The Winery Weingut Schlosshof of Ahr

Winery Weingut Schlosshof
The winery offers 54 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 308 of the estates of Ahr.
It is located in Ahr

The Winery Weingut Schlosshof is one of the best wineries to follow in Ahr.. It offers 54 wines for sale in of Ahr to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Weingut Schlosshof wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Weingut Schlosshof

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Weingut Schlosshof

How Winery Weingut Schlosshof wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of ham with leek fondue, red wine fondue or pizza calzone with ham and mushrooms.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Weingut Schlosshof

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

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Weingut Schlosshof

  • 2011With an average score of 3.60/5

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

  • Grauburgunder
  • Riesling

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 Schlosshof

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Weingut Schlosshof

How Winery Weingut Schlosshof wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of beef fashion, blanquette of veal in pickle sauce or rabbit in foil.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Weingut Schlosshof

In the mouth the red wine of Winery Weingut Schlosshof. is a with a nice freshness.

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

  • Spätburgunder
  • Pinot Noir

Discover the grape variety: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

Discover the grape variety: Grauburgunder

News about Winery Weingut Schlosshof and wines from the region

Geographical denomination: The first step towards the notion of terroir – Focus Bourgogne

We created this photomontage, to show you the landscapes and the different characteristics of the 14 geographical denominations of the Bourgogne appellation: Wine colors, grape varieties, soil specificities, surface area and production. You’ll become an expert on the Bourgogne appellation! Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneWines/​​ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/vinsdebourgogne/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/comp ...

The Irancy appellation seen by Clotilde Davenne

Clotilde Davenne, from the eponymous estate, mentions the cherry as a main characteristic of the Irancy appellation. She tells us about the Pinot Noir variety which reveals, in its northern location of Bourgogne, lots of freshness and fruitiness that gives the appellation a very special place among the wines of the region. This video is taken from the “Rendez-vous avec les vins de Bourgogne” program (June 2020). Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines​ Twitter: https: ...

An overview of Saint-Véran appellation

Let’s have a look at Saint-Véran vineyard and discover the magnificent and very diverse landscapes of this appellation situated in the South of Bourgogne. Saint-Véran is one of the 5 Village appellations with Pouilly-Fuissé, Pouilly-Vinzelles, Pouilly-Loché and Viré-Clessé. Like them, it produces only white wines from the Chardonnay grape. What makes it special is that the vineyard is cut in two dinstinct parts by the vineyard of Pouilly-Fuissé. As anywhere else in the vineyard in Bourgogn ...

The word of the wine: Mou

Said of a wine unbalanced by its lack of acidity.