Alsace

Question 1

Alsace Location

Answer 1

-Northeastern France along the German border

Question 2

Alsace Geography

Answer 2

• narrow
• north-south-running strip
• nestled in the eastern foothills of the Vosges Mountains along the banks of the Rhine River

Question 3

Alsace Climate

Answer 3

• cool-continental
• is usually spared severe weather and winter storms
• driest climate in France because it lies in the “rain shadow” of the Vosges mountains

Question 4

Alsace noble grapes

Answer 4

• Riesling
• Gewürztraminer
• Pinot Gris
• Muscat

Question 5

Alsace other grapes

Answer 5

white
-Sylvaner
-Auxerrois
-Chasselas
Red
-Pinot Noir

Question 6

Alsace Département

Answer 6

• Bas-Rhin (Northern)

- Haut-Rhin (Southern)

Question 7

How many Grand Cru in Alsace

Answer 7

-33

Question 8

Alsace Grand Cru that allow blending

Answer 8

-Altenberg de Bergheim
-Kaefferkopf
(both Haut-Rhine)

Question 9

Alsace Grand Cru that grows Sylvaner

Answer 9

Zotzenberg

Bas-Rhine

Question 10

Crémant d’Alsace

Answer 10

-sparkling wine made by champagne method
Blanc: Riesling, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, Auxerrois, and/or Chardonnay
Rosé: 100% Pinot Noir

Question 11

Vendange Tardive

Answer 11

• term that applies to wines made from ultraripe, late harvest grapes that have very high sugar content and fully developed flavors
• almost always fermented completely dry
• equivalent to Auslese by must weight

Question 12

Sélection de Grains Nobles

Answer 12

-term used to describe sweet dessert wines made from fully ripened grapes infected with botrytis