DE: Mosel Flashcards

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Mosel bereich

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On the Mosel:
1. Bernkastel (Middle Mosel) *largest
2. Burg Cochem (Terrassenmosel)
3. Obermosel

On the tributaries:
4. Ruwertal
5. Saar
6. Moseltor (outlier in Saarland)

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Mosel parallel

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50th parallel

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Traditional Mosel vine-training system

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Single Post System/Mosel Arch: no wires, trained upright with two canes in a heart-shaped bow or a vertical cordon

Pros: more freedom to move around steep slopes
Cons: leaf removal is necessary for airflow/botrytis reduction.. more sun exposure = more TDN

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Mosel soils

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Topsoil: thin sandy soils + Devonian slate (red and blue)
* Erden, Ürzig = red slate (rotschiefer)
* heat-retaining, dry, well-draining
* acidic, nutrient poor = nitrogen deficiency in must, low pH = sulfur smells and high acid

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5
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Mosel climate

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Continental
* 1615 sunshine hours/yr
* avg temp 50ºF
* 26.5 to 35.5in rain/yr

Growing season lasts 100 days avg - up to 130 to 160 in certain sites

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Phylloxera in the Mosel

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Can’t survive; ungrafted vines remain - but planting ungrafted vines is illegal

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7
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Kanzem

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Village in the Saar
1. Altenberg
55 - 89% slope
Othegraven, Van Volxem

  1. Hörecker: 89% slope, Von Hövel, iron-rich slate
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Bernkastel Badstube

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VDP Grosse Lage
- 40 - 65%; blue Devonian slate
- Joh. Jos. Prum, SA Prum, Dr. H Thanisch

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Bernkastel Doctor

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VDP Grosse Lage
- Schloss Lieser, Dr. H Thanisch, J. Wegeler
- 70% slope; blue grey slate
- very expensive land

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10
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Piesport Goldtröpchen

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VDP Grosse Lage
- 30 - 70% slope
- S/SE/SW: forms an amphitheater around the river bend
- Nik-Weis St. Urbanshof, Willi Haag, Haart, Keller, Forstmeister Geltz-Zillingen

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Piesport Grafenberg

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VDP Grosse Lage
50 - 75%
Red slate

Haart, Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt

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12
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Graach Himmelreich

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VDP Grosse Lage
* 45 - 75%; blue slate
* Dr. Loosen, Joh Jos Prum, SA Prum, Willi Schaefer, Schloss Lieser

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Bernkastel Lay

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Lay = Celtic for “slate rock”
* VDP Grosse Lage
* S/SW; 50 - 70%; blue slate
* Dr. Loosen, Dr. H Thanisch, Joh Jos Prüm, SA Prum, J Wegeler

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Erden Prälat

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VDP Grosse Lage
* Red Slate
* 110 - 220M; 65º / 210% slope
* Dr. Loosen (owns biggest chunk)

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Saarburger Rausch

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VDP Grosse Lage
* 160 - 295M; 35 - 75%
* SOILS: greywacke, slate, some volcanics/basalt

Forstmeister Geltz-Zilliken, Dr. Wagner

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Scharzhofberg
- village, region
- soils
- slope
- producers

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Wiltingen; VDP Grosse Lage
* SOILS: extremely weather red, blue slate, high rock content. Clayey-silty, friable
* 190 - 310M; 30 - 60% slope

Von Hövel, Egon Müller, Reichsgraf von Kesselstadt

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Sonnenuhr

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Zeltingen, Wehlen
VDP Grosse Lage
65 - 75% in Zeltingen, up to 100% in Wehlen
* Joh Jos Prum (Zeltingen side)
* JJ Prum, SA Prum, Dr. Loosen, Willi Schaefer (Wehlen)

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18
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Erdener Treppchen

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VDP Grosse Lage
* 110 - 260M; 50 - 80%
* RED SLATE
* SA Prum, Dr. Loosen, Reichsgraf von Kesselstatt

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19
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Uhlen

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Winningen - home to Germany’s
* 1st single vineyard PDOs:
Blaufusser Lay, Roth Lay, Laubach
* 100 - 150%, 80 - 240M, slate & fine sand. SW-facing
* terraced vineyards

Heymann-Löwenstein

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20
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Ürzig Würzgarten

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Red volcanic soil & slate
VDP Grosse Lage
20 - 80%
Dr. Loosen, Reichsgraf von Kesselstadt

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21
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Bernkastel-Kues VDP Grosse Lage

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Badstube
Doctor
Lay
Graben
Johannisbrunnchen

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22
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Erden VDP Grosse Lage

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Treppchen
Prälat
** RED SLATE

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23
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Brauneberg VDP Grosse Lage

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Juffer
Juffer Sonnenuhr im Falkenberg
* Fritz Haag
** blue/grey slate with high iron content soils

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24
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Graach VDP Grosse Lage

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Himmelreich
Josephshöfer
Domprobst

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Germany’s 1st single vineyard PDO

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Mosel
Uhlen: Blaufüsser Lay, Roth Lay, Laubach
Reinhard Heymann-Löwenstein (2018)

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Obermosel

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Mosel Bereich
* right bank of the Mosel River, left bank is Luxembourg
* Elbling #1
* Paris basin.. calcareous soils, no slate

