Alsace Flashcards
(105 cards)
1
Q
Describe the traditional bottle
A
Slender Flute
2
Q
What grape unique in France (in Germany)
A
Riesling
3
Q
What grapes not used like in Germany
A
Pinot Gris, Gewurz, Muscat
4
Q
Riesling dry or sweet traditional
A
dry
5
Q
Dessert wine traditional true / fale
A
true
6
Q
Why RS happening now
A
overripe grapes / climate change
7
Q
Is there Premier Cru ?
A
no
8
Q
2 new classifications for delineatation
A
Lieu-dit and communal
9
Q
% consumed in France
A
75%
10
Q
Sequence in France for BioD
A
first
11
Q
Pinot Noir trend
A
increasing
12
Q
First wine shipped when
A
2 CE
13
Q
% Coops
A
40%
14
Q
% growers making wine
A
19%
15
Q
Cremant growth since 1977
A
1M to 33M
16
Q
Areas x by y miles
A
75 x 3
17
Q
Location lat
A
47 to 49 N
18
Q
Climate
A
Continental
19
Q
Climate Influence
A
Vosges rain shadow
20
Q
Climate threats (4)
A
hail, t-storm, frost, drought
21
Q
Autumn weather (good for)
A
Humid - botrytis
22
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Winter weather (good for)
A
cold , dormancy
23
Q
Located on what rift system
A
Rhine Graben
24
Q
Paleozoic soil / resulted from
A
Igneous / Magma upthrust
25
Mesozoic soil / resulted from
sedimentary / inland sea
26
Cenozoic activity
Upheaval created dome
Vosges foothills formed
27
Soil types from which age to current exist
Paleo onward
28
mid slope locations /elevations / aspects, % vineyards
200-300m , less dramatic slopes, S / SE
most
29
Base of hills soil type / used for
fertile, Cremant
30
Lower elevations of peaks / soil (4) / aspect / elevations / slope % / % of vineyards
decomposed granite, schist, sandstone, volcanic
60% slopes
250-400M
S/SE
some
31
of soil types
13
32
Soil foothills (6)
Limestone
Calc Sandstone
Marly Clay
Marly sandstone
Marly Limestone
Calcareous-marl-sandstone
33
Rhine Plain / Alsace plain soil (3)
Alluvium
Loess / Loam
Calluvium
34
Most Grand Cru Soil Type (majority) 2 sub types for most
Sedimentary
Combo of marl / limestone
Combo marl / limestone / sandstone
35
Grand Cru Soil (dozen+) 4
3 places
Rocky
Granite
Schist
Volcanic
Schlossberg, Rangen, Brand
36
7 main grapes
P Gris
Riesling
Muscat
Gewurz
P Blanc
Sylvaner
P Noir
37
Ancillaries grapes (4)
Auxerrois
Chardonnay
Chasselas
Savignin Rose
38
Where are ancillaries noted
Alsace interprofessional org
39
Where is Auxerrois used
cremant
40
Riesling styles, rank
Dry, VT, SGN, #1
41
Pinot Blanc Syns
Klevner
Pinot Vrai
42
Pinot Blanc rank
#2 due to Auxerrois inclusion
43
Sylvaner allowed in how many Gtand Cru
1
Zotzenburg
44
Muscat typical style, which version
dry
Petit Grains Blanc
45
What are Muscat varieties
Petit Grains, Ottonel
46
Chardonnay allowed how in AOC
Cremant
47
Chardonnay blends allowed where. example.
