Niederosterreich

Question 1

What is the climate of Niederosterreich?

Answer 1

Continental, with severe winters and hot dry summers

Question 2

What two regions of Niederosterreich are not on the Danube?

Answer 2

Weinviertel- in the hills north of the Danube

Thermenregion- south of Vienna

Question 3

What are the subzones of Niederosterreich?

Answer 3

Weinvertel 
Carnuntum
Traisental
Wagram
Kremstal
Kamptal
Wachau
Thermenregion

Question 4

What was Austria’s first DAC? When was it promoted?

Answer 4

Weinviertel DAC

Promoted in 03, for the 02 vintage

Question 5

What are the styles and abvs of Weinvertel DAC?

Answer 5

GV only
Classic 12% (fruity, spicy, peppery, no botrytis, no wood)
Reserve 13% (subtle botrytis and wood notes are acceptable)

Question 6

What DACs are for Riesling and GV?

Answer 6

Kamptal DAC
Kremstal DAC
Traisental DAC

Question 7

What is gneiss called in Austria?

Answer 7

gföhler

Question 8

What is the max RS for all Niederosterreich DACs?

Answer 8

Max 9 g/l RS (legal trocken)

Total acidity must be within 2 g/l of RS

Question 9

Which Niederosterreich DACs have lower baseline abv? What is it?

Answer 9

Kamptal and Traisental DACs have a minimum 11.5% abv as opposed to Kremstal and Weinvertel DACs which are 12% for classic. Traisental and Kamptal both go up to 12% for indication of village (not a category for the other 2)
They all are 12.5% for ried and 13% for Reserve

Question 10

Which DAC is classically makes the most peppery GV?

Answer 10

Weinvertel DAC

Question 11

Name two tributaries off the Danube.

Answer 11

Krems

Kamp

Question 12

What Niederostrerreich DAC can make both white and red? What was its first DAC vintage?

Answer 12

Carnuntum DAC
2019 was the first vintage
Wachau DAC
Wagram?

Question 13

What are the grapes of Carnuntum DAC?

Answer 13

white: 
GV
Weissburgunder
Chardonnay
Red:
Zweigelt 
Blaufrankisch

Question 14

What is the Pyramid of Origin in Carnuntum DAC

Answer 14

Gebietswein (regional)
Ortswein (village)
Riedenwein (single vineyard)

Question 15

Are the wines of Carnuntum blends?

Answer 15

They can be single variety from the list of authorized grapes, or blends w minimum 66% authorized varieties

Question 16

Name a village of Carnuntum DAC.

Answer 16

Göttlesbrun
Arbesthal
Höflein
Petronell
Prellenkirchen

Question 17

Name the major villages of Kamptal DAC

Answer 17

Langenlois
Zöbing
Kammern
Gobelsburg
Strass im Strassertal
Engabrunn

Question 18

Name three Erste Lages of Langelois.

Answer 18

Dechant
Loiserberg
Spiegel
Seeberg
Kittmannsberg
Steinhaus
Steinmassl
Thal
Schenkenbichl
Kaferberg

Question 19

What are the Erste Lages of Zobing?

Answer 19

Gaisberg
Heiligenstein
Kogelberg

Question 20

What are the Erste Lages of Kammern?

Answer 20

Gaisberg
Grub
Lamm
Renner

Question 21

What are the Erste Lages of Strass im Strassertal?

Answer 21

Gaisberg
Ofenberg
Wechselberg Spiegel

Question 22

What is the Erste Lage of Engabrunn?

Answer 22

Stein

Question 23

What was the first vintage of each Niederosterreich DAC?

Answer 23

Weinvertal: 02
Traisental: 06
Kremstal: 07
Kamptal: 08
Carnuntum: 19

Question 24

Name the major villages of Kremstal DAC

Answer 24

Krems
Stein
Senftenberg
Rohrendorf
Gedersdorf
Furth

Question 25

What villages of Kamptal share Gaisberg?

Answer 25

Zobing Strass im Strassertal Kammern

Question 26

What grapes qualify for Erste Lage in Austria?

Answer 26

GV and Riesling only

Question 27

What regions of Austria have Erste Lage vineyards?

Answer 27

Kamptal DAC Kremstal DAC Traisental DAC Wagram

Question 28

What grape are the Heiligenstein and Gaisberg vineyards known for?

Answer 28

Riesling

Question 29

What grape is the Lamm vineyard known for?

Answer 29

GV

Question 30

Name an Erste Lage in Krems.

Answer 30

Gebling Thurnerberg Wachtberg Lindberg

Question 31

Name an Erste Lage in Stein (Kremstal)

Answer 31

Pfaffenberg Gaisberg Kögl

Question 32

Name an Erste Lage in Senftenberg

Answer 32

Pellingen Pfeninberg Hochacker Ehrenfels

Question 33

Name an Erste Lage in Gedersdorf.

