The Winery Peter Mertes of Rheinhessen

Winery Peter Mertes
The winery offers 147 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
This estate is part of the Peter Mertes.
It is ranked in the top 80 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen
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The Winery Peter Mertes is one of the world's great estates. It offers 147 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Peter Mertes wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Peter Mertes

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Peter Mertes

How Winery Peter Mertes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of pan-fried carrots, fresh tuna with sesame seeds or haddock with curry cream.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Peter Mertes

On the nose the white wine of Winery Peter Mertes. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, oak or grass and sometimes also flavors of tropical, cream or gooseberry. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Peter Mertes. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Peter Mertes

  • 2020With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.72/5

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

  • Riesling
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Chardonnay
  • Silvaner
  • Grüner Veltliner
  • Müller-Thurgau

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 sweet wines of Winery Peter Mertes

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Peter Mertes

How Winery Peter Mertes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of fillet of beef with morels, leg of lamb in butterfly (barbecue) or pasta shells.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Peter Mertes

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Peter Mertes. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, strawberries or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, red fruit or pear.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Peter Mertes

  • 2013With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2011With an average score of 2.77/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Peter Mertes.

  • Riesling
  • Dornfelder
  • Silvaner
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Müller-Thurgau
  • Moscato

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon blanc

Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.

The top red wines of Winery Peter Mertes

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Peter Mertes

How Winery Peter Mertes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of sauté of lamb with curry, calf's head with sauce ravigote or roast venison with green pepper sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Peter Mertes

On the nose the red wine of Winery Peter Mertes. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, blackberry or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of cranberry, non oak or earth. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Peter Mertes. is a .

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Peter Mertes

  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.48/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.41/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.32/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.31/5

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

  • Merlot
  • Dornfelder
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Kadarka
  • Spätburgunder
  • Regent

The word of the wine: Oenographer

Wine label collector. It is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain the labels of famous vintages, which thus seek to avoid forgeries.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Peter Mertes

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Peter Mertes

How Winery Peter Mertes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of delicious veal stew, brussels sprouts with bacon in a casserole or rabbit sautéed hunter.

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Morio-Muskat

Discover the grape variety: Regent

A complex interspecific cross between the diana (sylvaner x Müller-Thurgau) and the chambourcin obtained in Germany in 1967 by Gerhardt Alleweldt. It can be found in Quebec (Canada), Belgium and Switzerland, but is little known in France. It should be noted that Regent, a monogenic variety, which is nevertheless resistant to certain cryptogamic diseases, was "bypassed" in 2010 by a less resistant strain of mildew, which was also the case for bianca.

The top pink wines of Winery Peter Mertes

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Peter Mertes

How Winery Peter Mertes wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or poultry such as recipes of marmite dieppoise, navarin of the sea da gigi or ham croquette with purée.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Peter Mertes

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Peter Mertes. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, strawberries or raspberry and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Peter Mertes

  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.20/5

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

  • Dornfelder
  • Blauer Portugieser
  • Shiraz/Syrah

The word of the wine: Assemblage (Champagne)

In Champagne, it is the art of blending still wines from different grape varieties (pinot meunier, pinot noir, chardonnay), from different terroirs (villages, areas) and often from different years. The incorporation of older wines, called reserve wines, allows for greater aromatic complexity.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Peter Mertes

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 Peter Mertes.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay 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. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Peter Mertes and wines from the region

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At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Vinzelles

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The word of the wine: Oenographer

Wine label collector. It is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain the labels of famous vintages, which thus seek to avoid forgeries.