The Winery Ruhlmann of Alsace

Winery Ruhlmann - Bouquet Printanier Sylvaner
The winery offers 74 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 74 of the estates of Alsace.
It is located in Alsace
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The Winery Ruhlmann is one of the world's great estates. It offers 74 wines for sale in of Alsace to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Ruhlmann wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Ruhlmann

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Ruhlmann

How Winery Ruhlmann wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of pork chops with curry and honey, chicken with maroilles or veal paupiettes with cider.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Ruhlmann

On the nose the white wine of Winery Ruhlmann. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, floral or dried fruit and sometimes also flavors of dried apricot, lychee or spices. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Ruhlmann. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Ruhlmann

  • 2011With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.73/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.72/5

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

  • Riesling
  • Pinot Gris
  • Sylvaner
  • Gewürztraminer
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Auxerrois

Discovering the wine region of Alsace

Alsace, located in the extreme north-east of France, is Distinguished from other French wine regions by its strong Franco-Germanic influences. These influences are the result of a back-and-forth between the German and French sovereignties over the last few centuries. They can be seen not only in the architecture and culture of Alsace, but also in the wines. Alsace wines are produced under three main appellations: Alsace and Alsace Grand Cru for still white wines (Sweet and Dry), and Crémant d'Alsace for Sparkling wines.

Almost all the wines produced in this region fall under one of these three appellations. Alsace Grand Cru wines are produced from one of the 51 privileged vineyards spread along the Length of the region. Alsace is the only French wine region to produce significant quantities of Riesling and Gewurztraminer. These two grape varieties are more commonly associated with German wines and are reminiscent of Alsace's history.

The top red wines of Winery Ruhlmann

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Ruhlmann

How Winery Ruhlmann wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pasta or veal such as recipes of pasta bolognese, pasta with walnuts and treviso red salad or sauté of veal with olives (corsica).

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Ruhlmann

On the nose the red wine of Winery Ruhlmann. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, cherry or strawberries and sometimes also flavors of plum, raspberry or non oak. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Ruhlmann. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Ruhlmann

  • 2014With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.62/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Grenache
  • Pinot Noir
  • Mourvedre
  • Carignan

Discover the grape variety: Sylvaner

The sylvaner is grown mainly in Germany and Alsace. The buds are somewhat cottony and the young leaves are green. The same applies to the ribbed branches. Once mature, the dominant colour is golden-green and small elliptical berries with small to medium-sized bunches can be seen. The ripe fruit is then adorned by five-lobed leaves. This variety is susceptible to chlorosis, gray mold, powdery mildew and mildew. It is also sensitive to frost and wind because of its long branches. It can be grown in any kind of soil, although it prefers stony, sandy and light soils. It is indeed moderately acidic and offers a complex set of aromas such as bitter almond, fruity and floral background. The taste has an excellent mixture of honey and candied or dried fruits.

The top pink wines of Winery Ruhlmann

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Ruhlmann

How Winery Ruhlmann wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of special' tagliatelle carbonara, summer tuna quiche or tuna spread.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Ruhlmann

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Ruhlmann. often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Ruhlmann

  • 2013With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Pinot Noir
  • Mourvedre
  • Shiraz/Syrah

The word of the wine: Cord

Management of trellised vines.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Ruhlmann

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Ruhlmann

How Winery Ruhlmann wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of shellfish, poultry or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of rice with seafood, croque madame or pretzel and ode mauricette!.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Ruhlmann

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Ruhlmann. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or raspberry and sometimes also flavors of strawberries, lemon or cream. In the mouth the sparkling wine of Winery Ruhlmann. is a powerful with a nice vivacity and a fine and pleasant bubble.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Ruhlmann

  • 2008With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Ruhlmann.

  • Auxerrois
  • Pinot Gris
  • Pinot Blanc
  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

The top sweet wines of Winery Ruhlmann

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Ruhlmann

How Winery Ruhlmann wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of endive frichti, tuna catalan style or vegetarian paella.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wines of Winery Ruhlmann

On the nose the sweet wine of Winery Ruhlmann. often reveals types of flavors of honey, earth.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Ruhlmann

  • 2017With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Ruhlmann.

  • Gewürztraminer
  • Riesling
  • Pinot Gris

The word of the wine: Millerandage

Poor fertilization of some grapes at the time of flowering in cold or rainy weather. Milled grapes do not grow and usually do not contain seeds.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Ruhlmann

Planning a wine route in the of Alsace? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Ruhlmann.

Discover the grape variety: Gewurztraminer

Gewurztraminer rosé is a grape variety that originated in France. 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 vine is characterized by small bunches and small grapes. Gewurztraminer rosé can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Jura, Champagne, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

News about Winery Ruhlmann and wines from the region

Andrew Jefford: ‘A wine’s visual cues shout, stamp, whistle and roar’

Disconcerting: I couldn’t forget this bottle for days afterwards. Still can’t. Back in August, wine critic Lin Liu MW (together with her partner Philippe Lejeune of Château de Chambert in Cahors) came to dinner, en route to a short holiday in Provence. One of the bottles Lin brought for us to try together was the 2018 Les Rocheuses, Parcelles No 5 et 6, from Château Le Rey in Castillon Côtes de Bordeaux. It came in a slope-shouldered bottle, not a classic Bordeaux bottle. We tried it with some R ...

Andrew Jefford: ‘2021 has been the year of all the miseries’

How’s the weather been this year? Awful. ‘La nature m’écoeure’, one of my wine-growing friends posted on Facebook on 8 April, having been out to look at the frost-crippled shoots on his vines that morning: ‘Nature disgusts me’. It takes a lot to make a wine-grower feel that. He wasn’t alone. Jeremiads echo around the northern hemisphere as 2021 closes. It’s been the year of all the miseries. None suffered more horribly than the growers of Germany’s Ahr valley, where floodwaters caused by the fou ...

Billecart-Salmon’s Le Clos Saint-Hilaire: a vertical tasting

St Hilaire is the patron saint of Mareuil-sur-Aÿ, the pretty Champagne village which is famous for scoring 99 on the Echelle des Crus. (This classification of Champagne vineyards was developed in the mid-20th century as a means of setting the price of grapes grown through the villages of the Champagne wine region.) Prime territory That the village missed out on grand cru status by one point is generally agreed to be an injustice – all the more so as it is home not only to the superlative Clos de ...

The word of the wine: Cord

Management of trellised vines.

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