Alsace & Moselle Flashcards
(98 cards)
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T or F? Alsace is France’s smallest wine region
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True!
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Alsace is separated from Germany by the ____ river
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Rhine
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Where did the name Alsace come from?
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Named after the Ill River that was called Elsass by the Germans
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Describe the climate in Alsace
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Semi-continental climate, hot summers, cold winters
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What is the driest city in France and also the capital of the Haut-Rhin (S) department?
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Colmar
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What is the capital of Alsace and the Bas-Rhin (N) department?
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Strasbourg
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In which year did Alsace elevate to have 51 Grand crus?
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2011
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T or F? 4% of Alsatian wine is released as GC and Alsace produces approximately 18% of France’s still white wines
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True!
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Which 2 German anbaugabietes border Alsace?
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Baden to the East, Pfalz to the North
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Vosges mountains range in the Pfalz are rechristened as _____
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Haardt Hills/Mountains
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The 2 departments in Alsace that houses all vineyards?
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North: Bas-Rhin
South: Haut-Rhin
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This is the local pink sandstone
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Grés de Vosges
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Describe the large mosaïque of soils
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- steepest slopes: schist, granite, and volcanic
- lower slopes: limestone base
- plains: sit on richer alluvials, clay or gravel
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Name 3 climatic influences in Alsace
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- Black Forest
- Vosges Mountains
- Rhine River
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Name a subzone that makes red wine only (3)
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- Ottrott
- Modern
- Saint-Hippolyte
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Name the sole subzone that can made red or white wine
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Côte de Rouffach (riesling, pinot gris, pinot noir)
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Year that Alsace attained AOP status? The last winemaking region in France to do so
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1962
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Alsace’s 51 crus were elevated in 5 separate times, what years were these?
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- 1975: 1st GC Schlossberg
- 1983: additional 23 GCs
- 1984: VT and SGN
- 1992: additional 25 GCs
- 2007: 51st GC Kaefferkopf
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Top 3 grapes planted in Alsace?
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- Riesling (most planted)
- Auxerrois (largest volume of appellation production)
- Pinot Blanc (Klevner)
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In what year did the INAO approve the rule that it is no longer required to have grape on bottle label, and who was mainly responsible for the push?
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2005, Marcel Deiss
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T or F? Pinot blanc, can be a blend of Pinot blanc, Auxerrois and even Pinot noir!
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True!
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Synonym for Klevener
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- Traminer (another pink variant of this grape)
- some found in the commune of Heiligenstein in the Bas-Rhin (hence, Klevener de Heiligenstein)
- known as Savagnin in the Jura
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Name the 5 communes that can bottle Klevener as a single varietal in Alsace AOP
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- Heiligenstein
- Bourgheim
- Gertwiller
- Goxwiller
- Obernai
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The only grape allowed for Bergheim subzone
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Gewurz
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Under which 2 AOPs is Chardonnay only allowed?
Crémant d'Alsace and VdT
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Synonym for Chasselas in Alsace
Gutedel
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T or F? In Alsace, fermentation is stopped by cooling the wine (not by sulphur addition)
True!
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Varietal Rosé, Clairet, Schillerwein, "Rouge" under Alsace AOP/Vin d'Alsace must be which grape only _____?
Pinot Noir
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T or F? Red wines under Alsace AOP/Vin d'Alsace must be 100% Pinot noir
True!
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Requirements for Edelzwicker 'Noble mixture'
- any varietals from Alsace AOP
- can be a single varietal
- grapes can be vinified together or separately
- does not have to be a blend but most of them are
- does not need to indicate any % or grapes on the label
- does not have to be vintage dated
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Requirements for Gentil
- min 50% of the 4 grapes (+ sylvaner, chasselas, pinot blanc)
- must be vintage dated
- separately vinified
- superior designation for blends
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T or F? Chaptalization is allowed for Alsace AOP/Vin d'Alsace
True!
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T or F? Chaptalization is NOT allowed for VT or SGN
True!
