The Weingut Sommer is one of the best wineries to follow in Pfalz.. It offers 32 wines for sale in of Pfalz to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Weingut Sommer wines in Pfalz among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Weingut Sommer 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 Sommer wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Weingut Sommer wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of sauté of veal with the moulinex cookeo, roast pork with prunes or grandma melanie's cassoulet.
Pfalz is a key wine producing region in western Germany, located between the Rhein/Rhine river and the low-lying Haardt mountain range (a natural continuation of the Alsatian Vosges). It covers a rectangle of land 45 miles (75km) Long and 15 miles (25km) wide. To the NorthLiesRheinhessen; to the South, the French border and Alsace.
In terms of both quality and quantity, Pfalz is one of Germany's most important regions, and one which shows great promise for the future.
An increasing proportion of Germany's finest Riesling and Pinot Noir (Spätburgunder) come from Pfalz Vineyards, and the region generates more everyday Landwein and Deutscher Wein than any other region by far (see German Wine Label Information).
With roughly 23,500 hectares (58,000 acres) of land planted to grapevines, Pfalz is the second-largest of Germany's 13 Anbaugebeite wine regions. Only its northern neighbor Rheinhessen has more vines. The region is home to some 10,000 vine growers, half of whom work as contractors, and is so densely planted that vines outnumber inhabitants 600 to one.
Pfalz's Vineyards produce both white wines (60 percent) and red (40 percent). The whites have long been the most successful and, as is standard almost everywhere in the Rheinland, Riesling dominates the local vineyards and wines. In 2013 the region had 14,000 acres (5,600 ha) of Riesling vines, accounting for roughly a quarter of its entire vineyard area.
Riesling is easily Germany's most successful grape variety, from the perspectives of both quality and quantity.
How Weingut Sommer wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, spicy food or mushrooms such as recipes of pork chops with curry and honey, chicken massala or pizza tartiflette.
On the nose the white wine of Weingut Sommer. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit or tropical fruit. In the mouth the white wine of Weingut Sommer. is a powerful with a nice freshness.
Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.
How Weingut Sommer wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, veal or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of southern beef meatballs, venison bourguignon or duck breast in the oven.
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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