Germany Flashcards
1
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What part of the Mosel is characterized by red slate rather than blue slate?
A
Near Erden and Urzig in the Mittelmosel (Bernkastel beriech)
Esp. Pralat, Treppchen
2
Q
Alleinbesitz in Mosel
A
Egon Muller (Wiltingen) Brauner Kupp - Saar;
Max Grunhaus (Mertesdorf) - Herrenberg, Abstberg, Bruderberg;
Karthaushofberg - Ruwer (Eitelsbach)
3
Q
3 sonnenuhr vineyards
A
Bernkastel Bereich
Wehlener
Zeltinger
Brauneberger Juffer
4
Q
Mosel Bereich closest to Rhine,
closest to France?
A
Burg Cochem,
Moseltor
5
Q
Josephshofer - gemeinde?
Owner?
A
Graach
Von Kesseltat alleinbesitz
6
Q
Soil type of the Middle Nahe
A
volcanic slate
7
Q
Bernakasteler Kues may label as
A
Alte Badstube am Doktorberg
8
Q
6 bereiche of the Mosel
A
Burg Cochem, Bernkastel, Ruwerthal, Saar, Obermosel, Moseltor
9
Q
JJ Christoffel and Monchoff are based where?
A
Urzig
10
Q
Who makes Urziger Wurtzgarten?
A
JJ Prum
Dr. Loosen
JJ Christoffel
11
Q
Mosel-Saar-Ruwer dropped to Mosel in what year?
A
2007
12
Q
Goldkapsel
A
Higher must weight - usually auslese wines - protest to the wine law outlawing ‘feine’ and ‘hochfeine’
13
Q
Bremmer Calmont
A
Steepest vineyard in Mosel - Burg Cochem - 65 degree slope
14
Q
Steepest vineyard in the world?
A
Engelsfelden in Buhlertal (Baden) - 75 degree slope
15
Q
Most prestigious single vineyard in the Nahe?
A
Niderhauser Hermannshohle (Donnoff),
Oberhauser Brucke (Donnhoff alleinbesitz),
Bockenauer Felseneck (Schafer-Frohlich) - NOT ON THE NAHE - Ellerbach tributary,
Monzinger Halenberg (Emmerich Schonleber) - Goulsbach
16
Q
The Nahe parallels what other major River?
A
Mosel River (the Nahe flows NE from the Hunsruck hills into the Rhein at Bingen)
17
Q
Major red wine grape of the Nahe?
A
Dornfelder - 20% of plantings
18
Q
Where is the upper Nahe?
A
Monzingen to Bad Kreuznach - red slate
19
Q
Towns which mark the ends of the Middle Nahe
A
Schlossbockelheim -> East -> Bad Kreuznach
20
Q
T or F - Nahe has the driest growing season?
A
T
21
Q
Which anbaugebiete is not allowed to make Grosse Lage kabinett ?
A
Pfalz
22
Q
What region has the highest öchsle for spatlese riesling?
A
Pfalz - 90
23
Q
Bereich with best vineyards in Pfalz
A
Mittelhaardt-deutsche weinstrasse (Forst, Deidesheim)
24
Q
Grosse Lage in French soil
A
Kammerberg, Schweigen - Friedrich Becker
25
Von Winning is controversial for what practice?
Barrel fermentation - inaugural vintage 2008
26
3 B’s of the Pfalz
Burklin Wolf, Bassermann Jordan, Von Buhl
27
This anbaugebiet contains the most plantings of Elbling
Mosel
28
Why is single stake trellising used in the Mosel?
Steep Slopes up to 70 degree gradient
einzerpfalerziehung
29
Where are the most Nahe vineyards located?
Between Traisen and Schlossbockelheim
30
Who makes wine in the Lower Nahe?
Schlossgut Diel
31
Lower Nahe endpoints
Bad Kreuznach -> N -> Bingen
32
Sole Bereich of the Nahe
Nahetal
33
Oberhauser Bruck is a monopole of which producer?
