The Winery Espenhof of Rheinhessen

Winery Espenhof - Chardonnay Flonheim
The winery offers 63 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 757 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Espenhof is one of the best wineries to follow in Rheinhessen.. It offers 63 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Espenhof wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Espenhof

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Espenhof

How Winery Espenhof wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of tagliatelle with carbonara, tomato, zucchini and tuna flan or tuna, pepper and tomato quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Espenhof

On the nose the white wine of Winery Espenhof. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Espenhof. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Espenhof

  • 2018With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.92/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Riesling
  • Grauburgunder
  • Weissburgunder
  • Chardonnay
  • Scheurebe
  • Pinot Gris

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 Espenhof

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Espenhof

How Winery Espenhof wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of pistou soup complete, veal cutlets parmigiana or leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Espenhof

On the nose the red wine of Winery Espenhof. often reveals types of flavors of earth.

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

  • Dornfelder
  • Spätburgunder
  • Regent
  • Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Scheurebe

German grape variety obtained in 1916 by Georg Shere (1879/1949). It was given until then as coming from a cross between Riesling and Sylvaner, but genetic tests have shown that its father is the Bouquettraube (Bukettrebe), and it is closely related to the Kerner. The Scheurebe can be found in Austria, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Italy, Slovenia, Great Britain, the United States (California, Virginia, ...), Canada (Ontario, British Columbia, ...), ... practically unknown in France.

The top pink wines of Winery Espenhof

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Espenhof

How Winery Espenhof wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The word of the wine: Hard

A harsh, biting wine, characterized by an excess of tannins and acidity. It is often said of young wines that lack smoothness.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Espenhof

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Espenhof

How Winery Espenhof wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Espenhof

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 Espenhof.

Discover the grape variety: Regent

A complex interspecific cross between the diana (sylvaner x Müller-Thurgau) and the chambourcin obtained in Germany in 1967 by Gerhardt Alleweldt. It can be found in Quebec (Canada), Belgium and Switzerland, but is little known in France. It should be noted that Regent, a monogenic variety, which is nevertheless resistant to certain cryptogamic diseases, was "bypassed" in 2010 by a less resistant strain of mildew, which was also the case for bianca.

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The word of the wine: Hard

A harsh, biting wine, characterized by an excess of tannins and acidity. It is often said of young wines that lack smoothness.