Top 100 wines of Moselle
Discover the top 100 best wines of Moselle as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Moselle and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Moselle
France's most northerly AOC in Lorraine (2010), vineyards revived after phylloxera and the wars, clay-limestone and marly soils, harsh semi-continental climate. Auxerrois flagship native white (60% of whites): dry with green apple, citrus, white flowers and smoky mineral touch, tense thirst-quenching acidity. Full Pinot Gris, floral Müller-Thurgau and Gewürztraminer in whites. Fresh Pinot Noir rosés.
Lively everyday northern wines.
Discover the grape variety: Pinot gris
Rich, ample whites with a golden robe, showing aromas of pear, quince, honey, smoke, ginger and spice. Made as structured dry wines (Alsace AOC), off-dry and sumptuous late-harvest sweet (vendange tardive, sélection de grains nobles). Lighter and crisper in Italy as Pinot Grigio (Veneto, Friuli). Also in Germany (Grauburgunder), Hungary (Szürkebarát) and Oregon. A grey mutation of Pinot Noir.
Food and wine pairing with a wine of Moselle
wines from the region of Moselle go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of monkfish in foil, salmon and goat cheese quiche or aperitif skewers edam/basilic/dry apricot.
Organoleptic analysis of wine of Moselle
On the nose in the region of Moselle often reveals types of flavors of cream, grapefruit or citrus and sometimes also flavors of apples, peach or green apple. In the mouth in the region of Moselle is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