Donnhoff
34
Where are the most plantings of fruhburgunder?
Early ripening pinot variant, thick skins, lower acid - The Ahr
35
Spatburgunder - Upper vs. Lower Ahr
Lower Ahr - closer to Rhine warmer, riper
36
Mittel Ahr
Altenahr (Mayschoss, Rech, Dernau) to Walporzheim
37
(Unter Ahr) - Lower Ahr
from Walporzheim (Ahrweiler, Bad Neunahr) to Heimersheim
38
New oak aging (pieces) for spatburgunder in the Ahr - inaugural vintage
Meyer-Nakel (Dernau) and Jean Stodden (Rech) (scrapped his fuders) - 1985
39
Name 3 Grosse Lage vineyards in the Ahr
Recher Herrenberg (Stodden),
Dernauer Pfarrwingert (Mayer-Neykel),
Ahrweiler Rosenthal (JJ Adeneur)
40
Riesling GLs in Ahr
monchberg mayschoss,
Eck altenahr
41
What is the soil type of the Ahr?
volcanic slate, basalt, greywacke (sandstone), clay
42
What is the climate of the Ahr?
Almost Mediterannean thanks to the Eifel Mountains and woods creating a sun-trap
43
What latitude is the Ahr?
North of the 50th parallel
44
What type of pinot clones are used in the Ahr?
Swiss Mariafeld (historical),
Geisenheim,
Dijon
45
What are some common winemaking practices of the Ahr?
New Oak
De-stemming (green stems)
Chaptalization
46
Principal grapes of the Ahr
Spatburgunder
Riesling
Fruhburgunder
Portugieser
47
Upper Ahr vs Lower Ahr styles
Cooler climate in the Upper Ahr
48
T or F Upper is phylloxera free?
TRUE!
49
Sole Bereich of the Ahr
Walporzheimer Ahrtal
50
Eifel Mountains in what Anbaugebiet?
Ahr and Mosel
51
3 Domaines NOT in the VDP
Georg Breuer,
Von Simmern,
Schonborn,
Koehler Ruprecht (Pfalz)
52
What does an AP number tell you?
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Region Tested /
Commune Where Bottled /
Bottler’s Code /
Cuvee Code /
Year Sample Submitted
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53
General soil type of the Rheingau?
Red slate, quarzite, sand
54
Who owns the alleinbesitz (monopole) “Hattenheimer Steinberg”?
Kloster Eberbach - Cistercian Monastery - founded in 1136 - invented Kabinett style in 1712
55
Where is Schloss Johannisberg?
Between Geisenheim and Winkel - set back off the river - founded in 1100s by the Benedictines
56
What is the oldest family-run winery in Germany?
Schloss Schonborn - since 1349 (27 generations) - Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg (alleinbesitz)
57
List the major villages of the Rheingau from West to East
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Lorch,
Assmannshausen,
Rudesheim,
Geisenheim,
Johannisberg,
Winkel,
Oestrich,
Hallgarten,
Hattenheim,
Erbach,
Kiedrich,
Rauenthal,
Eltville,
Hocheim,
Wicker
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58
What is the significance of the Charta Association?
started in 1984 - 1st site-based quality hierarchy since the 1971 wine law - emphasis on dry wines - riesling and spatburgunder
59
Name the most notable einzellage of the gemeinde?
Assmansshausen - Hollenberg,
Geisenheim - Schloss Johannisberg,
Kiedrich - Grafenberg,
Erbacher - Marcobrunn,
Eltville - Sonnenburg
60
What is the image of the Charta emblem?
The balcony of the Graue Haus in Winkel
61
Name 2 members of Charta
Georg Breuer,
| Wegeler
62
What is the best spätburgunder vineyard in the Rheingau?
Assmanshausener Hollenberg
63
What are the 3 great sites of Rudesheim?
