Alsace/Lorraine Flashcards by Christina Stanley

Blended wines from Kaefferkopf GC can contain a max% Pinot Gris

25%

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Grand Crus that permit blending (2)

Altenberg de Bergheim
Kaeperkopf

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Soil of Furstenum GC (Alsace)

Limestone

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Albert Mann (Wettolsheim) “Clos de la Faille” is this

Pinot Noir

marly limestone

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What producer in Alsace makes “trois chateaux” bottlings (Husseren les Chateaux)

Kuentz Bas

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Clos of Trimbach (Ribeauville)

Clos Ste Hune (Rosacker)
Cuvee Frederic Emile (Geisberg, Osterberg) VT, SGN

Muschelkalk soil

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Weinbach bottlings (keintzheim)

Cuvée Theo
Clos des Capucins
Cuvee Colette (riesling schlossberg)
Cuvee Sainte Catherine (pinot gris schlossberg)
Cuvee Saint Catherine “L’Inédit” botrytized riesling
Quintessences de Grains Nobles: only in outstanding vintages, botrytized berries

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Chasselas is known as this in Alsace

Gutedel

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What is Pinot or Klevner on a bottle

White wine, blend of all pinots

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What is Klevener de Heiligenstein?

Savagnin (Traminer) rosé

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Must weights for Alsace VT/SGN

Riesling, Muscat VT: 244 g/l
Riesling, Muscat SGN: 276 g/l

Pinot Gris, Gewurz VT: 270 g/l
Pinot Gris, Gewurz SGN: 306 g/l

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Main soil type of alsace

Gres de Vosges (pink sandstone)

Also granite, limestone schist, clay and gravel

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These subzones of Alsace (2012 forward) are for Pinot Noir

Ottrott, Rodern, Saint Hippolyte

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These subzones are for Sylvaner

Blienschwiller and Côtes de Barr:

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This 2012 subzone is for Gewurztraminer, Riesling, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir

Côte de Rouffach

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Vallée Noble subzone is for these grapes (Alsace)

Gewurztraminer, Riesling, Pinot Gris

(All nobles but muscat)

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Val Saint Grégoire subzone is for these varieties (Alsace)

Auxerrois, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris

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Scherwiller and Wolxheim are subzones for this varietal

Riesling

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Bergheim subzone is for this varietal

Alsace

Gewurztraminer

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Coteaux de Haut Koenigsbourg (Alsace) is a subzone for this

Riesling, Gewurztraminer

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Min Abv% for VT/SGN wines in Alsace

VT Riesling/Muscat: 14.5%
SGN Riesling/Muscat: 16.4%

VT Pinot Gris/Gewurz: 16%
SGN Pinot Gris/Gewurz: 18.2%

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Least planted grape in Alsace

Chasselas 78 ha

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AOPs of Lorraine

Cote de Toul
Moselle

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What year were Lorraine AOPs established

1988

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Main white grapes of Cotes de Toul

Auxerrois | Aubin

Cotes de Toul Rouge encepagement

100% Pinot Noir

Producer of Kitterlé (GC)

Schlumberger

Trimbach Clos Ste Hune is in this GC

Rosacker

Weinbach Clos des Capucins is in this GC

Kintzheim

Mures "Clos St Landelin" is here

Riesling Vorbourg (GC) town of Rouffach

Zind Humbrecht's Clos Hauserer (Riesling) is near this GC

Hengst In Wintzenheim

Zind Humbrecht's clos) (4)

Clos Hauserer Clos Jebsal (Brand) Clos st Urbain Clos Windsbuhl

Cuvees of Lucien Albrecht (orschwir) king of cremant

Cuvee Cecile (Pinot Gris) named for daughter Cuvee Marie (Gewurztraminer) daughter Cuvee Henri (Riesling) named for Jean Albrecht's grandfather henri

permitted grapes for Cremant d'Alsace

Blanc: Riesling Pinot Blanc Pinot Noir Pinot Gris Auxerrois Chardonnay Rose: 100% Pinot Noir

Aging requirements for Cremant d'Alsace

Wine must spend nine months lees prior to disgorgement | 12 months total aging

Year Cremant d'Alsace established

1976

Vin Gris varietals cotes de Toul

85% individual max, both required Gamay min 10% Pinot Noir

Where is Hugel located

Riquewihr (town) Schoenenbourg vineyard

When was Alsace Grand Cru created

1975, Expanded in 1983

Where is Brand GC

Turckheim

Where is Zinnkopflé?

Westhalten (Haut Rhin)

Where is Hengst?

Wintzenheim (Haut Rhin)

Where is Sporen GC? (Known for Gewurztraminer)

Riquewihr

Where is Clos des Capucins (Weinbach)

Schlossberg (Kintzheim)

Where is Zind-Humbrecht Clos Hauserer?

Hengst GC (near it) Wintzenheim (town)

Where is Clos St Urbain?

Thann GC | Rangen

Where is Clos Windsbuhl?

