Top 100 wines of Pfalz - Page 2
Discover the top 100 best wines of Pfalz as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the 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.
Elegant, structured reds with ruby colour ranging from light to intense, fine silky tannins and fresh acidity, showing signature aromas of red fruits (cherry, raspberry, strawberry), forest floor, spices, leather and earthy notes. Fine ageing potential, excelling on schist and volcanic soils. Star of the great German reds of Baden VDP, Palatinate VDP and Ahr VDP. German synonym for Pinot Noir, the Burgundian variety raised to high standards in Germany.
wines from the region of Pfalz go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of veal saltimbocca, baked sea bream or gourmet gizzard salad.
On the nose in the region of Pfalz often reveals types of flavors of earth, vegetal or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, microbio or tropical fruit. In the mouth in the region of Pfalz is a with a nice freshness.