The Winery Schmahl of Rheinhessen

Winery Schmahl
The winery offers 3 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 9216 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Schmahl is one of the best wineries to follow in Rheinhessen.. It offers 3 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Schmahl wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Schmahl

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Schmahl

How Winery Schmahl wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of spaghetti with shrimp and cream, moroccan style veal brochette or salted lentils.

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

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Discovering the wine region of Rheinhessen

Rheinhessen is Germany's largest region for producing the quality wines of the Qualitätswein bestimmter Anbaugebiete (QbA) and Prädikatswein designations, with roughly 26,500 hectares (65,000 acres) of Vineyard">Vineyards as of 2014. Many of its most significant viticultural areas are favorably influenced by the Rhine river, which runs aLong its North and eastern borders. The Rhine, along with the Nahe river to the west and the Haardt mountains to its South, form a natural border. Rheinhessen covers an area south of Rheingau, north of Pfalz and east of Nahe, and is located within the Rhineland-Palatinate federal state.

The region has been cultivating Grapes for wine production at least since ancient Roman occupation. It's also the home to the oldest surviving records of a German vineyard. Named Glöck, the vineyard was included in a deed for a church and vineyards gifted by Carloman – a duke of the Franks of the Carolingian family and the uncle of the first Holy Roman Emperor, Charlemagne – to the diocese of Würzburg in 742. Within a century, dozens of villages were cultivating grapes throughout Rheinhessen.

An early documentation of Riesling as a distinct grape variety, identified as Rüssling, was also found in records from the city Worms dating back to 1402. The Size of the region, and its location on the Rhine, has given it a significant role in Germany's wine industry history. Its largest city, Mainz, has been an unofficial Center for wine trade, being home to several national wine organizations including the German Wine Institute and the Association of German Prädikat Wine Estates (Verband Deutscher Prädikats-und Qualitätsweingüter e. V.

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Discover the grape variety: Jacquère

Jacquère is the most widespread grape variety in Savoie. It has medium-sized bunches that are cylindrical-conical. They are compact and often winged. The berries are medium-sized and can be slightly elongated or spherical, with thick skins that turn from yellowish green to golden yellow to a slightly pinkish hue when fully ripe. The soft flesh of the fruit of this variety is tart but not very juicy. Jacquère has a budding process almost identical to that of Chasselas. With a semi-erect growth habit, this white variety is vigorous and fertile, and should be pruned short to be more productive. It thrives on clay-limestone soils as well as on stony scree. Grey rot and black rot are the main enemies of Jaquère. It can cope with oidium and mildew. This variety produces a light, pale, acidic and lively wine with a floral aroma. It should be consumed quickly.