The Winery Leon Baur of Alsace

Winery Leon Baur
The winery offers 30 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 1353 of the estates of Alsace.
It is located in Alsace

The Winery Leon Baur is one of the best wineries to follow in Alsace.. It offers 30 wines for sale in of Alsace to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Leon Baur wines

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

The top sparkling wines of Winery Leon Baur

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Leon Baur

How Winery Leon Baur wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of mouclade, caramel chicken or baked vegetable chips.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Leon Baur

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Leon Baur. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Leon Baur.

  • Pinot Noir
  • Chardonnay

Discovering the wine region of Alsace

Alsace, located in the extreme north-east of France, is Distinguished from other French wine regions by its strong Franco-Germanic influences. These influences are the result of a back-and-forth between the German and French sovereignties over the last few centuries. They can be seen not only in the architecture and culture of Alsace, but also in the wines. Alsace wines are produced under three main appellations: Alsace and Alsace Grand Cru for still white wines (Sweet and Dry), and Crémant d'Alsace for Sparkling wines.

Almost all the wines produced in this region fall under one of these three appellations. Alsace Grand Cru wines are produced from one of the 51 privileged vineyards spread along the Length of the region. Alsace is the only French wine region to produce significant quantities of Riesling and Gewurztraminer. These two grape varieties are more commonly associated with German wines and are reminiscent of Alsace's history.

The top white wines of Winery Leon Baur

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Leon Baur

How Winery Leon Baur wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of homemade burger, pasta with tuna and tomato or monkfish (anglerfish) à la sétoise.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Leon Baur

On the nose the white wine of Winery Leon Baur. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, earth or grapefruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus, minerality or vegetal. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Leon Baur. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Leon Baur

  • 2014With an average score of 4.14/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.79/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Leon Baur.

  • Riesling
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Pinot Blanc
  • Pinot Gris
  • Auxerrois

Discover the grape variety: White muscat

White muscat is a white grape variety of Greek origin. Present in several Mediterranean vineyards, it has several synonyms such as muscat de Die, muscat blanc and frontignac. In France, it occupies a little less than 7,000 ha out of a total of 45,000 ha worldwide. Its young shoots are downy. Its youngest leaves are shiny, bronzed and scabrous. The berries and bunches of this variety are all medium-sized. The flesh of the berries is juicy, sweet and firm. Muscat à petits grains has a second ripening period and buds early in the year. It is moderately vigorous and must be pruned short. It likes poor, stony slopes. This variety is often exposed to spring frosts. It fears mildew, wasps, grape worms, court-noué, grey rot and powdery mildew. Muscat à petits grains is used to make rosé wines and dry white wines. Orange, brown sugar, barley sugar and raisins are the known aromas of these wines.

The top pink wines of Winery Leon Baur

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Leon Baur

How Winery Leon Baur wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of rabbit with hunter's sauce, pasta carbonara almost like the real thing or duck fillets with honey.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Leon Baur.

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Viscosity

Consistency of wine reminiscent of the tactile sensation of sugar syrup with varying degrees of fluidity, due to the alcohol and natural sugar in the grapes present in sweet wines. In excess, this sensation can make the wine pasty and heavy. To the eye, viscosity is referred to as tears.

The top red wines of Winery Leon Baur

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Leon Baur

How Winery Leon Baur wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, game (deer, venison) or poultry such as recipes of roast veal with mustard cream, roast duck breast stuffed with porcini mushrooms and chanterelles or spicy crispy chicken.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Leon Baur

On the nose the red wine of Winery Leon Baur. often reveals types of flavors of oak.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Leon Baur

  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.40/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.20/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Leon Baur.

  • Pinot Noir

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.

The top sweet wines of Winery Leon Baur

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Leon Baur

How Winery Leon Baur wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of mature and hard cheese, fruity desserts or blue cheese such as recipes of raclette with 8 cheeses, apple pie or blue cheese and walnut quiche.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Leon Baur.

  • Gewürztraminer
  • Pinot Gris

The word of the wine: Bordeaux futures

Bordeaux wines are expected 2 to 3 years before bottling. In the spring following the harvest, the wines are offered by the châteaux to the Bordeaux wine merchants via the brokers.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Leon Baur

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

Discover the grape variety: Auxerrois

Auxerrois is a white grape variety native to Lorraine, which is also found in Alsace and in the Loire Valley, where it took off in 1950. Its name comes from the nurseries in Auxerre where it found refuge during the Second World War. Often called Pinot Auxerrois, it is part of the Moselle, Alsace and Côtes-de-Toul AOC grape varieties. Auxerrois should not be confused with côt or malbec, which are red grape varieties from the Cahors region and which may bear the same name. The bunches of Auxerrois are of medium size with small berries. It is a semi-late grape variety whose buds only come out when temperatures are well above 10°C. Auxerrois wines are characterized by finesse and acidity and subtle aromas of exotic fruits, fruits and white flowers. In France, it represents 1,600 hectares of production and some small parcels of Auxerrois are also present in Luxembourg, Germany, Canada and South Africa (2,300 hectares in total).

News about Winery Leon Baur and wines from the region

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The Morey Saint Denis appellation investigated through its geology and geography

The Bourgogne Wine Board (BIVB) invites you to enjoy this video in which Jean-Pierre Renard, Expert Instructor at the Ecole des Vins de Bourgogne, explains the topographical and geological characteristics of the Morey-Saint-Denis appellation. The vineyard lies on an intensely fractured area. Several characteristic zones can be distinguished, we can say that each Climat has its own personality. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program broadcasted in April 2021 ...

At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Verzé

Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Verzé, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are available in French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines ...

The word of the wine: Viscosity

Consistency of wine reminiscent of the tactile sensation of sugar syrup with varying degrees of fluidity, due to the alcohol and natural sugar in the grapes present in sweet wines. In excess, this sensation can make the wine pasty and heavy. To the eye, viscosity is referred to as tears.

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