The Shelter Winery of Baden

Shelter Winery
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 32 of the estates of Baden.
It is located in Baden

The Shelter Winery is one of the world's great estates. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Baden to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Shelter Winery wines

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

The top red wines of Shelter Winery

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Shelter Winery

How Shelter Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of barbecued prime rib with coarse salt, veal tagine with carrots or valencian paella - family recipe.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Shelter Winery

On the nose the red wine of Shelter Winery. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, wild strawberries or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of dried fruit, floral or black fruit. In the mouth the red wine of Shelter Winery. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Shelter Winery

  • 2007With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.97/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.71/5

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

  • Spätburgunder
  • Pinot Noir

Discovering the wine region of Baden

Baden is the southernmost of Germany's 13 official wine regions. It is also the warmest. Its relatively sunny, DryClimate permits the production of good-quality Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir) and ripe, relatively Full-bodied">Full-bodied examples of Grauburgunder (Pinot Gris) and Weissburgunder (Pinot Blanc). These are often made in oaked styles.

Baden is classified as zone B under the European Union's Vineyard">Vineyard climate classification. Every other German region is in chilly Zone A. Baden is, unusually for Germany, best known for its red wines, However its whites account for the majority of its output. Pinot Noir rules the vineyards here.

For every acre of Riesling (the dominant variety in almost every other German region), there are five of Pinot Noir. The next most commonly planted variety is Müller-Thurgau, followed by Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc. The combined vineyard area occupied by these latter three is roughly equal to that devoted to Pinot Noir alone. Next comes Riesling, which accounts for less than 10 percent of Baden's vineyard area, followed closely by Gutedel (Chasselas).

The top white wines of Shelter Winery

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Shelter Winery

How Shelter Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal saltimbocca, tripe in the style of caen or salmon and goat cheese quiche.

The best vintages in the white wines of Shelter Winery

  • 2016With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Pinot Noir
  • Chardonnay

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.

The top pink wines of Shelter Winery

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Shelter Winery

How Shelter Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of stuffed cutlets, oven roasted rabbit that cooks itself! or roast pork confit.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Shelter Winery.

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Biodynamics

Biodynamic farming method initiated by Rudolf Steiner which forbids all chemical treatments based on synthetic products. Biodynamics is based on the interaction between the movements of the planets and the development of plants and uses preparations based on organic and mineral materials.

The top sparkling wines of Shelter Winery

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Shelter Winery

How Shelter Winery wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of osso bucco, oven roasted rabbit that cooks itself! or duck stew.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Shelter Winery

On the nose the sparkling wine of Shelter Winery. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Shelter Winery

  • 2013With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. 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 Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Shelter Winery

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

News about Shelter Winery and wines from the region

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Warmer climate to boost UK wine production, says study

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Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The word of the wine: Biodynamics

Biodynamic farming method initiated by Rudolf Steiner which forbids all chemical treatments based on synthetic products. Biodynamics is based on the interaction between the movements of the planets and the development of plants and uses preparations based on organic and mineral materials.