Alsace Flashcards
Factor affecting climate in Alsace
Alsace stretches for 120 km from Strasbourg to Mulhouse.
Vineyards located on the foothills of the Vosges mountains close to the German Black Forest border.
Mountains create a rain shadow effect –> Continental climate!
And one of the driest wine producing area in France.
3 main cities
Riquewihr and Ribeauville are best known vineyard towns
Colmar is business center
Chaptalization permitted in all ?
Yes
but not in Vendange Tardive (VT) and Selections de Grains Noble (SGN)
Permitted grape varietals
Riesling Gewurztraminer Pinot Gris Muscat Sylvaner Pinot Blanc (Clevner) Pinot Noir Chasselas (Gutedel) Auxerois
Wine sold as Pinot blanc may use which grapes?
Pinot Blanc blended with Auxerois, Pinot Gris or Pinot Noir
Pure Pinot blanc sold under which name?
Clevner
What is Gentil?
Blend of 2 or more grapes and contain min 50% Riesling, Gewurz, P.Gris, Muscat (its not AOC)
Pinot Blanc known in Germany under which name?
Weissburgunder
AOC Edelzwicker
blend of 2 or more varietals
AOP Alsace Grand Cru varietals
Riesling
Muscat
Gewurztraminer
Pinot Gris
In which Grand Cru Sylvaner accepted ?
Zotzenberg
Zotzenberg grand cru blen accepted
blend of Gewurz, Riesling, Pinot Gris, Sylvaner
Riesling best soil in Alsace
granite
Vendage Tardive
meaning late harvest.
The grapes left on the vine in a good year with a warm autumn to allow grapes to become overripe and attract Botrytis Cinerea.
Grapes: Only noble varieties (Riesling, Gewurz, Muscat and Pinot Gris)
It can range from dry to sweet
SGN (Selection de Grains Nobles)
(Beerenauslese in Germany)
Only noble grapes
grapes left on the vine become overripe, some of them attacked by botrytis
Only exceptional years
