The best wines of Sachsen
Discover the best wines of Sachsen as well as the best winemakers of Sachsen and estates of Sachsen to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Sachsen and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Top wines of Sachsen by region
Looking for a good wine of Sachsen among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Sachsen. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Sachsen with technical and enological descriptions.
Great red wines of Sachsen
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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Sachsen
Red wines from the region of Sachsen go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of borscht (russia), simple and fragrant roast veal or vermicelli sautéed with peking duck.
Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Sachsen
On the nose the red wine of the region of Sachsen. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, earth or spices. In the mouth the red wine of the region of Sachsen. is a with a nice freshness.
The best vintages in red wine of Sachsen
- 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
- 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
- 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
- 2015With an average score of 3.79/5
- 2013With an average score of 3.79/5
- 2014With an average score of 3.75/5
The most used grape varieties in red wine of Sachsen
- Spätburgunder
- Dornfelder
- Regent
- Blauer Portugieser
- Pinot Nero
Discovering the wine region of Sachsen
Sachsen (Saxony) in eastern Germany is one of the world's Northernmost wine regions, located at a latitude of 51 degrees north. The roughly 493 hectares (1,218ac) of vines in the region are planted aLong a 25 mile (40km) stretch of the Elbe river valley, from Pillnitz near the city of Dresden, in a north-easterly direction to Diesbar-Seusslitz, just downstream of the city of Meissen.
Despite its northerly location, Sachsen has a long history of viticulture, with the earliest documents of wine-growing around Meissen dating to 1161. Since Germany's reunification in 1990, great enthusiasm has gone into building and developing the Sachsen wine industry; there are many part-time growers and an enthusiastic local market.
Investment is needed to boost quality however, and with yields roughly half that of other German wine regions, investors' enthusiasm has not matched that of the growers.
Sachsen's Climate is cold-moderate continental with an annual mean temperature of 10° celsius (50°F). The average temperature in January is -0. 5° celsius (31°F) and in July it is 18° celsius (64°F).
However, winter temperatures can drop as low as -28° celsius (18°F).
Sachsen's wines are also influenced by the soils and geology of the Elbe Valley. Carboniferous granite, and feldspar with some mica and quartz are found, as is sandstone. This is often is overlayered by loess, clay and sand deposits.
Great white wines of Sachsen
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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Sachsen
White wines from the region of Sachsen go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of chicken in red wine, dab with coconut milk or tagliatelle with carbonara.
Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Sachsen
On the nose the white wine of the region of Sachsen. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, lemon or earth and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, tree fruit or spices. In the mouth the white wine of the region of Sachsen. is a with a nice freshness.
The best vintages in white wine of Sachsen
- 2019With an average score of 3.95/5
- 2018With an average score of 3.95/5
- 2017With an average score of 3.93/5
- 2012With an average score of 3.93/5
- 2013With an average score of 3.87/5
- 2016With an average score of 3.87/5
The most used grape varieties in white wine of Sachsen
- Riesling
- Grauburgunder
- Müller-Thurgau
- Traminer
- Bacchus
- Scheurebe
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 Sachsen
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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Sachsen
Sparkling wines from the region of Sachsen go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of baeckeoffe, tunisian bricks or salmon steak on a bed of leeks.
Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Sachsen
On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Sachsen. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, tropical fruit.
The best vintages in sparkling wine of Sachsen
- 2008With an average score of 3.80/5
- 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Sachsen
- Riesling
- Weissburgunder
- Grauburgunder
- Elbling
- Pinot Noir
- Kerner
The word of the wine: Clavelin
Typical bottle of the yellow wines of the Jura with a squat shape and a capacity of 62 cl.
Great pink wines of Sachsen
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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Sachsen
Pink wines from the region of Sachsen go well with generally quite well with dishes of vegetarian, veal or pork such as recipes of quiche without pastry, veal axoa (basque country) or alsatian sauerkraut.
Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Sachsen
On the nose the pink wine of the region of Sachsen. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.
The best vintages in pink wine of Sachsen
- 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
- 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
- 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Sachsen
- Dornfelder
- Kerner
- Spätburgunder
- Regent
- Pinot Noir Précoce
- Müller-Thurgau
Discover the grape variety: Pinot
Pinot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. Pinot noir can be found in many vineyards: Burgundy, Alsace, Jura, South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Armagnac, Lorraine, Beaujolais, Rhône Valley, Provence & Corsica.
Great natural sweet wines of Sachsen
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Food and wine pairing with a natural-sweet wine of Sachsen
Natural sweet wines from the region of Sachsen go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
The most used grape varieties in natural-sweet wine of Sachsen
- Dornfelder
- Pinot Noir Précoce
Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir
Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.
News from the vineyard of Sachsen
EU grants member states the right to use resistant hybrid varieties in appellation wines
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A wine route in the region of Sachsen ? Visit the most beautiful wine towns and villages
- Coswig
- Dresden
- Meissen
- Neustadt a. rbge
- Nünchritz
- Radebeul