Winery Carl Schmitt-WagnerLonguícher Maxímíner Herrenberg Riesling Auslese
Sweet wine
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or shellfish.
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Longuícher Maxímíner Herrenberg Riesling Auslese of Winery Carl Schmitt-Wagner in the region of Mosel often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or tropical fruit.
Food and wine pairings with Longuícher Maxímíner Herrenberg Riesling Auslese
Pairings that work perfectly with Longuícher Maxímíner Herrenberg Riesling Auslese
Original food and wine pairings with Longuícher Maxímíner Herrenberg Riesling Auslese
The Longuícher Maxímíner Herrenberg Riesling Auslese of Winery Carl Schmitt-Wagner matches generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of steamed pork chops, cuttlefish with cider or lamb tagine with prunes.
Details and technical informations about Winery Carl Schmitt-Wagner's Longuícher Maxímíner Herrenberg Riesling Auslese.
Discover the grape variety: Riesling
Crystalline, taut whites with vibrant acidity and aromas of citrus, green apple, white flowers, vineyard peach and mineral/petrol notes with age. Made as dry (Trocken, Alsace), off-dry (Kabinett, Spätlese) and sweet (Auslese, Beerenauslese, Trockenbeerenauslese, late harvest). Star of the Moselle, Rheingau, Alsace AOC and Wachau. Also exported to Clare Valley and Finger Lakes.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Longuícher Maxímíner Herrenberg Riesling Auslese from Winery Carl Schmitt-Wagner are 1999, 1994, 0, 2003
Informations about the Winery Carl Schmitt-Wagner
The Winery Carl Schmitt-Wagner is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 7 wines for sale in the of Mosel to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Mosel
Kingdom of lively, crystalline Riesling: citrus, green apple, gunflint, tangy tension and signature slate minerality. From light, fruity Kabinett to off-dry Spätlese, up to sweet Auslese and Trockenbeerenauslese of rare finesse. Some supple Müller-Thurgau and lively Elbling. Steeply sloped vineyards (up to 65% at the Bremmer Calmont) on blue and grey slate, 5,400 ha of Riesling (61.
The word of the wine: Chaptalization
The addition of sugar at the time of fermentation of the must, an ancient practice, but theorized by Jean-Antoine Chaptal at the dawn of the 19th century. The sugar is transformed into alcohol and allows the natural degree of the wine to be raised in a weak or cold year, or - more questionably - when the winegrower has a harvest that is too large to obtain good maturity.
