Winery Schloss JohannisbergGrünlack Riesling Spätlese
Sweet wine
In the mouth this sweet wine is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or shellfish.
The Grünlack Riesling Spätlese of the Winery Schloss Johannisberg is in the top 80 of wines of Germany and in the top 5 of wines of Rheingau.
Taste structure of the Grünlack Riesling Spätlese from the Winery Schloss Johannisberg
Light | Bold | |
Dry | Sweet | |
Soft | Acidic |
In the mouth the Grünlack Riesling Spätlese of Winery Schloss Johannisberg in the region of Rheingau is a powerful with a good balance between acidity and sweetness.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Grünlack Riesling Spätlese of Winery Schloss Johannisberg in the region of Rheingau often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, vegetal or passion fruit and sometimes also flavors of mango, lychee or dried apricot.
Food and wine pairings with Grünlack Riesling Spätlese
Pairings that work perfectly with Grünlack Riesling Spätlese
Original food and wine pairings with Grünlack Riesling Spätlese
The Grünlack Riesling Spätlese of Winery Schloss Johannisberg matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of ham croquette with purée, soy and shrimp noodles or shrimp curry (reunionese recipe).
Details and technical informations about Winery Schloss Johannisberg's Grünlack Riesling Spätlese.
Discover the grape variety: Riesling
White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Grünlack Riesling Spätlese from Winery Schloss Johannisberg are 1971, 2019, 2009, 2018 and 2016.
Informations about the Winery Schloss Johannisberg
The Winery Schloss Johannisberg is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 27 wines for sale in the of Rheingau to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
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