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CLOS vineyards NOT located in Grand Cru Vineyards - Clos Jebsal, Clos Windsbuhl, Clos Häuserer (village, winemaker, grape)
* all Zind-Humbrecht
- Clos Jebsal (Turckheim, PG)
- Clos Windsbuhl (Hunawihr, PG/GW/Riesling)
- Clos Häuserer (Wintzenheim, Riesling)
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CLOS vineyard NOT located in Grand Cru Vineyard - Clos de la Faille (village, winemaker, grape)
Albert Mann, Wintzenheim, Pinot Noir
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CLOS vineyards NOT located in Grand Cru Vineyards -
| Clos Himmelreich, Clos des Récollets (village, winemaker, grape)
* both Lucien Albrecht
- Clos Himmelreich (Orschwihr, Riesling)
- Clos des Récollets (Rouffach, Pinot Gris)
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CLOS vineyards NOT located in Grand Cru Vineyards -
| Clos Rebberg, Clos Rebgarten (village, winemaker, grape)
* both Andlau and Marc Kreydenweiss
- Rebberg, Riesling/PG
- Rebgarten, Muscat
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CLOS vineyards NOT located in Grand Cru Vineyards -
| Clos des Capucin (village, winemaker, grapes)
- Kayserberg, Weinbach
| - Riesling, PG, GW, PN
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CLOS vineyards NOT located in Grand Cru Vineyard - Clos Ribeaupierre (formerly Clos du Schlossberg) (village, winemaker, grape)
Ribeauvillé, Jean Sipp, Pinot Gris
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Min alc % Alsace AOP/Vin d'Alsace (base minimum with no grape on label)
9.5%
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Name the noble grapes of Alsace
- Riesling
- PG
- Gewurz
- Muscat
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Name the grapes allowed to make Alsace Grand Cru wines
- Riesling
- PG
- Gewurz
- Muscat
- Sylvaner (Zotzenberg GC only)
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Crémant d'Alsace Rosé must be 100% of which grape?
Pinot Noir
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Grapes for Crémant d'Alsace Blanc?
Riesling, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Auxerrois, and/or Chardonnay
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Max yield for Alsace Grand Crus
- 55 hl/ha
| - Rangen: 50 hl/ha
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Min alc % for the 4 nobles grapes in Grand Cru wines?
- Riesling/Muscat: 11%
- Gewurz/Pinot gris: 12.5%
* there are exceptions to some vyds
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Overall requirements for VT and SGN
- coming from one of the 4 grapes
- name to be on the label, single variety, no blend
- not always sweet
- handpicked
- vintage on the label
- minimum richness level required
- no chaptalisation
- declaration by the INAO before harvest
- organoleptique and analytique examen
- VT and SGN wines may not be released until June 1 of the second year following the harvest
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Extra requirements for VT
- Late-harvest
- Single variety
- Not always sweet
- Rich, full-bodied, emphasizes variety purity
- Quality VT wines usually originate from vines in a state of passerillage
- sometimes affected by botrytis
- term may be printed on Alsace AOP and Alsace Grand Cru AOP
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Extra requirements for SGN
- Harvested in tries
- Single variety
- Not always sweet
- Botrytis — suppress varietal character in return for the complexities of botrytis
- Small quantities, only exceptional vintages
- term may be printed on Alsace AOP and Alsace Grand Cru AOP
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T or F? VT and SGN can be added to both Alsace AOP and Alsace Grand Cru AOP
True!
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VT min must weight and potential alc (RSL/Muscat, PG/GW)
- Riesling/Muscat: (244g/l, 14.5%)
| - PG/GW: (270g/l, 16%)
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SGN min must weight and potential alc (RSL/Muscat, PG/GW)
- Riesling/Muscat: (276g/l, 16.4%)
| - PG/GW: (306g/l, 18.2%)
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How many Grand Cru vineyards are there in the Bas-Rhin and Haut-Rhin with respective percentages?
- Bas-Rhin: 14 GCs, 27.45%
| - Haut-Rhin: 37 GCs, 72.5%
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Smallest and largest GC in the Bas-Rhin?
- Smallest: Kastelberg (5.82 ha)
| - Largest: Frankstein (56.2 ha)
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Smallest and largest GC in the Haut-Rhin?
- Smallest: Kanzlerberg (3.23 ha)
| - Largest: Schlossberg (80.28 ha)
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Only GC that produces Sylvaner and name a producer
Zotzenberg GC, Albert Setz
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Which village in the Bas-Rhin has the most amount of GCs (2)?
Andlau (Kastelberg, Wiebelsberg)
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Which village in the Haut-Rhin has the most amount of GCs (3)?
Guebwiller (Kessler, Kitterlé, Saering)
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Village for Zotzenberg GC
Mittelbergheim
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Village for Kanzlerberg GC and famous soil?
Bergheim, gypsum
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What are the 3 GCs in Ribeauvillé?
