Top 100 white wines of Zürich
Discover the top 100 best white wines of Zürich as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the white wines that are popular of Zürich and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Zürich
Largest German-speaking wine canton of Switzerland, 620 ha around the lake. Star Pinot Noir (Blauburgunder): fine, fresh reds with notes of cherry, raspberry, undergrowth and sweet spices, silky tannins and a delicate style. Also light, floral Müller-Thurgau and precise Chardonnay. A unique speciality: Räuschling, a rare native white almost exclusive to the canton ("vine of the lake"), lively with citrus, white flowers and taut minerality.
Climate tempered by the lake.
Discover the grape variety: Kerner
Aromatic, structured whites with lively acidity and a slender mouth, featuring muscat-like aromas of white peach, apricot, white flowers, citrus and Riesling-like notes. Made as nervy dry wines (Trocken), off-dry (Kabinett, Spätlese) and mineral high-altitude cuvées. Grown in Germany (Rheinhessen, Palatinate, Württemberg), northern Italy (Alto Adige in the high Val Venosta valleys) and Japan. A Trollinger × Riesling cross created in 1929 in Weinsberg.
Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Zürich
white wines from the region of Zürich go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of tomatoes stuffed with sausage meat, tuna sandwich or summer tuna quiche.
Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Zürich
On the nose in the region of Zürich often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or spices and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, oak or non oak. In the mouth in the region of Zürich is a powerful with a nice freshness.
