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Week 6a: Germany Flashcards

1
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When did German wines laws get revised?

A

Revised in 2021

Binding in 2026

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2
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Are German wine laws simple?

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No! Complicated and confusing.

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3
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What does traditional German wine law recognize?

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Specificity of regions but still defines quality in each by ripeness

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4
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Description of new system was added to German wine laws in 2021; it will be binding in 2026

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Recognizes terroir and site specificity in relation to quality

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5
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Did the new German wine laws of 2021 replace existing wine laws?

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No - the new system overlaps the old system.

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6
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List the classifications of German wine from basic to premium.

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TBA
BA
Auslese
Spätlese
Kabinett
Qualitätswein
Tafelwein and Landwein
Deutscher Wein and Deutscher Sekt
Sekt

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7
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Prädikatswein chaptalization:

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Nein!!!!

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8
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Define Sekt

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Non-German sparkling wine with mimimum EU quality standards

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9
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Define Deutscher Wein and Deutscher Sekt:

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100% from Germany

Wine without a geographical designation

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10
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Define Landwein:

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From 1 of 26 larger regions called Landweingebiete.

Must be trocken or halbtrocken in sweetness.

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11
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Define Qualitätswein:

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Wines are made with approved grapes sourced from one of Germany’s 13 regions (Anbaugebiete)

Chaptalization is legal.

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12
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Define Landweingebiete:

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Larger grape growing region

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13
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Define Anbaugebiete:

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1 of 13 German wine growing regions

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14
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List German Anbaugebiete:

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Mosel
Rheingau
Rheinhessen
Franken
Baden
Pfalz
etc.

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15
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Define Pradikätswein:

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Wines are qualified by ripeness level and have minimum alcohol requirements.

Chaptalization illegal.

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16
Q

List German VDP wines from premium to basic.

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VDP Grosses Gëwachs (GG) / VDP Grosses Lage

VDP Erste Lage

VDP Ortswein (i.e., Village)

VDP Gutswein

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17
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Review the following label. Anything you can remember?

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Wine region: Mosel - Saar - Ruwer
Producer: Fritz Haag
Vintage: 2003
Grape Varietal: Riesling
Ripeness Level: Kabinett
Village: Braunenberger
Vineyard: Juffer
Quality Classification: Qualitätswein mit Prädikat

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18
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Giveaway that something is a village:

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“Er” is the tell that it is a village / ortwein

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19
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Grosse Lage definition:

A

Grand Cru vineyard

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20
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Meaning of “GG” on label:

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Dry style from a Grosse Lage vinegard

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21
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Mosel climate:

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Cold and marginal

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22
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What is the Mosel?

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A winding river

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23
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Geography of Mosel:

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Extremely steep inclines
Blue slate soils that reflect light

Calmont Vineyard, steepest in Europe, 68% angle

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24
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What is a Bereich?

A

German wine subregion

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25
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How many Bereich is the Mosel divided into:

A

6

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26
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Two notable Bereichs in Mosel:

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Bernkastel
Saar

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27
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Describe a Mosel wine:

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Often off-dry
Low alcohol
Delicate citrus, fruit and floral

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28
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Where are the best vineyards in the Mosel?

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Concentrated in the Bernkastel Bereich.

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29
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Notable vineyards in Bernkastel:

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Piesporter Goldtropfchen
Doctor Vineyard
Urziger Wurzgarten
Sonnenuhr

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30
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Saar Bereich: notable vineyard:

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Star of the Saar

Scharzhofberg

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31
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Rheingau geography:

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One long SOUTH facing slope that sits on the northern bank of the Rhine River.

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32
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What geographical feature protects the Rheingau from wind and rain?

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Taunus hills

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33
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How does the Rhine river ripen grapes?

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Sunlight reflecting off river assists in grape ripening.

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34
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What is warmer: the Rhiengau or the Mosel

A

Rhiengau

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35
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Which wines are more fuller bodied: those from the Rheingau or the Mosel?

A

Rheingau

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36
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What style of wine is most celebrated in the Rheingau?

37
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What is the only Bereich in the Rheingau?

A

Johannisberg

38
Q

Exceptional vineyard in the Rhiengau that grows Pinot Noir:

A

Assmanhausen

39
Q

Four exceptional vineyards in the Rheingau?

A

Schloss Vollrads
Jesuitengarten
Hocheimer Holle
Hocheimer Kirchenstuck

40
Q

What is notable about Schoss Johannnisberg in the Rheingau?

A

First spatlëse made here.

41
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Rheinhessen size:

A

Larger region with the largest number of acres under vine of any of the Anbaugebiete

42
Q

Quality of wine made in Rheinhessen:

A

Variable quality

Lots of lower quality bulk wine made here

43
Q

Where are the best sites in Rheinhessen?

