Riesling Flashcards
wine making of of dry Rieslings
off-dry or mediums tyles - made by interrupting the fermentation by removing the yeast -> this leaves the wine with lower alcohol and some residual sugar or by the addition of sterile grape juice
Important regions in Germany
Mosel
Rheingau
Pfalz
France regions
Alsace AOC - Vosges mountains
usually dry wines
sweet wines - vendanges tardives
Australia
Eden valley, clare valley
PGI wines
protected geographical indication
Landwein
PDO wines - protected destination of origin
Qualitatswein
Pradikatswein
define Qualitatswein
must come from 13 wine regions (Rheingau, Mosel etc.) and must have higher ripeness than Landwein, more intense wines and fuller in body.
defien Pradikatswein
higher level of sugar than in Qualitatswein, grapes must come from single region. There are 6 Pradikat categories - classified in order of the sugar level required at the time of harvest.
name the 6 PRADIKAT categories
Kabinett the lightest and most delicate, Kabinett Riesling is typically light in body with green fruit and citrus flavours and floral aromas
Spatlese (late harvest) Spatlese Riesling will have more concentrated flavours and full body, riper citrus fruit (lemon, lime) and some stone fruit - peach flavours
Auslese selected harvest, carefully selected extra ripe bunches, Riesling have flavours of stone fruit, tropical fruit - mango, dried fruit, wines can be also made in trocken style
Eiswein made from grapes that have been frozen on the vine, Riesling has vibrant fresh stone fruit aromas -peach, apricot, tropical fruit -mango, pineapple flavours. Botrytis is not present. The weather conditions do not occur every year, high price
Beerenauslese/BA selected berry harvest, made from selected bunches or berries hat have been concentrated by botrytis. BA Riesling - fresh stone fruit (apricot), tropical fruit (mango), dried fruit and honey
Trockenbeerenauslese/TBA selected dried berry harvest, made from individually selected berries that have been dried through the effect of botrytis, rare and concentrated wines with flavours more concentrated than BA wines.
he lightest and most delicate, is typically light in body with green fruit and citrus flavours and floral aromas
Kabinett
selected harvest, carefully selected extra ripe bunches, Riesling have flavours of stone fruit, tropical fruit - mango, dried fruit, wines can be also made in trocken style
Auslese
(late harvest) will have more concentrated flavours and full body, riper citrus fruit (lemon, lime) and some stone fruit - peach flavours
Spatlese
made from grapes that have been frozen on the vine, Riesling has vibrant fresh stone fruit aromas -peach, apricot, tropical fruit -mango, pineapple flavours. Botrytis is not present. The weather conditions do not occur every year, high price
Eiswein
selected berry harvest, made from selected bunches or berries hat have been concentrated by botrytis. BA Riesling - fresh stone fruit (apricot), tropical fruit (mango), dried fruit and honey
Beerenauslese/BA
selected dried berry harvest, made from individually selected berries that have been dried through the effect of botrytis, rare and concentrated wines with flavours more concentrated than BA wines.
Trockenbeerenauslese/TBA
