Ted - Austria Flashcards
Major river of Austria?
Danube, you’re a noob
Only european city to have a wine region with it’s boundaries?
Vienna
year of the first TBA in austria?
1526
Austrian Pradikats include what two additonal levels and exclude which german one?
Strohwien, and Ausbruch excluding Kabinett
define Strohwien
dried grape wine of at least BA ripness
Define Ausbruch
a specialty of Rust in Neuseelersie Tba ripeness
Where is the vititcultural institute of Austria?
Klosterneuberg built in 1860
who is Dr. Lenz Moiser? Why should we care?
austrian dood, invented the wire trellis in the 1950’s - whole wine world goes “wha?”
what is the scandal of 1985?
anti- freeze scandal - not actually anti freeze but very dumb.
di-ethylene glycol?
poisonous chemial used to add texture to wine - tested postive in every single export market
Name the 9 current DAC
a. Wienvertal b. Lethaberg c. Eisenberg d. Kamtal e. Kremstal f. Mittelbergenland Triesental Neuseedlersie Wiener Gemeter Sachs
north to south the 4 wienbaughebete
a. Niederosterriech b. Wien c.Burgneland d. Styria or Steiermarc
what is the most cultivated grape in Austria?
Gruner Veltliner
two synonyms of chardonnay
morillon and Fienburgunder
Zwiegelt is a crossing of ? When?
Blaufrankish and St. Laurent in 1922
What is the most planted red grape?
Zweigelt
what are the 3 levels of austrian wine quality?
a.wein b. landwien qualitaswien
what is the badarole
red and white stripe on the capsule of every bottle of austrian wine
What are the 3 areas of Landwien
Wienland Steirland Burgland
What is Schwarzriesling?
Pinot Muenier
areas of Wienland
Niederosterriech wien burgenland
areas of Steirland
Styria
Areas of Burgland
500 hc of vines scattered through out the mountains…
DAC
Distric Austrae Contrallatus
Min ABV for Pradikat in Austria?
5%
2 techniques restricted in Austrain Pradikats?
Sussreserve Chaptilization
What is the largest region in Austria?
Niederosterriech aka Lower Austria
Where is the Pannonian Plain? Main Soils?
former seabed stretches through lower Austria into hungary and beyond dominated by Loess and Gniess.
What is the climate of the Pannonian plain?
continental
8 subzones of the Niederosterriech
Wienvertal Carnontum triesental Wagram Kremstal Kamptal Wachau Thermenregion
what was the 1st DAC?
Wienvertal also the largest subzone of Niederosterriech located north of the Danube and pannonian plain - cooler climat higher acidity in the wines
what are the cinditions of the DAC Wienvertal
Gruner Veltliner 12% ABV tasting panel approval must show distict pepper and no oak
reserve wines for Wienvertal DAC?
botrytis tones and oak ok.
Kamtal, Treisental DAC rules?
GV or Riesling Classic or Rsv
Classic vs Rsv for DAC wines?
12% or 13% ABV
name two vnyds near Langelois
Hielenstien and Lamm
Name two tributaries of the Danube
Kams and Krems rivers
What does Ried mean?
in place of village - producers use the word “Ried” inferring a top site of the region
when was Erste Lage vnyds decreed?
2010
what regions are the Erste Lage vnyds found - how many erste lage vnyds are there?
Kremstal, Kamtal, Wagram, Triesental - 52vnyds
what grape varieties may be produced as Erste Lage from these sites?
Riesling Gruner Veltliner
what are the soils of the Wachau
Loess and Gniess and alluvial sand in lower slopes
what is the ripeness levels of the wachau
Steinfeder, federspiel and Smaragd
what is the min and max abv of Federspiel
Falconry’s call, min must of 17KMW - 11.5%abv - 12.5% abv max
what is Steinfeder
local wide blade of grass - min degree of 15 KMW, max ABV of 11.5%
what is the min and max abv of Smaragd
green lizard… 12.5%min abv and min must 19kmw - equivalent of Auslese
crazy sauce amazing wachau vnyd of allcheitin in the village of Wiesencherchen
three classic producers of wachau
Fx Pichler, Prager, Knoll - all members of the vineau wachau
what are 3 rules of the Vineau Wachau?
Producer organization - focused on the codex wachau: no additives (chaptilization, acid etc) no aromatization (inculding no new wood) and no fractionation - no de -alc or other manipulation. All wines must be grown and bottled in the region , the org was founded in 1983 - the org covers more than 80% of the regions vnyds…..
What is Roter?
red indegenious grape made as a white wine in the wagram
what was the wagram known as previously?
donauland
Gemiester Sachs
Traditional Field blends in the Carnuntum - minimum 3 varietals?
What are the subzones of Burgenland?
Neuseedlersie Neuseedlersie Hugelland Mittelburgenland Sudburgenland
where is the village of Illmitz?
Burgenland - Neuseedlersie - home of Alois Kracher
what are the four dac zones of burgenland
mittelburgenland lethaberg eisenberg neuseedlersie
what does mittelburgenland produce
Blaufrankish only large cask or used wood is allowed
Lethaberg DAC produces?
1st DAC to allow both white and red wines: white blend or varietal of gruner, riesling, chard, neuberger or wiessburgunder and reds from blaufrankish
Eisenberg DAC
blaufrankish
2 syns for Blaufrankish
Limberger and Kekfrankos
where is the town of rust?
easter shore of neuseedlersie in Hugelland
Ausbruch -
min 27degrees KMW similar to production style of tokaj - concentrated botrytis must blended with non botrytis grapes.
What wine style does the Neuseedlersie DAC produce?
red wines based on Zwiegelt??!!!!
Styria subzones
Sud West Sud oeste
Where does Manfred Temet Produce?.
Sud Steiermark - produces Sauv blnc in oak and steel.
What is Schilcher?
rose from blauer Wildbacher
What is Heuriger?
blend of white grapes released as nouveau wine - also the name for the taverns it is consumed in.
What is Sturm ?
half fermented sparkling grape juice
