The Winery Meissen is one of the world's great estates. It offers 98 wines for sale in of Sachsen to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Meissen wines in Sachsen among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Meissen 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 Meissen wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Meissen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese, shrimp and chorizo risotto or panga curry.
In the mouth the white wine of Winery Meissen. is a with a nice freshness.
Sachsen (Saxony) in eastern Germany is one of the world's Northernmost wine regions, located at a latitude of 51 degrees north. The roughly 493 hectares (1,218ac) of vines in the region are planted aLong a 25 mile (40km) stretch of the Elbe river valley, from Pillnitz near the city of Dresden, in a north-easterly direction to Diesbar-Seusslitz, just downstream of the city of Meissen.
Despite its northerly location, Sachsen has a long history of viticulture, with the earliest documents of wine-growing around Meissen dating to 1161. Since Germany's reunification in 1990, great enthusiasm has gone into building and developing the Sachsen wine industry; there are many part-time growers and an enthusiastic local market.
Investment is needed to boost quality however, and with yields roughly half that of other German wine regions, investors' enthusiasm has not matched that of the growers.
Sachsen's Climate is cold-moderate continental with an annual mean temperature of 10° celsius (50°F). The average temperature in January is -0. 5° celsius (31°F) and in July it is 18° celsius (64°F).
However, winter temperatures can drop as low as -28° celsius (18°F).
Sachsen's wines are also influenced by the soils and geology of the Elbe Valley. Carboniferous granite, and feldspar with some mica and quartz are found, as is sandstone. This is often is overlayered by loess, clay and sand deposits.
How Winery Meissen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of quick beef bourguignon, barbecued mackerel papillotes or turkey paupiettes in poultry sauce.
How Winery Meissen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of meatballs catalan style, sauerkraut (with tips so to do!!!) or venison stew.
Treatment, formerly practiced with copper sulfate, applied to the vine to prevent cryptogamic diseases.
How Winery Meissen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of chinese noodles with vegetables, wiener schnitzel or viennese schnitzel or endives au gratin without béchamel sauce.
In the mouth the red wine of Winery Meissen. is a with a nice freshness.
Müller-Thurgau shows the character of its noble origins. This Swiss white grape variety is a cross between the royal madeleine and the riesling. The idea that the latter was crossed with the sylvaner is irrelevant. The variety can be recognized by its vigorous character and its semi-erect habit. Preferring rich soils and short prunings, the plant sees its buds open quite early. The buds are cottony and soft green in color. The slightly embossed and tormented blade, with 5 to 7 lobes, makes it possible to distinguish the adult leaves. The clusters appear compact, pyramidal or cylindrical in shape and small to medium in size. The flavour of the Müller-Turgau berries is reminiscent of Muscat. The juicy and crunchy pulp is revealed under a greyish skin. When ripe, the fruit has a mottled shell on a golden yellow background. Switzerland prefers to extract the juice from this variety. The wine made from it is rather heavy and does not keep well.
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Interspecific cross between Cabernet Sauvignon and a long-unknown grape variety - that would be Regent - obtained in 1991 by Valentin Blattner from Soyhières (Switzerland) and propagated by Volker Freytag (Germany). No resistance gene has been identified to either mildew or powdery mildew. Cabernet blanc can be found in Switzerland, Belgium, the Netherlands, Germany, Austria, Luxembourg, the Czech Republic, Italy, England, etc., but is still little known in France.