A

Close to the Rhine’s moderating influence

44
Q

What grape thrives in Rheinhessen?

A

Silvaner

More here than Franken

45
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In what anbaugebiete(s) does Silvaner grow in Germany?

A

Rheinhessen and Franken

46
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Baden climate:

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Warmest subregion with nearly a Mediterranean climate

47
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Baden soil characteristics:

A

Heterogenous soils

48
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What factors moderate the Baden climate?

A

Black Forest protects from severe winds

Mild rain shadow from Vosges

49
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Dominant grape in Baden:

A

Pinot Noir

50
Q

What is the most celebrated Bereich in Baden?

A

Kaiserstuhl (the King’s Chair)

51
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Notable geographical feature of the Kaiserstuhl:

A

Covers an extinct volcano and its surrounding areas

52
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Best sites in Kaiserstuhl:

A

Steep
Protected from the winds and rain

53
Q

How big is the Pfalz:

A

Second largest region by acres under vine

54
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Pfalz grapes:

A

Diversity of grapes grown

Pinot and Riesling thrive

Some Pinot clones authorized for Grosse Lage bottlings

55
Q

Name of mountain range that provides some rain shadow protection to Baden:

A

Haardt Hills

56
Q

Two best terroirs in the Pfalz:

A

Forster Kirchenstuck
Forster Jesuitengarten

In the forest, Jesuits fall in the churchstuck

57
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Best gimmeldinger in the Pfalz

A

Mandelgarten

David Mandel falls in the gimmeldinger garden

58
Q

Where is Nahe?

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West of the Rheinhessen

59
Q

Notable geographical feature of Nahe:

A

High level of heterogeneity for such a small region

60
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Nahe climate:

A

Moderate by German standards

Driest region in Germany

61
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Notable Nahe producer:

A

Emrich Schönleber

Nigh, rich shon!

[https://glossary.wein.plus/emrich-schoenleber]

62
Q

Notable bald Nahe producer:

A

Donhoff

Nigh, bald Don!
63
Q

Donhoff monopole:

A

Oberhauser Brücke

Nigh, Don's brick shithouse!!!
64
Q

Give 2 notable Nahe producers:

A

Nigh, Rich shon and Don!

65
Q

Smallest wine growing region in Germany:

66
Q

Dominant grape focus in Ahr:

A

Pinot Noir, despite northerly location

67
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Moderating factors in Ahr:

A

Canyon in the Eifel hills
Slopes drain cold air
Dark slate soil

68
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Ahr Pinot Noir characteristics:

A

Pinot Noir clone: cold hardy, earlier ripening

Fruhburgunder: PN clone that is thicker skin, softer acid and earlier ripening

69
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Alleinbesitz meaning:

A

A vineyard owned by one owner, similar to a monopole in France

70
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Alte Reben meaning:

71
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Edelfäule meaning:

72
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Einzellage meaning:

A

Single vineyard

73
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Erstes Gëwachs meaning:

A

VDP classification of dry wines from Premier Cru vineyards

Formerly a legal term used for dry wines in the Rheingau from the best vineyards

74
Q

Feinherb meaning:

A

Half-dry, no legal definition

75
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Füder meaning:

A

1,000 litre cask common in the Mosel

76
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Gemeinde meaning:

A

Local community or village such as Piersport

77
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Grosses Gëwachs meaning:

A

VDP classification of dry wines from Grand Cru (best) vineyards

78
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Grosse Lage meaning:

A

Single vineyard Grand Cru

79
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Gutsabfüllung meaning:

A

Grown, produced and bottled by the same person / estate

80
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Schloss meaning:

A

German word for castle

On wine label, equivalent to French word “Château”

81
Q

Sonnenuhr meaning:

A

A sundial

Often, very large and on steep vineyard sites

82
Q

Stück meaning:

A

1,200 litre cask used in the Rheingau

83
Q

Trocken meaning?

Levels of RS?

Exception:

A

Dry, generally 4 g/l or less

RS can be up to 9 g/l if total acidity is within 2 g/l of total RS

84
Q

Winzer meaning:

A

Winegrower

85
Q

VDP meaning:

A

Verband Deutscher Pradikatweingüter

86
Q

Liebfraumilch

A

German style of semi-sweet wine.

Regulations state that at least 70 percent of the wine must be made from one or more of Riesling, Silvaner, Kerner or Müller-Thurgau.

Rheinhessen area

88
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Grosses Gëwachs wines must be at least what level of ripeness?

CAPS Old World - Weekly Notes (21 decks)

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