Alsace

Question 1

AOC status achieved in

Answer 1

1962 ( last French region to do so)

Question 2

2 departments of Alsace

Answer 2

Bas-Rhin / Haut-Rhin

Question 3

Vosge Mountain climatic effect

Answer 3

Rain shadow / dries, sunniest region in France

Question 4

Alsace Noble Grape varieties

Answer 4

Riesling
Pinot grid
Gewürztraminer
Muscat (blanc a petit grain, rose’ a petit grains, ottonel)

Question 5

Alias for Pinot Blanc in Alsace

Answer 5

Klevner

Question 6

Alias for Chasselas in Alsace

Answer 6

Gutedel

Question 7

% of Grape stated on the label

Answer 7

Must contain 100% of the stated grape

Question 8

In Alsace Auxerrois , might be labelled as

Answer 8

Pinot blanc, even if bottled as a single variety

Question 9

Variety that collectively represent the most of volume of appellation production in Alsace

Answer 9

Pinot blanc + Auxerrois

Question 10

Most planted of the Noble grape varieties

Answer 10

Riesling

Question 11

Alsace’s Riesling profile

Answer 11

Dry (must by law since 2008)
More powerful, higher alcohol than German cousin
Pronounced acidity and minerality
Latest to ripen

Question 12

Former name for Pinot Gris in Alsace

Answer 12

Tokay d’Alsace , Tokay Pinot Gris

Question 13

Alsace’s Pinot Gris profile

Answer 13

Alsatian quintessential wine
Fullest, richer expression
Spicy, smoky
Hardly high acidity

Question 14

Alsace’s Gewürztraminer profile

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Clone of Traminer
Aromatic variety
Low in acidity
Perfumed
Sweet spices
Tropical fruit , lychee
Higher in alcohol than Muscat
More likely to be off-dry than Muscat
New oak generally not used ( some producers use big neutral casks for fermentation and aging)

Question 15

Alsace’s Muscat profile

Answer 15

Fragrant floral and grapey notes
Low in acidity
Aromatic variety

Question 16

Another pink variant of Traminer

Answer 16

Klevener (known as Savagnin in Jura)

Less aromatic / higher acidity than Gewürztraminer

Question 17

Where is Klevener bottled varietally ?

Answer 17

Heiligenstein
Bergheim
Gertwiller
Goxwiller
Obernai

Question 18

Edelzwicker

Answer 18

“Noble mixture”

Inexpensive blend wine
No need to be vintage-dated
Not legally obliged to contain more than 1 variety / state the % of the blend

Question 19

Gentil

Answer 19

Superior designation for blend wine / must contain at least 50% of NGV /

Question 20

First Alsatian Grand Cru

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Schlossberg / 1975

Another 24 in 1983
Another 25 in 1992
Last one in 2007 ( Kaefferkopf)

Question 21

Alsatian appellation that allows blending :

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Altenberg de Bergheim
Kaefferkopf

Question 22

Historic appellation for Sylvaner

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Zotzenberg

Question 23

When VT and SGN were created?

Answer 23

1984

Question 24

Vendange Tardive

Answer 24

May show botrytis but emphasise varietal purity
Must be 1 of NGV
Usually from vines in state of Passerillage
Can be dry to off-dry

Question 25

Selection of Grain Noble

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Must be 1 of NGV
Generally picked in Tries
Always sweet
Sacrifice varietal purity for Botrytis character

Question 26

Lieu-dits

Answer 26

Individual plot of vineyard within an appellation with a specific terroir identity

Question 27

Appellations that allows Pinot Noir in Alsace

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Hengst / Kirchberg de Barr

Question 28

Cremant d’Alsace

Answer 28

Pinot Blanc (most of it) + Chardonnay , Auxerrois, Pinot Gris

Pinot Noir (rose’ / either saignee’ or short maceration)

Question 29

Alsatian famous producers

Answer 29

Trimbach
Albert Mann
Weinbach
Valentin Zusslin
Pierre Frich