Austria

Question 1

What is Dr. Lenz Hochkultur System

Answer 1

mechanize vineyards, boost production

Question 2

What is Diethylene glycol?

Answer 2

colorless, odorless chemical, 1985 Anti Freeze
Light wine gives texture

Question 3

Austrian Synonyms for Chardonnay

Answer 3

Morillon, Feinburgunder

Question 4

After Gruner what is Austrian’s most planted white grape?

Answer 4

Welchriesling, MT #3, Weis #4, Riesling #5

Question 5

What Cross produced Zweigelt

Answer 5

Blaufränkisch x St. Laurent

Question 6

What Cross produced Blauburger

Answer 6

Blauer Portugieser x Blaufränkisch

Question 7

What is Strohwein? Ausbruch?

Answer 7

Dried grape wine of beerenauslese ripeness/ sweet wine from town of Rust on Lake Neusiedlersee

Question 8

In Austria, can Kabinett wines Chapitalize? Sussreserve?

Answer 8

NO/ NO

Question 9

What region was Austria’s 1st DAC? Last DAC?

Answer 9

Weinviertel 2002 (largest subzone in NiederOs/ Thermenregion 2023

Question 10

When did Wachau become a DAC?

Answer 10

2020

Question 11

What are the 3 PDO’s for Austrian Sekt?

Answer 11

Sekt Austria/ Sekt Reserve/ Sekt Grosse Reserve

Question 12

PDO Sekt Austria can be grown in __________? Min. Lees aging for traditional? Charmant?

Answer 12

Grown Federal States/ 9 mo on lees (Trad)/ 6mo lees (charmant)

Question 13

3 Details of Sekt Aus. Reserve?

Answer 13

Hand harvested, whole cluster, 18 mo lees, only Brut or drier

Question 14

3 details of Sekt Aus. Grosse Reserve?

Answer 14

Must be from single village/ may have vineyard name/ 36 mo lees/ Can label DAC

Question 15

What is the largest production area in Austria?

Answer 15

Niederosterreich

Question 16

What are terrior factors of Niederosterreich

Answer 16

Former seabed, loess soils/ Pannonian Plain/ Danube River/ Dramatic Continental Climate

Question 17

How is Gruner Style different in Weinviertel than Trais/ Kamp/ Krem?

Answer 17

Lighter, fresher, more pungent white pepper

Question 18

How many Erste Lage (Rieds) in Trais/ Kamp/ Krem?

Answer 18

81

Question 19

the famous town of Langenlois is home to what Ried/ Erste Lage?

Answer 19

Heiligenstein/ Lamm/ Dechant

Question 20

What special soil type does Wachau have?

Answer 20

Loess but has Gfohl (Gneiss)

Question 21

Describe the terrior of Wachau prime area?

Answer 21

loess/ gneiss, Steep slopes down to Danube like Mosel, Northside so South facing

Question 22

What vineyard is Weissenkirchen? What producers make wine here?

Answer 22

Achleiten- FX Pichler/ Prager/ Emmerich Knoll

Question 23

What are the standards of the Vinea Wachau?

Answer 23

No add/ no chap/ no aroma/ no barrique/ no fractionation/ Single vineyard/ Ries and Gruner

Question 24

Describe Wachau Regional 3 tiers

Answer 24

Gebietsweine (Regional 17 varieties)
Ortsweine (Village 9 varieties)
Riedenweine (Single Vineyard 2 varieties)

Question 25

Describe Wachau Ripeness 3 tiers

Answer 25

Steinfeder (local grass) Max 11.5% Federspiel (falcon) max 12.5% Smaragd (lizard) Min. 12.5% ~ to Spatlese but ferm. dry

Question 26

Riesling prefers __________soils while Gruner is grown on ______________ soils

Answer 26

Gneiss, high on slope, granite Loess, low on slope, sandy

Question 27

"Light" as a "feather" in style, what is the entry tier of quality for Austria? Max ABV?

Answer 27

Steinfeder 11.5%

Question 28

Named for a bird, this mid-tier style of Austrian wine flys higher with 11.5-12.5% ABV

Answer 28

Federspiel

Question 29

Lots of sun invites lizards to bask, but also raises min. abv to 12.5%+ for the top tier of Austrian wine style

Answer 29

Smaragd

Question 30

Vinea Wachau Nobilis Districtus might use these 4 techniques to give austrian wine its signature flavor

Answer 30

No Oak skin contact Lees aging Noble Rot

Question 31

Moving West to east along the Danube/ wachau region, do the wines get leaner or richer as you move East

Answer 31

Richer Waldviertal forest addds cool breezes in west Warming Pannonian Basin in East

Question 32

Major villages of Wachau, West to East

Answer 32

Spitz Wosendorf Joching Weisskirchen Rassatz Durnstein Loiben (Oberloiben/ Unterloiben) Mautern (Krems)

Question 33

Often called the Grand Cru of Wachau, located in Durnstein

Answer 33

Kellerberg (FX pichler)

Question 34

Some of the richest wines come from this vineyard in Loiben, Wachau

Answer 34

Loibenberg (Knoll)

Question 35

Achleiten is a legendary in which major Wachau village

Answer 35

Weissenkirchen

Question 36

One of the coolest villages along the Danube in Wachau and its most noteable vineyard

Answer 36

Spitz Singerriedel

Question 37

2 vineyards above the city of Krems known for Gruner

Answer 37

Wachtberg Lindberg

Question 38

Benchmark producer of Kremstal, Steiner Pfaffenberg

Answer 38

Salomon Undhof

Question 39

2 famous vineyards of Kamptal

Answer 39

Heiligenstein Lamm

Question 40

Heiligenstein vs. Lamm

Answer 40

Heil: Riesling, steeper, desert sandstone Lamm: Gruner, flatter, Loess

Question 41

Name a producer of Heiligenstein Riesling from Kamptal

Answer 41

Schloss Gobelsburg Brundlmayer Jurtschitsch Hirsch Brandl Loimer Heidel (these also all do Lamm too)

Question 42

Name a producer of Kellerberg Riesling

Answer 42

Fx Pichler Emmerich Knoll Pichler-Krutzler