The Winery Alte Grafschaft of Baden

Winery Alte Grafschaft - Fass 3
The winery offers 28 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 151 of the estates of Baden.
It is located in Baden

The Winery Alte Grafschaft is one of the best wineries to follow in Baden.. It offers 28 wines for sale in of Baden to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Alte Grafschaft wines

Looking for the best Winery Alte Grafschaft wines in Baden among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Alte Grafschaft 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 Alte Grafschaft wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Alte Grafschaft

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Alte Grafschaft

How Winery Alte Grafschaft wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of broccoli gratin, my chef's pot or pastilla with chicken (moroccan pie with brick sheets).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Alte Grafschaft

On the nose the white wine of Winery Alte Grafschaft. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Alte Grafschaft. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Alte Grafschaft

  • 2013With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Alte Grafschaft.

  • Riesling
  • Silvaner
  • Müller-Thurgau
  • Bacchus
  • Scheurebe
  • Weissburgunder

Discovering the wine region of Baden

Baden is the southernmost of Germany's 13 official wine regions. It is also the warmest. Its relatively sunny, DryClimate permits the production of good-quality Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) and ripe, relatively Full-bodied">Full-bodied examples of Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris) and Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc). These are often made in oaked styles.

Baden is classified as zone B under the European Union's Vineyard">Vineyard climate classification. Every other German region is in chilly Zone A. Baden is, unusually for Germany, best known for its red wines, However its whites account for the majority of its output. Pinot Noir rules the vineyards here.

For every acre of Riesling (the dominant variety in almost every other German region), there are five of Pinot Noir. The next most commonly planted variety is Müller-Thurgau, followed by Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc. The combined vineyard area occupied by these latter three is roughly equal to that devoted to Pinot Noir alone. Next comes Riesling, which accounts for less than 10 percent of Baden's vineyard area, followed closely by Gutedel (Chasselas).

The top red wines of Winery Alte Grafschaft

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Alte Grafschaft

How Winery Alte Grafschaft wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of traditional flemish carbonades, roast veal with chanterelles and cream or roast deer my grandmother's way.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Alte Grafschaft

On the nose the red wine of Winery Alte Grafschaft. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Alte Grafschaft. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Alte Grafschaft

  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Alte Grafschaft.

  • Spätburgunder
  • Pinot Noir

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Alte Grafschaft

Planning a wine route in the of Baden? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Alte Grafschaft.

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). 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 small bunches, and small grapes. White Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

News about Winery Alte Grafschaft and wines from the region

Warmer climate to boost UK wine production, says study

Higher growing season temperatures over the next 20 years are likely to further increase the UK’s potential for wine production, according to new modelling on ‘near-term’ climate change impact on the sector. Yet wineries also need flexibility to adapt to challenges, said the study, published in the Oeno One journal and part of a wider project on climate resilience in UK wine. Conditions seen in the excellent 2018 vintage are set to become more common in several areas, including East ...

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 ...

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: Size (champagne)

Juices that flow from the press after the cuvée, at the second pressing. Less fine, often more vegetal, it is mainly used to make the first price champagnes.