The Winery Nico Espenschied of Rheinhessen

Winery Nico Espenschied - Sauvignon Blanc - Riesling
The winery offers 24 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 859 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Nico Espenschied is one of the best wineries to follow in Rheinhessen.. It offers 24 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Nico Espenschied wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Nico Espenschied

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Nico Espenschied

How Winery Nico Espenschied wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of rougail sausage, mussels with cream supers or curried coral lentils.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Nico Espenschied

On the nose the white wine of Winery Nico Espenschied. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, pear or gooseberry and sometimes also flavors of kiwi, vegetal or tree fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Nico Espenschied. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Nico Espenschied

  • 2016With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.87/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.40/5

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

  • Riesling
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Scheurebe
  • Chardonnay
  • Weissburgunder
  • Traminer

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 red wines of Winery Nico Espenschied

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Nico Espenschied

How Winery Nico Espenschied wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef stew with white wine, veal cutlets with savoy tomme or my mother's rabbit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Nico Espenschied

  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Franc

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). 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. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Nico Espenschied

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Nico Espenschied

How Winery Nico Espenschied wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of oxtail with seed sauce, marinated lamb chops or homemade pork curry.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Nico Espenschied

  • 2020With an average score of 4.00/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Scheurebe

The word of the wine: Extra raw

Champagne dosed between 0 and 6 grams of sugar (see dosage liqueur).

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Discover the grape variety: Savagnin

Savagnin is a white grape variety originating from the Austrian Tyrol. It arrived in Franche Comté and quickly became the flagship variety of the Jura. Cousin of the gewurztraminer, it gives small white bunches. Its berries have a thick skin which resists well to grey rot and to diseases in general. Savagnin thrives on marl soils and is a very aromatic grape variety. It is used in the elaboration of yellow wine, the AOC Château-Châlon is the most representative. This grape variety also produces vin de paille which is a sweet wine for which the ripe grapes are dried on a bed of straw for at least 6 weeks before being pressed. The best known AOC straw wines are: Arbois, Côtes-du-Jura and Etoile. Savagnin is also used to make Macvin du Jura, a liqueur wine, and to make Crémants du Jura.White wines made from Savagnin have great aging potential. They have a powerful and complex aroma with notes of walnut, almonds, hazelnuts, flowers, honey and green apple.

News about Winery Nico Espenschied and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Extra raw

Champagne dosed between 0 and 6 grams of sugar (see dosage liqueur).