Rheinhessen Flashcards
What is the home of the German Wine institute?
Mainz
What anbaugebiete is directly north of the Rheinhessen?
Rheingau
What body of water borders the Rheinhessen to the north and east?
The Rhine River
What anbaugebiet is to the east of the Rheinhessen?
Nahe
What anbaugebiet is to the south of the Rheinhessen?
Pfalz
What anbaugebiet has the most land under vine?
The Rheinhessen
-26,500 ha
What was the most planted grape varietal of the Rheinhessen until 2013?
Müller-Thurgau
What is the Rheinterrasse?
- a region larger than the entire Rheingau
- an extended reach of eastern exposures
- streches from Bodenheim southward through the winemaking towns of Nierstein and Oppenheim
What is the Roter Hang?
The most prestigious sector of the Rheinterrasse.
-A slope of red clay and slate spanning 180 ha between Nierstein and Nackenheim
Who is the benchmark producer of wine from the Roter Hang?
Gunderloch
-the estate owns over three-fourths of Rotherberg, one of the Rheinhessen’s premier sites.
True or False:
Rheinhessen has more acreage devoted to Silvaner than any other wine-growing region in the world.
True
What is “Message in a Bottle”?
an association of over 2 dozed young and dynamic winemakers of Rheinhessen committed to raising quality in the region.
Name 2 producers that are a part of Message in a Bottle.
Weingut Keller in Florsheim-Dalsheim
Wittman in Westhofen
Name 5 importane Gemeinden of the Rheinhessen.
Nackenheim Nierstein Openheim Westhofen Dalsheim
Name an important einzellage of Nackenheim.
Rothenberg
