Alsace

Question 1

What is Muschelkalk?

Answer 1

bio-degraded seashell fossil soils, found in Pfalz and Parts of Alsace, notably Trimbach’s estate.

Question 2

Who produces Clos St. Hune?

Answer 2

Trimbach

Question 3

Who Produces Cuvee Frederic Emile?

Answer 3

Trimbach

Question 4

What Vineyard is Clos St. Hune from?

Answer 4

Rosacker Grand Cru

Question 5

What is VT in Alsace?

Answer 5

Vendage Tardive, or late harvest- Grapes hang on the vine and experience passerillage, or drying. VT can be sweet or dry, and emphasize varietal character over botrytis (although Botrytis may be present and felt)

Minimum must weight:
Muscat, Riesling: 244 g/L
Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer: 270 g/L

Question 6

What is SGN?

Answer 6

Sélections de Grains Nobles, a late harvest style in Alsace that emphasizes botrytis and is picked in ‘tries’. Not obligated to be sweet but in practice always dessert-like.

Minimum must weight:
Muscat, Riesling: 276 g/L
Pinot Gris, Gewurztraminer: 306 g/L

Question 7

What is Edelzwicker?

Answer 7

‘Noble Mixture’, usually indicates its own inverse: An inexpensive blended wine. They require neither vintage-dating nor to be a blend.`

Question 8

What is gentil?

Answer 8

Unofficial term to designate a superior blend containing a minimum of 50% noble grapes.

Question 9

First named Grand Cru in Alsace under Alsace Grand Cru AOP?

Answer 9

Schlossberg, 1975

Question 10

What is the only Alsace Grand Cru allowed to make varietal wines from Sylvaner?

Answer 10

Zotzenberg

Question 11

What is the name of the local pink sandstone in Alsace?

Answer 11

grés de Vosges