(Rheingau)

33
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Hochheim

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Hochheim

  • Gentler slope
  • Uncharaceristically warm
34
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Hocheim

  • Major Einzellage
  • Producer
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Hochheim

  • Kirchenstück
  • Franz Künstler
35
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Kirchenstück

Major producer

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Franz Künstler

  • Kirchenstück is within Hocheim (origin of nickname Hock)
36
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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

37
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Rheingau

Center for red wine

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Assmannshausen

38
Q

Rheingau

Steepest and hottest site

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Berg Schlossberg, in Rudesheim

  • appx. 70% gradient
39
Q

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

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