Zraly Test White Wines of Germany

Question 1

What percentage of German wines produced are whites?

Answer 1

85%

Question 2

If a German wine has the name of a grape varietal on the label, what is the minimum percentage of that grape in the wine?

Answer 2

85%

Question 3

What percentage of grapes planted in Germany are Riesling?

Answer 3

21%

Question 4

What is the name of a German grape that is a cross between Riesling and Chasselas?

Answer 4

Muller-Thurgau

Question 5

If a German wine has a vintage year on the label, what is the minimum percentage of grapes from that year are in the wine?

Answer 5

85%

Question 6

How many winemaking regions are there in Germany?

Answer 6

13

Question 7

What are the 4 most important wine making regions in Germany?

Answer 7

Rheinhessen
Rheingau
Mosel
Pfalz

Question 8

What is one way to describe the style of German wines?

Answer 8

balance of sweetness with acidity and low alcohol

Question 9

What is chapatalization?

Answer 9

Sugar is added to the must before fermentation to increase the amount of alcohol

Question 10

What are the 3 basic styles of German wine and how do you describe them?

Answer 10

Trocken - dry
Halbtrocken - medium-dry
Fruity - Semi-dry to very sweet

Question 11

What is the average alcohol range of German wines?

Answer 11

8-10%

Question 12

What are the 2 main categories of Qualitatswein and how are they described?

Answer 12

1. (QbA) Qualitatswein bestimmer Anbaugebiete: comes from one of the 13 specified wine regions
2. Pradikatswein: quality wine with distinction (no chapatalization allowed)

Question 13

Name and describe the 6 levels of Pradikatswein ripeness levels

Answer 13

1. Kabinett - light, semi-dry, normally ripened grapes
2. Spatlese - medium style, means “late picking”,
3. Auslese - medium to fuller style; means “out picked”
4. Beerenauslese - rich dessert wine; berries are picked out individually
5. Trockenbeerenauslese - sweetest, most expensive wine; Trocken = dried
6. Eiswein - rare, sweet wine made from grapes that are picked and pressed frozen

Question 14

What is Sussreserve?

Answer 14

Winemakers hold back a percentage of un-fermented grape juice from the same vineyard, varietal and sweetness level and then add it back to the wine after fermentation

Question 15

What does Gutsabfullung mean?

Answer 15

Estate bottled

Question 16

What is Botrytis Cinerea?

Answer 16

Noble rot, “Edelfaule” in German; produces Beerenauslese and Trockenbeereenauslese

Question 17

Name 2 of the 7 important villages in Mosel

Answer 17

Bernkastel
Brauneberg
Erden
Graach
Piesport
Urzig
Wehlen

Question 18

Name 2 of the 5 important villages in Pfalz

Answer 18

Deidesheim
Durkheimer
Forst
Ruppertsberg
Wachenheim

Question 19

Name 2 of the 6 important villages in Rheingau

Answer 19

Eltville
Erbach
Hochheim
Johannisberg
Rauenthal
Rudesheim

Question 20

Name 1 of the 3 important villages in Rheinhessen

Answer 20

Nackenheim
Nierstein
Oppenheim