Answer 33

``` Steingraben Spiegel Vordernberg Wieland Mosburgerin ```

Question 34

Name 3 producers of Kremstal DAC

Answer 34

Nigl Salomon Undhof Stadt Krems

Question 35

Name 3 villages of Traisental DAC

Answer 35

Reichersdorf Getzerdorf Inzersdorf

Question 36

What is the soil of Traisental DAC?

Answer 36

Limestone and Gravel

Question 37

Name a Traisental producer

Answer 37

Markus Huber | Ludwig Neumayer

Question 38

Name an Erste Lage of Traisental.

Answer 38

- Inzersdorf: Zwirch, Rothenbart - Reichersdorf: Alte Setzen - Getzerdorf: Berg

Question 39

What regions of Niederosterreich are south of Vienna?

Answer 39

Carnuntum DAC | Thermenregion

Question 40

Explain Carnuntum DAC's location?

Answer 40

south of Wienvertel DAC North of Leithaberg DAC Southeast of Wiener Gemischtersatz DAC

Question 41

Expalin Traisental DAC's location

Answer 41

Southern banks of the Danube Southeast of Kremstal DAC Southwest of Wagram

Question 42

WHat did Wagram used to be called? When did it change?

Answer 42

Donauland | 2007 it became Wagram

Question 43

What is a specialty of Wagram?

Answer 43

Roter Veltliner | very minimal acreage

Question 44

What village straddles Wagram and Kamptal DAC?

Answer 44

Engabrunn

Question 45

Name a major village of Wagram

Answer 45

``` Feuersbrunn Fels Grossriedenthal Gösing Kirchberg Grossweikersdorf Klosterneuburg ```

Question 46

Name an Erste Lage in Wagram

Answer 46

``` Feuersbrunn: Spiegel, Rosenberg Oberstockstall: Schlossberg Ruppersthal: Mordthal Fels am Wagram: Brunthal, Scheiben Engabrunn: Stein ```

Question 47

What are Wagram's most planted grapes?

Answer 47

GV (49%) Zweigelt (14%) MT (8%)

Question 48

What is the warmest region of Niedorsterreich? Why?

Answer 48

Thermenregion | Very exposed to the hot Pannonian summers, no moderation from any river. Similar climate to neighboring Burgenland

Question 49

What are the specialties of Thermenregion?

Answer 49

Rotgipfler Zierfandler When blended: Spatrot-Rotgipfler

Question 50

What is Spatrot-Rotgipfler?

Answer 50

A blend of Rotgipfler and Zierfandler, a specialty of Thermenregion

Question 51

Name an important village of Thermenregion.

Answer 51

Gumpoldskirchen | Baden (becuase of the thermal baths)

Question 52

Where is the institute at Klosterneuberg located?

Answer 52

Wagram

Question 53

What year did the "Antifreeze"Scandal happen?

Answer 53

1985

Question 54

Who created the first Wire Trellising system? When?

Answer 54

Lenz Moser of Kremstal. | 1950s

Question 55

When was TBA first recorded in Austria?

Answer 55

1526 | (Schloss Johannisberg didn't purposefully harvest Spatlese until 1775

Question 56

What are the levels of quality for Austrian wine?

Answer 56

Wein Landwein Qualitatswein

Question 57

What is the min KMW, max abv and RS for Austrian Kabinett?

Answer 57

17º KMW max 13% abv max 9 g/l RS

Question 58

What is the min abv for all Austrian Pradikatswein (starts at Spatlese)

Answer 58

min 5% abv

Question 59

What are the min KMWº for pradikatswein?

Answer 59

``` Spat: 19º Auslese: 21º BA: 25º Eiswein: 25º Strohwein: 25º Ausbruch: 30º TBA: 30º ```

Question 60

When did the Austrian Sekt with Protected Designation of Origin become a legal category?

Answer 60

2016

Question 61

What are the lees requirements for the three tiers of Austrian Sekt Qualitatswein?

Answer 61

Klassik: 9 mo lees Reserve: 18 mo lees Große Reserve: 36 mo lees

Question 62

How specific about area of origin can a Klassik or Reserve Sekt be?

Answer 62

Must not be more specific than the federal state in which the grapes were grown

Question 63

Which level of Austrian Sekt allows for vineyard desgination?

Answer 63

Große Reserve only

Question 64

Which levels of Asutrian Sekt must be hand harvested?

Answer 64

Reserve and Große Reserve

Question 65

Does all Austrian Sekt Qualitatswein have to be traditional method?

Answer 65

NO | Klassik does not have to be traditional method, nor hand harvested.

Question 66

What is the Austrian term for Grower Sekt?

Answer 66

Hauersekt