The Weingut Meyerhof of Rheinhessen

Weingut Meyerhof
The winery offers 31 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 3085 of the estates of Rheinhessen.
It is located in Rheinhessen
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The Weingut Meyerhof is one of the best wineries to follow in Rheinhessen.. It offers 31 wines for sale in of Rheinhessen to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Weingut Meyerhof wines

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

The top white wines of Weingut Meyerhof

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Weingut Meyerhof

How Weingut Meyerhof wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of pork cheeks confit in cider, grilled sardine fillets or magic cake cheese quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Weingut Meyerhof

In the mouth the white wine of Weingut Meyerhof. is a with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Weingut Meyerhof

  • 2019With an average score of 3.50/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.45/5

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

  • Riesling
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Scheurebe
  • Gelber Muskateller
  • Grauburgunder

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 pink wines of Weingut Meyerhof

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Weingut Meyerhof

How Weingut Meyerhof wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of vegetarian such as recipes of vegan leek and tofu quiche.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Weingut Meyerhof

  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Spätburgunder
  • Blauer Portugieser

Discover the grape variety: Blauer Portugieser

The top red wines of Weingut Meyerhof

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Weingut Meyerhof

How Weingut Meyerhof wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of cornish pasties, bigos (polish sauerkraut with paprika) or rabbit with hunter's sauce.

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

  • Spätburgunder

The word of the wine: Residual sugars

Sugars not transformed into alcohol and naturally present in the wine. The perception of residual sugars is conditioned by the acidity of the wine. The more acidic the wine is, the less sweet it will seem, given the same amount of sugar.

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Discover the grape variety: Scheurebe

German grape variety obtained in 1916 by Georg Shere (1879/1949). It was given until then as coming from a cross between Riesling and Sylvaner, but genetic tests have shown that its father is the Bouquettraube (Bukettrebe), and it is closely related to the Kerner. The Scheurebe can be found in Austria, Germany, Belgium, Switzerland, the Netherlands, Italy, Slovenia, Great Britain, the United States (California, Virginia, ...), Canada (Ontario, British Columbia, ...), ... practically unknown in France.