Rheingau

Question 1

Who spearheaded the Erstes Gerwächs wines of Charta?

Answer 1

Bernhard Breuer

Georg Breuer estate - Rüdesheim

Question 2

Rheingau

% planted to Riesling

Answer 2

80%

• Higher proportion of the grape than any other anbaugebiet

Question 3

Rheingau

Sole bereich

Answer 3

Johannisberg

• Johannisberg Riesling and Rhine Riesling have long been used as synonyms for true Riesling worldwide

Question 4

Rheingau

Slope aspects

Answer 4

• One long south-facing slope
• Less dramatic inclines than Mosel
• Rhine River provides warmth, like Mosel

Question 5

Rheingau

General soil types

Answer 5

• upper slope - slate
• lower slope - clay, loess, alluvial sand, red slate (closer to the water)

varied soils and favorable mesoclimate combine to produce a more powerful Riesling than Mosel

Question 6

Rheingau

Production devoted to Riesling

Answer 6

over 50%

• Dry wines account for over half of the production

Question 7

Rheingau Riesling

General style

Answer 7

• more powerful than Mosel
• typically fuller in body and more concentrated, yet acidity bracing
• dry wines account for more than half of production

Question 8

T/F: Rheingau has more Erste Lage than any other anbaugebiet.

Answer 8

True

Question 9

Rheingauer Flöte

Answer 9

traditional flute-shaped brown bottle

• Sometimes used to bottle Rheingau Riesling
• vs Mosel green glass

Question 10

Rheingau

Center for red wine production

Answer 10

Assmannshausen

• Has the majority of Rheingau’s Spätburgunder

Question 11

Assmannshausen

Most planted grape

Answer 11

Spätburgunder

Question 12

Assmannshausen

Best vineyard for Pinot Noir

Answer 12

Höllenberg

• August Kesseler - one of finest growers

Question 13

Höllenberg vineyard

Finest grower

Answer 13

August Kesseler

• Höllenberg vineyard, Assmannhausen (Pinot Noir)

Question 14

Rüdesheim

3 notable vineyards

Answer 14

• Berg Roseneck
• Berg Rottland
• Berg Schlossberg

Question 15

Is Geisenheim east or west of Schloss Johannisberg?

Answer 15

Geisenheim is WEST of Schloss Johannisberg

Question 16

1st successful harnessing of botrytis

Answer 16

• Schloss Johannisberg
• late 18th cent
• led to development of Spätlese and Auslese

Question 17

Is Winkel east or west of Johannisberg?

Answer 17

Winkel is EAST of Johannisberg

Question 18

Where will you find the historic ortseil Schloss Vollrads and the lauded Jesuitengarten and Hasensprung vineyards?

Answer 18

Winkel, Rheingau

(E. of Johannisberg)

Question 19

Hattenheim

2 principal growers

Answer 19

• Schloss Schönborn
• Langwerth von Simmern

Question 20

Is Hattenheim east or west of Winkel?

Answer 20

Hattenheim (and Erbach) is EAST (further up river) of Winkel

Question 21

Where is Schloss Schönborn and Langwerth Von Simmern from?

Answer 21

Hattenheim

Question 22

Pfaffenberg vineyard is a monopole of what grower?

Answer 22

Schloss Schönborn

Question 23

Mannberg vineyard is almost entirely owned by what grower?

Answer 23

Langwerth von Simmern

Question 24

Where are the Pfaffenberg and Mannberg vineyards located?

Answer 24

Hattenheim

Question 25

The low-lying Erbacher Marcobrunn vineyard is contiguous with the eastern edge of what other notable vineyard?

Answer 25

**Mannberg** ## Footnote (owned mostly by von Simmern, in Hattenheim) * Erbacher Marcobrunn is renowned for quality in warm vintages

Question 26

Is Hallgarten up or down slope from Hattenheim?

Answer 26

Hallgarten is **UP** slope from Hattenheim * Higher in elevation

Question 27

Hallgarten 2 einzellage

Answer 27

* **Jungfer** * **Schönhell**

Question 28

Within what commune will you find the monastery Kloster Eberbach?

Answer 28

**Hallgarten** * Secular evolution saw the cloister buildings used as a Prussian insane asylum and a women's prison before being rededicated as a functional winery and museum

Question 29

What is the hill village famous for the wines of Robert Weil?

Answer 29

**Kiedrich**

Question 30

Is Kiedrich north or south of Erbach?

Answer 30

Kiedrich is **NORTH** of Erbach * Kiedrich - famous for Robert Weil

Question 31

Where is the Gräfenberg vineyard located?

Answer 31

**Kiedrich** - Gräfenberg vineyard * Robert Weil's sweet wines, Auslese and above

Question 32

Eltville Einzellage

Answer 32

**Sonnenberg** ## Footnote (Rheingau)

Question 33

Hochheim

Answer 33

Hochheim * **Gentler slope** * **Uncharaceristically warm**

Question 34

Hocheim * Major Einzellage * Producer

Answer 34

Hochheim * **Kirchenstück** * **Franz Künstler**

Question 35

Kirchenstück Major producer

Answer 35

**Franz Künstler** * Kirchenstück is within **Hocheim** (origin of nickname Hock)

Question 36

Künstler * Location * Year est.

Answer 36

**1956** - infant by Rheingau standards, yet Künstler produces some of **Hochheim (Kirchentück)**'s finest wines

Question 37

Rheingau Center for red wine

Answer 37

**Assmannshausen**

Question 38

Rheingau Steepest and hottest site

Answer 38

**Berg Schlossberg**, in Rudesheim * appx. 70% gradient

Question 39

phyllite Soil

Answer 39

phyllite * **Blue slate** * **Found in both Kiedrich and Assmannshausen**

Question 40

Who founded the famous Kloster Eberbach monastery in the Rheingau

Answer 40

**Cistercian Monks of Burgundy**

Question 41

Name a vineyard in the Rheingau exempt from the 5 ha rule.

Answer 41

**Schloss Vollrads** * Ortsteil