The Winery Meissen of Sachsen

Winery Meissen
The winery offers 98 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.3.
It is ranked in the top 54 of the estates of Sachsen.
It is located in Sachsen

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.

Top Winery Meissen wines

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.

The top white wines of Winery Meissen

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Meissen

How Winery Meissen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of flamenkuche express, linguine with squid ink and cockles or yassa chicken (senegal).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Meissen

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Meissen. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Meissen

  • 2016With an average score of 3.48/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.33/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.26/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.24/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 2.90/5

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

  • Müller-Thurgau
  • Weissburgunder
  • Traminer
  • Riesling
  • Scheurebe
  • Kerner

Discovering the wine region of Sachsen

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.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Meissen

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Meissen

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 filet mignon in a crust, poached salmon in coconut milk with curry or chicken curry and onions.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Meissen

  • 0With an average score of 4.10/5

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

  • Riesling
  • Traminer

Discover the grape variety: Müller-Thurgau

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Meissen

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Meissen

How Winery Meissen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of marinated veal skewers with herbs, beef carrots or duckling with bigarrade.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Meissen

  • 0With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Pinot Noir
  • Domina

The word of the wine: Spicy

Said of a wine whose taste and aromas are reminiscent of spices.

The top red wines of Winery Meissen

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Meissen

How Winery Meissen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of quiche with mixed vegetables, paupiettes of veal or quiche without eggs.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Meissen

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Meissen

  • 0With an average score of 2.94/5
  • 2016With an average score of 2.50/5

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

  • Dornfelder
  • Blauer Portugieser
  • Regent
  • Spätburgunder

Discover the grape variety: Goldriesling

Goldriesling blanc is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). 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. The white Goldriesling can be found cultivated in these vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Meissen

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

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.