Mosel Flashcards
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What bottle attribute indicates higher must weight in the Mosel? What Pradikat level will these usually be applied to?
Goldkapsel, a longer golden capsule around the cork. These are usually found in Auslese bottlings.
Where does the Mosel river flow?
It flows eastward from the Vosges Mountains into Germany, until it merges with the Rhine at Koblenz.
What is the main soil type of the Mosel?
Devonian Slate
How big is the Mosel?
8,871ha planted to vine
What’s confusing about the mosel regions?
The “upper mosel” is actually the southern part of the Mosel river, and vice-versa. The names refer to the direction that the river flows (i.e. “Upper” would be closer to the beginning, near France)
What’s the climate of the Mosel like? Why?
One of the warmest in Germany, the river and slate combine to reflect/retain heat.
Where is the Burg Cochem bereiche located?
The Lower Mosel, from Koblenz to Zell
Where is Bernkastel located?
Mittelmosel, from Briedel to Trier
Where is Obermosel located?
Mittelmosel, from Trier to the boundary of Rheinland-Pfalz and the Saarland
Where is Moseltor located?
Saarland, to the French-German border
What is Burg Cochem also known as, how did it get this name?
Terrassenmosel, or Terraced Mosel, due to its dizzyingly steep slopes requiring grapes to be grown on terraced vineyards
What are the famous villages of Burg Cochem?
Cochem, Zell, Beilstein and Winningen
What is the steepest vineyard in Europe?
the Calmont, located between the villages of Bremm and Ediger-Eller in Burg Cochem
Who is the most famous winegrower in Burg Cochem?
Reinhard Lowenstein
How big is Bernkastel?
It’s a stretch about 50km long, with almost 6,000 ha of vines
What is the soil type of Bernkastel?
Blue Devonian slate, throughout the entire region save for Urzig
What soil defines the vineyards of Urzig?
Rotliegend, a reddish-colored volcanic rock
Which famous vineyard in Bernkastel is an amphitheater?
Piesport Goltropfchen
What are the most famous vineyards in Bernkastel?
Trittenheim, Piesport, Brauneberg, Bernkastel-Kues, Graach an der Mosel, Wehlen, Zeltingen, Urzig, and Erden
What are some of the most famous vineyard sites in Bernkastel?
Trittenheim: Apotheke Piesport: Goldtropfchen, Domherr Brauneberg: Juffer, Juffer Sonnenuhr Bernkastel-Kues: Doctor, Lay Graach an der Mosel: Domprobst, Josephshofer Wehlen: Sonnenuhr Zeltingen: Sonnenuhr Urzig: Wurzgarten
What are the VDP-classified einzellagen of Burg Cochem?
Winninger Uhlen, Winninger Rottgen, Hatzenport Stolzenberg, Hatzenport Kirchberg,
What are the VDP-classified einzellagen of Punderich?
Marienburg, Nonnengarten
What are the VDP-classified einzellagen of Erden?
Treppchen, Pralat
What is the VDP-classified einzellage of Urzig?
Wurzgarten
