Winery Weingut PfeifferRegent
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Weingut Pfeiffer's Regent.
Discover the grape variety: Regent
A complex interspecific cross between the diana (sylvaner x Müller-Thurgau) and the chambourcin obtained in Germany in 1967 by Gerhardt Alleweldt. It can be found in Quebec (Canada), Belgium and Switzerland, but is little known in France. It should be noted that Regent, a monogenic variety, which is nevertheless resistant to certain cryptogamic diseases, was "bypassed" in 2010 by a less resistant strain of mildew, which was also the case for bianca.
Informations about the Winery Weingut Pfeiffer
The Winery Weingut Pfeiffer is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 19 wines for sale in the of Johannisberg to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Johannisberg
The wine region of Johannisberg is located in the region of Rheingau of Germany. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Prinz von Hessen or the Domaine Prinz von Hessen produce mainly wines white, red and sweet. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Johannisberg are Riesling, Sylvaner and Regent, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Johannisberg often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of oak, tree fruit or citrus fruit.
The wine region of Rheingau
Rheingau is one of the most important of Germany's 13 Anbaugebiete wine regions. However it is far from the biggest; with 3,076 hectares (7,600 acres) of Vineyard">Vineyards documented in 2012, its output is around one tenth of that from the Pfalz and Rheinhessen regions. Located on the Rhine a 20-minute drive west of Frankfurt, the -gau suffix denotes that it was once a county of the Frankish Empire. The classic Rheingau wine is a DryRiesling with pronounced Acidity and aromas of citrus fruits and smoke-tinged minerality – typically more "masculine" than its equivalent from the Mosel.
The word of the wine: Petiole
Stem of the leaf, connecting the leaf blade to the stem.
