The Winery Weingut Geil of Rheinhessen

Winery Weingut Geil
The winery offers 140 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 34 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Weingut Geil is one of the world's great estates. It offers 140 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Weingut Geil wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Weingut Geil

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Weingut Geil

How Winery Weingut Geil wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of tanjia, old-fashioned pork roll or wild boar with honey.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Weingut Geil

On the nose the red wine of Winery Weingut Geil. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or earthy and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, strawberries or raspberry. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Weingut Geil. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Weingut Geil

  • 2016With an average score of 3.91/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.67/5

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

  • Dornfelder
  • Pinot Noir Précoce
  • Pinot Noir
  • Spätburgunder
  • Blauer Portugieser
  • Cabernet Dorsa

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 sweet wines of Winery Weingut Geil

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Weingut Geil

How Winery Weingut Geil wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of banh mi sandwich, cassolettes of scallops or coconut chicken and curry.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Weingut Geil

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Weingut Geil. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, non oak or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices, tree fruit or oak. In the mouth the sweet wine of Winery Weingut Geil. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Weingut Geil

  • 2011With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.15/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.00/5

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

  • Riesling
  • Rieslaner
  • Silvaner
  • Huxelrebe

Discover the grape variety: Weissburgunder

The top white wines of Winery Weingut Geil

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Weingut Geil

How Winery Weingut Geil wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of chicken bonne femme, lobster barbecue or fish with madras curry and coconut milk.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Weingut Geil

On the nose the white wine of Winery Weingut Geil. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, melon or non oak and sometimes also flavors of tropical fruit, floral or citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Weingut Geil. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Weingut Geil

  • 2013With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Riesling
  • Grauburgunder
  • Huxelrebe
  • Weissburgunder
  • Silvaner
  • Müller-Thurgau

The word of the wine: Burgundy melon

A white grape variety from Burgundy that is not widely used in its native region, but has spread to the Nantes region. It is the exclusive variety of Muscadet. It gives a dry pale yellow wine, supple and lively, with an intense bouquet, to which maturing on lees gives fatness and aromatic complexity.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Weingut Geil

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Weingut Geil

How Winery Weingut Geil wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of vegetarian, pork or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese, the tartiflette wrap or tuna and cream cheese pie.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Weingut Geil

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Weingut Geil. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Weingut Geil

  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Spätburgunder
  • Riesling

Discover the grape variety: Grauburgunder

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Weingut Geil

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 Weingut Geil.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

News about Winery Weingut Geil and wines from the region

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Vinzelles

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Vinzelles, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...

The Mâcon plus appellation seen by Théo et Hugo Merlin

Théo and Paul Merlin are winegrowers at the Domaine Merlin, they emphasizes the characteristics of the appellation Mâcon La Roche Vineuse. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (March 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/bivb​​ Find out more on our website: https://www.bourgogn ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Solutré-Pouilly

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Solutré-Pouilly, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Bour ...

The word of the wine: Burgundy melon

A white grape variety from Burgundy that is not widely used in its native region, but has spread to the Nantes region. It is the exclusive variety of Muscadet. It gives a dry pale yellow wine, supple and lively, with an intense bouquet, to which maturing on lees gives fatness and aromatic complexity.