The Cisterzienser Weingut Michel of Rheinhessen

Cisterzienser Weingut Michel
The winery offers 49 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 1100 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen

The Cisterzienser Weingut Michel is one of the best wineries to follow in Rheinhessen.. It offers 49 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Cisterzienser Weingut Michel wines

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

The top white wines of Cisterzienser Weingut Michel

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Cisterzienser Weingut Michel

How Cisterzienser Weingut Michel wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of basque piperade, quick salmon and zucchini lasagna or fideuà (spain).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Cisterzienser Weingut Michel

On the nose the white wine of Cisterzienser Weingut Michel. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Cisterzienser Weingut Michel. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Cisterzienser Weingut Michel

  • 2014With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.84/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Cisterzienser Weingut Michel.

  • Riesling
  • Grauburgunder
  • Chardonnay
  • Bacchus
  • Silvaner
  • Rivaner

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 red wines of Cisterzienser Weingut Michel

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Cisterzienser Weingut Michel

How Cisterzienser Weingut Michel wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of fleischnacka leaf, lamb chops à la champvallon or wild boar, roe deer or doe leg.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Cisterzienser Weingut Michel

In the mouth the red wine of Cisterzienser Weingut Michel. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Cisterzienser Weingut Michel

  • 0With an average score of 3.97/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Cisterzienser Weingut Michel.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Dornfelder
  • Regent
  • Spätburgunder
  • Sankt Laurent

Discover the grape variety: St. Laurent

The top sparkling wines of Cisterzienser Weingut Michel

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Cisterzienser Weingut Michel

How Cisterzienser Weingut Michel wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of quiche lorraine, skate wings with capers or cambodian amok.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Cisterzienser Weingut Michel.

  • Riesling
  • Sauvignon Blanc

The word of the wine: Aging on lees

Maturing on the lees enhances the stability, aromatic complexity and texture of white wines, which gain in body and volume. This phenomenon is induced by autolysis, the process of self-degradation of the lees.

The top pink wines of Cisterzienser Weingut Michel

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Cisterzienser Weingut Michel

How Cisterzienser Weingut Michel wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chinese noodles with beef or duck and peach brochettes.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Cisterzienser Weingut Michel

  • 0With an average score of 4.14/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Cisterzienser Weingut Michel.

  • Dornfelder
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Spätburgunder

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Discover the grape variety: Sankt Laurent