Rheinhessen Flashcards
Scheurebe, developed in the Rheinhessen, is a crossing of which two grapes?
Buckettrebe x Riesling
The Rheinhessen is bordered by which river and which two other wine regions?
Bordered by the Rhine river to the north and east, the Nahe to the west and the Pfalz to the south
What is the Rheinterrasse?
A region larger than the entire Rheingau, stretching from Bodenheim southward to Mettenheim. It is an extended reach of eastern exposures protected from wind and frost.
What is the name of the most prestigious sector of the Rheinterrasse?
The Roter Hang
Soil type of the Roter Hang?
Red clay and slate
The most presitigous vineyards in the Roter Hang face which direction?
Eastern exposure
Name an important producer in the Roter Hang
Gunderloch
Who owns most of the Rothernberg vineyard?
Gunderloch
Name an important vineyard in the commune of Nackenheim
Rothenberg
What is the principal white grape of the Rheinhessen, after Riesling?
Silvaner
General style of Silvaner produced in the Rheinhessen?
Dry
Weingut Keller (Flörsheim-Dalsheim) and Wittmann (Westhofen) are producers best known for what style of wine?
Dry Riesling
Who produces “G Max”?
Weingut Keller
What is “G Max”?
Germany’s most elusive and expensive dry Riesling, from an undisclosed vineyard site owned by Weingut Keller
The Rheinhessen is known for which inexpensive wine?
Liebfraumilch (Blue Nun)
