The Winery Black Tower of Rheinhessen

Winery Black Tower
The winery offers 38 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.4.
This estate is part of the Reh Kendermann.
It is ranked in the top 575 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Black Tower is one of the best wineries to follow in Rheinhessen.. It offers 38 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Black Tower wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Black Tower

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Black Tower

How Winery Black Tower wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef with cider, sausage and vegetable risotto with cookéo or pasta with broccoli.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Black Tower

On the nose the red wine of Winery Black Tower. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or dried fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Black Tower. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Black Tower

  • 2014With an average score of 3.41/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.38/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.34/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.33/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.24/5

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

  • Dornfelder
  • Merlot
  • Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Regent

Discovering the wine region of Rheinhessen

Rheinhessen is Germany's largest region for producing the quality wines of the Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete (QbA) and Prädikatswein designations, with roughly 26,500 hectares (65,000 acres) of Vineyard">Vineyards as of 2014. Many of its most significant viticultural areas are favorably influenced by the Rhine river, which runs aLong its North and eastern borders. The Rhine, along with the Nahe river to the west and the Haardt mountains to its South, form a natural border. Rheinhessen covers an area south of Rheingau, north of Pfalz and east of Nahe, and is located within the Rhineland-Palatinate federal state.

The region has been cultivating Grapes for wine production at least since ancient Roman occupation. It's also the home to the oldest surviving records of a German vineyard. Named Glöck, the vineyard was included in a deed for a church and vineyards gifted by Carloman – a duke of the Franks of the Carolingian family and the uncle of the first Holy Roman Emperor, Charlemagne – to the diocese of Würzburg in 742. Within a century, dozens of villages were cultivating grapes throughout Rheinhessen.

An early documentation of Riesling as a distinct grape variety, identified as Rüssling, was also found in records from the city Worms dating back to 1402. The Size of the region, and its location on the Rhine, has given it a significant role in Germany's wine industry history. Its largest city, Mainz, has been an unofficial Center for wine trade, being home to several national wine organizations including the German Wine Institute and the Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates (Verband Deutscher Prädikats-und Qualitätsweingüter e. V.

The top pink wines of Winery Black Tower

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Black Tower

How Winery Black Tower wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of pumpkin and bacon pie, salmon blanquette or chicken with courgettes and curry.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Black Tower

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Black Tower. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Black Tower

  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.39/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.30/5

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

  • Dornfelder
  • Riesling
  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Verdejo

An ancient grape variety that has been cultivated for a long time, mainly in the Rueda region of northwestern Spain. D.N.A. tests show that it is the result of a natural cross between Savagnin and Castellana Blanco. It should not be confused with the Verdelho, which is very well known in Portugal, and the Verdelho Branco, which is almost more widespread. The Verdejo is registered in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A. It can also be found in the United States (Virginia, California, etc.), Australia, Portugal, etc., but is practically unknown in France.

The top white wines of Winery Black Tower

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Black Tower

How Winery Black Tower wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of endives au gratin without béchamel sauce, quick salmon skewers or express chicken skewers with spices.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Black Tower

On the nose the white wine of Winery Black Tower. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, tropical fruit or microbio. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Black Tower. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Black Tower

  • 2005With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2002With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.52/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.51/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Riesling
  • Rivaner
  • Silvaner
  • Chardonnay
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Pinot Grigio

The word of the wine: Clone

A vine propagated from a single specimen (by cuttings or grafting), as opposed to mass selection, which starts from a family of vines.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Black Tower

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Black Tower

How Winery Black Tower wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of pasta carbonara, sea bass wrapped in salt crust or thai shrimp soup (tom yam goong).

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Black Tower

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Black Tower. often reveals types of flavors of vegetal, tree fruit or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, dried fruit or tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Black Tower

  • 2013With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.45/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.44/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.33/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Black Tower.

  • Airen
  • Bobal
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Macabeo
  • Verdejo

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.

The top sweet wines of Winery Black Tower

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Black Tower

How Winery Black Tower wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or poultry such as recipes of mussels spanish style, chicken curry samoussas or okonomiyaki or japanese 'pancake.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Black Tower

  • 0With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Black Tower.

  • Silvaner

The word of the wine: Rafle (taste of)

A taste considered a defect, characterized by an unpleasant astringency and bitterness, brought by the stalk during the vinification process. In order to avoid it, destemming before vinification is a common practice.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Black Tower

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

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.