Alsace and Lorraine Flashcards
(122 cards)
1
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When was the inaugural vintage of Trimbach’s Riesling Schlossberg Grand Cru?
A
2014
2
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Where is GC Muenchberg located?
A
Nothalten
3
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What is the max yield for noble grapes bottled as AOC Alsace?
A
gewurtz and pinot gris - 80 hl/ha
riesling and muscat - 90 hl/ha
4
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Who produces what is considered the prime bottling of GC Sommerburg?
A
Albert Boxler
5
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What are the 6 allowed grapes of Cremant d’Alsace?
A
- riesling
- pinot blanc
- pinot gris
- pinot noir
- auxerrois
- chardonnay
6
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Where is GC Kaefferkopf located?
A
Ammerschwihr
7
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What are the min must weights for Alsace AOP VT?
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riesling and muscat - 244 g/L
pg and gewurtz - 270 g/L
8
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Where is GC Brand located?
A
Turckheim
9
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What are the min must weights for Alsace AOP SGN?
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riesling and muscat - 276 g/L
pg and gewurtz - 306 g/L
10
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What is the min abv for pinot gris and gewurtz in Alsace AOP?
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12.5%
11
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What was the inaugural vintage of Marcel Deiss’ Altenberg de Bergheim?
A
1994
12
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How many hectares is GC Schlossberg and where is it located?
A
80.28 ha
Kientzheim
13
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Where is GC Mambourg located?
A
Sigolsheim
14
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What is the min abv for riesling and muscat in Alsace AOP?
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11%
15
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What 2 GC vineyards does Albert Boxler have holding in?
A
- GC Sommberg
- GC Brand
16
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Where is GC Geisberg located?
A
Ribeuville
17
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Which GC in Alsace is allowed to bottle Sylvaner?
A
Zotzenberg
18
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Which 2 GC in Alsace are allowed to produce blends?
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- Altenberg de Bergheim
- Kaefferkopf
19
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What is the max yield for noble grapes bottled Alsace GC?
A
55 hl/ha
20
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What 4 GC sites does Domaines Schlumberger have holdings in?
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- Kitterle
- Kessler
- Saering
- Spiegel
21
Q
Gutedel is an alias for what grape?
A
chasselas
22
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Klevner is an alias for what grape?
A
pinot blancs
23
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What is the max RS allowed in riesling made as Alsace AOP?
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- 6 g/L if chaptalized
- 9 g/L if tartaric acid < 6g/L
- 12 g/L if tartaric acid > 6g/L
24
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Klevner de Heiligstein can be made in what 5 communes?
A
- Heiligstein
- Bourgheim
- Gertwiller
- Goxwiller
- Obernoi
25
In what year did Alsace receive AOC status and why is this unique?
1962
It was the last French winemaking region to receive AOC status
26
What is the max yield in Cremant d'Alsace?
80 hl/ha
27
Where is Hugel located?
Riquewihr
28
What are the min must weights in Alsace GC?
riesling and muscat - 168 g/L
pg and gewurtz - 193 g/L
29
Klevner de Heiligstein is genetically identical to what grape?
savagnin rose
30
Trimbach's Cuvee Frederic Emile comes from which 2 GC vineyards?
- Osterberg
- Geisberg
31
What varietally labelled white wine is allowed in Moselle AOP?
- pinot gris
- muller thurgau
32
What grapes represent the largest volume of production in Alsace?
- pinot blanc
- auxerrois
33
List 2 producers who bottle from GC Brand
- Albert Boxler
- Dopff au Moulin
- Josmeyer
- Zind Humbrecht
34
What 9 varieties are allowed under Alsace AOP?
- pinot blanc (klevner)
- pinot gris
- pinot noir
- riesling
- Gewurtz
- muscat
- sylvaner
- chasselas
- auxerrois
35
What producer makes the Trois Chateau bottling?
Kuentz-Bas
36
In what year were the designations for late harvest wines from Alsace created?
1984
37
What is the soil type of GC Muenchberg?
volcanic sandstone
38
What is the soil type of GC Sporen?
stony, clay-marl
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What is the soil type of GC Rosacker?
dolomitic limestone
40
Where is Domaine Ostertag located?
