An Italian variety that is very present in Piedmont, it is also found in Argentina and France, where it is registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1. Dolcetto nero would be the sweet black one. However, the one we encountered, both at Daumas-Gassac in Aniane in the Hérault and at Pouzols-Minervois in the Aude, does not have the same ampelographic characteristics: the first difference is that the petiolar point and the veins are wine red and not green like those of the douce noire.

Informations about the Winery Dreikönigshof

The winery offers 25 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 4.

It is in the top 5 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Dreikönigshof is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 15 wines for sale in the of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the top 35000 of of Germany wines

In the top 5000 of of Rheinhessen wines

In the top 25000 of pink wines

In the top 550000 wines of the world

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.