The Winery Thomas Rath of Rheinhessen

Winery Thomas Rath - Auslese Lieblich
The winery offers 24 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 181 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen

The Winery Thomas Rath is one of the best wineries to follow in Rheinhessen.. It offers 24 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Thomas Rath wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Thomas Rath

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Thomas Rath

How Winery Thomas Rath wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of home-made coq au vin, traditional tunisian couscous or boles de picolat (catalan meatballs).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Thomas Rath

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Thomas Rath

  • 2010With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.86/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.65/5

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

  • Müller-Thurgau
  • Riesling
  • Grauburgunder
  • Kerner
  • Silvaner
  • Weissburgunder

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 Thomas Rath

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Thomas Rath

How Winery Thomas Rath wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, veal or pork such as recipes of pasta à la forestière (chanterelles), italian veal roulade or moist parmesan steak.

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

  • Dornfelder
  • Spätburgunder

Discover the grape variety: Dornfelder

German, intraspecific cross made in 1955 by August Karl Herold (1902-1973) between the helfensteiner and the heroldrebe (more details, click here!). With these same parents he also obtained the hegel. The Dornfelder can be found in Switzerland, United Kingdom, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Czech Republic, Canada, United States, ... . Virtually unknown in France, we nevertheless recognize a certain interest in it due to its short phenological cycle and the quality of its wines, both rosé and red.

The top sweet wines of Winery Thomas Rath

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Thomas Rath

How Winery Thomas Rath wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Thomas Rath.

  • Morio-Muskat

The word of the wine: Grand cru classé

In the Bordeaux region, this refers to certain châteaux in the Médoc and also in Saint-Émilion which are classified.

The top pink wines of Winery Thomas Rath

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Thomas Rath

How Winery Thomas Rath wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

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

  • Blauer Portugieser

Discover the grape variety: Kerner

Intraspecific crossing between frankenthal and riesling obtained in Germany in 1929 by August Karl Herold (1902/1973). In 1951 and by crossing it with the sylvaner, we obtained the juwel. It should be noted that there is a mutation of Kerner, discovered in 1974 and bearing the name of kernling, with grapes of pink-grey to red-grey colour at full maturity. Kerner can be found in Germany, Belgium, Slovenia, Austria, Switzerland, Italy, South Africa, Australia, the United States, Canada, Japan... practically unknown in France except in a few Moselle vineyards.

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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 Thomas Rath.

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 Thomas Rath and wines from the region

My life and job as a personal wine consultant

Tongue firmly in cheek, I sometimes define ‘wine consultant’ as ‘someone lacking employment who will work for whoever pays them’. Although meant in jest, the implied question is valid: just what does a wine consultant do? More importantly, in this age, when every assistant in a retail shop styles him- or herself a sales consultant, who would hire one? The short answer is this: a wine consultant is someone who advises wine lovers about their passion. He or she advises buyers on what to buy (and a ...

Bordeaux innovators: Meet the names to know

When I first visited Bordeaux, the sleepy landscape of turreted stone châteaux and vineyards seemed timeless, with traditions so well established you felt they would go on forever. But new energy in this famous wine region is visible and audible: bees buzz and sheep graze in organic vineyards; brand-new cellars brim with sustainable features and wine fermenting in trendy amphorae; unusual grapes are gaining attention; and the number of women in key roles keeps growing. Yoga among the vines is s ...

Walls’ hidden gems: Domaine La Ferme St-Martin, Beaumes de Venise

Onwards, upwards. The roads get narrower, the corners get tighter. I step out of the car when I finally reach the winery and the air is so much fresher here. I go to take a sip from my water bottle and a gust of wind makes it whistle. I stand with Thomas Jullien and we look over the vineyards. It’s not yet spring, and the vines look little more than sticks. ‘It’s a lunar landscape at the moment,’ he says, as a friend’s flock of 300 sheep has just passed through to graze on every scrap of green b ...

The word of the wine: Grand cru classé

In the Bordeaux region, this refers to certain châteaux in the Médoc and also in Saint-Émilion which are classified.