The Winery Karl May of Rheinhessen

Winery Karl May
The winery offers 72 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 111 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Karl May is one of the best wineries to follow in Rheinhessen.. It offers 72 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Karl May wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Karl May

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Karl May

How Winery Karl May wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mild and soft cheese such as recipes of quick smoked salmon croque-monsieur, cataplana with seafood or salmon pizza.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Karl May

On the nose the white wine of Winery Karl May. often reveals types of flavors of apples, minerality or lemon and sometimes also flavors of earth, microbio or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Karl May. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Karl May

  • 2012With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.04/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.81/5

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

  • Riesling
  • Weissburgunder
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Müller-Thurgau
  • Grauburgunder
  • Sylvaner

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 pink wines of Winery Karl May

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Karl May

How Winery Karl May wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pastasciutta (corsica), lamb tagine with preserved lemons and onion compote with... or veal head with vinaigrette.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Karl May

  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Karl May.

  • Spätburgunder
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Dornfelder
  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Pinot

Pinot noir 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. Pinot noir can be found in many vineyards: Burgundy, Alsace, Jura, South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Armagnac, Lorraine, Beaujolais, Rhône Valley, Provence & Corsica.

The top red wines of Winery Karl May

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Karl May

How Winery Karl May wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of lomo saltado, rolled lamb shoulder with herbs or rigatoni with courgettes and tomatoes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Karl May

On the nose the red wine of Winery Karl May. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Karl May. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Karl May

  • 2008With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.64/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Dornfelder
  • Spätburgunder
  • Pinot Noir Précoce
  • Cabernet Cubin
  • Merlot

The word of the wine: Great wine

In the Bordeaux vineyards, the grand vin is the main wine of the château, although a "second wine" is usually produced. It is a wine of lesser ageing made from the youngest vines.

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The word of the wine: Great wine

In the Bordeaux vineyards, the grand vin is the main wine of the château, although a "second wine" is usually produced. It is a wine of lesser ageing made from the youngest vines.