Germany general Flashcards
(140 cards)
1
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What’s the best vintage between 2000, 2001, 2002 in Germany?
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- 2001
2
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What’s the german synonym for Blaufränkisch?
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- Lemberger
3
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What happened during the Flurbereiningung campaign?
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- Helps to counteract the extreme fragmentation
- Created proper access for tractor
4
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What is the minimum must weight for Kabinett?
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- 70-85
5
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What is the minimum must weight for Spätlese?
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- 76-95
6
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What is the minimum must weight for Auslese?
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- 83-105
7
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What is the minimum must weight for Beerenauslese?
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- 110-128
8
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What is the minimum must weight for Eiswein?
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- 110-128
9
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What is the minimum must weight for Trockenbeerenauslese?
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- 150-154
10
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How can a producer indicate a higher level of sweetness and distinction beyond a wine’s labeled Prädikat?
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- the Goldkapsule and the lange Goldkapsule
11
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In which anbaugebiete can we find the star system? , **, **
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- Mosel, this indicates reserve bottling
12
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True of false, malolactic is usually encouraged for Riesling?
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- False, it is usually stopped
13
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What is the synonym of Pinot Noir Précoce in Germany? Where is mainly it found?
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- Frühburgunder, Ahr
14
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What is the most common grape variety for quality Sekt?
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- Riesling
15
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What means the term Klassische Flaschengärung?
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- Traditional method sparkling wine
16
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Which sekt appellation the traditional method is mandatory?
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- Winzersekt, single-varietal, estate-grown sparkling wines
The grape must be listed, vintage must be on the label (85%) rule, wines must be made in the same region where they’re grown
17
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Who produced the first official Cabinet in 1712?
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- Kloster Eberbach
18
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Who produced the first official planned Spätlese in 1775?
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- Schloss Johannisberg
19
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Which Anbaugebiete have the highest ratio per hectare of Riesling?
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- Rheingau, 8 out of every 10 vines in the Rheingau are Riesling
20
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Traditionally, what’s the difference between a Mosel and Rheingau bottle?
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- Mosel: Green glass
- Rheingau: Brown glass
21
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What VDP means?
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- Verband Die Prädikatsweingüter
22
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What TDN means?
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- Norisoprenoid Hydrocarbon Trimethyl Dihydronaphtalene
TDN formatioon responds to fruit microclimate and is increased by high temperatures and solar radiations
23
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What is the crossing of Müller-Thurgau?
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- Riesling x Madeleine Royale
- Swiss Dr. Hermann Müller at the Geisenheim Grape Breeding Institute
- 1882
24
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What is the longest tributary of the Rhine river?
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- Mosel (545 km)
25
What is the classic English nickname for Rhine wine?
- Hock
26
What is the Stück cask capacity?
- 1200 L
27
What is the Halbstück cask capacity?
- 600 L
28
What is the Doppelstück cask capacity?
- 2400 L
29
What is the largest wine region in Germany?
- Rheinhessen
30
Where is the German's top enological school/ grape-breeding institute?
- Rheingau - Geisenheim
31
Which Anbaugebiete has more land of Silvaner?
- Rheinhessen
32
Who is largest family-owned estate in Germany?
- Dr. Bürklin-Wolf, Pflaz
33
How is named the lake Constance in Germany?
- Bodensee
34
What is the smallest Anbaugebiet of Germany?
- Hessische Bergstrasse
35
Which Anbaugebiete in Germany red grapes is more planted than white?
- Ahr
- Württemberg
36
Where can we find almost all the Schwarzriesling grape in Germany?
- Württemberg
37
What is Schillerwein in Germany? Where is it located?
- Pale rosé made of red and white grapes.
- It is a speciality of Württemberg
38
Where can we find Goldriesling crossing in Germany?
- Sachsen
39
What are the three highly praised vintage in Germany between 2000 and 2010?
- 2001
- 2005
- 2009
40
Which vintage between 2017, 2018, 2019 delivered the highest yields in Germany?
- 2018; Favorable weather throughout the growing season delivered the largest harvest since 1999. Wines are richer and riper overall, with charming off-dry styles, approachable GGs and excellent dessert wines. Offers more drinkability than aging potential
2017: An early start to the season was followed by heavy frost, with summer warm and dry until August, when rain brought challenges. Yields are down, but top producers delivered balanced, ageworthy wines
2019: Uneven flowering led to heterogeneous ripening, with record heat in July followed by cooler weather in August. Selection was key, resulting in a smaller crop of refined, precise Rieslings
41
In Germany, how do you call a wine without geographic designation ?
- Wein
- Deutscher Wein (if grapes are from Germany)
- Min 8.5% alcohol
42
Most planted white grape of Germany ? and 2nd ?
- Riesling
- Muller-Thurgau
43
What does ‘Alleinbesitz’ refers to ?
