The Winery Ernst Bretz of Rheinhessen

Winery Ernst Bretz
The winery offers 129 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 95 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Ernst Bretz is one of the world's great estates. It offers 129 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Ernst Bretz wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Ernst Bretz

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Ernst Bretz

How Winery Ernst Bretz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of the secrets of croque-monsieur, cannelloni with salmon and spinach or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Ernst Bretz

On the nose the white wine of Winery Ernst Bretz. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit, tree fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of vegetal. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Ernst Bretz. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Ernst Bretz

  • 2011With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Ernst Bretz.

  • Riesling
  • Bacchus
  • Kerner
  • Chardonnay
  • Weissburgunder
  • 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 sweet wines of Winery Ernst Bretz

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Ernst Bretz

How Winery Ernst Bretz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of sausages with kale, spaghetti neapolitan style or chicken tagine with olives and potatoes.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Ernst Bretz

  • 2015With an average score of 4.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Ernst Bretz.

  • Riesling
  • Ortega
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Huxelrebe
  • Kerner

Discover the grape variety: Weissburgunder

The top red wines of Winery Ernst Bretz

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Ernst Bretz

How Winery Ernst Bretz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of alsatian bäckeoffe, lamb in a crown with spring vegetables or rabbit with basquaise sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Ernst Bretz

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Ernst Bretz

  • 2015With an average score of 4.17/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.98/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Ernst Bretz.

  • Dornfelder
  • Blauer Portugieser
  • Regent
  • Merlot
  • Pinot Noir Précoce
  • St. Laurent

The word of the wine: Paste

Characteristic of a thick and heavy wine with sticky tannins.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Ernst Bretz

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Ernst Bretz

How Winery Ernst Bretz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of quiche lorraine, pasta with tuna and tomato sauce or magic cake cheese quiche.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Ernst Bretz.

  • Chardonnay

Discover the grape variety: Ortega

An intraspecific cross between Müller-Thurgau and Siegerrebe obtained in 1948 by Hans Breider (1908-1960) at the Bavarian Research Station for Viticulture and Horticulture in Veitsnöchheim (Germany). Almost unknown in France, it can be found in Germany, Belgium, England, the United States and Canada. Its early maturity and muscatel taste have sometimes led to it being offered as a table grape on market stalls.

The top pink wines of Winery Ernst Bretz

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Ernst Bretz

How Winery Ernst Bretz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of roast veal with cider, mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche or stuffed duck or goose neck.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Ernst Bretz.

  • Blauer Portugieser
  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Gross

Champagne with between 6 and 15 grams of sugar (see dosage liqueur).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Ernst Bretz

Planning a wine route in the of Rheinhessen? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Ernst Bretz.

Discover the grape variety: Siegerrebe

An intraspecific cross between the Madeleine angevine and the Gewurztraminer obtained in 1929 by Georg Scheu at the Alzey testing station (Germany). Almost unknown in France, it can be found in Germany, Denmark, the Netherlands, Belgium, Sweden, Switzerland, England, the United States, Canada, etc.

News about Winery Ernst Bretz and wines from the region

Geographical denomination: The first step towards the notion of terroir – Focus Bourgogne

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Chablis takes pride in its subsoil by Ivy NG

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The Rully 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 Rully appellation. Here the vineyard is planted on different hills which have very different gelogicial characteristics. It partly explains the great diversity in the expression of the Rully wines. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (February 20 ...

The word of the wine: Paste

Characteristic of a thick and heavy wine with sticky tannins.