Winery Peter MertesPlatinum Riesling
White wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Riesling.
In the mouth this white wine is a with a nice freshness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or shellfish.
The Platinum Riesling of the Winery Peter Mertes is in the top 100 of wines of Rheinhessen.
Taste structure of the Platinum Riesling from the Winery Peter Mertes
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Platinum Riesling of Winery Peter Mertes in the region of Rheinhessen is a with a nice freshness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Platinum Riesling of Winery Peter Mertes in the region of Rheinhessen often reveals types of flavors of citrus, apples or peach and sometimes also flavors of green apple, lime or minerality.
Food and wine pairings with Platinum Riesling
Pairings that work perfectly with Platinum Riesling
Original food and wine pairings with Platinum Riesling
The Platinum Riesling of Winery Peter Mertes matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of old-fashioned pork roll, lobster and scallops on a bed of leeks or curried veal roulades.
Details and technical informations about Winery Peter Mertes's Platinum Riesling.
Discover the grape variety: Riesling
Crystalline, taut whites with vibrant acidity and aromas of citrus, green apple, white flowers, vineyard peach and mineral/petrol notes with age. Made as dry (Trocken, Alsace), off-dry (Kabinett, Spätlese) and sweet (Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese, late harvest). Star of the Moselle, Rheingau, Alsace AOC and Wachau. Also exported to Clare Valley and Finger Lakes.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Platinum Riesling from Winery Peter Mertes are 2015, 2017, 2018, 2016 and 2014.
Informations about the Winery Peter Mertes
The Winery Peter Mertes is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 150 wines for sale in the of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Rheinhessen
71% white region: Riesling is king (5,000 ha), dry to off-dry, ripe yellow fruit, apple, citrus and fine saline minerality. Supple, floral Müller-Thurgau for everyday, the world's largest Silvaner plantation with herbaceous, straight notes. Historic cradle of off-sweet Liebfraumilch. Some supple reds (Dornfelder, Spätburgunder).
The word of the wine: Acescence
An alteration in wine also known as pitting (hence the expression piqué wine), due to the presence of acetic acid and ethyl acetate, and characterized by a vinegar-like odor.
