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Vocab, Wine Law, Baden, Franken,

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% of German wine vinified dry?

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48% (2022)
*that meets EU definition of 9g/l RS or less

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Hock

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1800’s Enligh term for wines from the Middle Rhein - later to be a general term for German wine

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Blue Nun

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Started with 1921 vintage of H. Sichel Söhne Liebfraumilch

[Liebfraumilch: Rheinhessen, Nahe, Pfalz Rheinhessen. Min 18gl RS. Min 70% Riesling, MT, Kerner, Silvaner]

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Flurbereinigung

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*“land consolidation”
*Campaign to consolidate, reorganize and restructure German vineyards for mechanization and modernization
*1953, last amendment passed in 1976

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Goldkapsule

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Terms previously used to denote extra richness and ripeness were nixed with 1971 law. Mosel, Rheingau mostly (or totally)

*Mosel uses the star system in conjunction with the foil - ,, to mark characteristics or reserve bottlings

*ex: BA level must weight is labelled as Auslese with a gold foil.. indicating more pure varietal character and that the wine is not as much about botrytis

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Min. size for German single vineyard?

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5ha

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Süssreserve

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Sterilized sweet grape must.
Used to fine tune final sugar levels - allowed in all quality levels of German wine, up to 15% of final volume

*Pradikat is based on sugar naturally occurring at harvest, so chaptalization is not allowed. But this happens at the end and since it isn’t about final sweetness anymore.. this was allowed

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Total size of German vineyard?

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102k hectares
(roughly the same as BDX)
World’s 14th largest grower

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A.P. Number

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Amtliche Prüfungsnummer
*certifies that a wine has passed a sensory/chemical analysis

*5 sets of digits:
1) locale of exam board
2) village of production
3) producer
4) unique bottling #
5) yr of testing

All Qualitätswein and Prädikatswein have a number - which is almost 98% of total production

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“Classic” German wine

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harmoniously dry”
*max 15 g/l RS
*No vineyard mentions
* Min. 12% ABV (11.5% for Mosel)
* single variety

Supposed to replace “halbtrocken”

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“Selection” German Wine

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*Max RS 9g/l (12 for Riesling)
* single vineyard, single variety
* must weight equivalent to Auslese

Supposed to replace “Trocken

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Minimum ABV for German Qualitätswein?

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7%
*exception from EU’s general 8.5% rule

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Min. alcohol for German Beerenauslese and up?

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5.5%
(rather than 7% for the rest of Qualitätswein and 8.5% for the rest of the EU)

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How many VDP members?

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202 (2022)

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VDP logo?

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Traubenadler

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VDP requires hand harvesting for what levels/qualities?

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All single vineyard
Auslese and up

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Min. % of traditional varieties in VDP member vineyard?

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80%

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Original purpose of the VDP?

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est. 1910 - an assembly of 4 winegrower associations that promoted the sale of “natur” (unchaptalized) wines at auction

*1971 law forced a rebrand/refocus. New goal was to promote more quality than the lackluster law mandated

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Kalkstein

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Limestone
*common for VDP Ortswein to label soil type in conjunction with village, not required though

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Blauen Schiefer

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Blue Slate
*common for VDP Ortswein to label soil type in conjunction with village, not required though

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Burntsandstein

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Red sandstone
*common for VDP Ortswein to label soil type in conjunction with village, not required though

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Earliest release date for Grosses Gewächs whites? Reds?

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  • Sept 1 of year after harvest
  • Sept 1 of year #2 after harvest with 12 months in wood
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Earliest release date for VDP Prädikatswein Grosse Lage?

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May 1 of the next year

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Max. yields for each VDP category?

