Winery Weingut GeilPurpur

Red wine of Rheinhessen of Germany

4.3

(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)

Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.

The Purpur of Winery Weingut Geil is a red wine from the region of Rheinhessen.
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Dornfelder and the Pinot noir.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or veal.

Food and wine pairings with Purpur

Pairings that work perfectly with Purpur

Original food and wine pairings with Purpur

Game (deer, venison)

Rich fish (salmon, tuna etc)

The Purpur of Winery Weingut Geil matches generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal shank in a pot au feu with star anise, paupiettes with tomato sauce or stuffed cabbage leaves.

Details and technical informations about Winery Weingut Geil's Purpur.

Winery

Winery Weingut Geil

Grape varieties

Dornfelder , Pinot noir

Region/Great wine region

Rheinhessen

Country

Germany

Style of wine

Red

Allergens

Contains sulfites

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.

Last vintages of this wine

Purpur - 0

In the top 100 of of Rheinhessen wines

Average rating: 4.3

The best vintages of Purpur from Winery Weingut Geil are 0

Informations about the Winery Weingut Geil

The winery offers 143 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.

It is in the top 40 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Weingut Geil is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 94 wines for sale in the of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the top 15000 of of Germany wines

In the top 2000 of of Rheinhessen wines

In the top 200000 of red wines

In the top 300000 wines of the world

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.