Epfig
41
What is unique about the climate of Alsace?
It is France's driest and sunniest region due to the rainshadow effect of the Vosges Mountains
42
Clos des Capucins is a monopole of what producer?
Weinbach
43
Gewurtzraminer is genetically related to what Jura grape?
savagnin
44
What are the winemaking requirements for Alsace AOP VT and SGN?
- no chaptalization
- vintage dated
- VT may have botrytis
- SGN must have botrytis and harvested in tries
- released after June 1, YFH
45
What styles of wine are allowed in Cotes de Toul AOP?
- white
- red
- vin gris
46
Domaine Ostertag's GC riesling comes from what vineyard?
Muenchberg
47
Trimbach's Clos St Hune comes from what GC site?
Rosacker
48
In what year was the Treaty of Westphalia, which ceded Alsace to France?
1648
49
What white varieties are allowed in Moselle AOP?
- min 70% combined auxerrois, muller thurgau, and pinot gris
- pinot blanc, riesling
- max 10% gewurtz
50
What is the main soil type in GC Altenberg de Bergheim?
marl limestone
51
What is the main soil of GC Schlossberg?
granite
52
The majority of the fruit in Weinbach's Cuvee Collette comes from what GC vineyard?
Schlossberg
53
What is the blend allowed in Altenberg de Bergheim GC?
50-70% riesling
10-25% pinot gris
10-25% gewurtz
max 10% combines chasselas, muscat blanc, muscat ottonel, pinot noir, pinot blanc
54
What is the soil type of Osterberg GC?
marl
55
Over half of the plantings (61%) in GC Gloeckelberg are what grape?
pinot gris
56
What white grapes are allowed in Cotes de Toul AOP?
- auxerrois
- aubin
57
What is the breakdown for blends in Kaefferkopf GC?
60-80% gewurtz
10-40% riesling
max 30% pinot gris
max 10% muscat
58
Where is GC Rosacker located?
Hunawihr
59
What grapes are authorized in Alsace AOP with the subzone Cote de Rouffach?
- gewurtz
- riesling
- pinot gris
- pinot noir
60
What is the most successful grape in Cotes de Toul AOP?
pinot noir
61
What is the most planted grape in Alsace?
riesling
62
In what year were all grand crus in Alsace given their own AOP?
2011
63
GC Sporen is famous for what 2 varieties?
- gewurtz
- pinot gris
64
What is the only Alsace GC on volcanic soil?
Rangen
65
What 2 rivers run east of Alsace?
- Rhine river
- Ill (eel) river
66
Weinbach's top gewurztraminer comes from what vineyard?
GC Mambourg
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What is the soil type of GC Brand?
granite
68
In what village is Clos des Capucins located?
Kayserberg
69
What was the hottest vintage in Alsace in the last 15 years?
2015
70
What percent of wine produced in Alsace is Grand Cru?
4%
71
What vineyard was granted status as the first Grand Cru in Alsace? In what year?
Schlossberg Vineyard
1975
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What 4 GC parcels does Trimbach have holdings in?
- Rosacker
- Schlossberg
- Osterberg
- Geisberg
73
What is the name of the local pink sandstone in Alsace?
gres de vosges
74
What is the only Alsace AOP Allowed to use chardonnay?
Cremant d'Alsace
75
What vine training method is used in Alsace?
guyot
76
Rose in Moselle AOP must be made from which grapes?
- pinot noir (min70%)
- gamay
77
What percentage of AOP still wine in France comes from Alsace?
20%
78
What GC is thought to be the warmest in Alsace?
Mambourg
79
How long is Clos St Hune aged before it is released?
5 years
80
What are the 3 main soil types in Alsace and where are they located?
steep mountain slopes - schist, granite, volcanic
lower slopes - limestone
base of mountains - rich alluvial clay, gravel
81
When must the intent to produce a GC in Alsace be declared?
before March 1st of harvest year
82
The best vineyards in Alsace have what exposure?
southern or eastern
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What grape currently makes up 100% of plantings in GC Geisberg?
riesling
84
In what war in 1871 did Germany claim Alsace and Lorraine?
