Winery Prinz von Hessen - Merlot Trocken

Winery Prinz von HessenMerlot Trocken

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(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)
Tasters generally liked this wine.
The Merlot Trocken of Winery Prinz von Hessen is a red wine from the region of Johannisberg of Rheingau.
This wine generally goes well with beef and game (deer, venison).

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The Merlot Trocken of Winery Prinz von Hessen matches generally quite well with dishes of beef or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef stew or potjevlesch (northern france).

Details and technical informations about Winery Prinz von Hessen's Merlot Trocken.

Grape varieties
Region/Great wine region
Great wine region
Country
Style of wine
Alcohol
12.5°
Allergens
Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

Last vintages of this wine

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In the top 100 of of Johannisberg wines
Average rating: 3.211100

The best vintages of Merlot Trocken from Winery Prinz von Hessen are 0

Informations about the Winery Prinz von Hessen

The winery offers 63 different wines.
Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is in the top 60 of the best estates in the region
It is located in Johannisberg in the region of Rheingau

The Winery Prinz von Hessen is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 59 wines for sale in the of Johannisberg to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top wine Rheingau
In the top 150000 of of Germany wines
In the top 7000 of of Johannisberg wines
In the top 600000 of red wines
In the top 1500000 wines of the world

The wine region of Johannisberg

The wine region of Johannisberg is located in the region of Rheingau of Germany. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Prinz von Hessen or the Domaine Prinz von Hessen produce mainly wines white, red and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Johannisberg are Riesling, Sylvaner and Regent, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Johannisberg often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit.


The wine region of Rheingau

Rheingau is one of the most important of Germany's 13 Anbaugebiete wine regions. However it is far from the biggest; with 3,076 hectares (7,600 acres) of Vineyard">Vineyards documented in 2012, its output is around one tenth of that from the Pfalz and Rheinhessen regions. Located on the Rhine a 20-minute drive west of Frankfurt, the -gau suffix denotes that it was once a county of the Frankish Empire. The classic Rheingau wine is a DryRiesling with pronounced Acidity and aromas of citrus fruits and smoke-tinged minerality – typically more "masculine" than its equivalent from the Mosel.

The word of the wine: Dryer

Term that characterizes a hard and tannic wine.

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