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Gutswein: 75 hl/ha
Ortswein: 75 hl/ha
Erste Lage: 60 hl/ha
Grosse Lage: 50 hl/ha

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Stück size?
1200L
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Müller-Thurgau
Madeleine Royale x Riesling *2nd most planted German grape.. on the decline *Rivaner is a common German synonym
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5 most planted German grapes in descending order?
1. Riesling 2. Pinot Noir 3. Müller-Thurgau 4. Dornfelder 5. Pinot Gris *need to double check 3 - 5 rankings for more recent statistic
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Dornfelder
Heroldrebe x Helfensteiner * Highly vigorous * 50's crossing *Produces a darker, fuller style of wine than Pinot - it is still very popular in the German market
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Ruländer
Grauburgunder aka Pinot Gris - often denotes a sweeter style *synonym used in Baden, Pfalz, Austria, and Northern Italy
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Scheurebe
Riesling x Bukettrebe *most successful in Pfalz, Rheinhessen
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German term for monopole
Alleinbesitz
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German term for old vines
Alte Reben
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Anreicherung
Broad term for sweetening must before or during fermentation. Whereas chaptalization means the addition of sugar only, enrichment also includes the addition of grape must, concentrated grape must, and RCGM.
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German term for Botrytis
Edelfäule
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German term for single vineyard
Einzellage
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Federweisser
Unfiltered must still containing CO2 and still fermenting - a fall harvest drink
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term for bottle-fermented sekt
Flaschengärung
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Füder
1000L cask common in Mosel
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Gemeinde
local community or village
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Grosses Gewächs are equivalent to what pradikat level ripeness?
Spatlese
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Gutsabfüllung
Grown, produced, bottled by same person/estate
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Rotling
German Rosé made from mixed reds/whites (as opposed to Weissherbst - single variety)
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Schillerwein, Schielerwein
Schiller = Rotling from Württemburg. Historically a field blend, now blending is mandated - an oddity for EU rosé styles. Schiller = from Sachsen
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German equivalent term to chateau?
Schloss
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Steillage
Steep site - more than 30% incline
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Ton (German)
Clay
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"Trocken" on a German label
4 g/L or less * Up to 9 g/l if TA within 2 g/l of total RS
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Vorlese
pre-harvest to get rid of rot/bad grapes
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Weissherbst
single variety Rosé (as opposed to mixed red/whites Rotling rosé)
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German term for Ungrafted?
Wurzelecht
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German term for winegrower?
Winzer
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General Öchsle range for German Kabinett
70 - 85º *73º in Mosel/Nahe/Pfalz for whites *higher end is for reds generally
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General Öchsle range for German Spätlese
76 - 95º *most more important white regions are around 80º, 85º or 87º *Pfalz is 90º
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General Öchsle range for German Auslese
83 - 105º *Mosel is low for the better regions at min. 88º, 92º for reds * Pfalz, Rheingau = min 100º
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General Öchsle range for German Beerenauslese (and eiswein)
110 - 128º *Mosel min. 110º *Nahe, Pfalz, Rheinhessen min 120º *Rheingau min 125º
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General Öchsle range for German Trockenbeerenauslese
150 - 154º Basically ALL are 150º except some outlying variety in the Baden that makes this a range
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Würzburger Stein
Franken in the Maindreieck bereich *85ha of limestone and loess *Riesling & Silvaner *renowned but very variable *Juliusspital, Burgerspital
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Spital
charitable hospital
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Taubertal
1971 divided Taubertal into parts Franken, Baden, and Württemberg. Franken's slice is in the Maindreiereck. Baden and Franken producers from the historic region can use Bocksbeutel - Württ's cannot
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Schwarzriesling
Pinot Meunier *specialty of Württemberg - the only anbaugebiet to really produce significant amounts
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Regent
Early ripening red hybrid *authorized in DE since 96
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1st German sparkling wine?
Württemberg, 1826 *former Veuve Cliquot employee making 4k bottles of sparkling Fruhburgunder, sells as "Sparkling wine from Württemberg"
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1st German to make sparkling wine?
Florenz-Ludwig Heidsieck 1785 in Champagne
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Who is the largest single wine producer in Germany?
Hessan State Winery
