Winery HeyWeissburgunder
White wine
In the mouth this white wine is a powerful with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mild and soft cheese.
The Weissburgunder of the Winery Hey is in the top 20 of wines of Saale-Unstrut.
Taste structure of the Weissburgunder from the Winery Hey
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Weissburgunder of Winery Hey in the region of Saale-Unstrut is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Food and wine pairings with Weissburgunder
Pairings that work perfectly with Weissburgunder
Original food and wine pairings with Weissburgunder
The Weissburgunder of Winery Hey matches generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mild and soft cheese such as recipes of irish tartiflette, squid rings with tomato or raclette-style gratin.
Details and technical informations about Winery Hey's Weissburgunder.
Discover the grape variety: Cornalin du Valais
Very old vine cultivated in the Swiss Valais, resulting from a natural crossing between the petit rouge(*) and the mayolet. It is the father of red humagne, also called cornalin d'Aoste, the grandfather of durize or petit rouge du Valais or rouge de Fully and a relative of goron. - Synonymy: old red of Valais, red of the country in Switzerland, landroter (for all the synonyms of the grape varieties, click here!). - Description: medium-sized bunches, cylindrical, winged, compact, strong medium-sized peduncles with little lignification; medium-sized berries, spherical or short elliptical, skin of a beautiful bluish black colour with a lot of bloom. The foliage turns completely red in the fall. - Production potential: early budding in the year. Capricious and difficult variety. Particularly likes the limestone soils of well exposed hillsides that warm up quickly enough, lean and well drained. Semi-erect bearing, vigorous with irregular production. Resists well to winter frosts. Susceptible to the main diseases, especially to oidium and grey rot. Also susceptible to magnesium deficiency and stalk dehydration. Maturity: 3rd early season
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Weissburgunder from Winery Hey are 2018, 2017, 0, 2015
Informations about the Winery Hey
The Winery Hey is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 29 wines for sale in the of Saale-Unstrut to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Saale-Unstrut
Saale-Unstrut is the northernmost of Germany's 13 wine-growing regions. At 51 degrees northern latitude, it is one of the most northerly wine regions in the world. It takes its name from the two rivers on the banks of which the Vines of the region grow, and is composed of three non-contiguous Parts located mainly in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, with around 650 hectares (1600 acres) of Vineyards, often terraced, on South and south-west-facing slopes along the narrow river valleys. A smaller area of 20 hectares (50 acres) is located in the state of Thüringen and a block of just 7 hectares (17 acres) in Brandenburg.
The word of the wine: Drawing (liqueur de)
In champagne and sparkling wines of traditional method, addition to the wine, at the time of bottling (tirage) of sugars and yeasts dissolved in wine. These components will provoke the second fermentation in the bottle leading to the formation of carbon dioxide bubbles.
