The Winery Zelglihof of Eastern Switzerland

Winery Zelglihof
The winery offers 16 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is ranked in the top 17 of the estates of Eastern Switzerland.
It is located in Eastern Switzerland

The Winery Zelglihof is one of the world's great estates. It offers 16 wines for sale in of Eastern Switzerland to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Zelglihof wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Zelglihof

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Zelglihof

How Winery Zelglihof wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, spicy food or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of spaghetti squash bolognese style, butternut soufflé or hot asparagus with comté cheese.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Zelglihof

  • 0With an average score of 4.30/5

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

  • Blauburgunder
  • Malbec

Discovering the wine region of Eastern Switzerland

St. Gallen is a German-speaking Canton of eastern Switzerland with a corresponding AOC. Much of the winegrowing that does occur within its borders takes place in the Rheintal region (the upper Rhein Valley) whose name often appears more prominently on labels. However, even here, wine production is not the dominant land-based industry.

Rheintal is a wine region which Lies at the far eastern edge of Switzerland, running North to South along the Swiss borders with Austria and Liechtenstein. As the name suggests ("tal" is a Germanic suffix denoting a valley), the focus of this region is the valley of the Rhein river – specifically the upper Rhein between Graubunden and Lake Constance. After making its way down from its source at the Tomasee, high in the Alps, the Rhein turns northwards, through the substantial valley it has carved out for itself over many millennia. Both broad and flat, this area is highly fertile, based on mineral-rich alluvium brought downriver from the mountains to the west.

This forms an oasis of Green among the dark grey ridges of the Alps. As such there are many alternative land uses which compete with viticulture, including habitation. Pinot Noir is the most commonly planted Grape. It is helped to ripen by the Warm föhn wind, known here as the "Traubenkocher" (grape cooker).

The top white wines of Winery Zelglihof

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Zelglihof

How Winery Zelglihof wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of old-fashioned pork roll, pulled pork (us pulled pork ) or duck with olives.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Zelglihof

  • 2016With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.06/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5

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

  • Pinot Noir
  • Kerner
  • Chardonnay
  • Sylvaner
  • Riesling

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 other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Zelglihof

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

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.