The best wines of Luxembourg

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

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Top wines of Luxembourg by region

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

Great red wines of Luxembourg

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Want to buy a red wine of Luxembourg cheap or sell a red wine of Luxembourg at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.

Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Luxembourg

Red wines from the region of Luxembourg go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast veal orloff with mushrooms, gloom and doom or duck legs with green olives.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Luxembourg

On the nose the red wine of the region of Luxembourg. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or tobacco and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or oak.

The best vintages in red wine of Luxembourg

  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.62/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.56/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Luxembourg

  • Pinot Noir

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Luxembourg

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

Discovering the wine region of Luxembourg

Luxembourg (officially the "Grand Duchy of Luxembourg") is a landlocked country at the junction of Belgium, Germany and France. It is a small country compared to its neighbours, stretching 80 km from North to South and 50 km from west to east, covering just over 2,500 square kilometres. Only 1% of this area is devoted to wine growing. Located in the north of Western Europe, it is one of the coolest wine regions in the world.

In the north of the country, the Ardennes hills and forests dominate the topography. Forest accounts for a third of the country's land and the north is sparsely populated. The vast majority of Luxembourg's 620,000 inhabitants live in the southern half of the country. Wine production in Luxembourg has been in Slight decline since the late 1990s, with annual production currently at around 80,000 hectoliters (8 million liters or 2.

1 million U. S. gallons). Viticulture is centered in the southeastern Part of Luxembourg, where the Mosel River (known as the Moselle) forms the national border with Germany.

Great white wines of Luxembourg

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Luxembourg

White wines from the region of Luxembourg go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of pork roulades with cream and mushrooms, light salmon steaks and or chicken with green olives.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Luxembourg

On the nose the white wine of the region of Luxembourg. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, butter or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, floral or vegetal.

The best vintages in white wine of Luxembourg

  • 2001With an average score of 4.45/5
  • 2006With an average score of 4.37/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.28/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.22/5
  • 2004With an average score of 4.19/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.17/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Luxembourg

  • Riesling
  • Pinot Blanc
  • Auxerrois
  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Gris

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Luxembourg

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

Discover the grape variety: Auxerrois

Auxerrois is a white grape variety native to Lorraine, which is also found in Alsace and in the Loire Valley, where it took off in 1950. Its name comes from the nurseries in Auxerre where it found refuge during the Second World War. Often called Pinot Auxerrois, it is part of the Moselle, Alsace and Côtes-de-Toul AOC grape varieties. Auxerrois should not be confused with côt or malbec, which are red grape varieties from the Cahors region and which may bear the same name. The bunches of Auxerrois are of medium size with small berries. It is a semi-late grape variety whose buds only come out when temperatures are well above 10°C. Auxerrois wines are characterized by finesse and acidity and subtle aromas of exotic fruits, fruits and white flowers. In France, it represents 1,600 hectares of production and some small parcels of Auxerrois are also present in Luxembourg, Germany, Canada and South Africa (2,300 hectares in total).

Great sparkling wines of Luxembourg

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Luxembourg

Sparkling wines from the region of Luxembourg go well with generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of quick paella, summer tuna quiche or brioche shuttles.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Luxembourg

On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Luxembourg. often reveals types of flavors of apples, yeast or apricot and sometimes also flavors of pear, stone or toasty. In the mouth the sparkling wine of the region of Luxembourg. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of Luxembourg

  • 2020With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 1999With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.99/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Luxembourg

  • Riesling
  • Pinot Noir
  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Blanc
  • Auxerrois

The best wineries and winemakers for sparkling wine of Luxembourg

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

The word of the wine: Cup (size in)

Specific to the Mediterranean vineyard, this short pruning which opens the stock in the shape of a corolla offers a good resistance to violent winds but does not allow any mechanization of the vine work.

Great pink wines of Luxembourg

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Luxembourg

Pink wines from the region of Luxembourg go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of andouillette de troyes with chaource sauce, penne à la toscane or roast duck breast stuffed with porcini mushrooms and chanterelles.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Luxembourg

On the nose the pink wine of the region of Luxembourg. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in pink wine of Luxembourg

  • 2012With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.97/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.59/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Luxembourg

  • Pinot Noir
  • Pinot Gris

The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Luxembourg

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

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay 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. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Great sweet wines of Luxembourg

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Luxembourg

Sweet wines from the region of Luxembourg go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of tuna and cream cheese pie, caramelized lamb mice or quick chocolate fudge cake.

The best vintages in sweet wine of Luxembourg

  • 2016With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.97/5

The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Luxembourg

  • Gewürztraminer
  • Riesling

The best wineries and winemakers for sweet wine of Luxembourg

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

The word of the wine: Erinosis

Generally benign condition caused by a very small mite. The infested leaves show blisters on the upper surface, sometimes reddish, sometimes green, to which corresponds on the lower surface a dense felting, first pinkish white, then brownish or reddish.

News from the vineyard of Luxembourg

Leading wine families award business prize to Europe’s oldest luthier

At a lunch in Brussels, the 2021 PFV ‘Family is Sustainability’ prize was presented to Jan Strick and his son Matthijs of Maison Bernard, who triumphed over more than 100 applicants from around the world to win the €100,000 (£84,000) award. ‘Selection was difficult,’ said Matthieu Perrin, president of the PFV, ‘but ultimately the jury felt that Maison Bernard is a brilliant example of exquisite handicraft and the maintenance of an ancient artisanal tradition in family hands, exactly as we fight ...

Rare Haut-Brion helps Prince Robert of Luxembourg cellar auction ‘smash’ estimate

All 818 lots were sold in the auction, which saw Prince Robert of Luxembourg, chairman and CEO of Château Haut-Brion owner Domaine Clarence Dillon, open up his personal cellar to raise funds for the PolG Foundation. Featuring 4,200 bottles and covering Bordeaux wine royalty spanning more than a century of vintages, Sotheby’s said the auction ‘smashed’ its pre-sale high estimate of around $4m.  Two 4.5-litre Jeroboams of Haut-Brion, one from the 1926 vintage and the other from 1 ...

A perfect storm: Nutri-Score, alcohol and health

The situation has been developing for a long time. But the potentially explosive elements are growing in intensity and coming together as if by some invisible magnetic force. In 2011, Regulation No. 1169 (which amended earlier regulations going back to 2006) was adopted in European Parliament calling for a system to provide food nutrition information to consumers. Shortly thereafter, the French Ministry of Health instructed Santé Publique France, the national public health agency, to create a co ...

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