Hunawihr

Clos of Zind-Humbrecht (3)

Clos Hauserer Clos Jebsal Clos St Urbain

Where is Kanzlerberg

Bergheim

Where is Kirchberg

Ribeauville

Where is Schlossberg (Weinbach makes a bottling)

Kientzheim (Kayserberg Vignoble as of 2016)

Wines that can be labeled varietally in Moselle

Muller Thurgau Pinot Gris

Klevner is this

Pinot Blanc

Pinot Blanc labeled varietally can be blended with this grape (Alsace)

Auxerrois

Sylvaner can be bottled as varietal wine in this Grand Cru

Zotzenberg

Max yield for Alsatian GC wines

55 hl/ha

Altenberg de Bergheim does NOT permit Muscat as a varietal wine: T/F?

TRUE

Hugels top wines are called:

Jubilee (Riquewihr)

Where is Steinklotz (Alsace)

Marlenheim

This producer owns the most hectares of Grand Cru in Alsace

Schlumberger

Who produces Clos Rebberg

Marc Kreydenweiss

In this year Alsace GC were separated into 51 AOPs

2011

Wines labeled "edelzwicker" may be produced from a single variety. T/F?

True

Klevener de Heiligenstein is this

Traminer from rosé

What is Edelzwicker

just a blend of grapes

What is Gentil

50% noble varieties, | rest vinified separately

Soil of Brand?

Granite

Grand Crus known for Gewurztraminer

Zinkoepflé Sporen Spiegel Marckrain Mambourg Kessler Goldert Froehn Engelberg

GC of Alsace known for Riesling

Geisberg Kastelberg Winzenberg Wineck-Schlossberg Wiebelsberg Sommerberg Schoenenbourg Schlossberg Saering Rosacker Moenchberg Kitterlé Praelatenberg Pfingstberg Muenchberg Kirchberg

Style of Rosé Cotes de Toul vs. Moselle

Cotee de Toul: Vin Gris 85% individual Max, both required, Gamay, min 10% Pinot Noir Moselle: Principal variety 70% Pinot Noir, accessory variety Gamay

What is the varietal?

Pinot Noir, Wettolsheim from the Barthelmé brothers, owned since 1654

This Grand cru can be for single varietal Sylvaner

Zotzenberg

What was the first Alsace Grand Cru, when was it decreed

Schlossberg, 1975, same year the Alsace Grand Cru category was decreed

Southernmost GC of Alsace

Rangen In Thann (volcanic soil)

Cuvée Frederic Emile (Trimbach) is a blend of these two Grand Cru vineyards

Geisberg Osterberg

in Alsace, 100% Auxerrois may be labeled as Pinot Blanc T/F?

True, though they are NOT the same thing

How many GC vineyards in Alsace?

Smallest GC vineyard and largest in Alsace

3 ha (Kanzlerberg) 80 ha (Schlossberg)

Most highly regarded vintage in Alsace: | 03, 04, 06 or 07?

2007

Grape of Marc d'Alsace

Gewurztraminer, 45% abv | may not be aged in wood, alambic pot still

Altenberg de Bergheim may contain 25% this grape in blends

Gewurztraminer

51st grand Cru of Alsace (2007)

Kaefferkopf

These Geographic designations in Alsace are for white wines only

Blienschwiller, Côtes de Barr, Klevener de Heiligenstein, Scherwiller, Vallée Noble, Val Saint Grégoire, Wolxheim, Coteaux du Haut Koenigsbourg, Bergheim

Why is 1945 an important year in Alsace?

marks the beginning of a divergence in French and German winemaking styles; German wines remained classically sweet, whereas Alsace producers fermented to dryness for a more powerful and food-friendly wine.

What year did Alsace achieve AOP status?

1962 Grand Cru in 1975

the driest city in France

Colmar, capital of the Haut-Rhin département

Pinot Gris was once known as this in Alsace

Tokay d’Alsace or Tokay Pinot Gris

Klevner de Heiligenstein can be bottled under these village names

Heiligenstein itself, Bourgheim, Gertwiller, Goxwiller, and Obernai.

What year did Trimbach release its first bottling of Geisberg Grand Cru?

2009

These French Regions Comprise the "grand Est" As of 2016

Alsace and Lorraine along with Champagne

Synonym for Muscat Rosé a petit grains

Muscat Ottonel

Succession of Alsace Grand Crus (51)

1975 Schlossberg 1983 (24 more vineyards) 1992 (25 more vineyards) Kaeperkopf (2007) Hengst (2022) Pinot Noir Kirschberg de Barr (2022) Pinot Noir

Two new GC vineyards for Pinot Noir (2022)

Hengst Kirschberg de Barr

In Alsace, these wines must be hand-harvested

Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir labeled by Lieu-Dit All Alsace VT and SGN wines

Max RS Alsace (Does not apply to Riesling labeled with Lieu-Dit or SGN, VT wines)

Riesling: 6 g/l (if the wines have been chaptalized), 9 g/l (if tartaric acid is less than 6 g/l), 12 g/l (if tartaric acid is greater than 6 g/l) Rosé: 4 g/l Rouge: 2 g/l

Who is the producer of Clos des Récollets?

Lucien Albrecht Pinot Gris Rouffach

Who is the producer of Clos Ribeaupierre

Jean Sipp Pinot Gris Ribeauvillé

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