Trivia - Europe Flashcards
Hungary rivers
Tisza and Bodrog
Hungary soils
Volcanic bedrock
- Nyirok - powerful wines
- Loess - sandy silt with clay (around Tokaj)
Hungary mountains
Zemplen
Hungary barrel type and size
Gonci 136l
Size of Tokaji bottle
500ml
Hungary min ageing of Aszu
18 months in oak
Aszu min RS
120g/l = 5 puttonyos
Min RS Eszencia
450g/l
Szamorodni styles
‘as it comes’
Edes = sweet
- min 45g/l
- Tokaji bottle
Szaraz
- dry, aged under flor without topping up for min 10y
Hungary single vineyard term
Dűlő
Greece regions in Macedonia
Amynteo
Naoussa
Greece regions in Peloponnese and their grapes
Nemea (Agiorgitiko)
Mantinia (Moschofilero)
Greece wine law
POP = PDO
PGE = PGI
‘wines of Greece’
Ahr + Mosel soils
dark slate
Baden, Pfalz, Rheinhessen soils
limestone
Franken soils
limestone (Silvaner) and clay (Grauburgunder)
Rheingau soils
sand, loam, loess, slate
Nahe soils
slate, sandstone
Mountain shading Pfaltz
Haardt Mountain
Mountain shading Rheingau
Taunus
Mountain shading Nahe and Rheinhessen
Hunsruck
Mountain shading Baden
Vosges
Bottle used in Franken
Bocksbeutel
Traditional barrel sizes in Germany
Fuder 1000l
Stuck 1200l
When is Sussreserve added?
Before bottling
When is RCGM allowed
only for Deutscherwein
German wine law
Deutscher wein - any style Landwein - PGI category, 85% from region on label - mostly trocken and halbtrocken Qualitatswein - PDO category - one of 13 Anbaugebiete - enrichment allowed Pradikatswein - from 40 Bereich (district), no enrichment - Kabinett - Spatlese - Auslese - Beerenauslese - Eiswein - TBA
German colective vineyard site and single vineyard terms
Grosslagen - collective
Einzellagen - single vineyard
VDP classification
VDP Gutswein - regional
VDP Ortswein - village
VDP Erste Lage - Vineyard wine
VDP Grosse Lage - Grand Cru - ‘GG’ on label
Soils in Austria and grape varieties grown on them
Thin soils over rock (Granite and gneiss) - Riesling
Richer soils (Loess) - Gruner
Large scale training system from Austria
Lenz Moser
Training in Germany
Single pole training with VSP or Pendelbogen (arched canes)
Austria wine law
Tafel wein (without GI) Landwein (PGI) Qualitatswein (PDO) - Klassik - Reserve - Pradikatswein (without Kabinett)
Regionally typical wine DAC
- Gebietswein - regional
- Ortswein - village
- Reidenwein - single vineyard
What is TBA called in Rust
Ausbruch
Vinea Wachau classification
Steinfeder
Federspiel
Smaragd
fieldblend from Wien
Wiener Gemischter Satz
Alto Adige soils
Mica
Dolomitic limestone
Quartz
Volcanic
Soave soils
Limestone
Clay
Volcanic basalt
IGT in Trentino
Vigneti delle Dolomiti
Main grape in Lugana DOC
Turbiana - Verdicchio