Top 100 red wines of Pfalz
Discover the top 100 best red wines of Pfalz as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the red wines that are popular of Pfalz and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Fleshy, dry, fruity Riesling is the region's signature: yellow peach, apricot, ripe citrus, lovely mineral tension. Germany's largest red-wine area (40%), with silky Spätburgunder showing red fruit and spice, darker structured Dornfelder, supple Portugieser. Some rounded Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris. A 23,640 ha vineyard along the Haardt, among Germany's warmest (>2,000 h of sun).
From gourmet everyday bottles to age-worthy wines.
Structured and elegant reds with a deep ruby robe, silky tannins and a smooth palate, with signature aromas of red fruits (cherry, sour cherry), black fruits (blackberry), soft spices, undergrowth and balsamic notes. Fine ageing potential, close in profile to Pinot Noir. The star of the great reds of Austria's Burgenland and present in the Czech Republic (Svatovavřinecké). Native Austrian black grape, genetically related to Pinot Noir.
red wines from the region of Pfalz go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef bourguignon with tomato, pork tenderloin with onions or old-fashioned venison stew.