- A vineyard which is owned by only one owner (similar to a monopole in France)
44
What does ‘Amtliche Prüfungsnummer’ refers to ?
- Commonly referred to as the AP number; a quality control number on all QbA and QmP wines. The number contains the Exam Board number, commune number, producers registered number, an application number and the year of the application. Some producers use the application number as a sequential indication of sweetness.
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What does ‘Edelfaule’ refers to ?
- Noble Rot
46
What does ‘Einzellage’ refers to ?
- Single vineyard
47
What does ‘Erstes Gewächs’ refers to ?
- A former classification of dry wines from premier cru vineyards. Formerly a legal term used for dry wines in the Rheingau from the best vineyards (1999-2019).
- ALSO a premier cru in all regions, not controlled by the VDP, since 2021
48
What does ‘Feinherb’ refers to ?
- Half-dry, no legal definition.
49
What does ‘Flaschengärung’ refers to ?
- Bottle-fermented Sekt
50
What does ‘Gemeinde’ refers to ?
- Local community or village. Piesport, for example.
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What does ‘Grosses Gewächs’ refers to ?
- VDP classification of dry wines from the best vineyards, must be Spätlese ripeness.
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What does ‘Grosslage’ refers to ?
- A collection of vineyards; misleading term for inexpensive wines
53
What does ‘Gutsabfüllung’ refers to ?
- An estate-bottled wine. Grown, produced and bottled by the same person/estate. Coop is not allowed, it is the main difference with Erzeugerabfüllung (mis en bouteille)
A Gut is an estate; a Weingut, a wine estate.
Füllung: Complete
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What does ‘Halbtrocken’ refers to ?
- Half-dry, generally less than 18 g/L residual sugar
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What does ‘Kellerei’ refers to ?
- Wine cellar (or wholesaler)
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What does ‘Rotling’ refers to ?
- Rosé wine that is produced from a mixture of red and white varieties. Must have pale red or clear red color.
57
Difference between ‘Schielerwein’ & ‘Schillerwein’ ?
- Schielerwein: A rotling from Sachsen
- Schillerwein: A rotling from Württemburg
58
What does ‘Schloss’ refers to ?
- German word for castle; on a wine label it is equivalent to the French word château
59
What does ‘Schneewin’ refers to ?
- Snow wine, a term used to describe an ice wine made from grapes gathered when snow covered the vineyards
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What does ‘Stellage’ refers to ?
- Literally, steep site. A vineyard with an inclination of more than 30%.
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What does ‘Weissherbst’ refers to ?
- Rosé from a single variety of red grape.
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What does ‘Winzergenossenschaft’ refers to
- Co-op.
Winzer: winemaker
Genosse: companion
Schaft: a suffix added to create a certain category of group or activity
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What does ‘Wurzelecht’ refers to ?
- Ungrafted
Wurzel= root
Echt= Real
64
Name the thirteen Anbaugebiete of Germany.
- Ahr
- Baden
- Franken
- Hessische-Bergstrasse
- Mittelrhein
- Mosel
- Nahe
- Pfalz
- Rheingau
- Rheinessen
- Saale-Unstrut
- Sachsen
- Württemberg
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Year VDP was founded ?
- 1910
- As the VDNV, or Verband Deutscher Naturweinversteigerer
- Assembly of four regional winegrowers’ associations promoting the Natur (unchaptalized) wines at auction
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True or False ? In the VDP system, ‘Orstwein’ is the product of a single vineyards in multiple village.
- False
- Orstwein = the product of multiple vineyards in a single village
67
What does ‘Blauen Schiefer’ refers to ?
- Blue slate
68
True or False ? The Erste Lage category is often labeled in traditional fashion, with the vineyard preceded by the village name—e.g., Iphöfer Kronsberg.
- True
69
‘Goldtröpfchen, Rothenberg, Hermannshöhle’ are great example of ________ ?
- Grosse Lage sites
- Labeled solely with the vineyard name, in true grand cru fashion
70
True or False ? Chaptalization is legally possible for Grosses Gewächs.
- True
- Chaptalization is banned for QmP
- Chaptalization is allowed for QbA
- All VDP dry wines, including the very expensive Grosses Gewächs bottlings, are simply Qualitätswein in the eyes of the law. Chaptalization is therefore legally possible—and routinely practiced with Spätburgunder
- Despite the VDP’s original mission of promoting Natur wines
71
Maximum yield (hl/ha) for Gutswein – Orstwein - Erste Lage - Grosses Lage ?
- Gutswein : 75 hl/ha
- Ortswein : 75 hl/ha
- Erste Lage : 60 hl/ha
- Grosse Lage : 50 hl/ha
72
In VDP system, the Erste Lage category still does not exist in three Anbaugebiete. Name them.
