The Winery Mertz of Rheinhessen

Winery Mertz
The winery offers 21 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 1752 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen
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The Winery Mertz is one of the best wineries to follow in Rheinhessen.. It offers 21 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Mertz wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Mertz

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Mertz

How Winery Mertz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of stuffed beef rolls, sot- l- leaves or prime rib with chervil butter.

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

  • Spätburgunder
  • Blauer Portugieser

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 white wines of Winery Mertz

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Mertz

How Winery Mertz wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of basque chicken with chorizo, navarin of lamb or pasta à la forestière (chanterelles).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Mertz

On the nose the white wine of Winery Mertz. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Mertz. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Mertz

  • 2019With an average score of 3.61/5

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

  • Riesling
  • Grauburgunder
  • Scheurebe
  • Weissburgunder

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Mertz

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 Mertz.

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.

News about Winery Mertz and wines from the region

Angostura unveils a Caribbean gem

Earlier this month, The House Of Angostura (well known for its ubiquitous brand of cocktail bitters) unveiled Zenith, the latest in a line of ultra premium rums in its Private Cask Collection series. The release brings together different rum styles from two of Trinidad and Tobago’s most distinguished distilleries: both the namesake Angostura distillery and the now legendary Caroni distillery, which closed its doors forever in 2003. Aged in charred American ex-bourbon oak casks, Zenith comprises ...

Annona Dodoo secures Decanter 360 Academy trainee role

We launched the Decanter 360 Academy to help increase diversity and inclusivity within the wine trade. DWWA judge Mags Janjo of BAME Wine Professionals urged Annona to apply after she expressed a desire to work in the industry. ‘I searched Google to see if there were any Black British owned wine companies, and unfortunately the results weren’t very high yielding,’ she said. ‘I love wine and wondered if I could be a part of the industry.’ She was inspired by the McBride sisters – who launched the ...

Big push on Rhône Valley whites underway

President of Inter Rhône Philippe Pellaton put forward the body’s ambitious commercial strategy from now until 2035 at the Maison des Vins on 8th December. The Rhône Valley continues to make considerably more red wine than white and rosé, but Pellaton explained that reweighting the split of different colours will be one of their principal policies. Their intention is to increase production of white wines with a view to doubling shipments between now and 2031. ‘Historically, Rhône Valley Vineyard ...

The word of the wine: Gourmet

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