The Winery Mission Steillage of Ahr

Winery Mission Steillage - Ahr Blanc de Noir
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Ahr.
It is located in Ahr

The Winery Mission Steillage is one of the best wineries to follow in Ahr.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Ahr to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Mission Steillage wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Mission Steillage

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Mission Steillage

How Winery Mission Steillage wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of vitello tonnato, tomatoes stuffed with sausage meat or rabbit legs with mushrooms.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Mission Steillage

  • 2017With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.40/5

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

  • Pinot Noir
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discovering the wine region of Ahr

Ahr is one of Germany’s least-known and Northernmost wine regions, known for its Pinot Noir reds. It Lies immediately north of the Mosel, and follows the Ahr River in the Final stages of its journey towards its confluence with the Rhein. One might expect a wine region this far north (50°N) to specialize in white wines – like almost every other cool-Climate wine region. After all, neighboring Mosel and Mittelrhein both clearly favor white wines (around 85 percent).

However Ahr producing around 85 percent red wines, of which around three-quarters are made from Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir). The classic example is brick red in Color and smells of red cherries, Sweetspices and forest floor. Barrel-aging can add spice and savory notes. Ahr Pinot Noir is now a much more Serious, modern and "international" wine style that it once was.

Until 30 years ago, the wines were often slightly sweet and very pale. Today they are invariably Dry and deeper in color – although still much paler than the inky Pinots found in, say, Central Otago. Across Germany (most obviously in Pfalz and Baden), assisted by climate change, the popularity of Pinot Noir has been steadily increasing. The wave of interest has carried German Spätburgunder to new heights, and saved from near-extinction the earlier-ripening Pinot Noir clone, Fruhburgunder.

The top red wines of Winery Mission Steillage

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Mission Steillage

How Winery Mission Steillage wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of chinese fondue, roast pork with onions and honey or rabbit with mustard in a casserole.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Mission Steillage

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Mission Steillage

  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Spätburgunder
  • Pinot Noir Précoce

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.

Discover the grape variety: Pinot

Pinot noir 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. Pinot noir can be found in many vineyards: Burgundy, Alsace, Jura, South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Armagnac, Lorraine, Beaujolais, Rhône Valley, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Mission Steillage and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Film

Skin of the grape containing the colouring matter of red wines (anthocyanins), the most noble tannins and the essential aromatic substances.