The Winery Josef Drathen of Mosel

Winery Josef Drathen
The winery offers 113 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.5.
It is ranked in the top 1009 of the estates of Mosel.
It is located in Mosel

The Winery Josef Drathen is one of the best wineries to follow in Mosel.. It offers 113 wines for sale in of Mosel to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Josef Drathen wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Josef Drathen

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Josef Drathen

How Winery Josef Drathen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of salty crumble with courgettes, goat cheese and bacon, three ways to prepare chinese noodles or mutton stew with potatoes and garlic.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Josef Drathen

On the nose the white wine of Winery Josef Drathen. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, tropical fruit or earth and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Josef Drathen. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Josef Drathen

  • 2019With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.64/5

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

  • Riesling
  • Müller-Thurgau
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Ortega
  • Kerner
  • Chenin Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Mosel

Mosel is the most famous of Germany's 13 official wine regions, and also the third largest in terms of production. As with many German regions, it is most aasociated with a range of wine styles made from the Riesling grape variety, but Müller-Thurgau is also widely planted. The best Mosel Riesling wines are some of the finest whites in the world. Light and low in Alcohol, they can be intensely fragrant with beguiling Floral">floral and Mineral notes, and a wonderful Balance of sweetness and Acidity.

The region follows the path of the Mosel river from its confluence with the Rhine river near Koblenz, upstream and south-west to Germany's border with Luxembourg and France. This region also includes the Saar and Ruwer tributaries, and was formerly known as Mosel-Saar-Ruwer until August 2007, when the name was officially shortened to Mosel. Some of the famous wine villages along the valley include Bernkastel, Brauneberg, Erden, Graach and Piesport, to name but five. Furthermore, the region boasts some of the finest and most picturesque Vineyards in Europe.

The Romans planted the first vineyards along the Mosel river and the city of Trier around the second century. Today, this region is known for its steep slopes overlooking the rivers, on which the vineyards are planted. Bremmer Calmont, located in the town of Bremm, has an incline of up to 68°. It has often been cited as the steepest vineyard site in the world, though the Engelsfelden vineyard in the Bühler Valley (Bühlertal) in the Baden region is documented at 75°.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Josef Drathen

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Josef Drathen

How Winery Josef Drathen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of savoyard crozet gratin, spaghetti with tuna (real italian recipe) or grilled pork ribs with barbecue sauce.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Josef Drathen

  • 2020With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.19/5
  • 2017With an average score of 2.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Josef Drathen.

  • Riesling
  • Chardonnay
  • Trebbiano
  • Airen

Discover the grape variety: Silvaner

The top red wines of Winery Josef Drathen

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Josef Drathen

How Winery Josef Drathen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of ham and cheese macaroni gratin, cocotte chicken roulades or endives with ham (improved).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Josef Drathen

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Josef Drathen

  • 2014With an average score of 3.55/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.29/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.27/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.16/5

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

  • Dornfelder
  • Pinot Noir
  • Bacchus
  • Blauer Portugieser
  • Pinotage
  • Regent

The word of the wine: Thinning

Also known as green harvesting, the practice of removing excess bunches of grapes from certain vines, usually in July, but sometimes later. This is often necessary, but not always a good thing, as the remaining bunches often gain weight.

The top pink wines of Winery Josef Drathen

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Josef Drathen

How Winery Josef Drathen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of duck breast with orange sauce or moroccan chicken tagine.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Josef Drathen

  • 2016With an average score of 3.20/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.15/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Josef Drathen.

  • Dornfelder
  • Pinotage

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.

The top sweet wines of Winery Josef Drathen

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Josef Drathen

How Winery Josef Drathen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of bean soup and spaghetti (traditional andalusian dish), veal tagine with preserved lemons and saffron or chicken pie.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Josef Drathen

  • 0With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Josef Drathen.

  • Riesling
  • Silvaner
  • Scheurebe
  • Dornfelder

The word of the wine: Sulphites

Chemical compounds derived from sulphur (better known in the wine world as SO2) and used by winemakers for their antiseptic, antioxidant and antioxidant properties.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Josef Drathen

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

Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc

It most certainly originates from the Anjou region and is registered in the official catalogue of wine grape varieties on the A1 list. It can also be found in South Africa, Australia, Argentina, Chile, the United States (California), New Zealand, etc. It is said to be a descendant of Savagnin and to have sauvignonasse as its second parent (Jean-Michel Boursiquot 2019). On the other hand, Chenin blanc is the half-brother of verdelho and sauvignon blanc and is the father of colombard.