The Winery Bäcker of Ahr

Winery Bäcker - Ahr Mayschosser Monchberg Trocken Riesling
The winery offers 14 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 612 of the estates of Ahr.
It is located in Ahr

The Winery Bäcker is one of the best wineries to follow in Ahr.. It offers 14 wines for sale in of Ahr to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Bäcker wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Bäcker

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Bäcker

How Winery Bäcker wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of roast pork in the oven, lobster tail armorican style or chicken breast with curry and mushrooms.

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

  • Riesling
  • Weissburgunder

Discovering the wine region of Ahr

Ahr is one of Germany’s least-known and Northernmost wine regions, known for its Pinot Noir reds. It Lies immediately north of the Mosel, and follows the Ahr River in the Final stages of its journey towards its confluence with the Rhein. One might expect a wine region this far north (50°N) to specialize in white wines – like almost every other cool-Climate wine region. After all, neighboring Mosel and Mittelrhein both clearly favor white wines (around 85 percent).

However Ahr producing around 85 percent red wines, of which around three-quarters are made from Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir). The classic example is brick red in Color and smells of red cherries, Sweetspices and forest floor. Barrel-aging can add spice and savory notes. Ahr Pinot Noir is now a much more Serious, modern and "international" wine style that it once was.

Until 30 years ago, the wines were often slightly sweet and very pale. Today they are invariably Dry and deeper in color – although still much paler than the inky Pinots found in, say, Central Otago. Across Germany (most obviously in Pfalz and Baden), assisted by climate change, the popularity of Pinot Noir has been steadily increasing. The wave of interest has carried German Spätburgunder to new heights, and saved from near-extinction the earlier-ripening Pinot Noir clone, Fruhburgunder.

The top red wines of Winery Bäcker

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Bäcker

How Winery Bäcker wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of duck breast with red fruits, old-fashioned pork roll or duck legs with honey.

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

  • Spätburgunder
  • Pinot Noir
  • Pinot Noir Précoce

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Bäcker

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Bäcker

How Winery Bäcker wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of barbecued prime rib with coarse salt, saltimbocca alla romana or rabbit terrine in the style of a grandmother (pas de calais).

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

  • Spätburgunder

The word of the wine: Structure

Refers to both the structure and the overall constitution of a wine.

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 Bäcker and wines from the region

Walls: Vacqueyras 2015 vs 2016 – how are they drinking now?

When most winemakers retire, their most important legacy is the wines they made, tucked away in cellars around the world. But Serge Férigoule of Domaine le Sang des Cailloux leaves more than just his superlative red and white Vacqueyras. Diary of a winemaker Every day of his working life, Serge took notes of climatic observations from his vineyards, filling stacks of notebooks. They will provide an invaluable insight into a changing climate for generations to come. Scroll down to see Matt Walls& ...

Walls: Discovering St-Joseph estate Martine & Christian Rouchier

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Walls’ hidden gems: Mas de Libian, Ardèche

Our feet crunched through layers of dry oak leaves as we climbed a pebbly path towards the vineyards behind the farmhouse. Roots go deep here. Not just the tall oaks and squat vines, but families too. I walked the vineyards at Mas de Libian with Hélène Thibon, but it was her father Jean-Pierre that greeted me when I arrived. Hélène’s sister Catherine was out front with Bambi the horse, ploughing the sandier plots. Later, we tasted in the winery with Hélène’s son Aurélien. Three generations of a ...

The word of the wine: Structure

Refers to both the structure and the overall constitution of a wine.