The Winery Gerharz-Hochthurn of Pfalz

Winery Gerharz-Hochthurn
The winery offers 30 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 8392 of the estates of Pfalz.
It is located in Pfalz
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The Winery Gerharz-Hochthurn is one of the best wineries to follow in Pfalz.. It offers 30 wines for sale in of Pfalz to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Gerharz-Hochthurn wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Gerharz-Hochthurn

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Gerharz-Hochthurn

How Winery Gerharz-Hochthurn wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of steak tartare, lamb stew or pasta with shrimp.

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Gerharz-Hochthurn.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Dornfelder
  • Spätburgunder

Discovering the wine region of Pfalz

Pfalz is a key wine producing region in western Germany, located between the Rhein/Rhine river and the low-lying Haardt mountain range (a natural continuation of the Alsatian Vosges). It covers a rectangle of land 45 miles (75km) Long and 15 miles (25km) wide. To the NorthLiesRheinhessen; to the South, the French border and Alsace. In terms of both quality and quantity, Pfalz is one of Germany's most important regions, and one which shows great promise for the future.

An increasing proportion of Germany's finest Riesling and Pinot Noir (Spätburgunder) come from Pfalz Vineyards, and the region generates more everyday Landwein and Deutscher Wein than any other region by far (see German Wine Label Information). With roughly 23,500 hectares (58,000 acres) of land planted to grapevines, Pfalz is the second-largest of Germany's 13 Anbaugebeite wine regions. Only its northern neighbor Rheinhessen has more vines. The region is home to some 10,000 vine growers, half of whom work as contractors, and is so densely planted that vines outnumber inhabitants 600 to one.

Pfalz's Vineyards produce both white wines (60 percent) and red (40 percent). The whites have long been the most successful and, as is standard almost everywhere in the Rheinland, Riesling dominates the local vineyards and wines. In 2013 the region had 14,000 acres (5,600 ha) of Riesling vines, accounting for roughly a quarter of its entire vineyard area. Riesling is easily Germany's most successful grape variety, from the perspectives of both quality and quantity.

The top white wines of Winery Gerharz-Hochthurn

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Gerharz-Hochthurn

How Winery Gerharz-Hochthurn wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of tartiflette (from a real savoyard), irish tartiflette or summer tuna quiche.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Gerharz-Hochthurn.

  • Riesling
  • Chardonnay
  • Grauburgunder
  • Weissburgunder

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Gerharz-Hochthurn

Planning a wine route in the of Pfalz? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Gerharz-Hochthurn.

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.

News about Winery Gerharz-Hochthurn and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Decanter World Wine Awards winners available at Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer is no stranger to achieving top scores at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA), and to celebrate its results the leading retailer has selected its favourite award-winning wines from this year’s awards, for customers to purchase exclusively on marksandspencer.com. Customers can choose from a carefully selected mix of six delicious winter-warming reds; an irresistible mix of crisp, refreshing, complex white wines from the Old and New World; a mix of both red and white wi ...

Decanter World Wine Awards winners available at Marks & Spencer

Marks & Spencer is no stranger to achieving top scores at the Decanter World Wine Awards (DWWA), and to celebrate its results the leading retailer has selected its favourite award-winning wines from this year’s awards, for customers to purchase exclusively on marksandspencer.com. Customers can choose from a carefully selected mix of six delicious winter-warming reds; an irresistible mix of crisp, refreshing, complex white wines from the Old and New World; a mix of both red and white wi ...

The word of the wine: Sommelier

Person working in a restaurant and responsible for the wine service. The head sommelier is responsible for putting together the wine list, managing the sommelier brigade, and ensuring the sale of wines according to the dishes (food and wine pairing).