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Mosel bereich without slate

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Moseltor
Obermosel
* Paris basin = calcareous soils

28
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1st Mosel TBA

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Dr H Thanisch
* historically too cool to make this concentrated style - but vintages prevailed in 1921
* emulating the Rheingau’s work with this style

29
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Mosel VDP Erste Lage

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there are none. Grosse Lage or bust

30
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Graacher Josephshöfer

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monopole VDP grosse läge - Reichsgraf von Kesselstadt

31
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Mosel-Saar-Ruwer VDP chapter’s name

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Grosse Ring

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Pünderich VDP Grosse Lage

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Marienberg
Nonnengarten

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Maximin Grünhaus’ 3 monopole Grosse Lage sites

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Abtsberg
Herrenberg
Bruderberg

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Saar producers

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Von Volxem
Von Hövel
Von Othegraven
Schloss Saarstein
Peter Lauer
Forstmeister Geltz-Zilliken
Egon Muller

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Important Saar villages

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Wiltingen: 8 VDP Grosse Lage
Kanzem
Saarburg
Okfen

36
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Ortsteil definition

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Generally, a district where the vineyard is so historically important it is allowed to label without a town attached. There’s about 200 in Germany in general.

37
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Joh Jos Prüm

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VDP member; Wehlen
* Top wines: Wehlener Sonnenuhr (owns 20 of 50ha), Graacher Himmelreich
* Wehlener Sonnenuhr TBA = most expensive wine

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Saar VDP Grosse Lage

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Wiltingen:
- Braune Kupp
- Braunefels
- Hölle
- Kupp
- Scharzhofberger
- Scharzhofberger Pergentsknopp
- Volz
- Gottefuss

Saarburg: Rausch, Kupp, Au der Rausch
Ockfener Bockstein

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Egon Müller

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Wiltingen, Saar
Top sites: Scharzhofberg,
Brauner Kupp (monopole)
* member Primum Familiae Vini

40
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Ruwertal

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Mosel bereich

Karthäuserhof
Maximin Grünhaus

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Dr. Loosen top sites

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They only label 6 vineyards, all of which are mentioned in the 1868 Prussian Mosel Classification. A GG is made from each.
1. Bernkasteler Lay
2. Erdener Prälat
3. Graacher Himmelreich
4. Ürziger Würzgarten
5. Wehlener Sonnenuhr
6. Erdener Treppchen
(all others are simply labelled “estate”)

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Mosel producers with emphasis on dry wine production

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Fritz Haag (60-70% dry)
Karthauserhof (70% dry)
Heymann-Löwenstein

43
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Mosel producers focused on sweet wine production

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  • JJ Prüm (doesn’t export any dry wine)
  • Egon Müller Scharzhofberg (no dry wine made)
44
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Maximin Grünhaus vineyards

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  1. Bruderberg (the smaller & lesser of the 3)
  2. Abtsberg (the premier plot)
  3. Herrenberg
45
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Forstmeister Geltz-Zilliken

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Saarburg
* Top site: Saarburger Rausch
* all wines ferment in fuder

46
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German for monopole

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Alleinbeseitz

47
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Mosel monopoles

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  • Kanzem Hörecker (Von Hövel)
  • Mertesdorf Abtsberg, Herrenberg, Brudeberg (Von Schubert)
  • Piesport Kreuzwingert (Reinhold Haart)
  • Trier Karthauserhofberg (Karthauserhof)
  • Wiltingen Braune Kupp (Egon Müller)
48
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German names for blue and red slate

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Blauschiefer, Rotschiefer

49
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Von Hövel

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Oberemmel, Saar
* Scharzhofberg, Kanzem Hörecker
* HÜTTE and the HÖRECKER = monopoles

50
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Van Volxem

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Wiltingen, Saar
Top sites include… Kanzem Altenberg, Scharzhofberg, Wiltingen Braunefels & Kupp

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Dr. H Thanisch

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Bernkastel-Kues
* Doctor, Graben, Lay = top sites
* run by 5 generations of women in a row

52
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Maximin Grünhaus
- location
- top 3 sites

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Mertesdorf, Ruwertal
Carl Von Schubert - Monopole IS Max Grunhaus
* 3 VDP Grosse Lage monopole: Abtsberg, Herrenberg, Bruderberg
* Sekterzeuger

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Karthäuserhof

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Eitelsbach, Ruwertal
Karthäuserhof = monopole

54
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Saar lay of the land

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  • river runs north - vineyards do no line the river
  • steep windswept slate hills
55
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Mosel vintages since 2000

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2000, 2006 - not terrible, not good
2012 - sunburn and rot
2013 - rot, tough year
2014 - low botrytis year; mild weather
2017 - low yields; frost year, Good botrytis year
2018 - hot, dry. Eiswein vintage
2021 - very challenging. Cold, rain, etc
2022

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Min. Öchsle for Mosel Riesling across categories

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Kabinett: 73°
Spatlese: 80°
Auslese: 88°
Beerenauslese: 110°
TBA/Eiswein: 150°

57
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Name for traditional single stake vine training in the Mosel?

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Einzelpfahl

Einzelpfahlerziehung (the state of being hung in such a way)

58
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Avg temp in the Mosel

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50ºF