Winery François SchmittVendanges Tardives Paradis Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Pfingstberg'
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc).
Food and wine pairings with Vendanges Tardives Paradis Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Pfingstberg'
Pairings that work perfectly with Vendanges Tardives Paradis Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Pfingstberg'
Original food and wine pairings with Vendanges Tardives Paradis Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Pfingstberg'
The Vendanges Tardives Paradis Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Pfingstberg' of Winery François Schmitt matches generally quite well with dishes of mild and soft cheese, fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of mont d'or and potato pie, apple cake or autumn chicken with blue cheese sauce.
Details and technical informations about Winery François Schmitt's Vendanges Tardives Paradis Riesling Alsace Grand Cru 'Pfingstberg'.
Discover the grape variety: Riesling
Crystalline, taut whites with vibrant acidity and aromas of citrus, green apple, white flowers, vineyard peach and mineral/petrol notes with age. Made as dry (Trocken, Alsace), off-dry (Kabinett, Spätlese) and sweet (Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese, late harvest). Star of the Moselle, Rheingau, Alsace AOC and Wachau. Also exported to Clare Valley and Finger Lakes.
Informations about the Winery François Schmitt
The Winery François Schmitt is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 31 wines for sale in the of Alsace Grand Cru 'Pfingstberg' to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Alsace Grand Cru 'Pfingstberg'
Grand Cru of Orschwihr in Haut-Rhin (28 ha, 270–370 m on steep terraced slopes, southeast-facing backed by the Vosges, siliceous muschelkalk shell limestone with low water retention): Riesling in white (51%) — chiselled and fresh with tense salinity, late-harvest microclimate favouring noble rot. Gewurztraminer (27%) with airy elegance, Pinot Gris (21%) racy on the lower clay section, Muscat (1%) delicate.
The wine region of Alsace
Capital of great French aromatic whites, most often dry and single-varietal. Straight, mineral Riesling (lemon, gunflint), opulent, exuberant Gewurztraminer (lychee, rose, spices), round, smoky Pinot Gris, floral, crisp Muscat, supple Pinot Blanc. Fine, fruity Crémants d'Alsace, exceptional sweet Vendanges Tardives and Sélection de Grains Nobles. 15,500 ha at the foot of the Vosges on varied soils, 51 Grands Crus since 1975.
The word of the wine: Roundup
Woody part of the grape bunch to which the berries are attached.