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Baden's 4 most important Bereich for Pinot Noir? Soils?
1. Kaiserstuhl: volcanic soils & loess 2. Breisgau 3. Tuniberg (limestone soils - kind of a subregion of Kaiserstuhl that separated in 1991) 4. Ortenau *various formations of volcanic, calcareous, loess
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Kaiserstühl
Baden's most celebrated site for Pinot *the hills crown an extinct volcano with layers of loess *best Pinot sites are on steep volcanic sites *dry, sunny and in the rain shadow of the Vosges. Too much potential alcohol, too much heat are problems here Ichkarrer Schlossberg and Ihringer Winklerberg
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Germany's hottest single vineyard site?
Ihringen Winklerberg in the Kaiserstühl bereich in Baden
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Baden climate?
Warm Continental *Only German anbaugebiete to enter EU Climate Zone B (desert/semi-arid climates) * too warm for Dijon clones
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Baden's VDP Grosse Lage varieties? (6)
- Spatburgunder - Weissburgunder - Grauburgunder - Riesling - Chardonnay - Lemberger (Badische Bergstrasse & Kraichgau) *This is really the only place that does Grosse Lage Grauburgunder *Riesilng does particularly well in Kraichgau, Ortenau)
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Franken's VDP Grosse Lage grapes? (4)
Riesling, Silvaner, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir
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Württemberg most planted grapes?
1. Trollinger 2. Riesling 3. Lemberger 4. Schwarzriesling 5. Spatburgunder
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Weingut Graf Neipperg
Württemberg (Karl Neipperg brother is St. Emilion's Stefan von Neipperg)
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Top Ahr Pinot estates?
Jean Stodden Meyer-Näkel J.J. Adeneuer
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Hectares planted in the Ahr?
560ha That's about 2% of Rheinhessen and 6% of the Mosel. Small.
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Ahr's VDP Grosse Lage varieties? (3)
Pinot Noir, Frühburgunder Exclusively noble sweet: Riesling
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Dernau
Village in the Ahr; home to Meyer Nakel, hero of Ahr's Pinot revolution
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Ahr soils?
Upper Ahr = pure slate (no phylloxera here) Lower Ahr = basalt-derived clay atop pure slate *dark slate stores heat in the cold 50th parallel climate
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Ahr latitude?
50th parallel
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What makes great Pinot possible in the Ahr?
- East-west valley orientation: takes advantage of gulf stream - North-south vineyard orientation: maximizes sunlight - dark slate soils store heat - Eifel Mountains protect from wind & rain. More sunshine, less botrytis - best sites are on steep slopes above north bank of Ahr River
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Kloster Marienthal is the largest producer in what region?
Ahr
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2021 vintage in the Ahr?
Major devastating flooding
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What mountains shelter the Ahr?
Eifel Mountains
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Germany's anbaugebiet for Lemberger?
Württemberg
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The Mosel, Ahr, and Rhine Rivers meet up in what city?
Koblenz
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Mittelrhein: the need to know's
Siebengebirge & Loreley = 2 bereich. Loreley is most planted. Riesling = 70% of plantings *steep slopes of the Rhine Gorge, Devonian Slate soils but not as many south-facing sites *produces more trocken/halbtrocken styles Mittelrhein Riesling Charter - modeled after Vinea Wachau
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Smallest German Anbaugebiet?
Hessische-Bergstrasse
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2 anbaugebiet added after reunification?
Sachsen Saale Unstrut *both at 51N
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Germany's fastest growing wine region?
Saale-Unstrut
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Schloss Proschwitz
Sachsen's largest estate and 1st VDP member
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Riesling only for VDP Grosse Lage in what Anbaugebiet?
Nahe
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Anbaugebiet with Pinot Noir + Riesling (only) for VDP Grosse Lage? (4)
Mosel Mittelrhein Rheingau Rheinhessen (Nahe is the only single variety - Riesling)
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What is the max. yield for all VDP Grosse Lage sites?
50hl/ha
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VDP's big yearly tasting event to debut their wine?
VDP. Weinbörse "wine exchange" - almost every single VDP member presents wines there End of April annually in Mainz
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Bacharach - where and major producer
important wine town in Middle Rhein/Mittelrhein Toni Jost is the premier producer in this town/anbaugebiet Ratzenberger also here
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Largest landowner/most important winery in Hessische-Bergstrasse?
Kloster Eberbach's Domaine Bergstrasse - controlling 35ha *only VDP member
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Major city in Sachsen? Major river?
Elbe River Dresden
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Min. ABV for VDP Grosses Gewachs?
12%
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Steillage
steep site - 30º +
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German word for grappa, marc
Trester
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term for glass stopper
Vino-Lok
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