The best wines of Bad Dürkheim

Discover the best wines of Bad Dürkheim of Pfalz as well as the best winemakers of Bad Dürkheim and estates of Bad Dürkheim to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Bad Dürkheim and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Top wines of Bad Dürkheim by region

Looking for a good wine of Bad Dürkheim of Pfalz among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Bad Dürkheim. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Bad Dürkheim with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Bad Dürkheim

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Bad Dürkheim

Red wines from the region of Bad Dürkheim go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of tata simone's dumplings, tunisian haja or rabbit with onions and mustard.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Bad Dürkheim

On the nose the red wine of the region of Bad Dürkheim. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of the region of Bad Dürkheim. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in red wine of Bad Dürkheim

  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.40/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Bad Dürkheim

  • Spätburgunder
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Pinot Noir
  • Dornfelder
  • Regent

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Bad Dürkheim

A wine route planned in the region of Bad Dürkheim? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Bad Dürkheim.

Discovering the wine region of Bad Dürkheim

Bad Dürkheim is an important German wine town in the North of the Pfalz wine region. The spa town was granted its Bad- affix in 1904, in recognition of its Mineral springs (bad means 'bath'). The Vineyards here are best known for their ripe, ComplexRiesling wines. These are among the most flavorful of all German Rieslings, thanks to the Warm, DryClimate.

Dürkheimer Rieslings are produced in varying levels of sweetness, from trocken to trockenbeerenauslese. Most examples are dry or off-dry. Other white and red grape varieties are grown here in smaller quantities. These include Scheurebe, Gewürztraminer, Portugieser and Sankt Laurent.

The town of Bad Dürkheim is located right at the heart of Pfalz's prime vineyard area. To the South lie the villages of Forst an der Weinstrasse and Deidesheim, arguably Pfalz's most important in terms of wine quality. Immediately to the north lies Ungstein, with its famous Herrenberg vineyard, which abuts Bad Dürkheim's own, much-prized Michelsberg site. Wine tourism is key to Bad Dürkheim's economy.

Great white wines of Bad Dürkheim

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Bad Dürkheim

White wines from the region of Bad Dürkheim go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of stuffed squid in the sétoise sauce, seafood pastilla or original francesinha (portugal).

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Bad Dürkheim

On the nose the white wine of the region of Bad Dürkheim. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, earth or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, vegetal. In the mouth the white wine of the region of Bad Dürkheim. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in white wine of Bad Dürkheim

  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.71/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Bad Dürkheim

  • Riesling
  • Weissburgunder
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Chardonnay
  • Cabernet Blanc

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Bad Dürkheim

A wine route planned in the region of Bad Dürkheim? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best white wine of Bad Dürkheim.

Discover the grape variety: Grenache

Grenache noir is a grape variety that originated in Spain. It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by medium to large bunches, and grapes of medium size. Grenache noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Loire Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Great pink wines of Bad Dürkheim

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Bad Dürkheim

Pink wines from the region of Bad Dürkheim go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of piglet shoulder with melting baked apples, rabbit stew the old fashioned way or rabbit leg in foil on the barbecue.

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Bad Dürkheim

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Spätburgunder
  • Grenache

The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Bad Dürkheim

A wine route planned in the region of Bad Dürkheim? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best pink wine of Bad Dürkheim.

Discover the grape variety: Regent

A complex interspecific cross between the diana (sylvaner x Müller-Thurgau) and the chambourcin obtained in Germany in 1967 by Gerhardt Alleweldt. It can be found in Quebec (Canada), Belgium and Switzerland, but is little known in France. It should be noted that Regent, a monogenic variety, which is nevertheless resistant to certain cryptogamic diseases, was "bypassed" in 2010 by a less resistant strain of mildew, which was also the case for bianca.

News from the vineyard of Bad Dürkheim

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