Caves GarnierZweigelt
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese, pork or lamb.
The Zweigelt of the Caves Garnier is in the top 50 of wines of Bern.
Food and wine pairings with Zweigelt
Pairings that work perfectly with Zweigelt
Original food and wine pairings with Zweigelt
The Zweigelt of Caves Garnier matches generally quite well with dishes of lamb, pork or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of lamb mouse with figs and grapes, baked bread (tomato, mushroom, ham, cheese) or tartiflette with 3 cheeses.
Details and technical informations about Caves Garnier's Zweigelt.
Discover the grape variety: Zweigelt
Intraspecific crossing between the saint laurent and the limberger realized in 1922 and in Austria by Fritz Zweigelt (1888/1964) who named it rotburger. Very well known in Austria, it can be found in most Eastern countries, Japan, Germany, Great Britain, the Netherlands, Belgium, Switzerland, Italy, Canada, the United States, etc. In France, it is not very well known and yet this variety has interesting qualities when vinified as a single variety for both red and rosé wines. - Synonyms: rotburger, klosterneuburger, zweigelt blau, blauer-zweigelt in Germany, zweigeltrebe in Austria, Great Britain and the Czech Republic, blauer zwelgetrabe in Hungary, etc. (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here !)
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Zweigelt from Caves Garnier are 2013, 2018, 2015, 0 and 2016.
Informations about the Caves Garnier
The Caves Garnier is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 58 wines for sale in the of Bern to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Bern
The wine region of Bern of Switzerland. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Rebbau Spiez - Spiezer Alpine Weinkultur or the Domaine Keller Am See produce mainly wines white, red and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Bern are Pinot noir, Chasselas and Riesling, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Bern often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, earth.
The word of the wine: Downy mildew
Disease of the vine due to a fungus. Downy mildew is formidable because it attacks all the organs, from the stem to the grapes, including the leaves, in depth. It was against it that the famous copper and lime-based Bordeaux mixture was developed.