Geisberg, Kirchberg, Osterberg
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Villages for Schlossberg GC (2)
Kientzheim and Faysersberg
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Trimbach's GCs and respective villages
- Geisberg GC in Ribeauville
| - Rosacker GC in Hunawihr
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Village for Brand GC
Turckheim
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Village for Hengst GC
Wintzenheim
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Village for Kaefferkopf GC
Ammerschwihr
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Village for Rangen GC (2)
Thann and Vieux-Thann
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What are the only (2) cities in the world that are drier than Colmar?
Béziers and Perpignan, near the Spanish border
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Famous GC home for both Deiss and Hugel
Shoenenbourg GC
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River in Rangen?
Thur
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Max yield for Rangen GC and other GCs
Rangen GC 50 hl/ha, others are 55 hl/ha
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Southernmost GC in Alsace and the only site in Alsace to be classified GC in its entirety
Rangen
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T or F? Grand Crus are allowed to chaptalize except for Altenberg de Bergheim
True!
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Monopole "Clos Zisser" from Dom. Klipfel from which GC and village?
Kirchberg de Barr GC, Barr
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Monopole "Clos du Zahnacker" from Cave de Ribeauvillé from which GC and village?
Osterberg GC, Ribeauvillé
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Monopole "Clos de la Treille" from François Baur from which GC and village?
Brand GC, Turckheim
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Monopole "Clos St Imer" from Ernest Burn from which GC and village?
Goldert GC, Gueberschwihr
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Monopole "Clos St Landelin" from Rene Muré from which GC and village?
Vorbourg GC, Rouffach-Westhalten
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Monopole "Clos Schild" from Lucien Albrecht from which GC and village?
Pfingstberg GC, Orschwihr
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Monopoles "Clos St Urbain" from Zind-Humbrecht and "Clos St Théobald" from Schoffit from which GC and village?
Rangen GC, Thann and Vieux-Thann
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Which producer holds the largest portion of Grand Cru vineyards and has one of the largest blocks of contiguous vineyards in France?
Schlumberger
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Trimbach's "Cuvée Frédéric Emile" is a blend of which 2 GCs?
Geisberg and Osterberg
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First vintages of Trimbach's Clos St Hune, Geisberg Grand Cru and Schlossberg Grand Cru
- Clos St Hune - 1919
- Geisberg Grand Cru - 2009
- Schlossberg Grand Cru - 2014
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Monopole "Clos des Capucins" from Dom Weinbach from which GC and village?
Furstentum GC, Kientzheim-Sigolsheim
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Min alc % in Alsace AOP/Vin d'Alsace for (Pinot Blanc, Pinot, Riesling, Auxerrois)
Min 10% (10.5% if labeled with subzone designation or lieu-dit)
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Min alc % in Alsace AOP/Vin d'Alsace for (Chasselas, Muscat Ottonel, Muscat, Sylvaner)
Min 9.5% (10.5% if labeled with subzone designation or lieu-dit)
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Min alc % in Alsace AOP/Vin d'Alsace for (Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris)
Min 11.5% (12% if labeled with subzone designation or lieu-dit)
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Min alc % in Alsace AOP/Vin d'Alsace for Klevener de Heiligenstein
Min 11%
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Min alc % in Alsace AOP/Vin d'Alsace for Pinot Noir (Rosé
Min 10%
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Min alc % in Alsace AOP/Vin d'Alsace for Pinot Noir (Rouge)
Min 11% (11.5% if labeled with subzone designation or lieu-dit)
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Cotes de Toul AOP in Lorraine is known for what style of wine and what are the grapes?
Known for Vin Gris. Majority Gamay+Pinot noir (both must be present)
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Grapes for white Moselle AOP
Min. 50% Auxerrois, max 10% GW
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SGN AOPs outside of Alsace (3)
- Coteaux de l'Aubance
- Coteau du Layon
- Monbazillac
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VT AOPs in France (4)
- Alsace AOP
- Alsace GC
- Jurançon
- Gaillac
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Maximum Residual Sugar (2008 harvest forward)
* 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) --this does not apply to SGN or VT Riesling, or Riesling labeled with a lieu-dit
* Rosé: 4 g/l
* Rouge: 2 g/l
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Wines that must be hand-harvested
- Pinot Gris and Pinot Noir wines labeled by a lieu-dit
| - VT and SGN wines
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"Cuvée des Comtes de Eguisheim" is made by whom
Léon Beyer, top dry wines
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What is QGN?
- Quintessence des Grains Nobles
- non-official designation used by some sweet wine producers for sweet wines that are even sweeter or more concentrated that a regular SGN
