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DE: Franken, Nahe, Rheinhessen Flashcards

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Franken is located within what German state?

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Bavaria

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Franken’s main river

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The Main River
*tributary of the Tauber

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Franken 3 bereich

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1) Mainviereck (Main Square)
2) Maindreieck (Main Triangle)
3) Steigerwald

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Steigerwald bereich

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Franken
* easternmost, highest, coolest
* Keuper (gypsum-laced black soils) - keeps vines warm enough for the north-facing sites
* Castell, Iphofer = main towns

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Mainviereck bereich

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Franken
“main square”
warmer, western, important for PN
* Klingenberg, Bürgstadt
* weathered red sandstone, gentler climate
*Rudolph Fürst = premier producer

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Maindrieick bereich

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Franken; “Main triangle”
* Wurzberg
* 3/4 of Franken production
*shell limestone soils, white wines
*Würzberg is in this bereich

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Franken’s most important city?

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Würzberg

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Franken white grapes

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  1. Muller-Thurgau
  2. Silvaner
  3. Bacchus
  4. Riesling
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Riesling in the Franken

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It isn’t widely grown: Too cold, too sharply continental. Growing season is too short and harsh.
* Spring frosts, short hot summers, bitter winters
* Riesling can only survive on the most steep, south-facing slopes - limited growing area.

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Rudolf Fürst

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Rudolf Furst, Burgstadt, Mainviereck bereich Franken
* premier producer of Pinot Noir
* Bürgstadter Centgrafenberg, Hundsrück

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Franken’s largest producer?

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Juliuspital

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1st German Silvaner plantings?

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1659, planted by the Cistercians in Castell

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Minimum must weight requirement for Franken’s varieties bottled in bocksbeutel?

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72° Oechsle, vs a minimum 63° oechsle for general qualitatswein

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What is ‘realteilung’?

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the process of buying, swapping, and tweaking boundaries of a property

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2 important villages for Franken Silvaner

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Castell, Iphofer
Steigerwald bereich

  • westernmost highest & coolest bereich
  • black gypsum-laced Keuper soils keep vines warm at night, even on north-facing slopes

Hans Wirsching, based in Iphofen

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Single vineyard PDOs in Franken?

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Würzberger Stein-Berg
Bürgstädter Burg

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4 tributaries of the Nahe River

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Northern: Grafenbach, Trollbach
Southern: Glan, Alsenz

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Varieties for Nahe VDP Grosse Lage wines?

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Riesling only

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Nahe lay of the land

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1 bereich: Nahetal
- Upper Nahe: Hunsrück Hills
- Middle Nahe: Hunsrück Hills keep it cool; most famous Grosse Lage + villages
- Lower Nahe: heavier clay, loess, warmer. Good Spatburgunder area.

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Upper Nahe important villages/producers

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Monzingen (Emrich-Schonlieber)
Bockenau (Schäfer-Frohlich)

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Rotenfels

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Nahe
* Huuuuge rock formation on the Nahe, 2km long rising to 327M
* Porphyry (rhyolite/reddish volcanic rock)
* near Norheim in southern Nahe

Dorsheimer Rotenfels, Traisen Rotenfels = 2 important Grosse Lage

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Weingut Dönnhoff

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Based in Oberhauser (Middle Nahe)

3 GG: Hermanshölle, Dellchen, Brücke

Top sites:
* Niederhauser Hermanshölle
* Oberhauser Brücke
* Norheimer Dellchen

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Emrich-Schönlieber

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Monzingen (Upper Nahe)

GG’s: Halenberg, Frühlingsplätzchen

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Oberhauser Brücke

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Nahe
Monopole of Weingut Dönnhoff
*S/SE-facing
* grey slate, loess loam
* 0-15%