- Ahr
- Mosel
- Rheinessen
73
Why Muller-Thurgau became an incredibly important variety in Germany after WWII ?
- Important component of mass-made Liebfraumilch
- Early ripening and high yielding
- German consumers during the period loved off-dry Müller-Thurgau for its muscat-like taste
- Not considered a quality grape in Germany today
74
What is Dornfelder ?
- Germany’s second most planted red grape variety
- Helfensteiner x Heroldrebe
- August Herold in 1956
75
What does ‘Rülander’ refers to ?
- Grauburgunder in sweet botrytized style, labeled as Ruländer
76
German name for Blaufrankisch ?
- Lemberger
77
Which grape is a cross of Riesling and Bukettrebe at Alzey in 1916 ?
- Scheurebe
78
What is Schwarzrielsing ?
- Pinot Meunier
79
What does ‘Ortsteil’ refers to ?
- Administrative unit in Germany
- Sort of like a suburb
- Walled vineyard
80
What does ’Bereiche’ refers to ?
- Bereiche are defined subregions in German wine law
81
Which Anbaugebiet could produce Liebfraumilch ?
- Nahe
- Pfalz
- Rheingau
-Rheinhessen
82
What is the minimum residual sugar of a Liebfraumilch ?
- 18 g/L.
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Liebfraumilch must contain at least 70 % of which varietals ?
- Riesling
- Müller-Thurgau
- Silvaner
- Kerner
84
What does ‘Kalkstein’ refers to ?
- Limestone
85
What does ‘Muschelkalk’ refers to ?
- Shell-Limestone
86
What does ‘Rüttelpult’ refers to ?
- Pupitre
-Aka a Riddling rack
87
What does ‘g.g.A.’ refers to ?
- Geschützte Geographische Angabe (g.g.A) or Protected Geographic Specification
- Landwein / Vin de Pays / PGI
- 47-55 Oe.
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What does ‘g.U’ refers to ?
- Geschützte Ursprungsbezeichnung (g.U) or Protected Designation of Orgin, a single-vineyard site approved by the EU
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What does ‘Süssreserve’ refers to ?
- Additon of must to sweeten AFTER fermentation
90
in which german city is located the German Wine Institute ?
- Mainz
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In regards to the VDP rules, a Spätburgunder GG cannot be produce in which Anbaugebiet ?
- Mosel
- Nahe
92
Explain Oeschle scale ?
- Germany’s cool climate used to make sweet riesling quite rare, so they were cherished
- Germany’s wine law was established in 1971, it was centered around ripeness
- Ripeness is measured in degrees of Oechsle
- Must density in relation to water
- The rationale was that a higher Oechsle level would indicate a riper wine from a superior growing site
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What does ‘anreicherung’ refers to ?
- Chaptalization
Reiche= Rich
94
True or False ? Chaptalization is allowed in Prädikatswein, not in Qualitätswein.
- False
- Other way around, so is allowed for Qualitätswein.
- Prädikatswein forbid chaptalization
- Prior to 1971, unadultered wines from top vineyards were known as Naturwein
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What does ‘Gallization’ refers to ?
- Adutered wine by adding sugar solution to the finished wine (before 1910)
- Upset producers of Naturwein and other quality wine
- This led to the creation of Verband Deutscher Naturweinversteigerer (VDNV)
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Difference between Grosselage and Grosse Lage ?
- Grosslage should not be confused with Grosse Lage
- Grosslage is a collection of einzellagen, or single-vineyard sites
- Grosse Lage is a VDP term that indicates a top-tier site
97
When did the VDP implemented its own vineyard classification model ?
- 2012
98
At which ripeness levels are harvested GG Dry wines ?
- Spätlese
99
How much contain a ‘Viertelstück’ ?
- 300 L.
100
Who is ‘Charles the Fat’ and what is he known for ?
- Aka emperor Charles III, great-grandchild of Charlemagne
- Brought Pinot Noir (Spätburgunder) from Burgundy, where it is most probably native, to the south of Germany
- Was first documented in the year 884 at Lake Constance, Baden
101
True or False ? Sekt can be made using the tank method (Germany).
- True
- The bulk of production comes from big brands like Henkell or Rotkäppchen, who make sparkling wine with the tank method. The base wine doesn’t need to be German; instead, it can be a blend from all over Europe.
102
Speaking of ‘Schaumwein’, what do we refer to (Germany) ?
- Sparkling wine
- Sekt b.A. or Qualitätsschaumwein b.A.: Grapes for these wines are sourced from a specific region, noted on the label
103
Speaking of ‘Perlwein’, what do we refer to (Germany) ?
- Sparkling wine with one to two-and-a-half atmospheres of pressure
- If the grapes are from a single region, it may be labeled as Qualitätsperlwein b.A.
104
Which german wine region is located slightly north of Alsace ?
