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19 Cards in this Set
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Anbaugebiet
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Designated regions for PDO wine. There are 13 of these
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Bereich
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District within Anbaugebiet
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Einzellage
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An individual vineyard. Best quality wines come from here.
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Grosslage
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Group of vineyards
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Pradikatswein
Defined by must weights |
Kabinett light high acid
Spatlese -(late harvest) Auslese- dry or sweet extra ripe grapes Berenauslese-rare sweet wine noble rot Eiswein Trockenbeerenauslese-sweet wines tiny quantities fully botrytised grapes |
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Landwein
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trocken (dry) or halbtrocken (half dry)
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Classic
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PDO wine min alcohol 12%. Single variety, single vintage, single region.
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Erste Lage
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Best vineyards of VDP members.
Riesling, Silvaner,Grauburgunder, Weisburgunder, Spatburgunder |
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Grosses Gewachs
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Dry wines from Erste Lage sites
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Climate
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Cool, continental. Far south (Baden) are warmer
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Varietals (w)
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Reisling-floral to stone fruit high acid
Muller Thurgau (Rivaner) Cross between Reisling & Madeleine Silvaner moderate acid, neutral fruit Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris) Weisburgunder (Pinot Blanc) |
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Varietals (r)
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Spatburgunder (Pinot Noir)Pfalz & Baden
Dornfelder-Deep in color |
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Mosel
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Piesport
Brauneberg Bernkastel Wehlen Graach Eden All from Reisling |
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Nahe
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Schlossbockelheim
From Reisling |
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Rhiengau
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Rudesheim
Geisenheim Johannisberg From Reisling |
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Reinhessen
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Oppenheim
Nierstein From Reisling |
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Pfalz
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Forst
Deidesheim From Reisling |
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Baden
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Spatburgunder from Pinot Noir
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Franken
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Wurzburg from Reisling, Sylvaner
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