Winery Peter MertesPlatinum Spätlese
White wine
This wine is composed of 100% of the grape variety Riesling.
This wine generally goes well with pork, vegetarian or poultry.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Platinum Spätlese of Winery Peter Mertes in the region of Rheinhessen often reveals types of flavors of citrus, honey or earth and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Platinum Spätlese
Pairings that work perfectly with Platinum Spätlese
Original food and wine pairings with Platinum Spätlese
The Platinum Spätlese of Winery Peter Mertes matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of summer orecchiette, smoked salmon pasta gratin or jambalaya (louisiana).
Details and technical informations about Winery Peter Mertes's Platinum Spätlese.
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Platinum Spätlese from Winery Peter Mertes are 2017, 2013, 2016, 2015 and 2010.
Informations about the Winery Peter Mertes
The Winery Peter Mertes is one of of the world's great 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
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 word of the wine: Côte des Blancs
One of the most famous terroirs of the Champagne region, from Épernay to Vertus, mainly devoted to Chardonnay, hence its name. The villages of Chouilly, Cramant, Cuis, Mesnil-sur-Oger, Avize, etc., lying on the chalk, are in a way to Champagne what Meursault, Chablis and Puligny are to Burgundy.
