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Riesling Flashcards

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What climate for Riesling

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Cool to Moderate

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Three key coutries for Riesling

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  • Germany
  • France (Alsace)
  • Australia (Clare Valley)
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What in Riesling changes sugars in the wine

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Ripeness at harvest

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What flavours do just ripe Rieslings produce

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  • **Green Fruit **
  • Green Apple
  • Pear
    *Citrus
  • Lemon
  • Lime
  • Floral (White Blossom)
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What flavours do extra ripe Rieslings produce (5 flavours)

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  • Stone Fruit
  • Peach
  • Apricot
  • Tropical fruit
  • Mango
  • Pineapple
    Sometimes Dried fruit (Dried Apricot)
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Riesling Grid

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Sweetness=Dry-OffDry-Medium-Sweet
Acid=High
Body=Light to Full Bodied
Flavour=Depend in ripeness and ranges from…….
* Green Apple
* Pear
* Lemon
* Lime
* Floral (White Blossom)
* Peach
* Apricot
* Mango
* Pineapple
Sometimes Dried fruit (Dried Apricot)

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How are off dry or medium Rieslings made

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Usually by interupting the fermentation by filtering out the yeast before fermentation is complete leaving a low alcholol wine with residual sweetness
OR
Adding unfermented grape juice

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How are the sweeter styles of riesling typically made

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Using extra ripe grapes, the grape juice is so highin sugar that the fermentation stops naturally

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What is Riesling typically fermented in

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Inert vessels
* stainless tanks

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What are the important regions for German Riesling

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  • Mosel
  • Rheingau
  • Pfalz
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Where is Mosel located and what type of wine does it produce

Body-Sweetness-Acid

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  • Most Northerly wine region in Germany
  • Lighter bodied that southern rieslings
  • Common to be medium sweetness (Balances the very high acid)
  • Very high Acid
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Where are the best vineyards in Mosel

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  • On the steep S or SW slopes facing the banks of the mosel river
  • The S aspect light reflected from the River and the stony soils aid grape ripening
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Where is the Rheingau region and how do the wines here compare to Mosel rieslings

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  • Located on the steep S facing slopes of the River Rhine to maximise sunlight
  • These wines are typicaly drier and have more body that the Mosel region
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Where is Pfalz located and what is it protected by?

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  • Located towards the French border (SE) corner
  • Protected by mountains and has a dry sunny climate
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What climate is Pfalz considered to have and wine style

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  • The Same as Alsace
  • Typically a dry wine
  • Medium body
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Labelling in Germany what does it mostly reflect

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much of Germanys labelling relates to ripeness of the grape at harvest time

17
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What are the three high level labelling names in Germany that reflect grape ripeness.

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  • Landwein
  • Qualitatswein
  • Pradikatswein
18
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What does Landwein indicate about the wine

Rielsing in germany

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  • Lighter bodied wine
  • Dry to off dry style
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What does Qualitatswein indicate about the wine

Riesling in Germany

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  • Must come from one of 13 winegrowing areas (eg Rheingau)
  • Must have higher level of sweetness than Landwein
  • They are usually more intense in flavour and fuller bodied than Landwein
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What does Pradikatswein indicate about the wine

Riesling in Germany

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  • The wine must come from a single growing region
  • The wine must have higher sugar than Qualitatswein
  • There are six Pradikatswein categories in order of sugar levels in the grapes at the time of harvest
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What are the six levels of sweeteness for Pradikatswein in order of sweetness

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  1. Kabinette
  2. Spatlese (Late Harvest)
  3. Auslese (Select harvest)
  4. Beerenauslese (selected berry)
  5. Trockenbeerenauslese
    (selected dried berry harvest)
  6. Eiswein (ice wine)
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Kabinett?

Body-3 flavour clusters?

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  • Lightest and most delicate reisling
  • Light in body
    Delicate green fruits and floral
  • Green apple
  • Lime
  • Blossom
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Spatlese?

Harvest-Sweetness-Body comapred to?-Fruit (2 clusters)

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  • Late Harvest
  • Riper and sweeter than Kabinett
  • Fuller bodied
  • Lemon/Lime
  • Stonefruits/Peach
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Auslese?

Harvest-3 fruit flavours-Sweetness

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  • Selected harvest (extra ripe bunches)
  • Stone fruits and tropical fruits
  • Apricot
  • Mango
  • Dried fruits
  • Can be made in Trocken (DRY) stlye most have some sweetness
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Eiswein? | name 4 flavours typical of Eiswein
* Icewine (Frozen on the vine) * Vibrant stone fruit aromas/tropical aromas * Peach * Apricot * Mango * Pineapple * **Botrytis plays no part in production** * Small yeild high production cost wines that dont occur every vintage
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Beerenauslese/BA? What is it and what are the key flavours (4)
* Selected berry harvest. **Bunchs that have been effected by botrytis** * Fresh stone fruits and tropical fruits * Apricot * Mango * Dried fruit * Honey
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Trockenbeerenauslese?
* Selected dried berry harvest * Berries dried from botrytis * Rare and concentrated wines similar to B/A just more intense
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What does Trocken mean
* A dry wine
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What does Halbtrocken mean
* A wine with some sweetness
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Alsace AOC where is it and what does the geography there do to the climate
* East of the Vosges Mountains * They protect the area from the rain bearing westerly winds * So its one of the driest and sunniest wine producing regions in all of France
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Where are the best Alsace vineyards planted
* On the mountain foothills facing East or South-East * These vineyard benefit from the morning sun
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What is typical Alsace Riesling like as a wine | Aroma Intensity-Sweetness-Acidity-Body-Flavour
* Aroma Intensity=Pronounced * Sweetness=Dry * Acidity=High * Body=Medium * Flavour=Ripe Citrus and stone fruits
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What two regions in Australia are known for Riesling
* Eden Valley * Clare Valley
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Why can Riesling be grown in the Clare and Eden valley and whats the climate
* The altitude keeps them cool * The climate here is Moderate unlike the Barossa
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What are Rieslings from the Clare and Eden Valley like | Aroma Intesity-Sweetness-Flavours
* Aroma Intensity=Pronounced * Sweetness=Dry * Flavours=Pronounced Lime, lemon and sometimes Petrol
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