The Château de Schengen of Luxembourg

Château de Schengen
The winery offers 6 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 1 of the estates of Luxembourg.
It is located in Luxembourg

The Château de Schengen is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 6 wines for sale in of Luxembourg to come and discover on site or to buy online.

The Château de Schengen wine estate is located in the picturesque town of Schengen, Luxembourg. Overlooking the Moselle, the region, famous for the Schengen Treaty, is also renowned for its lush vineyards that produce some of the country's top wines. This estate, recognized for producing a variety of high-end wines, stretches over hectares of superior quality vineyards. It dominates the landscape with meticulously maintained rows of vines, flanked by rolling hills and dense forests. The region's specific climate, characterized by hot, dry summers, offers a perfect terroir for a variety of grape varieties, including Pinot Noir, Riesling, and Gewurztraminer. The Château de Schengen is a spectacle in and of itself. It features captivating architecture with a grand central building, framed by charming outbuildings. Rich in history, this wine estate offers a unique ambiance where tradition and modernity harmoniously coexist. At the heart of this wine estate lies a century-old cellar where thousands of bottles of wine rest, carefully arranged in a temperature and humidity-controlled environment. Here, visitors can learn about the winemaking process, from grape harvest to bottling. The estate has a solid reputation for its commitment to sustainable practices. It is known for integrating environmentally friendly agricultural techniques while maintaining the highest standards of quality for its wines.

Top Château de Schengen wines

Looking for the best Château de Schengen wines in Luxembourg among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Château de Schengen 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 Château de Schengen wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Château de Schengen

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Château de Schengen

How Château de Schengen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), spicy food or sweet desserts such as recipes of light salmon steaks and, banh mi sandwich or gaufress and light.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Château de Schengen

On the nose the white wine of Château de Schengen. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, apples or lemon and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or earth.

The best vintages in the white wines of Château de Schengen

  • 2009With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.92/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Château de Schengen.

  • Auxerrois
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Pinot Blanc
  • Pinot Gris
  • Riesling

Discovering the wine region of Luxembourg

Luxembourg (officially the 'Grand Duchy of Luxembourg') is a landlocked nation at the junction of Belgium, Germany and France. It is a small country in comparison to its neighbors, extending just 80km (50 miles) North to South and 50km (30 miles) west to east, it covers just over 2,500 square kilometers (960sq miles). Only 1 percent of this is given over to viticulture. Located in the north of Western Europe, this is one of the world's cooler wine regions.

In the north of the country, the rolling Ardennes hills and forests dominate the topography. Forest accounts for a third of the land in the country and the north is sparsely populated. The vast majority of Luxembourg’s 620,000 people live in the southern half of the country. Wine production in Luxembourg has been in gentle decline since the late 1990s, with annual production currently sitting around 80,000 hectoliters (8 million liters or 2.

1 million US gallons). Winemaking is centered on the southeastern portion of Luxembourg where the Mosel river (known as the Moselle) forms the national border with Germany. The Luxembourg Moselle - a 40km (25 mile) stretch of the riverbank - is not as steep as the German Mosel and has fewer south-orientated vineyards. Wine production is typically focused on white Grape varieties led by Rivaner (Müller-Thurgau), Elbling, Auxerrois, Riesling, Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc.

The top sparkling wines of Château de Schengen

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Château de Schengen

How Château de Schengen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of pasta with vongoles (flat clams), salmon and goat cheese quiche or hummus.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Château de Schengen

On the nose the sparkling wine of Château de Schengen. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the sparkling wine of Château de Schengen. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Château de Schengen

  • 2014With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Château de Schengen.

  • Riesling

Discover the grape variety: Auxerrois

Auxerrois is a white grape variety native to Lorraine, which is also found in Alsace and in the Loire Valley, where it took off in 1950. Its name comes from the nurseries in Auxerre where it found refuge during the Second World War. Often called Pinot Auxerrois, it is part of the Moselle, Alsace and Côtes-de-Toul AOC grape varieties. Auxerrois should not be confused with côt or malbec, which are red grape varieties from the Cahors region and which may bear the same name. The bunches of Auxerrois are of medium size with small berries. It is a semi-late grape variety whose buds only come out when temperatures are well above 10°C. Auxerrois wines are characterized by finesse and acidity and subtle aromas of exotic fruits, fruits and white flowers. In France, it represents 1,600 hectares of production and some small parcels of Auxerrois are also present in Luxembourg, Germany, Canada and South Africa (2,300 hectares in total).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Château de Schengen

Planning a wine route in the of Luxembourg? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Château de Schengen.

Discover the grape variety: Gewurztraminer

Gewurztraminer rosé is a grape variety that originated in France. 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 vine is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Gewurztraminer rosé can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Jura, Champagne, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

News about Château de Schengen and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Mancey

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Mancey, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWine ...

The Saint-Véran appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Saint-Véran appellation.The exercice is particularly complex as there are so many variables that make up the terroir throughout its geographical area. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in June 2021. Retrouvez-nous sur les réseaux so ...

Chablis wines with Joe Fattorini in The Wine Show @Home

In this first episode of a series dedicated to Chablis wines on @The Wine Show @Home, wine expert and TV host Joe Fattorini introduces the vineyards and the wines of Chablis through a tasting of three wines: a Petit Chablis, a Chablis and a Chablis Premier Cru. #PureChablis #BourgogneWines #Chablis ...

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.