The Winery Fritz Windisch of Rheinhessen

Winery Fritz Windisch - Alsheimer Frühmesse  Riesling Auslese
The winery offers 180 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 63 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Fritz Windisch is one of the world's great estates. It offers 180 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Fritz Windisch wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Fritz Windisch

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Fritz Windisch

How Winery Fritz Windisch wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of cannelloni of meat, monkfish in foil or fish and shrimp curry.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Fritz Windisch

On the nose the white wine of Winery Fritz Windisch. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, dried fruit or tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Fritz Windisch. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Fritz Windisch

  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.85/5

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

  • Riesling
  • Chardonnay
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Siegerrebe
  • Scheurebe
  • Kerner

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 Fritz Windisch

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Fritz Windisch

How Winery Fritz Windisch wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of vegetarian lasagna, duck breast with pepper sauce or pasta carbonara almost like the real thing.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Fritz Windisch

On the nose the red wine of Winery Fritz Windisch. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, black fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of microbio, oak or spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Fritz Windisch. is a .

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Fritz Windisch

  • 2008With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.00/5

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

  • Dornfelder

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Fritz Windisch

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Fritz Windisch

How Winery Fritz Windisch wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of cajun jumbalaya rice, pasta with tuna and tomato or coconut chicken and curry.

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

  • Riesling

The word of the wine: Primeur

Said of wines from the last vintage and, by extension, wines of the year, fruity and easy-drinking, put on sale on the third Thursday in November. The AOC regulations specify that a wine is said to be primeur if it is bottled before the spring, and nouveau if it is bottled before the following harvest. Beaujolais Nouveau is therefore a vin primeur.

The top sweet wines of Winery Fritz Windisch

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Fritz Windisch

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

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

  • Scheurebe

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Fritz Windisch

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 Fritz Windisch.

Discover the grape variety: Gewurztraminer

Gewurztraminer rosé is a grape variety that originated in France. 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 vine is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Gewurztraminer rosé can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Jura, Champagne, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

News about Winery Fritz Windisch and wines from the region

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Decanter New York Fine Wine Encounter masterclass: Brunello di Montalcino 2013

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The word of the wine: Primeur

Said of wines from the last vintage and, by extension, wines of the year, fruity and easy-drinking, put on sale on the third Thursday in November. The AOC regulations specify that a wine is said to be primeur if it is bottled before the spring, and nouveau if it is bottled before the following harvest. Beaujolais Nouveau is therefore a vin primeur.