Top 100 wines of Luxembourg
Discover the top 100 best wines of Luxembourg as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Luxembourg and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Luxembourg
Luxembourg (officially the "Grand Duchy of Luxembourg") is a landlocked country at the junction of Belgium, Germany and France. It is a small country compared to its neighbours, stretching 80 km from North to South and 50 km from west to east, covering just over 2,500 square kilometres. Only 1% of this area is devoted to wine growing.
Located in the north of Western Europe, it is one of the coolest wine regions in the world.
In the north of the country, the Ardennes hills and forests dominate the topography. Forest accounts for a third of the country's land and the north is sparsely populated.
The vast majority of Luxembourg's 620,000 inhabitants live in the southern half of the country.
Wine production in Luxembourg has been in Slight decline since the late 1990s, with annual production currently at around 80,000 hectoliters (8 million liters or 2.
1 million U. S. gallons).
Viticulture is centered in the southeastern Part of Luxembourg, where the Mosel River (known as the Moselle) forms the national border with Germany.
Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir
Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
Food and wine pairing with a wine of Luxembourg
wines from the region of Luxembourg go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or pork such as recipes of marmite dieppoise, mussels carbonara or breton galette with buckwheat flour.
Organoleptic analysis of wine of Luxembourg
On the nose in the region of Luxembourg often reveals types of flavors of citrus, apples or minerality and sometimes also flavors of honey, non oak or earth. In the mouth in the region of Luxembourg is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
