Winery SchmalzriedBig Ben Spätlese Trocken
Red wine
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Cabernet franc, the Cabernet-Sauvignon and the Zweigelt.
This wine generally goes well with blue cheese, pork or poultry.
Food and wine pairings with Big Ben Spätlese Trocken
Pairings that work perfectly with Big Ben Spätlese Trocken
Original food and wine pairings with Big Ben Spätlese Trocken
The Big Ben Spätlese Trocken of Winery Schmalzried matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of beef tenderloin wellington, lamb tagine with artichokes and dried tomatoes or rabbit in sauce.
Details and technical informations about Winery Schmalzried's Big Ben Spätlese Trocken.
Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc
Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Big Ben Spätlese Trocken from Winery Schmalzried are 0
Informations about the Winery Schmalzried
The Winery Schmalzried is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 35 wines for sale in the of Württemberg to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Württemberg
Württemberg is known as Germany's premier red wine region. With almost 11,500 hectares (28,500 acres) of vineyards, it is the fourth-largest wine region in the country. Found adjacent to Baden and South of Franken, Wüttemberg is a particularly hilly and rural wine-region. Almost 70-percent of Württemberg wines are red, predominantly made from Trollinger, SchwarzRiesling and Lemberger.
The word of the wine: Champagne rosé
Often obtained by adding red wines (from Champagne), it is even the only vineyard where this practice is allowed. Some producers prefer the practice used in other regions, i.e. a short maceration to extract sufficient colouring matter. This results in winey rosés for meals. Elegant aperitif rosé is more often made from red wine coloured Chardonnay. Rosés can be vintage or non vintage.
