The Winery Alfred Meyer of Alsace

Winery Alfred Meyer
The winery offers 20 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 3620 of the estates of Alsace.
It is located in Alsace

The Winery Alfred Meyer is one of the best wineries to follow in Alsace.. It offers 20 wines for sale in of Alsace to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Alfred Meyer wines

Looking for the best Winery Alfred Meyer wines in Alsace among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Alfred Meyer wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Alfred Meyer wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Alfred Meyer

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Alfred Meyer

How Winery Alfred Meyer wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of endives au gratin without béchamel sauce, genuine chicken tagine olive and lemon confit tagine with argan oil or tagliatelle with carbonara.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Alfred Meyer

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The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Alfred Meyer

  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Alfred Meyer.

  • Riesling
  • Pinot Gris
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Pinot Blanc
  • Auxerrois
  • Sylvaner

Discovering the wine region of Alsace

Alsace, located in the extreme north-east of France, is Distinguished from other French wine regions by its strong Franco-Germanic influences. These influences are the result of a back-and-forth between the German and French sovereignties over the last few centuries. They can be seen not only in the architecture and culture of Alsace, but also in the wines. Alsace wines are produced under three main appellations: Alsace and Alsace Grand Cru for still white wines (Sweet and Dry), and Crémant d'Alsace for Sparkling wines.

Almost all the wines produced in this region fall under one of these three appellations. Alsace Grand Cru wines are produced from one of the 51 privileged vineyards spread along the Length of the region. Alsace is the only French wine region to produce significant quantities of Riesling and Gewurztraminer. These two grape varieties are more commonly associated with German wines and are reminiscent of Alsace's history.

The top red wines of Winery Alfred Meyer

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Alfred Meyer

How Winery Alfred Meyer wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of vitello tonnato, duck breast with honey, potato and onion with garlic or cream chicken with mushrooms.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Alfred Meyer

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Alfred Meyer. is a with a nice freshness.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Alfred Meyer.

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Sylvaner

The sylvaner is grown mainly in Germany and Alsace. The buds are somewhat cottony and the young leaves are green. The same applies to the ribbed branches. Once mature, the dominant colour is golden-green and small elliptical berries with small to medium-sized bunches can be seen. The ripe fruit is then adorned by five-lobed leaves. This variety is susceptible to chlorosis, gray mold, powdery mildew and mildew. It is also sensitive to frost and wind because of its long branches. It can be grown in any kind of soil, although it prefers stony, sandy and light soils. It is indeed moderately acidic and offers a complex set of aromas such as bitter almond, fruity and floral background. The taste has an excellent mixture of honey and candied or dried fruits.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Alfred Meyer

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Alfred Meyer

How Winery Alfred Meyer wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of balinese-style bonito or very simple muffins.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Alfred Meyer.

  • Muscat Blanc

The word of the wine: Barrel

Unit of measure for the transport and marketing of bulk wines, corresponding to 4 barrels of 225 l, i.e. 900 l.

The top pink wines of Winery Alfred Meyer

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Alfred Meyer

How Winery Alfred Meyer wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pasta with veal stock sauce, potjevleesch or duck breast with peaches and spices.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Alfred Meyer.

  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: White muscat

White muscat is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.

The top sweet wines of Winery Alfred Meyer

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Alfred Meyer

How Winery Alfred Meyer wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of pasta with tuna, spaghetti all 'amatriciana or meringue for dummies.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Alfred Meyer.

  • Gewürztraminer

The word of the wine: Rootstock

American vine on which a French vine is grafted. This is the consequence of the phylloxera that destroyed the vineyard at the end of the 19th century: after much trial and error, it was discovered that the "pest" spared the roots of the American vines, and the technique became widespread.

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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).

News about Winery Alfred Meyer and wines from the region

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Alsace wine leader André Hugel has passed away

André Hugel was an 11th generation member of Famille Hugel, one of the region’s most influential and highly-regarded wine families. The Hugel family settled in the town of Riquewihr, located in the heart of Alsace, all the way back in 1639. André ran Famille Hugel along with his brothers, Jean and Georges, as it developed into one of the world’s top producers. It owns 30 hectares (ha) of prime plots in the Haut-Rhin area, half of which are classified as Grand Cru, and it buys grapes from a furth ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The word of the wine: Barrel

Unit of measure for the transport and marketing of bulk wines, corresponding to 4 barrels of 225 l, i.e. 900 l.

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