The Winery Weingut Erwin Riske of Ahr

Winery Weingut Erwin Riske
The winery offers 37 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 113 of the estates of Ahr.
It is located in Ahr
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The Winery Weingut Erwin Riske is one of the best wineries to follow in Ahr.. It offers 37 wines for sale in of Ahr to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Weingut Erwin Riske wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Weingut Erwin Riske

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Weingut Erwin Riske

How Winery Weingut Erwin Riske wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of coconut from paimpol, mussels with cream supers or coconut chicken and curry.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Weingut Erwin Riske

In the mouth the white wine of Winery Weingut Erwin Riske. is a with a nice freshness.

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

  • Riesling
  • Weissburgunder
  • Rivaner
  • Spätburgunder

Discovering the wine region of Ahr

Ahr is one of Germany’s least-known and Northernmost wine regions, known for its Pinot Noir reds. It Lies immediately north of the Mosel, and follows the Ahr River in the Final stages of its journey towards its confluence with the Rhein. One might expect a wine region this far north (50°N) to specialize in white wines – like almost every other cool-Climate wine region. After all, neighboring Mosel and Mittelrhein both clearly favor white wines (around 85 percent).

However Ahr producing around 85 percent red wines, of which around three-quarters are made from Spätburgunder (Pinot Noir). The classic example is brick red in Color and smells of red cherries, Sweetspices and forest floor. Barrel-aging can add spice and savory notes. Ahr Pinot Noir is now a much more Serious, modern and "international" wine style that it once was.

Until 30 years ago, the wines were often slightly sweet and very pale. Today they are invariably Dry and deeper in color – although still much paler than the inky Pinots found in, say, Central Otago. Across Germany (most obviously in Pfalz and Baden), assisted by climate change, the popularity of Pinot Noir has been steadily increasing. The wave of interest has carried German Spätburgunder to new heights, and saved from near-extinction the earlier-ripening Pinot Noir clone, Fruhburgunder.

The top red wines of Winery Weingut Erwin Riske

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Weingut Erwin Riske

How Winery Weingut Erwin Riske wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef goulash, roast veal in the oven or duck breast with foie gras sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Weingut Erwin Riske

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

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Weingut Erwin Riske

  • 2014With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Spätburgunder
  • Pinot Noir Précoce

Discover the grape variety: Pinot

Pinot noir 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. Pinot noir can be found in many vineyards: Burgundy, Alsace, Jura, South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Armagnac, Lorraine, Beaujolais, Rhône Valley, Provence & Corsica.

The top pink wines of Winery Weingut Erwin Riske

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Weingut Erwin Riske

How Winery Weingut Erwin Riske wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of vegetarian such as recipes of quiche without eggs.

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

  • Spätburgunder

The word of the wine: Ample

Said of a generous wine with a rich body that gives an impression of fullness in the mouth.

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 Weingut Erwin Riske and wines from the region

Château Angélus: producer profile

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Our feet crunched through layers of dry oak leaves as we climbed a pebbly path towards the vineyards behind the farmhouse. Roots go deep here. Not just the tall oaks and squat vines, but families too. I walked the vineyards at Mas de Libian with Hélène Thibon, but it was her father Jean-Pierre that greeted me when I arrived. Hélène’s sister Catherine was out front with Bambi the horse, ploughing the sandier plots. Later, we tasted in the winery with Hélène’s son Aurélien. Three generations of a ...

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The word of the wine: Ample

Said of a generous wine with a rich body that gives an impression of fullness in the mouth.