The Winery Schunk of Mosel

Winery Schunk
The winery offers 18 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 1686 of the estates of Mosel.
It is located in Mosel

The Winery Schunk is one of the best wineries to follow in Mosel.. It offers 18 wines for sale in of Mosel to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Schunk wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Schunk

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Schunk

How Winery Schunk wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of jambalaya (louisiana), mussels with cream or lamb tagine with prunes and almonds.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Schunk

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Schunk

  • 2016With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Riesling
  • Elbling

Discovering the wine region of Mosel

Mosel is the most famous of Germany's 13 official wine regions, and also the third largest in terms of production. As with many German regions, it is most aasociated with a range of wine styles made from the Riesling grape variety, but Müller-Thurgau is also widely planted. The best Mosel Riesling wines are some of the finest whites in the world. Light and low in Alcohol, they can be intensely fragrant with beguiling Floral">floral and Mineral notes, and a wonderful Balance of sweetness and Acidity.

The region follows the path of the Mosel river from its confluence with the Rhine river near Koblenz, upstream and south-west to Germany's border with Luxembourg and France. This region also includes the Saar and Ruwer tributaries, and was formerly known as Mosel-Saar-Ruwer until August 2007, when the name was officially shortened to Mosel. Some of the famous wine villages along the valley include Bernkastel, Brauneberg, Erden, Graach and Piesport, to name but five. Furthermore, the region boasts some of the finest and most picturesque Vineyards in Europe.

The Romans planted the first vineyards along the Mosel river and the city of Trier around the second century. Today, this region is known for its steep slopes overlooking the rivers, on which the vineyards are planted. Bremmer Calmont, located in the town of Bremm, has an incline of up to 68°. It has often been cited as the steepest vineyard site in the world, though the Engelsfelden vineyard in the Bühler Valley (Bühlertal) in the Baden region is documented at 75°.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Schunk

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Schunk

How Winery Schunk wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of ham with leek fondue, salmon blanquette or algerian couscous.

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Schunk.

  • Riesling

Discover the grape variety: Elbling

Elbling blanc is a grape variety that originated in France. It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape for eating on our tables. White Elbling can be found grown in these vineyards: South West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Schunk

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

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.

News about Winery Schunk and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Shine

Character of a wine that reflects light with brilliance. The brilliance is enhanced when the wine is decanted.