The Winery Fogt of Rheinhessen

Winery Fogt - Siefersheimer Goldenes Horn Riesling
The winery offers 53 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 149 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Fogt is one of the best wineries to follow in Rheinhessen.. It offers 53 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Fogt wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Fogt

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Fogt

How Winery Fogt wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of stuffed round zucchini, scallops with cream or coconut chicken.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Fogt

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Fogt

  • 2016With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.79/5

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

  • Riesling
  • Grauburgunder
  • Weissburgunder
  • Chardonnay
  • Scheurebe
  • Huxelrebe

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 sparkling wines of Winery Fogt

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Fogt

How Winery Fogt wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of oven-baked veal cutlets, rabbit with hunter's sauce or autumn duck aiguillette.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Fogt

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Fogt. often reveals types of flavors of citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Fogt

  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Spätburgunder
  • Blauer Portugieser

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

The top red wines of Winery Fogt

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Fogt

How Winery Fogt wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of lomo saltado, lamb collar with mustard or indian style coral lentils.

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon

The word of the wine: Water stress

Lack of water. Water stress blocks the vegetative cycle of the vine, which uses all available resources to maintain the integrity of the plant, thus blocking the ripening process of the grapes.

The top pink wines of Winery Fogt

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Fogt

How Winery Fogt wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of small stuffed fish from nice, lamb in a crown with spring vegetables or roast duck breast or duck fillet with dried apricots.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Fogt

  • 2018With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Blauer Portugieser

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 sweet wines of Winery Fogt

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Fogt

How Winery Fogt wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, spicy food or poultry such as recipes of traditional tunisian couscous, home-made white pudding or chicken drumstick with bacon.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Fogt

  • 2016With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5

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

  • Silvaner

The word of the wine: Cooperative cellar

A collective production structure to which winegrowers belong in order to pool their grapes, transform them into wine and ensure its marketing.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Fogt

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 Fogt.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). 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 bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

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The word of the wine: Water stress

Lack of water. Water stress blocks the vegetative cycle of the vine, which uses all available resources to maintain the integrity of the plant, thus blocking the ripening process of the grapes.