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Name the 4 large wine growing areas

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  • Niederösterreich
  • Wien
  • Burgenland
  • Styria
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Austria location & general aspect & climate

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  • Central Europe, SE of Germany & NE of Italy
  • winegrowing region covers the entire eastern border
  • Rolling foothills East of the Alps
  • steep, terraced vineyards overlooking the Danube River & its tributaries, also some vast plains in lower-lying areas

-Continental, cold winters & very warm summers. Moderated by the Danube River & its tributaries

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blau

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blue

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grau

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gray

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weiss

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white

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burgunder

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from burgundy

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lese

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harvest

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auslese

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select harvest

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beere

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berry

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trocken

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dry

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ried

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single vineyard

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wein

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wine

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when/who/ how was Zweigelt created

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1922 by Dr. Fritz Zweigelt, a cross between Bläufrankish & Sankt Laurent

-controversy surrounds the naming of the grape as he was a strong German nationalist and supported the Austrian nazi party

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the 3 most important white grapes in Austria

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Gruner Veltliner:

  • produces a range of styles from sparkling Sekt, refreshing, dense, & powerful
  • small, thick-skinned berries

Riesling

  • generally produced in a dry style in Stainless steel or neutral oak
  • the most revered examples come from Wachau, Kamptal & Kremstal

Sauvignon Blanc
- examples from the mountain vineyards of Styria have received international acclaim

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the 3 most important red grapes of Austria

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Zweigelt

  • high yielding variety, buds early & ripens before Blaufränkish
  • aka Blauer Zweigelt, Rotburger

Blaufränkish “Blue Frankish”
- needs warmth & time, budding early & ripening late.Oak usage varies by producer but usually moderately used when implemented

Sankt Laurent

  • plantings continue to increase in recent years due to the early ripening reliability
  • hardy overall, especially against frost but needs irrigation in hot vintages
  • does not adapt well to new oak
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Weissburgunder

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Pinot Blanc

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Austrian general vinification

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Wines are either very dry or very sweet, there is no tradition of off-dry styles

New oak is rarely used for white wine production

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What is the KMW

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  • defined by a minimum ripeness at harvest measured by the Klosterneuburg Must Weight Scale (KMW)
    - 1 degree on the scale is equal to 1 gram of sugar per 100 grams of must
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What are the 4 levels of the Austrian wine classification system

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Wein
Landwein (PGI)
Qualitätswein (PDO): wine from a single weinbaugebiet & made with grapes that are among the 40 approved varieties 
-focus is on dry wines
     -Kabinet
     -Sekt 
Prädikatswein (PDO): late-harvest categories are based on must weight
-focus is on sweet wines
          -Spätlese
          -Auslese 
          -Beerenauslese (BA)
          - Eiswein 
          - Strohwein 
          - Ausbruch 
          -Trockbeerenauselse (TBA)
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Qualitätswein Kabinett

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  • wine may not be chaptalized
  • different than German categorization of Kabinett in Prädikatswein
  • rarely seen on Austrian wine labels
  • maximum allowance for RS on 9 g/l
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Describe Qualitätswein Sekt

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  • Sekt: most basic level, allows for a variety of production methods & varieties sourced from anywhere in the EU
  • Austrian Sekt: grapes must be sourced from within Austria, various production methods
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Name & Describe the three tiers of Austrian Sekt

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Klassik: fruit must be sourced from a single federal state w/in Austria, all production methods, dosages, colors & styles are permitted

Reserve: must be sourced & produced in a single federal state using traditional method

Gross Reserve: must be produced from grapes harvested & pressed w/in a single municipality and produced in the traditional method w/ additional aging requirements

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Eiswein & must weight

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-must be frozen on the vine, no artificial freezing allowed

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Strohwein & must weight

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produced from grapes dried on straw mats for a min of three months

