Kerner of Baden — Profile, Food Pairings & Best Wines | Winedexer
Discover the best wines made with Kerner as a single variety or as a blend of Baden.
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.
German capital of Pinot Noir (Spätburgunder): silky, fine reds with notes of red fruits, cherry, undergrowth and sweet spices, melted tannins. Round Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris), lively Weissburgunder, supple Müller-Thurgau, mineral Riesling. Germany's 3rd region (15,000 ha) in Baden-Württemberg facing Alsace, one of the country's warmest climates, volcanic soils at the Kaiserstuhl. Cradle of modern great German reds, elegant and fine.