The Winery Schmitt of Rheinhessen

Winery Schmitt
The winery offers 22 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
This estate is part of the Schmitt.
It is ranked in the top 1458 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Schmitt is one of the best wineries to follow in Rheinhessen.. It offers 22 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Schmitt wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Schmitt

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Schmitt

How Winery Schmitt wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of chinchards with white wine and grapes, traditional tagine (morocco) or potato cake with serrano ham.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Schmitt

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Schmitt. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Schmitt

  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Riesling
  • Grauburgunder
  • Huxelrebe

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.

The top red wines of Winery Schmitt

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Schmitt

How Winery Schmitt wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pork chops with potatoes, veal colombo or cassoulet of yesteryear.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Schmitt

On the nose the red wine of Winery Schmitt. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

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

  • Pinot Noir
  • St. Laurent

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Schmitt

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

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.

News about Winery Schmitt and wines from the region

France expects bigger 2022 wine harvest but drought is a concern

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The word of the wine: Drain

Stopper, originally made of wood, used to plug barrels and more generally all wooden containers used to store or mature wine.