The best wines of Saale-Unstrut

Discover the best wines of Saale-Unstrut as well as the best winemakers of Saale-Unstrut and estates of Saale-Unstrut to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Saale-Unstrut and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Top wines of Saale-Unstrut by region

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

Great red wines of Saale-Unstrut

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Saale-Unstrut

Red wines from the region of Saale-Unstrut go well with generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of pasta with avocado, veal roast, country style or flamenkuche express.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Saale-Unstrut

On the nose the red wine of the region of Saale-Unstrut. often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit or microbio and sometimes also flavors of black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of the region of Saale-Unstrut. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in red wine of Saale-Unstrut

  • 2016With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.49/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.45/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.30/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Saale-Unstrut

  • Dornfelder
  • Zweigelt
  • Acolon
  • Regent
  • Cabernet Jura
  • Pinot Noir Précoce

Discovering the wine region of Saale-Unstrut

Saale-Unstrut is the northernmost of Germany's 13 wine-growing regions. At 51 degrees northern latitude, it is one of the most northerly wine regions in the world. It takes its name from the two rivers on the banks of which the Vines of the region grow, and is composed of three non-contiguous Parts located mainly in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, with around 650 hectares (1600 acres) of Vineyards, often terraced, on South and south-west-facing slopes along the narrow river valleys. A smaller area of 20 hectares (50 acres) is located in the state of Thüringen and a block of just 7 hectares (17 acres) in Brandenburg.

Two towns within the region, Freyburg and Karsdorf, each have one vineyard which has been accorded Grosse Lage status. Wine has been grown here for more than 1000 years. The Cistercian monks founded the Pforta Abbey in approximately 1100 AD and established the Pfortenser Köppelberg vineyard, which still exists today. The wine industry in this part of Germany had a Hard time during the post-war communist era, but since reunification quality has improved, and the area under vine has expanded slightly.

Saale-Unstrut enjoys plenty of sunshine and has one of the lowest rainfalls of any German wine-growing region. Soils are mainly sedimentary with shell, limestone and sandstone predominating. Despite these favorable conditions, the region's northern Climate is uncompromising, and even when yields are kept low, Spätlese or Auslese wines can only be produced during the warmest of years. Müller-Thurgau is the most widely planted variety in the Saale-Unstrut region, accounting for around 20 percent of the total vineyard area.

Great white wines of Saale-Unstrut

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Saale-Unstrut

White wines from the region of Saale-Unstrut go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or goat cheese such as recipes of pasta with vongoles (flat clams), mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche or tian of courgettes, potatoes and goat cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Saale-Unstrut

On the nose the white wine of the region of Saale-Unstrut. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, tropical fruit or earth. In the mouth the white wine of the region of Saale-Unstrut. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in white wine of Saale-Unstrut

  • 2018With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.50/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Saale-Unstrut

  • Bacchus
  • Müller-Thurgau
  • Kerner
  • Riesling
  • Weissburgunder
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Kerner

Intraspecific crossing between frankenthal and riesling obtained in Germany in 1929 by August Karl Herold (1902/1973). In 1951 and by crossing it with the sylvaner, we obtained the juwel. It should be noted that there is a mutation of Kerner, discovered in 1974 and bearing the name of kernling, with grapes of pink-grey to red-grey colour at full maturity. Kerner can be found in Germany, Belgium, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, South Africa, Australia, the United States, Canada, Japan... practically unknown in France except in a few Moselle vineyards.

Great sparkling wines of Saale-Unstrut

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Saale-Unstrut

Sparkling wines from the region of Saale-Unstrut go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of caramelized pork ribs, spaghetti with salmon or lentil soup with carrots and coconut milk.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Saale-Unstrut

On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Saale-Unstrut. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or microbio and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, tropical fruit or vegetal.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of Saale-Unstrut

  • 2000With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.62/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.32/5
  • 1990With an average score of 3.27/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.23/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Saale-Unstrut

  • Riesling
  • Chardonnay
  • Weissburgunder
  • Grauburgunder
  • Welschriesling
  • Spätburgunder

The word of the wine: Aggressive

Said of a wine with excessive, biting and unpleasant acidity.

Great pink wines of Saale-Unstrut

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Saale-Unstrut

Pink wines from the region of Saale-Unstrut go well with generally quite well with dishes of vegetarian such as recipes of zucchini and goat cheese quiche.

The best vintages in pink wine of Saale-Unstrut

  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Saale-Unstrut

  • Blauer Portugieser
  • Spätburgunder
  • André
  • Cabernet Jura
  • Dornfelder

Discover the grape variety: Blauer Portugieser

Great sweet wines of Saale-Unstrut

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Saale-Unstrut

Sweet wines from the region of Saale-Unstrut go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of pasta carbonara almost like the real thing, fish and shrimp wok with curry or garantita or karantita (algerian recipe).

The best vintages in sweet wine of Saale-Unstrut

  • 2018With an average score of 3.20/5

The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Saale-Unstrut

  • Weissburgunder
  • Bacchus
  • Riesling
  • Silvaner

The word of the wine: Flexible

A tender wine with little tannin.

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