The Winery Sonnenhof Josef Gabel of Rheinhessen

Winery Sonnenhof Josef Gabel - Erzeugerabfüllung Kerner Auslese
The winery offers 11 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 2688 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Sonnenhof Josef Gabel is one of the best wineries to follow in Rheinhessen.. It offers 11 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Sonnenhof Josef Gabel wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Sonnenhof Josef Gabel

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Sonnenhof Josef Gabel

How Winery Sonnenhof Josef Gabel wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of suckling pig leg in the oven, cannelloni with salmon and spinach or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Sonnenhof Josef Gabel.

  • Kerner
  • Chardonnay
  • Grauburgunder
  • Riesling
  • Silvaner

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 Sonnenhof Josef Gabel

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Sonnenhof Josef Gabel

How Winery Sonnenhof Josef Gabel wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

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 Sonnenhof Josef Gabel

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 Sonnenhof Josef Gabel.

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.

News about Winery Sonnenhof Josef Gabel and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Volatile acidity

Acidity resulting essentially from alcoholic fermentation and formed from acetic acids in the free state.