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Kabinett |
- Grapes picked at normal harvest. - Light bodied wine - Low in alcohol - Usually dry
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Spatlese |
Literally "Late Harvest" -fully ripened grapes -may be dry or have a touch of sweetness
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Auslese |
-"Selected Harvest" - Made from very ripe grapes - Made in years with sufficient warm weather - Most wine are lush with some sweetness |
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Beerenaulese |
"Berry Selected Harvest" -Rare and costly wines made from individual grapes selected by hand - Have been affected by the noble rot |
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Trockenbeerenauslese (TBA) |
"Dry berry selected harvest" -Are the richest, sweetest, rarest and most expensive of all the german wines - Produce only on exceptional years -Grapes shriveled almost to raisins
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Eiswein |
"Ice Wine" -Made from very frozen grapes that have been picked by hand.
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QmP or Padikate Levels (6) |
1. Kabinett 2. Spatlese 3. Auslese 4. Beerenauslese 5. Trockenbeerenauslese 6. Eiswein |
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Franken |
-Mostly dry wines from Silvaner, Riesling and Muller-Thurgau - Wines traditionally bottled in bockbeutel (Hans wirsching, Furst) |
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Nahe |
-Great region for Riesling. (Donnhoff, Diel) - Area around Schlossbockelheim and Bad Kreuznach |
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Ahr |
-Best area in Germany for Spatburgunder and Portugieser -Volcanic Slate Soil |
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Main Villages in Pfalz |
1. Rupertsberg 2. Ungstein 3. Kallstadt 4. Wachenheim 5. Diedesheim 6. Forst 7. Haardt |
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Pfalz |
-Warmest Climate -Great diversity of soils - Trocken dry wines are important -Grapes: Riesling, Scheurebe, Grauburgunder, Weissburgunder, Spatburgunder - Kirchenstuck of Fas is the most expensive vineyard in Germany |
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Rheinhessen |
- Diversity of Soil -Primary Grapes:Muller-Thurgau, Silvaner, Riesling and Scheurebe - Nackenheimer Rothenberg - One of Germany's great vineyards (Producers: Gunderloch and Harrnsheim) |
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Main Villages of Rheingau |
1. Assmanhausen 2. Johannisberg 3. Rudeshein 4. Hateneim 5. Erbach 6. Hallgarten 7. Winkel 8. Hochheim |
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Rheingau |
-Riesling and Spatburgunder -Richer wines that the mosel -Trocken wines are more important here - Gewachs - Initial development of the Grand Cru system Great aging potential |
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Villages of the Mosel |
1. Wehlen 2. Erden 3. Piesport 4. Bernkastel 5. Brauneberg 6. Graach 7. Urtzig 8. Zettingen |
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German Red Varietals |
- Spatburgunder (pinot noir) - Dornfelder -Blaver Portugeiser -Trollinger |
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German White Varietals |
- Riesling -Silvaner -Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc) -Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris) -Muller- Thurgau |
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Anbaugebiete (Wine Regions) |
1. Mittelrhein 2. Ahr 3. Mosel 4. Rheingau 5. Rheinhessen 6. Nahe 7. Pfalz 8. Baden 9. Wurttenberg 10. Franken 11. Hessische-Bergstrasse 12. Saale-Unstrut 13. Sanrhsen
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Middle Mosel |
-Riesling is king -Climate is cool -steep vineyards close to rivers Soils: Slate - Low in alcohol, high in acidity, purity of fruit and age worthy. |
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Saar-Ruwer |
Saar: Cooler than the mosel. Vibrant rieslings . Villages: Scharzhofberg, Okfen, Ayl Saarburg
Ruwer: small are Villages: Eifelsbach, Meterdorf, Kasel |
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Bereich |
Germany 13 wine regions are divided into 40 districts
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Grosslage |
The districts are divided into 163 collection of vineyards
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Einzellage |
Grosslage is made up of individual vineyard sites each called an einzellage |
