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Großes Gewächs refers to the highest classification level for dry wines from wineries that are members of the Verband Deutscher Prädikatsweingüter e. V. (VDP) and the Bernkasteler Ring are. In addition to the VDP's grape eagle logo, the VDP members' wine bottles bear the VDP.GROSSES GEWÄCHS logo (GG grape logo embossed on the glass or shown on the front label). In the Rheingau wine-growing region , in addition to the name Großes Gewächs, the designation First Gewächs is permitted. Wine bottles of the classification level Großes Gewächs from the Bernkasteler Ring winegrowers' association are marked with the association's logo (a double G on a dark background and the lettering Bernkasteler Ring - Riesling Weingüter ).
An equivalent in France is the quality designation Grand Cru (French: cru here means wine-growing area, vineyard location, type of wine). The designation does not always refer to the same thing in different wine-growing regions: partly to the wine-growing region (e.g. Alsace ), partly to the location ( Burgundy ), partly to the winery ( Bordeaux ), partly to the wine-growing community ( Champagne ) . In this respect, the German quality designation includes more varied criteria.
VDP criteria
The use of the logo by members of the VDP is only permitted if certain criteria are met:
- Vineyard : The wine must come from a definable location with optimal growth conditions, which is classified by the VDP as a "Great Location" (since 2012 vintage). Wines from this location must have shown sustained high maturity over a longer period of time.
- Grape varieties : Only certain traditional grape varieties may have been used in the individual growing areas:
- Ahr : Pinot Noir, Pinot Noir
- Middle Rhine : Riesling, Pinot Noir
- Mosel-Saar-Ruwer : Riesling
- Nahe : Riesling
- Rheingau : Riesling, Pinot Noir
- Hessische Bergstrasse : Riesling, Weißer Burgunder, Grauer Burgunder, Pinot Noir
- Rheinhessen : Riesling, Pinot Noir
- Franconia : Riesling, Silvaner, Weißer Burgunder, Spätburgunder
- Saale-Unstrut : Riesling, Silvaner, Traminer, Weißer Burgunder, Grauer Burgunder, Spätburgunder, Frühburgunder
- Saxony : Riesling, Weißer Burgunder, Grauer Burgunder, Spätburgunder, Frühburgunder, Traminer
- Palatinate : Riesling, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Noir
- Württemberg : Riesling, White Burgundy, Gray Burgundy, Pinot Noir, Lemberger
- Baden : Riesling, Weißer Burgunder, Grauer Burgunder, Spätburgunder, Chardonnay, Lemberger (only in the Badische Bergstrasse and in Kraichgau)
- Yield : The yield must be limited to a maximum of 50 hl / ha.
- Reading and reading time : The harvest may only take place selectively by hand. The natural must weight must have at least a late harvest quality.
- Vinification : The production must be done using traditional production methods.
Criteria Bernkasteler Ring
The use of the GG logo by members of the Bernkasteler Ring is only permitted if the following production criteria are met:
- Vineyard : A location classified within the ring with a slope of 25 ° -35 ° (41% -61%) and an exposure from SSE to SSW.
- Grape varieties : exclusively Riesling
- Yield : The yield must not exceed 50 hl / ha.
- Reading and reading time : The harvest is carried out exclusively by selective hand picking. The natural must weight must be at least 93 ° Oe, enrichment or concentration are not permitted
- Vinification : The production must be done using traditional production methods.
Certification
Apart from the other tax audits by the VDP or Bernkasteler Ring, applicants for the designation Großer Gewächs are checked and checked separately. The work in the vineyard and especially the yield level are monitored in each vineyard throughout the vegetation and also shortly before the harvest. Before and after the bottling there is a tasting by an examination committee.
Taste type
The dry Große Lage wines are referred to as Großes Gewächs , the noble sweet wines of these sites have the traditional predicates from Spätlese to Trockenbeerenauslese .
Marketing time
Fruit-sweet predicate wines will be launched on May 1st. The large growths of the VDP are not marketed before the first weekend in September of the year following the harvest. The big plants of the Bernkasteler Ring do not go on sale before August 1st of the year following the harvest. Pinot Noir ripen in wooden barrels for at least 12 months and so come onto the market another year later.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ VDP.GROSSE LAGE® - VDP. Retrieved July 20, 2018 .