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Ausbruch & must weight
specialty of Rust in Burgenland 30
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TBA must weight
30
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Spätlese must weight
19
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Auslese must weight
21
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Beerenauslese (BA) must weight
25
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DAC (Districtus Austria Controllatus)
- developed in the early 2000s - wines will not show notes of botrytis or wood & tend to be crisp, fresh & light DAC Reserve: might show influence of botrytis or oak & be richer than DAC wines on the palate. Requires a higher minimum ripeness at harvest & longer aging before release - as of 2020 there are 16 DAC Three tiers: Gebietswein, Ortswein, Riedenwein
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What are the three tiers of DAC
Gebietswein Ortswein Riedenwein
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What is Gebietswein
Gebietswein is a the first tier of DAC : regional wine labeled by weinbaugebiet from approved varieties.
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What is Ortswein
Ortswein is the second DAC tier | - equivalent to a village wine. Fruit is sourced from a smaller area within a village or a single vineyard site
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What is Riedenwein
Riedenwein is the third tier of DAC | - describes wine from a single vineyard & made w approved varieties
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Rotburger
synonym of Zweigelt
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what is the largest wine producing region
Lower Austria aka Niederösterreich
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what percentage is white varieties in Niederösterreich
75%
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how many sub-regions of Niederösterreich
8
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name the 3 geographical factors of Niederösterreich
- Central Eastern Alps - Danube River - Pannonian Plan
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Describe the effect the Central Eastern Alps have on Niederösterreich
- AKA Austrian Alps - extension of the same mountain range that influences regions in France, Italy, Switzerland, & Germany - help limit frost damage, heavy cold air & moisture are unable to collect on slopped vineyards & frost falls to valley floors - foothills provide shelter from the Alps high volumes of precipitation (which could lead to fungal disease) - hills allow for greater luminosity which helps the phenolic development of grapes
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Describe the Danube's effect on Niederösterreich
- moves through Austria from W to E, providing ideal vineyard sites on both the North & South Banks - offers protection against frost by absorbing & releasing heat during the growing season
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describe the effect of the Pannonian Plain on Niederösterreich
- aka the Carpathian Basin - plain brings warm, dry winds blowing westward which aids in drying out vineyards & provides additional warmth to facilitate ripening - high concentration of glacial deposit based loess, a very fine soil material that the winds carry to Niederösterreich - loess is low in nutrients & drains readily, great for viticulture
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Niederösterreich main sub regions
- Kremstal DOC- located in the valley of the Krems river - Kamptal DOC- coatend in the valley of the Kamp river - Wachau DOC- located on a narrow band of steep slopes along the banks of the Danube. Has its own quality system
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Wachau (location, aspect, climate)
Location: - NW part of Lower Austria, along the Danube. - spans from the town of Spitz eastward - most plantings on the north bank of the river Aspect: - 40% of vineyards are held in place by dry stone terraces, very steep sites (terraces built 1,000 yrs ago) - southern exposure Climate: - Danube moderates this severe continental climate against large temp swings & lowers risk of frost,
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Wachau grapes & styles
-Riesling & Gruner V make up 74% of plantings
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What are the Wachau's three classified categories
ALL MUST BE HAND HARVESTED Steinfeder Federspiel Smaragd
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What is Steinfeder?
Steinfeder is the lowest tier of Wachau quality - lightestest & crispest wines, max ABV 11.5% - generally sourced from vineyards closest to the river in gravelly alluvial soils. - not usually exported - named after a local grass that grows in the vineyard
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What is Federspiel
Federspiel is the 2nd level of quality in Wachau - fruit is usually from lower slopes of the Ridgeline - targeted ABV of 11.5% to 12.5% - name associated with tools used for falconry, a historical craft used to deter vineyard pests
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What is Smaragd
Smaragd is the highest quality tier of the Wachau - richest expressions of the region - require minimum ABV 12.5% - botrytis may be a concentration factor - named after the small native lizards that sun themselves on the terraces (lucky lizards...)
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Describe the Vineau Wachau
- peer based group that formed before DAC system was implemented - 90% of all producers in the region are members - they defined the 3 classifications as well as the following: - no enrichment through chaptalization or other additives - no concentration techniques - no aromatization - sourcing exclusively from Wachau vineyards
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when did Wachau become DAC
2020
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Kremstal Soil
Soil: gneiss, loess
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Kremstal grapes & styles
Riesling & Gruner V, some Zweigelt -dry & light in style
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Österreichische Traditionsweingüter
-peer-based group of growers & producers formed in the 90s - aim to elevate quality by evaluating the vineyards and the results wines over 20 years - in 2010 it assigned the term erst late (1er cru) to 53 vineyards
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how many erste lagen are in Kremstal
30
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how many erste lagen are there in total
81
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Kamptal (location, climate, soil)
Location: northward away from the Danube & is centered around the Kamp River Valley Climate: receives warmth from the Pannonian Plain as well as counter-cooling from the nearby forest, the Waldviertel Soil: Zöbing Formation: -largely sandstone
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Kamptal Grapes & styles
- overall production is white wine focused with only 20% red varieties planted, mostly Zweigelt - Gruner V is main focus - most wines are dry and several producers make Sekt here
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how many erste lagen are in Kamptal
20
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Name two main varieties of Burgenland
Blaufrankish & Zweigelt
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Name the wine that Vienna (Wein) is mostly known for
Gemischter Satz, a white blend of up to 3 varieties
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Name two wines of Austria
2019 Knoll G.V. Feserspeil Wachau | 2020 Prager G.V> "Achleiten" Smaragd Wachau
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