The Winery Kühling-Gillot of Rheinhessen

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The winery offers 84 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 7 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Kühling-Gillot is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 84 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Kühling-Gillot wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Kühling-Gillot

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Kühling-Gillot

How Winery Kühling-Gillot wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of pork gyros, squid from the mouth of the cavado river (portugal) or vegetarian paella.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Kühling-Gillot

On the nose the white wine of Winery Kühling-Gillot. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, tree fruit or mango and sometimes also flavors of dried apricot, banana or non oak. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Kühling-Gillot. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Kühling-Gillot

  • 2008With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.46/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.02/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Kühling-Gillot.

  • Riesling
  • Grauburgunder
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Scheurebe
  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc

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 red wines of Winery Kühling-Gillot

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Kühling-Gillot

How Winery Kühling-Gillot wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef in white wine, leg of lamb with baked potatoes or ramen (noodle) soup.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Kühling-Gillot

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Kühling-Gillot

  • 2013With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.96/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Kühling-Gillot.

  • Spätburgunder
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Dornfelder
  • Grauburgunder

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Kühling-Gillot

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Kühling-Gillot

How Winery Kühling-Gillot wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of vegetarian such as recipes of quiche without pastry, courgette and blue cheese.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Kühling-Gillot

  • 2018With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.27/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Kühling-Gillot.

  • Spätburgunder

The word of the wine: Smoked

Qualifier of smells close to those of smoked food, characteristic, among other things, of the Sauvignon grape variety; hence the name of smoked white given to this variety.

The top sweet wines of Winery Kühling-Gillot

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Kühling-Gillot

How Winery Kühling-Gillot wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of andouillette and baked potato gratin, natural breton lobster or royal couscous (lamb, chicken, merguez).

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Kühling-Gillot

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Kühling-Gillot. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit. In the mouth the sweet wine of Winery Kühling-Gillot. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Kühling-Gillot

  • 2015With an average score of 4.26/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Kühling-Gillot.

  • Riesling

Discover the grape variety: Gewurztraminer

Gewurztraminer rosé is a grape variety that originated in France. 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 vine is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Gewurztraminer rosé can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Jura, Champagne, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Kühling-Gillot

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

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.

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The word of the wine: Smoked

Qualifier of smells close to those of smoked food, characteristic, among other things, of the Sauvignon grape variety; hence the name of smoked white given to this variety.