DE: Franken, Nahe, Rheinhessen Flashcards

1
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Franken is located within what German state?

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Bavaria

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2
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Franken’s main river

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The Main River
*tributary of the Tauber

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Franken 3 bereich

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1) Mainviereck (Main Square)
2) Maindreieck (Main Triangle)
3) Steigerwald

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4
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Steigerwald bereich

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Franken
* easternmost, highest, coolest
* Keuper (gypsum-laced black soils) - keeps vines warm enough for the north-facing sites
* Castell, Iphofer = main towns

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5
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Mainviereck bereich

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Franken
“main square”
warmer, western, important for PN
* Klingenberg, Bürgstadt
* weathered red sandstone, gentler climate
*Rudolph Fürst = premier producer

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Maindrieick bereich

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Franken; “Main triangle”
* Wurzberg
* 3/4 of Franken production
*shell limestone soils, white wines
*Würzberg is in this bereich

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7
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Franken’s most important city?

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Würzberg

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8
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Franken white grapes

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  1. Muller-Thurgau
  2. Silvaner
  3. Bacchus
  4. Riesling
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9
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Riesling in the Franken

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It isn’t widely grown: Too cold, too sharply continental. Growing season is too short and harsh.
* Spring frosts, short hot summers, bitter winters
* Riesling can only survive on the most steep, south-facing slopes - limited growing area.

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Rudolf Fürst

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Rudolf Furst, Burgstadt, Mainviereck bereich Franken
* premier producer of Pinot Noir
* Bürgstadter Centgrafenberg, Hundsrück

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Franken’s largest producer?

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Juliuspital

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12
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1st German Silvaner plantings?

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1659, planted by the Cistercians in Castell

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13
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Minimum must weight requirement for Franken’s varieties bottled in bocksbeutel?

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72° Oechsle, vs a minimum 63° oechsle for general qualitatswein

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14
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What is ‘realteilung’?

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the process of buying, swapping, and tweaking boundaries of a property

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15
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2 important villages for Franken Silvaner

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Castell, Iphofer
Steigerwald bereich

  • westernmost highest & coolest bereich
  • black gypsum-laced Keuper soils keep vines warm at night, even on north-facing slopes

Hans Wirsching, based in Iphofen

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16
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Single vineyard PDOs in Franken?

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Würzberger Stein-Berg
Bürgstädter Burg

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17
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4 tributaries of the Nahe River

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Northern: Grafenbach, Trollbach
Southern: Glan, Alsenz

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18
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Varieties for Nahe VDP Grosse Lage wines?

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Riesling only

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19
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Nahe lay of the land

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1 bereich: Nahetal
- Upper Nahe: Hunsrück Hills
- Middle Nahe: Hunsrück Hills keep it cool; most famous Grosse Lage + villages
- Lower Nahe: heavier clay, loess, warmer. Good Spatburgunder area.

20
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Upper Nahe important villages/producers

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Monzingen (Emrich-Schonlieber)
Bockenau (Schäfer-Frohlich)

21
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Nahe’s Rotenfels

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  • Huuuuge rock formation on the Nahe, 2km long rising to 327M
  • Porphyry (rhyolite/reddish volcanic rock)
  • near Norheim in southern Nahe

Dorsheimer Rotenfels, Traisen Rotenfels = 2 important Grosse Lage

22
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Weingut Dönnhoff

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Based in Oberhauser (Middle Nahe)

3 GG: Hermanshölle, Dellchen, Brücke

Top sites:
* Niederhauser Hermanshölle
* Oberhauser Brücke
* Norheimer Dellchen

23
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Emrich-Schönlieber

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Monzingen (Upper Nahe)

GG’s: Halenberg, Frühlingsplätzchen

24
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Oberhauser Brücke

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Nahe
Monopole of Weingut Dönnhoff
*S/SE-facing
* grey slate, loess loam
* 0-15%

