The Winery Herbert Bretz of Rheinhessen

Winery Herbert Bretz
The winery offers 45 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 2033 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Herbert Bretz is one of the best wineries to follow in Rheinhessen.. It offers 45 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Herbert Bretz wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Herbert Bretz

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Herbert Bretz

How Winery Herbert Bretz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche, seafood pastilla or thai shrimp soup (tom yam goong).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Herbert Bretz

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Herbert Bretz. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Herbert Bretz

  • 0With an average score of 3.85/5

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

  • Riesling
  • Regent
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Scheurebe
  • Pinot Noir
  • Chardonnay

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 sparkling wines of Winery Herbert Bretz

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Herbert Bretz

How Winery Herbert Bretz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of green lentils strasbourg style, shrimp with cream and fettuccine or grilled pork ribs with barbecue sauce.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Herbert Bretz.

  • Riesling

Discover the grape variety: Grauburgunder

The top red wines of Winery Herbert Bretz

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Herbert Bretz

How Winery Herbert Bretz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of one pot pasta with creamy chicken farfalle, breaded veal cutlets or pizza cone.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Herbert Bretz

  • 0With an average score of 4.00/5

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

  • Dornfelder
  • St. Laurent

The word of the wine: INAO

National Institute of Origin and Quality. French organization depending on the Ministry of Agriculture and in charge of quality signs: AOC, IGP, labels and organic farming.

The top pink wines of Winery Herbert Bretz

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Herbert Bretz

How Winery Herbert Bretz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of meat and goat pie, escalope cordon bleu or rabbit with basquaise sauce.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Herbert Bretz.

  • Spätburgunder

Discover the grape variety: Scheurebe

German grape variety obtained in 1916 by Georg Shere (1879/1949). It was given until then as coming from a cross between Riesling and Sylvaner, but genetic tests have shown that its father is the Bouquettraube (Bukettrebe), and it is closely related to the Kerner. The Scheurebe can be found in Austria, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Italy, Slovenia, Great Britain, the United States (California, Virginia, ...), Canada (Ontario, British Columbia, ...), ... practically unknown in France.

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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.