GERMANY
Germany, the land of Riesling
Riesling, the great grape variety of German white wines, finds in this country perfect conditions for the production of dry white wines, sweet white wines and ice wines.
The other main grape varieties are Weissburgunder (Pinot blanc) and Müller-Thurgau in white, and Spätburgunder (Pinot noir) in red.
Germany's great wine regions
Germany has 13 official wine regions (Anbaugebiete), concentrated in the west and southwest of the country, from the steep slopes of the Moselle to the warm lands of Baden. :
- Mosel (Moselle): the oldest wine-growing region in Germany, world-famous for its slate hillsides and fine, elegant Rieslings with a low alcohol content.
- Rheinhessen (Rhenish Hesse): the largest region in the country, in the midst of a qualitative revival.
- Pfalz (Palatinate): the second largest region, renowned for its great Rieslings and red Pinot Noir wines (Spätburgunder).
- Rheingau: the historic cradle of Riesling, renowned for its dry grands crus.
- Baden (Baden): the warmest region, around the Kaiserstuhl, ideal for white wines and Pinot Noir.
- Franken (Franconia): land of Silvaner, with its emblematic Bocksbeutel bottle and its dry and mineral wines.
The other regions of Württemberg, Nahe, Ahr, Mittelrhein and the small regions of Hessische Bergstraße, Saale-Unstrut and Saxony round off the rich German vineyards.
Premium German wines: Prädikatsweine
Premium German wines are classified in Prädikatsweine, in 6 different categories, according to the Oechsle scale, a unit of measurement of the density and sugar content of the grape must before fermentation and the alcohol content. For all Prädikatsweine, it is strictly forbidden to add sugar to the must to increase the alcohol content.
Find here the details of the classification of Prädikatsweine.
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This Scharzhof cuvée is made exclusively from the Riesling grape variety and is produced by Egon Mueller, from the vineyards of the Saarburg, Oberemmel region and the...