Berg Schlossberg - 70%,
Berg Rottland,
Berg Roseneck
64
Two major vintners of Rudesheim?
Georg Breuer,
| Josef Leitz
65
Major vintner of Oestrich?
Peter Jakob Kuhn
66
Major vintner of Hochheim (on the Main)?
Franz Kunstler
67
Major vintner of Wicker?
Joachim Flick
68
How many liters are contained in a doppelstuck?
2400 L
69
Where does the term ‘Hock’ come from?
Hochheim - confluence of Rhine and Main
70
Erste Lage wines
1999 - Rheingau, dry wine from riesling or spatburgunder (QBA quality)
71
Red wine center in Rheingau
Assmanshausen (August Kesseler)
72
T or F Rheingau has the most Erste Lagen classified vineyards?
TRUE! lots of Grosse Lagen also
73
Path of the Rhine River collides with the rise of what mountain range?
Taunus
74
Hocheim sits on the North bank of which River?
Main
75
Origin and ending point for the Rhine river
Swiss Alps, flows into the North Sea (2nd longest after the Danube)
76
Parallel of Rheingau
50
77
Bereich of the Rheingau
Johannisberg
78
Name the Gemeinde - ‘Kirchenstuck’
Hochheim
79
Pfaffenberg - gemeinde?
Hattenheim
80
Mannberg- gemeinde?
Hattenheim (Von Simmern)
81
Steinberg- gemeinde?
Hattenheim
82
Jungfer- gemeinde?
Hallgarten
83
Schonhell- gemeinde?
Hallgarten
84
Schloss Johannisberg -
Ortsteil (Geisenheim)
85
Alleinbesitz in Rheingau
Schloss Johannisberg,
Schloss Vollrads,
Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg,
Rauenthaler Nonnenberg
86
Producers of Assmansshausner Hollenberg
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August Kesseler,
Allendorf,
Robert Konig,
Balthazar Ress,
Kloster Eberbach,
Kunstler
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87
What is a stuck?
Traditional barrel in the Rheingau - 1200 L
88
Name 2 Ortsteil vineyards (suburb) - no need to include gemeinde name
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Steinberg (Hattenheim)
Schloss Vollrads (Winkel)
Scharzhofberg (Wiltingen)
Schloss Johannisberg
Schloss Reichartshausen (Hattenheim)
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89
List one exception to the 1971 wine law’s minimum vineyard size requirement - smaller than 5 ha
Bernkasteler Doctor
Forster Kirchenstuck
Forster Freundstuck
Schloss Vollrads
90
Where are the VDP and the German Wine Institute headquartered?
Mainz - largest city in the region (Rheinhessen)
91
First written record of Riesling?
“Russling” - in Worms 1402
92
First record of a vineyard in Germany?
“Glock” - in deed to church and vineyards from Carloman (Charlemagne’s Uncle) to the diocese of Wurzburg
93
What region in Germany has more silvaner plantings than any in the world?
Rheinhessen
94
What major bookend the Rheinterrasse at the North and South?
Mainz in the North, Worms in the South
95
Where is the Roter Hang?
Between Nierstein and Oppenheim - red clay and slate (Gunderloch - Nackenheimer Rothenberg)
96
Most expensive bottle of wine on the titanic?
Niersteiner Pettenthal
97
What is Message in a Bottle?
Growers association committed to increasing quality (native ferments) Keller and Wittman
98
What is the typical sweetness of Liebfraumilch?
Off-dry (min. 18 g/L)
99
Which anbaugebiete is not using Erste Lage tier of vineyards?
Rheinhessen
100
Liebfraumilch is part of what quality tier of German wine?
QbA
101
What is the minimum RS for Liebfraumilch?
15 g/L
102
Soils of the Roter Hang
Red Hill - red sandstone and clay
103
Towns capping the Roter Hang
Nackenheim, Nierstein
104
Which two gemeinde encapsulate the Roter Hang?
