Winery 1538Dornfelder - Merlot
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Dornfelder and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with beef and game (deer, venison).
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Dornfelder - Merlot of Winery 1538 in the region of Pfalz often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, black fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Dornfelder - Merlot
Pairings that work perfectly with Dornfelder - Merlot
Original food and wine pairings with Dornfelder - Merlot
The Dornfelder - Merlot of Winery 1538 matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pork tongue with tomato sauce and pickles or my mother's rabbit.
Details and technical informations about Winery 1538's Dornfelder - Merlot.
Discover the grape variety: Dornfelder
Intensely coloured, fruity reds with a dense purple robe, soft tannins and a generous palate, with aromas of black cherry, blackberry, plum and floral notes. Made as light easy-drinking reds, popular semi-dry cuvées and more structured barrel-aged versions. The second most planted red variety in Germany (Palatinate, Rheinhessen, Württemberg). Cross of helfensteiner × heroldrebe created in 1955 in Weinsberg by August Herold.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Dornfelder - Merlot from Winery 1538 are 2018, 2015, 2016, 0 and 2017.
Informations about the Winery 1538
The Winery 1538 is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 2 wines for sale in the of Pfalz to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Pfalz
Fleshy, dry, fruity Riesling is the region's signature: yellow peach, apricot, ripe citrus, lovely mineral tension. Germany's largest red-wine area (40%), with silky Spätburgunder showing red fruit and spice, darker structured Dornfelder, supple Portugieser. Some rounded Pinot Blanc and Pinot Gris. A 23,640 ha vineyard along the Haardt, among Germany's warmest (>2,000 h of sun).
The word of the wine: Tressallier
White grape variety from the Allier region, identical to the Sacy variety grown in Burgundy. Rarely vinified on its own, it is used in the blending of Saint-Pourçain white wines, associated with chardonnay, the main grape variety of the appellation. Syn.: sacy.
