Winery Carl Sittmann - Sweet Red

Winery Carl SittmannSweet Red

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.
The Sweet Red of Winery Carl Sittmann is a red wine from the region of Rheinhessen.
This wine generally goes well with

Details and technical informations about Winery Carl Sittmann's Sweet Red.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Dornfelder

German, intraspecific cross made in 1955 by August Karl Herold (1902-1973) between the helfensteiner and the heroldrebe (more details, click here!). With these same parents he also obtained the hegel. The Dornfelder can be found in Switzerland, United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Canada, United States, ... . Virtually unknown in France, we nevertheless recognize a certain interest in it due to its short phenological cycle and the quality of its wines, both rosé and red.

Last vintages of this wine

Sweet Red - 2012
In the top 100 of of Rheinhessen wines
Average rating: 4.411110
Sweet Red - 2011
In the top 100 of of Rheinhessen wines
Average rating: 4.111110

The best vintages of Sweet Red from Winery Carl Sittmann are 2012, 2011

Informations about the Winery Carl Sittmann

The winery offers 39 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Carl Sittmann is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 22 wines for sale in the of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Rheinhessen
In the top 9000 of of Germany wines
In the top 2500 of of Rheinhessen wines
In the top 200000 of red wines
In the top 300000 wines of the world

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.

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The word of the wine: Sweet

Wine with a slightly sickening sweetness.

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