Nierstein, Nackenheim
105
Who produces G MAX?
The most expensive dry riesling - made by Keller - secret vineyard
106
Anbaugebiete with more plantings of red grapes than white?
Ahr
| Wurttemburg
107
Goldriesling is a specialty of which anbaugebiete?
Sachsen (aromatic crossing developed in Alsace)
108
What is Schielerwein - Sachsen?
Rotling, rose
109
Sachsen & Saale Unstrut became official in what year?
1990
110
What was once a specialty of Assmanshausen?
sweet spatburgunder up to the late 20th century
111
Cacti in vineyards in what anbaugebiete
Baden
112
Warmest winegrowing Bereich
Kaiserstuhl - cacti in vineyards, warmest vineyard - Ihringer Winklerberg - Ortenau, Breisgau (cotes de nuits), Kaiserstuhl,
113
Producers in Baden
Bernhard Huber, Konrad Salwey, Dr. Heger
114
Where is Germany’s hottest vineyard?
Baden - Ihringer Winklerberg (Kaiserstuhl)
115
What are the major water sources in Baden?
The Rhein River
the Tauber (tributary)
and the Bodensee (Lake Constance) - southern border with SUI
116
What is the major grape of the Tauberfranken and the Bodensee areas?
Muller-Thurgau
117
What are the major grape specialties of Baden?
The Pinots - Grau, Spat, Weiss
118
Where in Germany are you most likely to encounter Gutedel (Chasselas)
Baden - Markgraferland bereiche - near Basel, SUI
119
What are the main features of the Kaiserstuhl?
King’s Chair - extinct volcano - loess, volcanic, limestone - protected by the Vosges mountain rainshadow - Black Forest to the East - Rhein River - warmest region in Germany - need clones adapted to warmer climates
120
Name one Grosse Lage vineyard GG from Baden?
Oberrotweiler Henkenberg (Salwey), Malterdingen Bienenberg (Bernhard Huber), Ihringer Winterberg (Dr. Heger)
121
4 important Bereiche for spatburgunder (Baden-Baden to Frieburg)
Ortenau,
Breisgau,
Tuniberg,
Kaiserstuhl
122
What does the VDP permit for Baden for GG?
PN
- PG
- PB
- CH
- Riesling
123
Steepest vineyard in the world?
Engelsfelden in Buhlertal (Baden) - 75 degree slope
124
Lake Constance and the Tauber River are found in which Anbaugebiet?
Baden
125
Black Forest GIN from BADEN
Monkey 47
126
What is schwarzrielsing?
Pinot Meunier (Wurttemburg)
127
What is schillerwein?
“shimmering” trocken or halbtrocken, historically, rose of co-fermented red and white grapes,
NOW lots are fermented separately and then blended (Wurttemburg - specialty of Heilbronn)
128
Schillerwein
Rose made by blending from
129
What region has the highest öchsle for kabinett riesling?
Franken - 76
130
What are the three large co-operatives in Franken?
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Juliuspital (church charity),
Burgerspital (civic charity),
Staatliche Hofkeller (Bavarian state)
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131
Stein wein is from ?
Franken - Wurzburg
132
Franken is located in what German state?
Bavaria - Bayern
133
Silvaner appeared in which two gemeinde?
Iphofen, Castell (Austrian origins, came to Franken in 1600s)
134
What are the 3 Bereiche of Franken?
Mainviereck (4 sided Main),
Maindreieck (3 sided Main),
Steigerwald
135
Most famous vineyards in Mainviereck?
Rudolf Furst - Centgrafenberg (Burgstadt)
136
Most famous vineyards in Maindreieck?
Rainer Sauer - Lump (Escherndorf);
| Juliuspital, Burgspital - Stein (Wurzburg)
137
Most famous vineyards in Steigerwald?
Hans Wirsching - Julius Echterberg (Iphofen), Luckert
138
What is Rieslaner?
