Winery SchäferMettenheimer Merlot Trocken
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The Mettenheimer Merlot Trocken of the Winery Schäfer is in the top 0 of wines of Rheinhessen.
Details and technical informations about Winery Schäfer's Mettenheimer Merlot Trocken.
Discover the grape variety: Bogdanusa
This grape variety was formerly cultivated in Croatia, more precisely on the island of Hvar in southern Dalmatia. In France, it is practically unknown.
Informations about the Winery Schäfer
The Winery Schäfer is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 24 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: Cinsault
Cinsault is a southern black grape variety that can be found in the blends of most Mediterranean appellations, but most often as an accessory grape variety. It is undoubtedly most present in certain rosé wines (in Corbières, Côtes-de-Provence, etc.): it gives these wines highly appreciated aromas of strawberry, peach and raspberry. In vin de pays (IGP), it is often vinified on its own, usually as a rosé.
