The Winery Rudolf May of Franken

Winery Rudolf May
The winery offers 44 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 35 of the estates of Franken.
It is located in Franken

The Winery Rudolf May is one of the world's great estates. It offers 44 wines for sale in of Franken to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Rudolf May wines

Looking for the best Winery Rudolf May wines in Franken among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Rudolf May 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 Rudolf May wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Rudolf May

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Rudolf May

How Winery Rudolf May wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or vegetarian such as recipes of duck breast with pepper sauce, turkey roulades, flavoured sauce or leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Rudolf May

On the nose the white wine of Winery Rudolf May. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of oak, microbio or vegetal. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Rudolf May. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Rudolf May

  • 2013With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.75/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Rudolf May.

  • Silvaner
  • Grauburgunder
  • Riesling
  • Weissburgunder

Discovering the wine region of Franken

Franken, or Franconia in English, is a wine-growing region in the northwest of Germany's historic state of Bavaria. Though Bavaria may be more famous for its beer, Franken boasts a proud viticultural tradition and is one of the most unique regions in the country. There are just over 6,100 hectares (15,073 ac) of vines Planted in Franken and around 80 percent of these are white Grape varieties. Here, Riesling plays second fiddle to the often overlooked Silvaner and Müller-Thurgau.

Indeed, Silvaner lays claim as Franken's leading grape variety and is one of the only places in the world where it outperforms Riesling. This area is also home to the distinctive Bocksbeutal, an ellipsoidal bottle that is protected by the European Union. More than 40 percent of all Franken wines are bottled in the Bocksbeutel, which is often described as flagon-like in appearance. Only Franken and nearby villages in northern Baden are allowed to use the Bocksbeutal, with selected areas in Portugal, Italy and Greece permitted to employ their own variations.

The Main river cuts a weaving path through the best wine-producing villages, with south-facing Vineyards lining its banks. The many tributaries to the Main are also influential and help mitigate the cold winter temperatures brought about by the continental Climate. The river defines the region's three Bereichs, which are named after various geographical indicators: Mainviereck (Main square), Maindreieck (Main triangle) and Steigerwald (Steiger forest). Franken has a wine-making history that dates back at least 1,200 years, with evidence that Emperor Charlemagne approved a document describing the borders between the towns of Randersacker and Würzburg in 779.

The top red wines of Winery Rudolf May

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Rudolf May

How Winery Rudolf May wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of vegetarian, beef or veal such as recipes of zucchini quiche, oxtail confit in red wine or pork cheeks with cider and honey.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Rudolf May

On the nose the red wine of Winery Rudolf May. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Rudolf May. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Rudolf May

  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Rudolf May.

  • Spätburgunder
  • Cabernet Dorsa
  • Dornfelder
  • Regent

Discover the grape variety: Dornfelder

German, intraspecific cross made in 1955 by August Karl Herold (1902-1973) between the helfensteiner and the heroldrebe (more details, click here!). With these same parents he also obtained the hegel. The Dornfelder can be found in Switzerland, United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Canada, United States, ... . Virtually unknown in France, we nevertheless recognize a certain interest in it due to its short phenological cycle and the quality of its wines, both rosé and red.

The top pink wines of Winery Rudolf May

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Rudolf May

How Winery Rudolf May wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of vegetarian such as recipes of leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Rudolf May

  • 0With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Rudolf May.

  • Blauer Portugieser
  • Spätburgunder

The word of the wine: Primeur

Said of wines from the last vintage and, by extension, wines of the year, fruity and easy-drinking, put on sale on the third Thursday in November. The AOC regulations specify that a wine is said to be primeur if it is bottled before the spring, and nouveau if it is bottled before the following harvest. Beaujolais Nouveau is therefore a vin primeur.

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Discover the grape variety: Spätburgunder