- Pfalz
105
Germany’s largest producer of Riesling (Anbaugebiete)
- Pfalz
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Germany’s driest winegrowing climate ?
- Nahe
107
Which of those regions mandates the highest minimum must weight for Prädikatswein?
a. Pfaalz
b. Baden
c. Nahe
- Baden
108
Pick the vintage in which Botrytis was the most widespread.
a. 2009
b. 2010
c 2011
- 2010
109
Name 3 aspects that can be identified with the A.P. number.
- Location of examination board
- Village in which the wine was produced
- Producer
- Number of bottling lot
- Year during which the wine was tasted
110
What is Traubenadler?
- ‘’Grape Eagle’’ Logo of VDP, all wines of VDP producers must bear the logo
111
If a wine is labeled with the terms Kalkstein or Blauen Schiefer, is it most likely to be a VDP Gutswein or a VDP Ortswein?
- Ortswein. A village wine can be followed by the village name or a mention of a specific soil type. In this case, Kalkstein means limestone and Blauen Schiefer means blue slate.
112
In what anbaugebiete are we most likely to drink a GG Lemberger?
- Wüttemberg
113
Synonym of Schiava ?
- Trollinger
114
What type of wine is historically taxed since the early 1900s to finance the German Navy?
- Sparkling wine. The taxe in still in effect today. 1,02 euro per bottle.
115
What does the term Liedfraumilch mean?
- Our lady’s milk
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What is Keuper?
- Soil composed of limestone and marl.
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What 2 Anbaugebiete lie along the lake of Bodensee?
- Baden and Württemberg
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What is the VDP term for village wine ?
- Ortswein
119
Which winemaking technology helps the production of sweet wine in the 1950 in Germany?
- sterile filtration
120
What major natural feature forms Luxembourg’s border with Germany?
- Mosel river
121
What is the name of this estate?
- Kloster Eberbach
122
Which estate is on this label?
- Schloss Johannisberg
123
What the term Classic and Selection means on a German label?
- Classic wines are considered “harmoniously dry,” with a maximum residual sugar content of 15 g/l
Wines labeled “Classic” are single varietal wines and omit any mention of a vineyard on the label. They show a superior minimum alcohol content of 12% (11.5% in the Mosel).
- Selection wines are “superior dry” with a maximum residual sugar content of 9 g/l (12 g/l allowed for Riesling). Selection wines are single vineyard wines from a single variety. Yields are restricted to 60 hl/ha. Must weight for Selection wines must be equivalent to Auslese, and vineyards are hand-harvested. The wines may not be released prior to September 1 of the year following harvest.
124
What is the pyramid of quality of German wines?
- Wein
- Landwein
- Qualitätswein
- Prädikatswein
125
What is the tier system of the VDP?
126
Which Anbaugebietes have gU (PDO) designations?
- Mosel
- Nahe
- Franken
127
Name ALL Anbaugebiete which contain a Grosse Lage site named "Kirchenstück."
- Pfalz
- Rheingau
- Rheinhessen
128
Match the German city to the Anbaugebiet it is located within.
Stuttgart
Mainz
Koblenz
Dresden
Sachsen
Württemberg
Mittelrhein
Rheinhessen
- Stuttgart Württemberg
- Mainz Rheinhessen
- Koblenz Mittelrhein
- Dresden Sachsen
129
Steepest vineyard in the world?
- Engelsfelden in Buhlertal (Baden) - 75 degree slope
130
What region has the highest öechsle for spatlese riesling?
- Pfalz - 90
131
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
132
Where are the VDP and the German Wine Institute headquartered?
- Mainz - largest city in the region (Rheinhessen)
133
Most expensive bottle of wine on the titanic?
- Niersteiner Pettenthal
134
Where is Germany’s hottest vineyard?
Baden - Ihringer Winklerberg (Kaiserstuhl)
135
Portion of VDP vineyards planted to riesling
- 55%
136
True or False - top modern dry rieslings often undergo prefermentation skin contact?
- True
137
What the term Riesling Hochgewächs refers to?
- Literally meaning ”high growth”. A riesling with a natural alcohol level at least 1.5 percentage points above the minimum Qualitätswein requirement for the Anbaugebiet. Additionally, the wine has to score an average of at least 3 points in the official wine examination
138
How many wine per producer can be made has a GG on a single GL?
- One
139
Since 2021, what is the regulation of a Erste Gewächs?
- From a single vineyard or small parcel within a collective site
- Max 60 hectoliters per hectare in flat areas and 70 hectoliters per hectare in steep areas
- Single grape variety that matches regional taste profile
- Must undergo a sensory evaluation from a licensed panel
- Must reach minimum alcohol level of 11%
- Must be dry
- May not be sold until March 1 of the year following harvest
140
Why German riesling does not usually do malolactic transformation?
- The pH is too low, it does not start naturally
