Winery Ernst BretzDornfelder

Red wine of Rheinhessen of Germany

3.8

(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)

Tasters generally liked this wine.

The Dornfelder of Winery Ernst Bretz is a red wine from the region of Rheinhessen.
In the mouth this red wine is a .
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or veal.

Taste structure of the Dornfelder from the Winery Ernst Bretz

Light		Bold
Smooth		Tannic
Dry		Sweet
Soft		Acidic

In the mouth the Dornfelder of Winery Ernst Bretz in the region of Rheinhessen is a .

Food and wine pairings with Dornfelder

Pairings that work perfectly with Dornfelder

Original food and wine pairings with Dornfelder

Pasta

The Dornfelder of Winery Ernst Bretz matches generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of spaghetti all 'amatriciana, veal chop with mushrooms or suckling pig leg in the oven.

Details and technical informations about Winery Ernst Bretz's Dornfelder.

Winery

Winery Ernst Bretz

Grape varieties

Dornfelder

Region/Great wine region

Rheinhessen

Country

Germany

Style of wine

Red

Allergens

Contains sulfites

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.

Last vintages of this wine

Dornfelder - 2016

In the top 100 of of Rheinhessen wines

Average rating: 3.8

The best vintages of Dornfelder from Winery Ernst Bretz are 2016

Informations about the Winery Ernst Bretz

The winery offers 131 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.

It is in the top 20 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Ernst Bretz is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 90 wines for sale in the of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the top 15000 of of Germany wines

In the top 2000 of of Rheinhessen wines

In the top 200000 of red wines

In the top 300000 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.

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