The Winery Van Volxem of Mosel

Winery Van Volxem - Schiefer Riesling
The winery offers 56 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 19 of the estates of Mosel.
It is located in Mosel

The Winery Van Volxem is one of the world's great estates. It offers 56 wines for sale in of Mosel to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Van Volxem wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Van Volxem

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Van Volxem

How Winery Van Volxem wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of veal saltimbocca, wok of shrimps with vegetables or stuffed squid in the sétoise sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Van Volxem

On the nose the white wine of Winery Van Volxem. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, kerosene or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of green herbs, slate or floral. In the mouth the white wine of Winery Van Volxem. is a powerful with a nice freshness.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Van Volxem

  • 2007With an average score of 4.18/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.13/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.01/5
  • 2020With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Van Volxem.

  • Riesling
  • Weissburgunder
  • Grauburgunder

Discovering the wine region of Mosel

Mosel is the most famous of Germany's 13 official wine regions, and also the third largest in terms of production. As with many German regions, it is most aasociated with a range of wine styles made from the Riesling grape variety, but Müller-Thurgau is also widely planted. The best Mosel Riesling wines are some of the finest whites in the world. Light and low in Alcohol, they can be intensely fragrant with beguiling Floral">floral and Mineral notes, and a wonderful Balance of sweetness and Acidity.

The region follows the path of the Mosel river from its confluence with the Rhine river near Koblenz, upstream and south-west to Germany's border with Luxembourg and France. This region also includes the Saar and Ruwer tributaries, and was formerly known as Mosel-Saar-Ruwer until August 2007, when the name was officially shortened to Mosel. Some of the famous wine villages along the valley include Bernkastel, Brauneberg, Erden, Graach and Piesport, to name but five. Furthermore, the region boasts some of the finest and most picturesque Vineyards in Europe.

The Romans planted the first vineyards along the Mosel river and the city of Trier around the second century. Today, this region is known for its steep slopes overlooking the rivers, on which the vineyards are planted. Bremmer Calmont, located in the town of Bremm, has an incline of up to 68°. It has often been cited as the steepest vineyard site in the world, though the Engelsfelden vineyard in the Bühler Valley (Bühlertal) in the Baden region is documented at 75°.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Van Volxem

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Van Volxem

How Winery Van Volxem wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or spicy food such as recipes of rabbit with prunes, smoked salmon and herb sandwich cakes or californian sushi (reverse maki).

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Van Volxem

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Van Volxem. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Van Volxem

  • 1900With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2007With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2008With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Van Volxem.

  • Riesling
  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir

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.

The top sweet wines of Winery Van Volxem

Food and wine pairings with a sweet wine of Winery Van Volxem

How Winery Van Volxem wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, shellfish or spicy food such as recipes of cassoulet of yesteryear, real swiss fondue or japanese curry.

The grape varieties most used in the sweet wines of Winery Van Volxem.

  • Riesling

The word of the wine: Oenographer

Wine label collector. It is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain the labels of famous vintages, which thus seek to avoid forgeries.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Van Volxem

Planning a wine route in the of Mosel? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Van Volxem.

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay 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. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

News about Winery Van Volxem and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Oenographer

Wine label collector. It is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain the labels of famous vintages, which thus seek to avoid forgeries.