Franco-Prussian War
85
In what French appellation is muller thurgau most likely found?
Moselle AOP, Lorraine
86
How many Grand Crus are in Alsace?
51
87
What is the capital of the Haut-Rhin?
Colmar
88
What is the requirement to label an edelzwicker as 'gentil'
min 50% noble grapes used
89
What Alsatian producer used the label 'Jubilee' to designate GC bottlings? In what vintage was that label discontinued?
Hugel
2009
90
Pinot blanc can legally be blended with what variety?
auxerrois
91
Who owns Clos Saint Urbain?
Zind-Humbrecht
92
What methods of rose production are mandatory in Moselle AOP?
- mandatory de stemming
- 24-48 hours of maceration
93
What is the primary grape grown in Frankstein GC?
gewurtz
94
What is the main soil in GC Kafferkopf?
granite-limestone
95
What were the best and worst vintages in the decade of the 2000s?
best - 2007
worst - 2003
96
What is the only grape allowed in Cremant d'Alsace rose?
100% pinot noir
97
What label replaced 'Jubilee' on Hugel's GC labels as of the 2010 vintage? What are the 4 bottlings which carry this label?
Grossi Laue
- Riesling (Schoenenbourg)
- Pinot Gris ( Pfostig)
- Gewurtz ( Sporen)
- Pinot Noir (Pfostig)
98
What percentage of Alsace AOP wine produced is white?
90%
99
What is the smallest grand cru in Alsace?
Kanzlerber (3 ha)
100
What is the largest grand cru in Alsace?
Schlossberg (80 ha)
101
Why do some producers shun the Grand Cru system?
The GC system does not allow for lieu-dit labeling and some producers believe their plots to be superior to the GC label
102
Who makes the wine ‘Schoelhammer,’ and what vineyard is the fruit sourced from?
Hugel
GC Schoenenberg (Riquewihr)
103
Who owns the monopole ‘Clos Saint Theobold?’
Domaine Schoffit
104
What is the clos located within the Brand Grand Cru Vineyard?
Clos de la Treille (Francois Baur)
- ries/pg
105
Name all 3 grand Cru vineyard of Ribeauville
- Geisberg (ries)
- Osterberg (ries/musc)
- Kirchberg (ries/musc)
106
What are the 2 Grand Cru vineyard of Riquewihr?
- Schoenenbourg
- Sporen
107
What is the appellation of Clos St Hune?
Alsace AOP
108
What noble Grape is not allow to be use in Zotzenberg GC?
muscat
109
What is the Clos vineyard located within the Pfingstberg Grand Cru?
Clos Schild (Lucien Albrecht)
110
Who produces Clos Saint Landelein?
Mure
111
What is the southernmost GC of Alsace?
Rangen
112
What are the 2 clos vineyards located within the Rangen de Thann Grand Cru?
- Clos Saint Urbain (Zind-Humbrecht)
- Clos St Théobald (Schoffit)
113
What is the latest grape to ripen in Alsace?
riesling
114
What is the min percentage for varietal labelling in Alsace?
100%
115
Who owns the oldest oak cask still in use in the world?
Hugel (Riquewihr)
- Ste Catherine Cask dating to 1715
116
What is the only subzone within Alsace AOP that produces both red and white wine?
Cote de Rouffach (Vorbourg village)
117
Other than Marcell Deiss, name a producer who bottles from Altenberg de Bergheim?
- Sylvie Spielman
- Gustave Lorentz
- Jean Sipp
- Pierre Sparr
- Cave de Ribeauville
118
What is the only Grand Cru vineyard where chapitalization is not allowed?
Altenberg de Bergheim
119
How long must Marc d’Alsace be aged?
3 months in neutral vessel - no wood allowed
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What was the first vintage of Clos St Hune?
1919
121
What are the two AOCs of the Lorraine region?
- Cotes de Toul AOC
- Moselle AOC
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Vin gris in Cotes de Toul is dominated by what grape?
gamay
