Germany General Flashcards
What is Abfüllung?
The process settling of solids (dead yeast cells, leftover grape skin fragments, etc.) to the bottom of a vat of wine or must.
What is Affenthaler?
Red german wine from the Black Forest foothills near Baden-Baden.Made from the Spatburgunder or Pinot Noir it is a light red but not a rosè. Affenthaler is German for monkey and there is often a monkey embossed on to the bottle
What is Ahr?
Wine region in north-western Germany, not famous for its wine quality in particular, but rather because the vineyards are the most northern in the world! The region is small, but very old as European wine regions go. Wine records there have been found dating from the third century, A.D. In recent centuries, the wines were mostly Spatburgunder (Pinot Noir originally brought from Burgundy) but, in this century, white varieties bred for cold resistance and the ability to ripen crops in short summers have become more important.
Name the white Grape that is a cross between Riesling and a Sylvaner clone and created in Wurzburg . Limited growths in Rheinhessen region. Used to create good “Auslese” style white wines in better years, as it is susceptible to botrytis.
Albalonga
What is Alte Reben?
Literally, old vines, in French called vieilles vignes. An old vine differs according to vintner, usually 30-years plus, some as old as 80 years on sites such as Mühlheimer Sonnenlay.
What is an Amtliche Prüfung number? What’s the purpose?
is number is an Official Quality testing number given to wines that have passed ridged testing and tasting examinations.The number can be deciphered and the wine traced back to its origins.If a bottle is found to be not up the standard it is supposed to be, it can be traced back to the original tasting panel and a spare bottle kept of each sample.
The number contains the exam board number, commune number, producers registered number, an application and the year of application. Some producers use the application number as a sequential indication of sweetness
What is an Anbaugebiet?
A wine region in Germany ,for example the Rheingau is an Anbaugebiet
What is Anreicherung?
Broad term for sweetening must before or during fermentation. Whereas chaptalization means the addition of sugar only, enrichment also includes the addition of grape must, concentrated grape must, and RCGM.
What is a Bereich?
The German word for “region.” Under the German wine laws established in 1971, a Bereich is a district or subregion within an anbaugebiet (quality-wine growing region). There are forty-three Bereiche throughout the thirteen Anbaugebiete. Within a Bereich there are grosslagen (general sites) and einzellagen (individual sites or vineyards).
What is the name of a rotling made from the Baden region made from Grauburgunder (min 51%) and Spatburgunder. Composition must be declared on label
Badisch rotgold
What is the German name for malolactic fermentation?
Biologische Sãureabbau
What is the German term for a rose wine?
Bleichert
What is the name of the Flagon shaped bottle in which Franken wines are bottled?
Bocksbeutel
What is the German word for noble rot?
Edelfaule
What is an Einzellage?
Single vineyard
