The Winery Dr. Heyden of Rheinhessen

Winery Dr. Heyden
The winery offers 52 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 372 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Dr. Heyden is one of the best wineries to follow in Rheinhessen.. It offers 52 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Dr. Heyden wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Dr. Heyden

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Dr. Heyden

How Winery Dr. Heyden wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or vegetarian such as recipes of simple veal sauté, pan-fried carrots or spinach and goat cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Dr. Heyden

On the nose the white wine of Winery Dr. Heyden. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Dr. Heyden. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Dr. Heyden

  • 1993With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.76/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Dr. Heyden.

  • Riesling
  • Sylvaner
  • Pinot Noir
  • Grauburgunder
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay

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 Winery Dr. Heyden

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Dr. Heyden

How Winery Dr. Heyden wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of shepherd's pie (quebec!), blanquette of veal in the old way (self-cooker) or leg of wild boar.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Dr. Heyden

On the nose the red wine of Winery Dr. Heyden. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Dr. Heyden. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Dr. Heyden

  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Dr. Heyden.

  • Spätburgunder
  • Pinot Noir Précoce
  • Pinot Noir
  • Kerner
  • Dornfelder

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.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Dr. Heyden

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Dr. Heyden

How Winery Dr. Heyden wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of endives au gratin without béchamel sauce, potato and smoked salmon gratin or zarzuela mayonapo.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Dr. Heyden

  • 0With an average score of 3.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Dr. Heyden.

  • Riesling
  • Silvaner
  • Pinot Gris

The word of the wine: Floral

Said of a wine whose aromas are reminiscent of flowers.

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Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.