Top 100 wines of Moselle - Page 2
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
The wine region of Moselle of Luxembourg. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Les Vignerons de la Moselle or the Domaine Les Vignerons de la Moselle produce mainly wines white, pink and red. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Moselle are Gewurztraminer, Pinot blanc and Pinot gris, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. In the mouth of Moselle is a powerful with a nice freshness.
We currently count 4 estates and châteaux in the of Moselle, producing 6 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Moselle go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), spicy food or sweet desserts.
Discover the grape variety: Pinot gris
Pinot Gris is a grey grape variety mutated from Pinot Noir. It has its origins in Burgundy, where it is called pinot-beurot in reference to the colour of the grey robes worn by the monks of the region. Established in Alsace since the 17th century, pinot gris was called tokay until 2007. It is made up of bunches of small berries that vary in colour from pink to blue-grey. It is particularly well suited to the continental climate because it is resistant to the cold in winter and to spring frosts. This variety also likes dry limestone soils with plenty of sunshine in the summer. Pinot Gris is well suited to late harvesting or to the selection of noble grapes, depending on the year and the concentration of sugars in the berries. Pinot Gris wines are distinguished by their aromatic complexity of white fruits, mushrooms, honey, vanilla, cinnamon, etc., and their great finesse. In the Loire Valley, pinot gris is used in the Coteaux-d'Ancenis appellations. It gives dry or sweet wines with pear and peach aromas.
Food and wine pairing with a wine of Moselle
wines from the region of Moselle go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of tanjia, very simple spaghetti carbonara or rabbit leg in foil on the barbecue.
Organoleptic analysis of wine of Moselle
On the nose in the region of Moselle often reveals types of flavors of green apple, tree fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of microbio, citrus fruit or red fruit. In the mouth in the region of Moselle is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.
News from the vineyard of Moselle
Andrew Jefford: ‘The gifts of Bacchus hold our gaze like a procession’
Do growers make wine – or do markets? Growers, of course. Yet markets define the scope of the grower’s creative efforts by what they reward or sanction. When markets are neglectful and unresponsive, there’s little the grower can do but conform. It’s a problem the world over. Here’s an example. The river Moselle/Mosel rises to the wet west of the Vosges mountains, then curves in a long green arc heading north through Epinal, Metz and (along the left bank) Luxembourg’s Grand Duchy, turning east at ...
Andrew Jefford: ‘The gifts of Bacchus hold our gaze like a procession’
Do growers make wine – or do markets? Growers, of course. Yet markets define the scope of the grower’s creative efforts by what they reward or sanction. When markets are neglectful and unresponsive, there’s little the grower can do but conform. It’s a problem the world over. Here’s an example. The river Moselle/Mosel rises to the wet west of the Vosges mountains, then curves in a long green arc heading north through Epinal, Metz and (along the left bank) Luxembourg’s Grand Duchy, turning east at ...
Wartime Cognac
The French shipment of 600 bottles of De Haartman & Co Cognac – plus 15 boxes of Bénédictine liqueur – is believed to have been destined for Tsar Nicholas II, but was intercepted in the Baltic Sea and sunk by a German submarine in May 1917. Now Cognac house Birkedal Hartmann has refilled 300 of the recovered bottles with Cognac dating from the early 1900s, using packaging identical to the original, and is selling them for €9,000 each. The wreck of the SS Kyros was discovered by Swedish explo ...