Scheurebe of Pfalz — Profile, Food Pairings & Best Wines | Winedexer
Discover the best wines made with Scheurebe as a single variety or as a blend of Pfalz.
More informations about the variety Scheurebe
Aromatic, structured whites with lively acidity and a round mouth, featuring intense aromas of pink grapefruit, blackcurrant, passion fruit, white flowers and muscat notes. Made as aromatic dry wines (Trocken), off-dry (Kabinett, Spätlese) and especially sumptuous botrytised sweet wines (Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese). Grown in Germany (Rheinhessen, Palatinate) and Austria. Created in 1916 by Georg Scheu in Alzey, a Riesling × Bukettrebe cross.
More informations about the region of Pfalz
Fleshy, dry, fruity Riesling is the region's signature: yellow peach, apricot, ripe citrus, lovely mineral tension. Germany's largest red-wine area (40%), with silky Spätburgunder showing red fruit and spice, darker structured Dornfelder, supple Portugieser. Some rounded Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris. A 23,640 ha vineyard along the Haardt, among Germany's warmest (>2,000 h of sun).
What are the typical flavors of the Scheurebe grape variety?
- Tree fruitPresent in 34% of Scheurebe
- Citrus fruitPresent in 29% of Scheurebe
- EarthPresent in 22% of Scheurebe
- Tropical fruitPresent in 20% of Scheurebe
- MicrobioPresent in 10% of Scheurebe
- VegetalPresent in 9% of Scheurebe
- OakPresent in 8% of Scheurebe
- FloralPresent in 8% of Scheurebe
- Non oakPresent in 5% of Scheurebe
- SpicesPresent in 5% of Scheurebe
- Black fruitPresent in 2% of Scheurebe
- PineapplePresent in 1% of Scheurebe
- GrapefruitPresent in 1% of Scheurebe
- TropicalPresent in 1% of Scheurebe
- CitrusPresent in 1% of Scheurebe
- PeachPresent in 1% of Scheurebe
- MineralityPresent in 1% of Scheurebe
- ApricotPresent in 1% of Scheurebe
- LemonPresent in 1% of Scheurebe
- PearPresent in 1% of Scheurebe