Rheingau Flashcards

(24 cards)

1
Q

Where is Turmberg vineyard

A

Kiedricher Turmberg in Rheingau

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2
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Which mountain is at the north of Rheingau

A

Taunus range

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3
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Allowable VDP. Grosse Lage Varieties of Rheingau

A

Riesling
Spätburgunder

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4
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Where is the Rheingau’s steepest vineyard

Located in which village

A

Berg Schlossberg in Rüdesheim

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5
Q

Bereiche of Rheingau

A

Johannisberg

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6
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Rheingau wine map

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7
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Which village is located in the Eastern Rheingau

The village is right next to which river

What is the climate condition

A

Hochheim am Main

Main River

Uncharacteristically warm

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8
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Which two villages are located in the Western Rheingau

What is the climate condition

A

Lorch & Assmannshausen

Conditions are more in line with the Mittelrhein than the central Rheingau; colder sites and purer slate soils are common

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9
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This former Cistercian monastery is considered to be the “birthplace” of Rheingau wine

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Kloster Eberbach founded by Cistercian monks in 1136

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10
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Who produced the first Spätlese, Auslese, and Eiswein in which year respectively

A

Schloss Johannisberg

Spätlese: 1775
Auslese: 1787
Eiswein: 1858

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11
Q

Charta Association is associated with which region

Promoting what style of wine

Founding year

Who is leading this association

A

Rheingau

Dry Riesling

1984

Bernhard Breuer of Rüdesheim’s Georg Breuer estate

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12
Q

Erstes Gewächs - this “first growth” category was permitted under German wine law since which vintage forward

Producers stop labeling this until which vintage

Applied to which variety

A

1999 vintage forward

Until 2019

Riesling and Spätburgunder

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13
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Three monopole vineyards of Rheingau

Who owned them

A

Schloss Johannisberg
Hattenheimer Steinberg - Kloster Eberbach
Hattenheimer Pfaffenberg - Schloss Schönborn

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14
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Top vineyard of Robert Weil

A

Kiedricher Gräfenberg

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15
Q

Hölle vineyard might come from which two villages

A

Hochheimer Hölle & Johannisberger Hölle

A shared name that indicates a rocky hill

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16
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Top three vineyards of Rüdesheim

A

Berg Rottland
Berg Roseneck
Berg Schlossberg

17
Q

Top vineyard of Assmannshausen

Which producer is preeminet of this vineyard

A

Assmannhausener Höllenberg

August Kesseler

18
Q

Where is Marcobrunn vineyard

A

Erbacher Marcobrunn of Rheingau

19
Q

Where is Kirchenstück vineyard

Who is the top producer of this vineyard

A

Hochheim of Rheingau

Franz Künstler

20
Q

Two top vineyards of Winkel of Rheingau

A

Jesuitengarten
Hasensprung

21
Q

Two top vineyards of Hallgarten

A

Schönhell

Jungfer

22
Q

Where is Sonnenberg vineyard

A

Eltville of Rheingau

23
Q

Where is Schloss Vollrads

What are the two monopole vineyards they owned

A

Winkel

Schlossberg
Greiffenberg

24
Q

Three notable vineyards in Hattenheim of Rheingau

A

Pfaffenberg - monopole of Schloss Schönborn
Mannberg
Steinberg