The Winery Steffen Schabehorn of Sachsen

Winery Steffen Schabehorn - Sachsen Meibner Kapitelberg Spätlese Riesling
The winery offers 8 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 138 of the estates of Sachsen.
It is located in Sachsen

The Winery Steffen Schabehorn is one of the best wineries to follow in Sachsen.. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Sachsen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Steffen Schabehorn wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Steffen Schabehorn

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Steffen Schabehorn

How Winery Steffen Schabehorn wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of turkey roulades, flavoured sauce, sea bream in foil on the barbecue or roast doe in the oven.

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

  • Riesling
  • Müller-Thurgau

Discovering the wine region of Sachsen

Sachsen (Saxony) in eastern Germany is one of the world's Northernmost wine regions, located at a latitude of 51 degrees north. The roughly 493 hectares (1,218ac) of vines in the region are planted aLong a 25 mile (40km) stretch of the Elbe river valley, from Pillnitz near the city of Dresden, in a north-easterly direction to Diesbar-Seusslitz, just downstream of the city of Meissen. Despite its northerly location, Sachsen has a long history of viticulture, with the earliest documents of wine-growing around Meissen dating to 1161. Since Germany's reunification in 1990, great enthusiasm has gone into building and developing the Sachsen wine industry; there are many part-time growers and an enthusiastic local market.

Investment is needed to boost quality however, and with yields roughly half that of other German wine regions, investors' enthusiasm has not matched that of the growers. Sachsen's Climate is cold-moderate continental with an annual mean temperature of 10° celsius (50°F). The average temperature in January is -0. 5° celsius (31°F) and in July it is 18° celsius (64°F).

However, winter temperatures can drop as low as -28° celsius (18°F). Sachsen's wines are also influenced by the soils and geology of the Elbe Valley. Carboniferous granite, and feldspar with some mica and quartz are found, as is sandstone. This is often is overlayered by loess, clay and sand deposits.

The top red wines of Winery Steffen Schabehorn

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Steffen Schabehorn

How Winery Steffen Schabehorn wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of vegetarian such as recipes of leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche.

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

  • Spätburgunder

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.

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Discover the grape variety: Müller-Thurgau

Müller-Thurgau shows the character of its noble origins. This Swiss white grape variety is a cross between the royal madeleine and the riesling. The idea that the latter was crossed with the sylvaner is irrelevant. The variety can be recognized by its vigorous character and its semi-erect habit. Preferring rich soils and short prunings, the plant sees its buds open quite early. The buds are cottony and soft green in color. The slightly embossed and tormented blade, with 5 to 7 lobes, makes it possible to distinguish the adult leaves. The clusters appear compact, pyramidal or cylindrical in shape and small to medium in size. The flavour of the Müller-Turgau berries is reminiscent of Muscat. The juicy and crunchy pulp is revealed under a greyish skin. When ripe, the fruit has a mottled shell on a golden yellow background. Switzerland prefers to extract the juice from this variety. The wine made from it is rather heavy and does not keep well.

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