The Winery Hench of Franken

Winery Hench - Centgrafenberg Bürgstadt Frühburgunder
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 1066 of the estates of Franken.
It is located in Franken

The Winery Hench is one of the best wineries to follow in Franken.. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Franken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Hench wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Hench

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Hench

How Winery Hench wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of kafta bil saniyeh (lebanese dish), stuffed veal breast or roast wild boar with beer.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Hench

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Hench. is a with a nice freshness.

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

  • Spätburgunder
  • Pinot Noir Précoce

Discovering the wine region of Franken

Franken, or Franconia in English, is a wine-growing region in the northwest of Germany's historic state of Bavaria. Though Bavaria may be more famous for its beer, Franken boasts a proud viticultural tradition and is one of the most unique regions in the country. There are just over 6,100 hectares (15,073 ac) of vines Planted in Franken and around 80 percent of these are white Grape varieties. Here, Riesling plays second fiddle to the often overlooked Silvaner and Müller-Thurgau.

Indeed, Silvaner lays claim as Franken's leading grape variety and is one of the only places in the world where it outperforms Riesling. This area is also home to the distinctive Bocksbeutal, an ellipsoidal bottle that is protected by the European Union. More than 40 percent of all Franken wines are bottled in the Bocksbeutel, which is often described as flagon-like in appearance. Only Franken and nearby villages in northern Baden are allowed to use the Bocksbeutal, with selected areas in Portugal, Italy and Greece permitted to employ their own variations.

The Main river cuts a weaving path through the best wine-producing villages, with south-facing Vineyards lining its banks. The many tributaries to the Main are also influential and help mitigate the cold winter temperatures brought about by the continental Climate. The river defines the region's three Bereichs, which are named after various geographical indicators: Mainviereck (Main square), Maindreieck (Main triangle) and Steigerwald (Steiger forest). Franken has a wine-making history that dates back at least 1,200 years, with evidence that Emperor Charlemagne approved a document describing the borders between the towns of Randersacker and Würzburg in 779.

The top white wines of Winery Hench

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Hench

How Winery Hench wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of baked pumpkin, violet omelette or traditional tagine (morocco).

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

  • Ortega
  • Riesling
  • Silvaner

Discover the grape variety: Ortega

An intraspecific cross between Müller-Thurgau and Siegerrebe obtained in 1948 by Hans Breider (1908-1960) at the Bavarian Research Station for Viticulture and Horticulture in Veitsnöchheim (Germany). Almost unknown in France, it can be found in Germany, Belgium, England, the United States and Canada. Its early maturity and muscatel taste have sometimes led to it being offered as a table grape on market stalls.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Hench

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

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. 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 Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

News about Winery Hench 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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

The word of the wine: Assembly

Blending of several wines to obtain a single batch. Using wines of the same origin, blending is very different from coupage - a mixture of wines from different origins - which has a pejorative connotation.