The Winery Rotkäppchen is one of the world's great estates. It offers 41 wines for sale in of Saale-Unstrut to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Rotkäppchen wines in Saale-Unstrut among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Rotkäppchen 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 Rotkäppchen wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Rotkäppchen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of bacalhau a bras (portuguese cod), brochette of scallops and prawns or pancake cake with mountain filling.
On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Rotkäppchen. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or microbio and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, tropical fruit or vegetal.
Saale-Unstrut is the northernmost of Germany's 13 wine-growing regions. At 51 degrees northern latitude, it is one of the most northerly wine regions in the world. It takes its name from the two rivers on the banks of which the Vines of the region grow, and is composed of three non-contiguous Parts located mainly in the federal state of Saxony-Anhalt, with around 650 hectares (1600 acres) of Vineyards, often terraced, on South and south-west-facing slopes along the narrow river valleys. A smaller area of 20 hectares (50 acres) is located in the state of Thüringen and a block of just 7 hectares (17 acres) in Brandenburg.
Two towns within the region, Freyburg and Karsdorf, each have one vineyard which has been accorded Grosse Lage status.
Wine has been grown here for more than 1000 years. The Cistercian monks founded the Pforta Abbey in approximately 1100 AD and established the Pfortenser Köppelberg vineyard, which still exists today. The wine industry in this part of Germany had a Hard time during the post-war communist era, but since reunification quality has improved, and the area under vine has expanded slightly.
Saale-Unstrut enjoys plenty of sunshine and has one of the lowest rainfalls of any German wine-growing region. Soils are mainly sedimentary with shell, limestone and sandstone predominating. Despite these favorable conditions, the region's northern Climate is uncompromising, and even when yields are kept low, Spätlese or Auslese wines can only be produced during the warmest of years.
Müller-Thurgau is the most widely planted variety in the Saale-Unstrut region, accounting for around 20 percent of the total vineyard area.
How Winery Rotkäppchen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of rabbit with prunes, indian chicken (simplified korma) or chicken tagine with lemon confit (marrakech style).
On the nose the white wine of Winery Rotkäppchen. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Rotkäppchen. is a with a nice freshness.
How Winery Rotkäppchen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
Method consisting in clarifying the wine and giving it a limpidity by incorporating a specific product.
How Winery Rotkäppchen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of saffron pasta with prawns, andouillette de troyes with chaource sauce or rabbit in sauce.
On the nose the red wine of Winery Rotkäppchen. often reveals types of flavors of oak, red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Rotkäppchen. is a with a nice freshness.
How Winery Rotkäppchen wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .
American vine on which a French vine is grafted. This is the consequence of the phylloxera that destroyed the vineyard at the end of the 19th century: after much trial and error, it was discovered that the "pest" spared the roots of the American vines, and the technique became widespread.
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Pinot Blanc is a grape variety that originated in Burgundy, mutated from Pinot Gris. Today, it is grown in Alsace where it is called klevner when blended with auxerrois. The continental climate, with its cold winters and hot summers, is particularly suited to pinot blanc. It is resistant to frost in winter and in summer, the roots draw the minerals it needs from the warm soil. Its bunches are made up of small berries with thick skins and melting pulp that produce fruity, spicy wines, balanced between acidity and alcohol. pinot blanc is also used for crémants and sparkling wines. Pinot Blanc is also used for Crémant and sparkling wines. It is widely grown in Italy, where it covers almost 7,000 hectares, and is also found in Germany, Austria, Canada and South Africa.
