Winery Peter MertesSpätlese
White wine
This wine is a blend of 2 varietals which are the Chenin blanc and the Riesling.
This wine generally goes well with fruity desserts, pork or vegetarian.
Food and wine pairings with Spätlese
Pairings that work perfectly with Spätlese
Original food and wine pairings with Spätlese
The Spätlese of Winery Peter Mertes matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of eggs in meurette, spaghetti with tuna (real italian recipe) or flambéed prawns.
Details and technical informations about Winery Peter Mertes's Spätlese.
Discover the grape variety: Chenin blanc
Chameleon whites with taut acidity, ranging from mineral dry (Savennières, Vouvray sec) to off-dry and medium-sweet (Vouvray, Montlouis), sumptuous botrytised sweet (Quarts-de-Chaume, Bonnezeaux, Coteaux du Layon) and brilliant sparkling (Crémant de Loire, Vouvray brut). Aromas of quince, apple, honey, white flowers, beeswax and flint. An Anjou variety, also star of South Africa's Western Cape.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Spätlese from Winery Peter Mertes are 2009, 2015, 2014, 2011 and 2012.
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: Alcooleux
Said of a wine dominated by the presence of alcohol.
