Wines made from Weissburgunder grapes of Pfalz
Discover the best wines made with Weissburgunder as a single variety or as a blend of Pfalz.
Elegant, full-bodied dry whites with a pale golden color, ample palate and preserved fresh acidity, offering refined aromas of white fruits (apple, pear), almond, hazelnut, white flowers (acacia) and mineral notes (limestone, flint). Fine barrel-ageing and cellaring potential. Star of great German-speaking whites: Baden VDP, Palatinate VDP, Wachau DAC, Alto Adige DOC (as pinot bianco). German synonym for pinot blanc, a white-skinned mutation of pinot noir.
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).