VDF
ie Zind
48
Rose / Gris grapes (3)
Gewurz
Pinot Gris
Klevner de Helgenstein
49
Gewurz rank
#3
50
Gewurz styles, lineage
Aromatic, dry, VT, SGN
Aromatic version of Savignan Rose
51
Pinot Gris styles, Alsatian characteristics
dry, VT, SGN
depth texture
52
Klevner de Helgenstein lineage, restrictions
characteristics
non-Aromatic savignan rose
only around town, no replant allowed
Mineral, ripe grain
53
Noble 4
Riesling
Pinot Gris
Gewurz
Muscat
54
Grapes allowed for VT and SGN
Noble 4
55
Grapes allowed for Grand Cru
Noble 4 except Zotzenberg (Sylvaner)
56
Red Grape
Pinot Noir
57
How many Grand Cru allow Pinot Noir
3
Hengst
Kirchberg de Bar
Vorbourg
58
How many Grand Cru allow blend
2
Altenberg de Bergheim, Kaeferkopf
59
Training method on plain / on slopes
Guyot, single or double
high ,low
60
When is harvest
Sept to Nov
61
Why harvest runs so long
variation due to grape, soil, aspect , style
62
% white wine
89%
63
% varietal vs blend
80%
64
Traditional aging vessel
Foudre
65
When grape on label what %
100% except for Pinot Blanc and Pinot d'Alsace
66
Pinot Blanc assemblage
100% or blend of Pinot Blanc, Auxxerrois
67
Pinot d'Alsace assemblage
100% or blend Auxerrois, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir (white)
68
Gentil Blend reqs
at least 50% noble fermented separately. Tasting panel
69
Edelzwicker
Any white. Can be vinified together.
No vintage req'd
70
What are wines of terroir
field blends labeled by vineyard with proprietary name
Deiss, Schoech
71
Max RS for Riesling
.9%, 9g/L except for Grand Cru or Lieu-dit, VT, SGN
72
RS law for other than Riesling
none
73
Cremant single or blend
blend
74
SGN harvest reqs
picked berry by berry
75
Sec on label meaning
.4% RS or less
76
of Appellations
53
51 Grand Cru, Alsace AOC, Cremant
77
Alsace AOC % lieu-dit % communal %
64%, 4%, 1%
78
Alsace AOC styles
dry white rose red
sweet white vt sgn
79
Alsace AOC P white (4)
Riesling
P Blanc
Sylvaner
Muscat(4)
80
Alsace AOC P rose/gris(2)
Gewurz
Pinot Gris
81
Alsace AOC S White (2)
Auxerrois
Chasselas
82
Alsace AOC Rose/Gris(s)
Savignan Rose as Klevner de H
83
Communal Designation
how many
Q level
label allows
Grapes / styles
13
higher than AOC
commune name
Defined by commune
84
Lieu Dit defined
legally registered Cadastral units of land
special plots with notable expressions of terror
85
Lieu Dit
quality level
style allowed
higher than communal
white/red only. no rose
86
Alsace AOC
single or blends ?
both
87
Non regulated terms (3)
Prestige, Reserve, reserve PErsonelle
88
Alsace Grand Cru % of produciton
6%
89
Alsace Grand Cru styles
dry white, sweet white
90
Alsace Grand Cru P white
Riesling
Muscat PG and Ottonel
91
Alsace Grand Cru P Rose/Gris
Gewurz
Pinot Gris
92
Alsace Grand Cru S white
Sylvaner
93
of Grand Cru
51
94
Central or independent rules for Crus?
independent
95
Rank for vineyard or producer
vineyard
96
Who has opted out of Grand Cru
Trimbach
97
Cremant d'Alsace % productions
25%
98
Cremant d'Alsace styles
sparkling white / Rose
99
Cremant d'Alsace # producers
500+
100
Cremant d'Alsace P White (4)
P. Blanc
Auxerrois
Chardonnay
Riesling
101
Cremant d'Alsace S Rose/ Gris
Pinot Gris
102
Cremant d'Alsace P Red
Pinot Noir
103
Which cremant seen for 100%
Chardonnay, P Gris, Riesling
104
Blanc de Noir / Rose method
Sagnee or short macer
100% Pinot Noir
105
Lorraine where
West of alsace, east of Champagne
South of Germany Belgium, Luxembourg
