The Winery Weingut Spiess of Rheinhessen

Winery Weingut Spiess - Bechtheimer Grauburgunder
The winery offers 75 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
It is ranked in the top 440 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Weingut Spiess is one of the best wineries to follow in Rheinhessen.. It offers 75 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Weingut Spiess wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Weingut Spiess

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Weingut Spiess

How Winery Weingut Spiess wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of chicken in red wine, shrimp with curry express or bulgogi.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Weingut Spiess

On the nose the white wine of Winery Weingut Spiess. often reveals types of flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of earth, tropical fruit or spices. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Weingut Spiess. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Weingut Spiess

  • 2013With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.74/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.69/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Riesling
  • Chardonnay
  • Grauburgunder
  • Weissburgunder
  • Scheurebe
  • 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 Weingut Spiess

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Weingut Spiess

How Winery Weingut Spiess wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of tournedos with foie gras, veal roast casserole or aiguillette of duck with honey.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Weingut Spiess

On the nose the red wine of Winery Weingut Spiess. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of oak, spices. In the mouth the red wine of Winery Weingut Spiess. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Weingut Spiess

  • 2011With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.42/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.10/5

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

  • Spätburgunder
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Dornfelder
  • Merlot
  • Blauer Portugieser
  • 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.

The top pink wines of Winery Weingut Spiess

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Weingut Spiess

How Winery Weingut Spiess wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of grenadins of veal with ceps, beef tagine with vegetables or rabbit with onions and mustard.

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

  • Pinot Noir

The word of the wine: Rootstock

American vine on which a French vine is grafted. This is the consequence of the phylloxera that destroyed the vineyard at the end of the 19th century: after much trial and error, it was discovered that the "pest" spared the roots of the American vines, and the technique became widespread.

The top sweet wines of Winery Weingut Spiess

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Weingut Spiess

How Winery Weingut Spiess wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or vegetarian such as recipes of orloff roast, simple pork roast or spinach and goat cheese quiche.

The best vintages in the sweet wines of Winery Weingut Spiess

  • 2007With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Weingut Spiess.

  • Silvaner

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 sparkling wines of Winery Weingut Spiess

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Weingut Spiess

How Winery Weingut Spiess wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

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

  • Weissburgunder

The word of the wine: OIV

International Organisation of Vine and Wine. Intergovernmental organization studying the technical, scientific or economic questions raised by the culture of the vine and the production of wine.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Weingut Spiess

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 Weingut Spiess.

Discover the grape variety: Merlot

Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). 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 to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.

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The word of the wine: Rootstock

American vine on which a French vine is grafted. This is the consequence of the phylloxera that destroyed the vineyard at the end of the 19th century: after much trial and error, it was discovered that the "pest" spared the roots of the American vines, and the technique became widespread.