The Winery Von Barrique is one of the world's great estates. It offers 43 wines for sale in of Sachsen to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Winery Von Barrique wines in Sachsen among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Von Barrique 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 Von Barrique wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Winery Von Barrique wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of meat and cheese pie, marmite dieppoise or macaroni and cheese gratin.
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.
How Winery Von Barrique wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or poultry such as recipes of roast beef with pepper, vitello tonnato or pan bagnat.
In the mouth the red wine of Winery Von Barrique. is a powerful with a nice balance between acidity and tannins.
From Croatia where it is called crljenak kastelanski or pribidrag. According to genetic analyses carried out by Professor Carole Meredith of California University in Davis (United States), it is related to the Croatian plavac mali and Zinfandel. It is also found in South Africa, New Zealand, Chile, Brazil, Germany, Bulgaria, Albania, Italy under the name of Primitivo, Malta, Greece, Portugal and to some extent in Croatia. In the United States (California), it is one of the most widely planted grape varieties, having been introduced in the 1830s well before Primitivo. In France, it is registered in the official catalogue of vine varieties on the A1 list under the name Primitivo.
How Winery Von Barrique wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pasta, vegetarian or appetizers and snacks such as recipes of pasta with mussels, quiche with leeks and fresh salmon from flo or pan con tomate.
Said of a complex and concentrated wine, whose power suggests a good capacity for ageing.
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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.