25
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Schäfer-Frohlich

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Bockenau (Upper Nahe - nearest the Hünsruck Hills)

Top sites: Felseneck, Halenberg, Frühlingsplätzchen

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Bockenau Felseneck

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Upper Nahe in the Ellerbach Valley
Bockenau
Schäfer-Fröhlich = key producer

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Niederhauser Hermanshöhle

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Middle Nahe
*Dönnhoff, Emrich-Schonlieber, Kruger-Rumpf
* Argillaceous slate with limestone veins
* 130 - 175M; 40 - 60% slope

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4 main Nahe soils

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weathered volcanics
slate
limestone
schist

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Norsheimer Dellchen

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  • a Dönnhoff GG; Kruger-Rumpf
    *slate, quartzite, reddish iron-rich volcanics
30
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Nahe climate

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transition between maritime and continental
* Hünsruck Hills/Forest block cold winds
* mild, dry ~20in rain/yr

31
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Bad Kreuznach

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Largest town along the Nahe River; center of wine trade in Nahe
* sometimes considered its own subregion
* situated near Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle
Schlossböckelheimer Felsenberg
Oberhauser Brücke

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Schlössbockenheimer Felsenberg

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Nahe
“rock mountain”
* Dönnhoff, Schonlieber, Gut Hermannsberg
* Felsentürmchen = rock formation on Felsenberg labels

33
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Germany’s highest production anbaugebiet

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Rheinhessen

34
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Roter Hang
- where is it
- soils
- key vineyards

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Rheinhessen - “red slope”
* clay and red sandstone between Nierstein and Nackenheim
*East-facing, 70 - 80%
* Pettenthal, Rothenberg = key vineyards in this formation

Part of the Rheinterrasse, a span of east-facing exposures protected from frost and winds.. major vineyards here

35
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Roter Hang villages/vineyards

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Nierstein (Pettenthal)
Nackenheim (Rothenberg)
Oppenheim

[“red hill” of clay and weathered sandstone between these towns. E-facing, 70 - 80% grade - part of the larger Rheinterrasse in the Rheinhessen]

36
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Liebfraumilch

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Nahe, Rheinhessen, Rheingau
* min. 70% Silvaner, Riesling, MT, Kerner
* min 18 gl RS
* no varietal labelling

37
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Klaus Peter Keller

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Florsheim-Dalsheim, Rheinhessen (Wonnegau Bereich)

Top sites (GG’s):
- Florsheim-Dalsheim Kirchspiel
- Westhofen Morstein
- Florsheim-Dalsheim Abtserde

G-Max: undisclosed vineyard

38
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Message in a Bottle

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Rheinhessen growers organization

39
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Nierstein Pettenthal

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Rheinhessen Grosse Lage

40
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Nackenheimer Rothenberg

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Rheinhessen Grosse Lage
*Gunderloch is a major land holder

41
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Rheinhessen’s Kirchspiel

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Flörsheim-Dalsheim
Rheinhessen
*limestone with marl/loess layers
*Keller, Wittmann

42
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Westhofen Morstein

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Rheinhessen Grosse Lage
*pure limestone
* Klaus Peter Keller, Wittmann

43
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Abtserde

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Rheinhessen Grosse Lage
Florsheim-Dalsheim
* Keller is key producer

44
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Rheinhessen’s VDP Grosse Lage varieties

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Riesling, Pinot Noir

45
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Brudersberg, Pettenthal, Glöck, Hipping, Oelberg and Orbel

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VDP Grosse Lage in Nierstein (Roter Hang)

46
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Rheinterrasse is a key feature of?

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Rheinhessen - span of east-facing slopes, includes the Roter Hang in Nierstein/Nackenheim

47
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Pettenthal, Rothenberg

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Roter Hang VDP Grosse Lage
Weathered red sandstone & clay

Nierstein (Pettenthal)
Nackenheim (Rothenberg)