Wine Regions Austria and Germany Flashcards

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Rheinessen

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Climate: Cool Continental, Warmer than Mosel

Topography: Steep South Facing Slopes, on Nahe River

Grapes: Riesling, Spatsburgunder (both GG), Dornfelder, Portugieser

Wine Style: Fuller Body than Mosel, Pronounced Acidity and more riper fruit than Mosel

Key Locals: Nierstein (slopes, Full Body Riesling), Worms (better wine)

Other:

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Weinviertal DAC

(Niederösterreich)

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Climate: Cool Continental - short summers, harsh winters. Cold North winds, warm Hungarian East winds

Topography: Around Danube to max sunlight. Steep, terraced slopes

Grapes: Grüner Veltliner (only)

Wine Style: 2 DAC Levels: Klasiki - wines made light, fresh & fruity with NO OAK. Reserve - Minimum ABV & matured in OAK

Key Locals:

Other: Largest Wine-Growing & 1st DAC

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Wachau

(Niederösterreich)

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Climate: Cool Continental - short summers, harsh winters. Cold North winds, warm Hungarian East winds

Topography: Around Danube to max sunlight. Steep, terraced slopes

Grapes: Grüner Veltliner or Reisling

Wine Style: HIgh Quality Whites

Key Locals:

Other: Not a DAC

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Burgenland

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Climate: Cool Continental - short summers, harsh winters. Cold North winds, warm Hungarian East winds

Topography: Lake Neusiedlerese -Vast shallow lake + wetlands - Creates autumn mist

Grapes: Pinot Blanc, Welschriesling, Grüner Vetliner & Chardonnay. BLACK - Zweigelt - most widely planted, Blaufränkish, St Laurent, Pinot Noir, CabSav, Merlot

Wine Style: Top quality Red & White

Key Locals: Best wines in higher ground away from the lake and in the hills. Neusiederleses DAC for Zweigelt. Mittleburgenland DAC for Blaufrankish (plus two other DAC)

Other: Low-lying sweet wines near Lake, ideal for botrytis using Welschriesling, guaranteed almost every year

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Franken

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Climate: Moderate with best vineyards on hillside with southern exposure

Topography: Bodrog and Tisza rivers helps generate morning fog for Noble rot. Mount Kopsaz (Tokaji Hill), Plains get warm summer winds, mountains provide shelter, rivers give off mist

Grapes: Furmint - high acid, apples turn to honey and nuts with age, Harslevelu, Sarga Muskotaly (Muscat Blanc a Petits Grain)

Wine Style: Szamorodni - Dry, Tokaji aszu - sweet, tokaji Eszencia - sweet - lowest abc of any wine,

Key Locals:

Other: Use PUTTONYOS System (5 or 6), Minimum Sugar 60-120 g/L, Release date in January 3 years after harvest

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Franken

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Franken

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Climate: Cool Continental

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Grapes: White wines dominate. Silvaner is king. GG made from Silvaner, Rieslings, Weißburgunder, Grauburgunder or Spatsburgunder

Wine Style: early flower/ripe Silvaner (susceptible to frost) gets warmest sites - achieves best concentration in Germany

Key Locals: Würzburg - South Slopes for dry and rich with earthy palate

Other: Silvaner in Distinctive Flask Bottles

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Baden

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Climate: Cool Continental, But Warmest

Topography: Slopes of north bank Rhine and River Main with southern aspect. Taunus Hills - protects from north

Grapes: Riesling or Spatsburgunder. (both can be GG), Müller Thurgau, Grauburgunder, Weißburgunder, Riesling

Wine Style: Full Body with Highest ABV.

Key Locals: 30% plantings in Kaiserstuhl and Tuniberg opposite Colmar in Alsace. Kaiserstuhl “emperor’s chain” an extinct volcano.

Other: Kaiserstuhl top quality Spatsburgunder

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Rheingau

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Climate: Cool Continental, slight warmer, but with added humidity (rivers)

Topography: Slopes of north bank Rhine and River Main with southern aspect. Taunus Hills - protects from north

Grapes: Riesling or Spatsburgunder. (both can be GG)

Wine Style: Med-Full Body Rieslings - Distinctive Ripe Peach

Key Locals: Johannisberg, Rudesheim, Hockheim

Other: Best BA & TBAs

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Pflatz

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Climate: Cool Continental, Warmer than Mosel

Topography: Continuation of Alsace, Protected by Haart Mountains. Steep Slopes in Mittlehaardt

Grapes: Riesling (most planted), Muller Thurgau, Grauburgunder, Weißburgunder, BLACK - (40% overall) - Dornfelder (2nd behind Reisling) Portugieser, Spatsburgunder

Wine Style: Ripe, Drier, Fuller Body Riesling

Key Locals: Forst, Deidesheim (referred to as Mittlehaardt)

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Nahe

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Climate: Cool Continental, Warmer than Mosel

Topography: Steep South Facing Slopes, on Nahe River

Grapes: Riesling most widely planted, only GG permitted

Wine Style: Fuller Body than Mosel, Pronounced Acidity and more riper fruit than Mosel

Key Locals: Schlossbökelheim, Bad Kreuznach

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Mosel

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Climate: Cool Continental

Topography: Super Steep Slopes, Rhine meets Saar and Ruwer Rivers

Grapes: Riesling only permited GG varietal

Wine Style: Lighter Body, Lower ABV, Green Fruit

Key Locals: (Middle Mosel) Piesport, Bernkastel, Wehel

Other: Even best sites do not always ripe

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