Riesling x Silvaner = nice sweet wines
139
Bacchus grape?
Crossing of Silvaner and an Austrian grape - sim to Sauvignon Blanc
140
Major soil types of Franken?
Maindreieck (Lump) - Muschelkalk sim. to Kimmerigean;
Mainviereck - red sandstone (Centgrafenberg);
Steigerwald - Keuper (Julius Echterer - clay, gypsum, marl, limestone)
141
Most planted grape of Franken
Muller-Thurgau
142
Wurzburger Stein
Riesling, Silvaner, limestone, loess
143
Portion of VDP vineyards planted to riesling
55%
144
Classic vs. Selection
Classic - max 15 g/L
Selection - max 9 g/L
single vineyard
single variety
145
Largest öchsle range
Auslese - 83-105
146
Smallest öchsle range
TBA - 150-154
147
Rose of one variety
Weissherbst
148
3 smallest anbaugebiete - by acreage
Hessiche Bergstrasse,
Sachsen,
Mittelrhein
149
Erste Lage (1er Cru) category exists in which anbaugebiete?
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Baden,
Franken,
Pfalz,
Saale-Unstrut,
Württemberg
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Village name included with name of vineyard i.e. Gevrey-CHAMBERTIN
150
Vintages in the 2000s
Poor - 2000;
| Good - 2005, 06, 07
151
Wines made with native ferments
Spontangurung
152
Malolactic fermentation
Biologisch
153
Winegrower
Winzer
154
Malolactic
Biologischsaurbauu
155
Terrace
Terrassen
156
Top planted grapes
Riesling, Muller-Thurgau, Spatburgunder
157
True or False - top modern dry rieslings often undergo prefermentation skin contact?
TRUE!
158
Quality botrytis (nobly sweet) vintages in Germany?
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2018 !!!,
2017,
2011,
2010 !!!,
2005 !!!,
2003,
2001 !!!,
1990 !!!,
1989 !!!
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159
Anbaugebiete with a ‘Kirchenstuck’ vineyard?
Rheingau, Rheinhessen, Pfalz
160
What year was German Wine Law Established?
1971
161
AP Nummer 1st number
Region Where Tested
162
AP Nummer 2nd number
Commune where bottled
163
AP Nummer 3rd number
Bottler’s Code
164
AP Nummer 4th number
Cuvee Code (different bottling runs)
165
AP Nummer 5th number
Year when submitted for testing (usually year after the vintage)
166
Minimum size for a vineyard in Germany
5 ha
167
Max RS for trocken wine?
Max 9 g/L
168
What is the smallest anbaugebiete in Germany?
Hessiche-Bergstrasse
169
Producer in Hessiche Bergstrasse
Sekthaus Griesel
170
Meisterstuck, Handstreich, Federspiel label terms
Mittelrhein - Mittelrhein riesling charter - modeled after Vinea Wachau
171
Producers in Mittelrhein
Toni Jost, Ratzenbeger
172
Bacharacher Hahn is an alleinbesitz of
Toni Bacharach
173
What is einzerpfalerziehung ?
Single post training (Mosel)
174
First TBA harvest happened when and where?
Kabinett
Spatlese
Auslese
Eiswein
Botrytis
TBA - 1526 in Austria
first Kabinett - 1712 Eberbach
first Spatlese - 1775 Johannisberg
(archbishop Fulda rider was late... vintage praised by Jefferson)
first Auslese - 1787
first Eiswein - 1794 Franken
first botrytis harvest - 1630 Tokaji
Szepsi Lacko Mate
175
Grosse Lage red wine min. aging
1 year in wood, released 2nd September after harvest
176
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VDP max yields per category
gutswein
ortswein
erste lage
grosse lage
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75
75
60
50
177
Is sussreserve permitted for Pradikat wines?
Yes, all in Germany (up to 15% volume)
NOT pradikat wines in Austria - max 15g/L
more common now to arrest fermentation than to backsweeten