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Schäfer-Frohlich
Bockenau (Upper Nahe - nearest the Hünsruck Hills) Top sites: Felseneck, Halenberg, Frühlingsplätzchen
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Bockenau Felseneck
Upper Nahe in the Ellerbach Valley Bockenau Schäfer-Fröhlich = key producer
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Niederhauser Hermanshöhle
Middle Nahe *Dönnhoff, Emrich-Schonlieber, Kruger-Rumpf * Argillaceous slate with limestone veins * 130 - 175M; 40 - 60% slope
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4 main Nahe soils
weathered volcanics slate limestone schist
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Norsheimer Dellchen
* a Dönnhoff GG; Kruger-Rumpf *slate, quartzite, reddish iron-rich volcanics
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Nahe climate
transition between maritime and continental * Hünsruck Hills/Forest block cold winds * mild, dry ~20in rain/yr
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Bad Kreuznach
Largest town along the Nahe River; center of wine trade in Nahe * sometimes considered its own subregion * situated near Niederhäuser Hermannshöhle Schlossböckelheimer Felsenberg Oberhauser Brücke
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Schlössbockenheimer Felsenberg
Nahe "rock mountain" * Dönnhoff, Schonlieber, Gut Hermannsberg * Felsentürmchen = rock formation on Felsenberg labels
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Germany's highest production anbaugebiet
Rheinhessen
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Roter Hang - where is it - soils - key vineyards
Rheinhessen - "red slope" * clay and red sandstone between Nierstein and Nackenheim *East-facing, 70 - 80% * Pettenthal, Rothenberg = key vineyards in this formation Part of the Rheinterrasse, a span of east-facing exposures protected from frost and winds.. major vineyards here
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Roter Hang villages/vineyards
Nierstein (Pettenthal) Nackenheim (Rothenberg) Oppenheim ["red hill" of clay and weathered sandstone between these towns. E-facing, 70 - 80% grade - part of the larger **Rheinterrasse** in the Rheinhessen]
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Liebfraumilch - what anbaugebiet can produce it - min RS - grapes
Nahe, Rheinhessen, Rheingau * min. 70% Silvaner, Riesling, MT, Kerner * min 18 gl RS * no varietal labelling
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Klaus Peter Keller - location - 3 top sites
Florsheim-Dalsheim, Rheinhessen (Wonnegau Bereich) * they are located in the Hügelland - which isn't considered to be the best area of the Rheinhessen Top sites (GG's): - Westhofener Kirchspiel - Westhofener Morstein - Florsheim-Dalsheim Abtserde Petterthal, Hipping = Keller's Roter Hang holdings Bought Piesporter Schubertslay in the Mosel (2017) G-Max: undisclosed vineyard G = Georg, the founder // M = Max, Klaus' son
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Message in a Bottle
Rheinhessen growers organization est 1992 "Top quality in the glass and fun with wine" Wittmann Philipp Battenfeld-Spanier Wagner Stempel
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Nierstein Pettenthal
Rheinhessen Grosse Lage
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Nackenheimer Rothenberg
Rheinhessen Grosse Lage *Gunderloch is a major land holder
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Rheinhessen's Kirchspiel
Flörsheim-Dalsheim Rheinhessen *limestone with marl/loess layers *Keller, Wittmann
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Westhofen Morstein
Rheinhessen Grosse Lage *pure limestone * Klaus Peter Keller, Wittmann
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Abtserde
Rheinhessen Grosse Lage Florsheim-Dalsheim * Keller is key producer
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Rheinhessen's VDP Grosse Lage varieties
Riesling, Pinot Noir
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Name 3 VDP Grosse Lage in Nierstein
Brudersberg Pettenthal Glöck Hipping Oelberg Orbel (all Roter Hang vineyards)
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Rheinterrasse is a key feature of?
Rheinhessen - span of east-facing slopes, includes the Roter Hang in Nierstein/Nackenheim
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Pettenthal, Rothenberg
Roter Hang VDP Grosse Lage Weathered red sandstone & clay Nierstein (Pettenthal) Nackenheim (Rothenberg)
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Name for conical vineyard huts in the Rheinhessen
Trulli - same name as in Puglia

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