Level 3 wine exam practice · Learning outcome 2

Germany, Austria, Hungary and Greece: practice questions

35 original multiple-choice questions on this chapter, each with an explanation. Five are below; the rest, plus timed mocks and written-answer drills with mark schemes, are in the app.

Sample questions

The principal grape variety of Tokaji is:
  1. Furmint
  2. Hárslevelű
  3. Sárga Muskotály
  4. Riesling
Answer: Furmint. Furmint dominates Tokaj's vineyards and its sweet wines, prized for fierce acidity and thin skins that welcome noble rot. Hárslevelű adds perfume as the second variety and Sárga Muskotály, a Muscat, is a minor aromatic component; Riesling plays no part.
Spätburgunder is the German name for which grape variety?
  1. Pinot Noir
  2. Pinot Gris
  3. Riesling
  4. Dornfelder
Answer: Pinot Noir. Spätburgunder is Pinot Noir, Germany's most important black grape and the basis of its serious reds. Pinot Gris is Grauburgunder, Riesling keeps its own name, and Dornfelder is a German crossing grown for deep-coloured, easy reds.
A customer wants a full-bodied, bone-dry white with high acidity and a saline edge to serve with grilled fish. Which is the best choice?
  1. A Santorini Assyrtiko
  2. A Tokaji Aszú
  3. A Naoussa
  4. A Mosel Beerenauslese
Answer: A Santorini Assyrtiko. Assyrtiko from Santorini's volcanic soils combines weight with piercing acidity and a sea-spray character that suits fish from the grill. Tokaji and Beerenauslese are sweet, and Naoussa is a tannic red.
The characteristic soil of the Mosel's best Riesling sites is:
  1. Slate
  2. Limestone
  3. Gravel
  4. Volcanic basalt
Answer: Slate. The Mosel's steep banks are slate, which absorbs the day's heat and releases it at night, drains freely and gives the wines their smoky, stony character. Limestone is the signature of Chablis and Burgundy, gravel of the Médoc, and basalt of parts of the Pfalz and Rheinhessen.
Which description fits the Wachau?
  1. Steep terraced vineyards along the Danube producing dry Grüner Veltliner and Riesling, in a cool climate moderated by the river
  2. A flat plain producing sweet botrytised wines
  3. Austria's main red-wine region
  4. A region dedicated to sparkling wine
Answer: Steep terraced vineyards along the Danube producing dry Grüner Veltliner and Riesling, in a cool climate moderated by the river. The Wachau is a narrow gorge where the Danube cuts through hills west of Vienna; its dry-stone terraces face south over the water and give Austria's most concentrated dry whites. Sweet wines and reds belong to Burgenland in the warmer east.
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