Winery Blue NunRivaner
White wine
This wine generally goes well with
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Rivaner of Winery Blue Nun in the region of Rheinhessen often reveals types of flavors of tropical, citrus or apples and sometimes also flavors of peach, green apple or apricot.
Details and technical informations about Winery Blue Nun's Rivaner.
Discover the grape variety: Arriloba
The white Arriloba is a grape variety that originated in . 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 is characterized by medium-sized bunches and small grapes. White Arriloba can be found in several vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Provence & Corsica, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone Valley, Armagnac.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Rivaner from Winery Blue Nun are 1981, 2016, 2015, 2008 and 2014.
Informations about the Winery Blue Nun
The Winery Blue Nun is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 53 wines for sale in the of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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 word of the wine: Extraction
All the methods (pumping over, punching down) that allow the colour and tannins to be extracted from the grape skin during maceration, before fermentation begins. It is also possible to macerate after fermentation, but gently, so as not to extract the tannins from the seeds, which are greener. Because of its solvent power, alcohol favours extraction.
